Author: Ikenga Online
Ordinarily, this shouldn’t form a topic in formal conversations like this, but since social media has found a way of launching its plebeian feet into the traditional media parlance; it would amount to dereliction not to appraise some of its controversial headlines to correct erroneous impressions. The sky was gloomy for Nigerians after the Super Eagles, against all odds crashed out of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon, in the hands of Eagles of Tunisia. Home fans were melancholic through out the weekend. To them Saturday, January 23, 2022 should be deleted off the Gregorian calendar. Their…
An Abuja-based discreet Think Thank invited me to the Nigerian capital for a strategic meeting. The goal is to develop a plan to rescue the South-East of Nigeria, irrespective of what is happening in other parts of the country. The group thinks there is room to build a progressive region around the incoming governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, and hopeful candidates in Imo and Abia States, Emeka Ihedioha and Enyinnaya Abaribe, respectively. I flew in and lodged at Transcorp Hilton Hotel. It was a two-day stay, so I did not alert friends in Abuja, else I would be distracted.…
The Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) says it will soon get a functional training directorate. This follows its application for the certification of the new directorate by the Centre for Management Development. The President-elect of the chamber, Mr Jasper Nduagwuike disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu during a courtesy visit on the Correspondents Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State. Nduagwuike said that the directorate would serve as a training ground to every economic sector of the state and beyond. He said that a visiting team from the Centre for Management Development would soon be…
Few years ago, Otpor, Serbia’s non-violent pro-democracy youth movement known for organizing non-violent civic protests decided to play a prank. They took an oil barrel and taped a picture of President Slobodan Milosevic to it. They had it set in the middle of Belgrade’s largest shopping district with a baseball bat placed on top. The activists left, sat in a corner and watched with fun as scores of shoppers lined the street, each waiting for a chance to take a swing at the dictator whom many couldn’t stand but too afraid to criticize. As expected, the junta’s police came but…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern over the low enrollment of youths from the South-East into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Commissioner, representing South-East in the PSC, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani disclosed this on Friday during a tow hall meeting in Enugu. Nnamani said that the town hall meeting was organised by the PSC to sensitise residents of the state on the need for youths in the area to join the NPF. He said that the meeting became necessary following the seeming lack of interest in the NPF by youths in the zone, adding that even those that…
By Uche Ugboajah A few days ago, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governor elect of Anambra State released the list of members of his transition committee. In that list were names of very distinguished Nigerian men and women from all walks of life and beyond the geography of Anambra State. The quality of the membership of that committee to be headed by Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili has set the entire Southeast buzzing for the right reasons. For many, Soludo even before being sworn in has offered a dizzying peep into what to expect from him as governor of arguably the most prominent…
The member representing Igbo-Eze North II Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Innocent Ugwu on Sunday inaugurated 150 solar powered street lights in parts of his constituency. Ugwu, who spoke during the installation of the street lights in Aji, Enugu-Ezike, said that the gesture was aimed at supporting the rural development agenda of the state government. The lawmaker disclosed that each of the 10 political wards that made up the Igbo-Eze North II constituency got 15 street lights. The lawmaker said that the provision of such dividends of democracy move would curtail the increasing urban migration in the…
No fewer than 12 Nigerian budding researchers, innovators and scientists have won regional awards sponsored by Royal Academy of Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom. Ikengaonline reports that the awards are based on innovations in four thematic areas, namely, Green Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, and Waste to Energy. The Vice Chancellor, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof. Charles Eze presented the certificates of awards to the awardees on at the arm of the academy in the institution. Eze said that it was gratifying that the arm of the academy was domiciled in the institution through a…
In November 2017, the world watched in utter disbelief, some cringed-worthy footage aired by CNN where dozens of men in detention facilities were being auctioned off for as little as $400 each in Libya. If you think that was a fluke, the crew was also told of the existence of similar auctions taking place at nine other locations in the country. The victims? People that look like me that belong in the melanin-rich subset of Africans. The traffickers were our brothers, a shade or two lighter from the north. But that’s just a tip of the proverbial iceberg. Slavery is…
Portugal, the small European nation located on the western tip of the Iberian Peninsula, known to have colonized over 50 countries of the world spread across Asia, South America and Africa is in the news again. Except that this time, it’s not for her infamous colonial conquests. The good old Portugal is expanding her maritime frontiers in a last-ditch effort to return to global reckoning. If her claim to an additional 2.15 million square kilometers of continental shelf materializes, she will have an oceanic territory of more than 3,877,408 km2. This combined with the land territories will make her the 16th…