Ike Ekweremadu Turns 59 Today
Ike Ekweremadu (born 12 May 1962) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer from Enugu State who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since May 2003. He is a member of the People’s Democratic Party and was the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate for three consecutive (6th, 7th and 8th) senate.
Ike Ekweremadu was born in 1962 at Amachara Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, and is of Igbo origin. He holds both Bachelors and master’s degree in Law from the University of Nigeria, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. He also holds Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Law from the University of Abuja, Nigeria.
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PHOTO STORY: Governors of southern states meet in Delta
Some of the governors present at the meeting include Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti.
Governors of the 17 states in Southern Nigeria are currently meeting in Delta State.
Some of the governors present at the meeting include Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti.
The meeting is expected to discuss, among others, the worsening security situation across Nigeria.
See photos from the meeting below.
Some of the governors at the meeting.
By Stanley Nwanosike
Enugu, May 6, 2021 The Chief Executive Officer, Benz Klinik, Enugu, Mr Eloka Onyia, says his company will assist the Enugu State Government to train 170 youths on digitised automobile repair.
Onyia made the disclosure on Thursday in Enugu, after a meeting with the Convener, Employability and Entrepreneurship Summit (EES), Mr Chukwuma Okenwa.
The German-trained and certified digitised automobile mechanic, told newsmen that the company would offer the training free.
The chief executive officer said that 10 youths would be drawn from each of the 17 local government areas of the state.
According to him, the youths will be taught how to repair exclusive and posh vehicles with the aid of computers and other modern hi-tech gadgets.
The Enugu State Government has cautioned residents against the non-observance of COVID-19 prevention protocols. DAILY POST reports that the warning was
Consulting firms, Mauritz Walton Nigeria Limited and Bizplus Consulting Services Limited, have asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to order Enugu State Government to pay them N10.2 billion from the Paris Club refund.
The amount formed 20 per cent of the N44.4 billion the firm helped the state to recover from the Federal Government. According to the claimants, the debt was as a result of the defendants’ failure to pay the claimants the agreed 20 per cent consultancy fee for its role in the refund of excess deductions in the Paris Club loans.
Between 2002 and 2007, the Federal Government, through its Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), in collaboration with the 36 states, reconciled the external loans/debts and, in the process, discovered that excess deductions under the first line charge were made to service foreign loans owed by the Federal Government and the states.