STRONG REPORTERS

 NDDC Adopts New Youth Development Scheme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says that it is collaborating with the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce to train youths and aspiring entrepreneurs to create jobs and boost the economy in the Niger Delta region.

  By Kachifoo Nwobodo Enugu is silent. It is the kind of silence that strikes when news of the death of a close relative or friend filters in. Ndi Enugu were thrown into deep mourning on Wednesday night when, in its curious wisdom, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, handpicked a new governor for the state. The day after, Enugu slid under a disquieting blanket of silence. 042 is shell-shocked. People wear long faces as they move around. No one speaks of the theft of their mandate the previous night. A pain in the heart does not lend itself easily to the soothing reassurance of sharing stories. They are a wounded people. A people robbed blind!

  ENUGU RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER VISITS GOV UGWUANYI, DEPARTS WITH BOXES The Enugu State Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Chukwuemeka Chukwu, has abdicated his neutrality as an umpire in Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Enugu State, by paying a nocturnal visit to the outgoing governor of the state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.