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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ogbogbo-Ekebeligwe Ishieke community of Ebonyi Local Government Area has been reportedly flooded following a heavy downpour in the area. The flood is said to have submerged the Ekebeligwe Bridge even as farm crops worth millions of Naira have been destroyed. The flooding, it was learned, followed over one week of heavy rainfall in the area. Victims lamented the loss of all their farm crops such as yams, cassava, corn, rice, among others. They lamented that with the flooding that their investments in the farms had been lost and they would have to start all over again when the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The 2023/24 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), officially ended on June 23, 2024 with Rangers International FC of Enugu winning her eight League title. The ‘Flying Antelopes’ as the club is fondly called, courtesy of former Radio Nigeria ace commentator, Ernest Okonkwo of blessed memory, achieved the feat with one match to spare. The Enugu based club achieved the feat after defeating old rivals Bendel Insurance of Benin by two goals to nothing in the week 37 match played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu on Sunday June 16, 2024. Rangers is a child of history whose birth was necessitated…
By Promise Adiele In a way, one can argue conveniently that coincidence is a divinely orchestrated occurrence where humanity is completely helpless and unaware of the inevitable fissures of existence. Through the inexplicable dynamics of continuity, two related events can simultaneously enhance or reinforce man’s helplessness in a divinely inspired world. Sometimes these events respond to contemporary concerns that challenge humanity in different parts of the world. The Holy Bible, that ultimate source of eternal truth, reminds us in 2 Corinthians 13:1 that “by the mouth of two or more people, the truth shall be established”. Sometimes a lie can be…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has refuted its total involvement from the purported court case against the former Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano. Spokesperson for IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, disclosed this on Wednesday, 26th, June, 2024, in a press statement made available to Journalists. According to Powerful, “The noble family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by the great and indefatigable leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu disassociate ourselves from the purported court case against the former Anambra State Governor, Willy Obiano, in the United States of America by the acclaimed IPOB…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it is targeting about one million children in the first round of 2024 Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week for various health intervention Programme. The week is organised to deliver free integrated package of high cost effective interventions to children and child bearing mothers from June 26 to 30 June. Dr Ngozi Onuorah, UNICEF Nutritional Specialist, Enugu Field Officer, disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday on a one day public awareness creation for the first round of the 2024 Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week. Onuorah said that 996, 160…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has restricted the movement of motorcycles and tricycles in the state from 6:00am to 7:pm. The Government has also directed that every commercial vehicles operating in the state including tricycles must be registered and documented for easy identification. Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu, who announced this at a press conference in Umuahia on Tuesday, said the directives were part of necessary measures to arrest the disturbing incidents of street robbery in parts of the state. The Commissioner who was flanked by his Information counterpart, Prince Okey Kanu, however, said…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has decorated two top senior police officers newly promoted from the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to the substantive rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). The officers included the hitherto Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Command’s Department of Operations, Mr Onyeamu Akaeme, and the Area Commander of Oji-River Area Command, Mr Chinedu Ugwu. Addressing the officers during the decoration in his office in Enugu on Tuesday, the commissioner congratulated and charged them to rededicate themselves to duty. The state police boss noted that…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has begun manhunt for officers involved in an alleged N.8m extortion of a businessman in the state. This follows information found on X social media platform that some officers from Onitsha Area Command allegedly extorted the sum N810,000 from the citizen in the area. Confirming this report, spokesperson of the Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said: “Police got the information on X social media platform of the alleged extortion of the sum of eight hundred and ten thousand naira by the yet-to-be-identified officer of the Command. “Police have initiated steps to identify…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Acting Head of Service, Abia State, and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Lady Joy Maduka, who was recently retired by Gov. Alex Otti, has slammed N100 million suit against two popularFacebook users, Nwokeukwu Mascot Nnamdi, and Bethel Agbara, for alleged false publication. The Claimant sued the Defendants for N100 million damages over the alleged libelous publication on their Facebook walls. Abia Head of Service, Mrs Queen Obioma, had last week, directed the former Perm Sec, to proceed on “compulsory retirement with immediate effect.” She did not give reasons for the action but simply said it…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has denied ever creating or giving any authorisation to the activities of the Special Anti-Touting Squad (SASA) in Anambra State. It dissociated itself from the SASA, describing it as a nonexisting agency of the State Government. The denial was contained in a counter affidavit deposited in the Federal High Court, Awka Judicial Division, by a litigation officer in the State Ministry of Justice, Mr Obumneme Obiekie, on behalf of the Anambra State Government and the Honourable Attorney General of the State, who are the 1st and 2nd respondents respectively in an ongoing case before the…