RENOWNED 20TH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHER JÜRGEN HABERMAS DIES AT 96.(PHOTO).

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 Renowned 20th-century philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies at 96 Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher widely recognized for his contributions to modern political thought and democratic theory, died Saturday in Starnberg, Germany, at the age of 96. His passing was confirmed in a statement by his Berlin-based publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag, which noted that Habermas’s work, translated into more than 40 languages, had left a lasting impact on global intellectual discourse. Jonathan Landgrebe, head of the publishing house, described him as “a significant philosopher, ever-present advisor, and dear friend.” For more than six decades, Habermas helped shape postwar and post-reunification German political life. He is best known for conceptualizing the “public sphere,” a domain for discussion free from state influence, which he argued is essential for a functioning democracy. Rising to prominence with the Frankfurt School in the mid-20th century, Habermas offered rigorous critiques of capitalis...

COURT JAILS EX-BANKER TWO YEARS FOR N2M IN ENUGU.{PHOTO}.

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      The Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 27, 2020, secured the conviction of a former banker, Emeka Anyaegbunam, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice V. Nwoye of Enugu State High Court, Onitsha, Anambra State on one-count charge of forgery, criminal diversion of funds and obtaining money by false pretence.

Anyaegbunam, who worked with a new generation bank, was arraigned on February 1, 2018 for cashing on the gullibility of a client who asked him as his account officer to acquire a federal government treasury bill to the tune of N2, 000,000 (Two Million Naira) for him, which he never did, but rather forged signatures of some of his senior colleagues and using same to fill the Treasury Bill Certificate of the complainant, and subsequently withdrew monies from the said account.
The convict, investigation revealed, transferred the withdrawn sums from time to time to his personal accounts and that of his children.

In the course of the trial, prosecution counsel, Michael Ani called one witness and tendered several exhibits against Anyaegbunam to support his case.
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