MOMsSunday Revue

Photo of The Week   Irukwu goes the way of all mortals He was Mr Insurance!   He wrote The Book!! Joe Irukwu, a former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, is dead. He was 89. Harrison Eze Okorie, president general, Amaokwe Item Welfare Union, announced Irukwu’s passing in a statement on Saturday.   “The Amaokwe Item Welfare Union on behalf of the entire Amaba Ukwu kindred and the immediate family hereby announce the glorious but painful demise of our great patron, father, grandfather, son and brother, Prof (Chief)Joseph Ogbonnaya Irukwu, SAN, CFR,” the statement reads. Irukwu was the founding managing director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation, a government-owned business established to increase the local share of reinsurance premium income. He founded the African Development Insurance Company thereafter, which was later sold to Diamond Bank.   “Lagos is not Igboland” President General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo,...

Flood Alert! The Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim has urged people in riverine areas in the State to prepare for relocation ahead of this year’s flooding.   Dr   Ibezim, who gave the order   when he visited a Holding Centres in Anambra East Council Area, St Joseph Memorial School, Aguleri, in preparation for the flooding as predicted earlier by Nigerian Meteorological Agency(NIMET), regretted the number of lives the State lost to flood last year, stating   that the State Government would not want to lose a single life to this year’s flooding, hence the early preparation and sensitisation of the people in flood prone areas of the State.   He reminded the people that NIMET predicted that this year’s flooding will be heavier than that of last year and told people residing in riverine areas to consider their lives first and get ready for evacuation.   Dr Ibezim assured that the State Government will make sure that people in Holdi...

Tinubu welcomes AfDB’s $520m investment on Nigeria’s Agro-Processing Zones African Development Bank (AFDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said the bold initiatives of President Bola Tinubu have repositioned Nigerian economy in three weeks. Akinwumi, who met the president in Paris, said the bold initiatives which include removal of fuel subsidy and harmonisation of exchange rates stimulated appetite of investors from different parts of the world.   “I commend the President’s foresight, boldness and determination for macroeconomic policy direction by removing the fuel subsidy,’’ he said, “No bird can fly with its wings tied behind. All those steps are signals investors like.’’   He said the bank would support the economic policies of the new administration in Nigeria, that had placed the people first in development targets. Speaking to Dr. Adesina, President Tinubu said he welcomes with great joy the investment of $520 million in specialised agro-processing zones by...