…as Eze Ana-ukwu receives the Alluvial Agriculture MD His Royal Highness, Igwe Dr Oranu Chris Chidume, Eze Ana-Ukwu, Eze Igulube of Omor yesterday, played host to the Angolan Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Eustaquio Quibato, who came alongside the Managing Director of Mastercard Foundation/Alluvial, Dimieari Von Kemedi and Chief Oliver Okeke, Chairman of Josan Integrated
Ikegbunam Peter Chierike, Education Correspondent, p.ikegbunam@yahoo.com The rate at which suicide is reported in the media in this recent time has drawn attention to the need for enquiry into the propelling factors leading to such an ungodly act among the youths. From observation, one of the most noticeable factors that significantly culminate in suicide mission
Ikegbunam, Peter Chierike In spite of the fact that the University system is an organized entity where rules and regulations are put in place to properly guide the students’ entrance and exit, there exist University drop-outs around various localities in Nigeria causing one problem or the other in the larger society. Inside the various Universities
Udemezue, Joseph Chidozie Research Officer, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, udemezuej@gmail.com Introduction Agriculture was the backbone of the Nigerian economy before oil boom. It is also the main foreign exchange earner of the country; the share of the agricultural exports in total exports is estimated at about 60% and is also
Amobi P. Chiamogu (Ugwumba Omaliwo) Department of Public Administration, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, amobi.chiamogu@federalpolyoko.edu.ng Issues Canvassed Since Nigeria’s return to civilian rule (democracy if you so wish) in 1999, political leaders comprising those who occupy political leadership positions and those around the corridors of power have alienated the government from the citizens. They have ruled Nigeria
TPL. Anierobi, Christopher Maduka(rtp, mnitp.)Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, christopher.anierobi@unn.edu.ng INTRODUCTION Omor town is an emerging city in Anambra State of Nigeria. The current rapid urbanization challenges facing Omor town have provided great prospects for town planning in the area. As one of the most populous community in Anambra
Chigbogu, Paul Udoji, chigbogupauludoji@gmail.com As Omor community sustains a phase of her knowledge economy development plans, Education Promotion Organization (EPO), a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit oriented organization established in 1996 by a cream of Omor indigenous academics under the pioneer leadership of Professor Victor N. Ogugua of the Biochemistry at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Engr Chief Ananti B.O (B.Eng, M.Sc, MBA, COREN, MNSE, MNIM) Drug/substance means “an active ingredient that is intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effects in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the human body, but does not include intermediates use in
Ikegbunam Peter Chierike, p.ikegbunam@yahoo.com I remembered it as it was told to me by my Father, the story of a renowned Native Doctor of his generation named Ikwe Adozie Na Nkanu who once lived and impacted the lives of the entire Omor town and its environs. I remembered it as if it were yesterday about
Introduction/Historical Overview The lower Anambra Irrigation Project (LAIP) Omor, Ayamelum Local Government Area Anambra State of Nigeria is an irrigation project executed by the Anambra – Imo River Basin Development Authority (AIRBDA). It has a potential area of about 10, 000 (Ten Thousand) hectres of irrigable land suitable for rice cultivation. Sometimes in 1982 through
By Nebeife Peter Petroleum Engineering Expert Bolton Gate Petroleum Limited, Lagos. nebeifepeter@boltongatepl.com PREAMBLE More often than not, the first thought in the mind of an average Nigerian, and indeed an African man, regarding huge financial investments for rural development efforts is the influx of ‘foreign investors’. This view however tends to depict us as a