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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Workers in Ebonyi State on Monday joined the nationwide strike declared by organised Labour. It was observed that workers at the State Judiciary Complex opposite Old Government met a locked gate when they came to work this morning. They were unable to gain entrance and after staying for sometime discussing the situation and reading the notices placed by their Unions on the gates, they started dispersing back to their homes. At the former Ministry of Finance behind the Judiciary, Union Leaders were seen enforcing the strike by locking the gate. At the Unity Square Secretariat, it was…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have shutdown the Enugu State government secretariat and have been going round the state to ensure full enforcement of the ongoing strike. According to our correspondent: “The State Secretariat is currently under lock while the team went to the Ministry of Lands and chased out workers who were there before locking the gate.” The state NLC Chairman, Comrade Fabian Nwigbo, said the team was heading to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu to stall any envisaged activities there. He said there was nationwide power outage as…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri In a bid to boost electricity supply in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Madkour Group, a renowned energy equipment and solution provider based in Cairo, Egypt. Addressing the audience at the Government House Owerri after the signing ceremony, the Governor said the move was part of his administration’s pursuit for the development of the State. The Governor had already assented to a law on power generation for the State; and the law created Orashi Electricity Company Limited of Imo State. The partnership between Orashi Electricity Company of Imo State…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it is repositioning Enugu State Gaming and Lotto Commission for effective regulation and responsible gaming and lottery eco-system within the state. It would be recalled that gaming has been a fast growing business springing up in most neighbourhoods in communities in the state. There have been more gaming companies coming into the state, supported by financial technology (fin-tech) as well as having hundreds of retail agents with branded-umbrellas, branded-kiosks and branded-shops scattered in neighbourhoods and communities in the state. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prince Arinze Arum, told newsmen on Sunday…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) Company Limited, has donated a fire fighting Truck to Abia State Government, while commending Governor Alex Otti for believing in made-in-Nigeria products. Presenting the truck to Governor Otti, the Chairman and Managing Director of the indigenous vehicle manufacturing company, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, said it was his company’s contribution in response to the fire incidents that happened in Aba, a couple of months ago, as well as a show of appreciation for the good works Governor Otti is doing in Abia State. “I heard one factory in Aba was burnt to ashes. I found…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As tension continues to build up in Abia over the killing of five soldiers in Aba, Governor Alex Otti, has vowed to smoke out the killers. The soldiers were killed on Thursday at a checkpoint at Obikabia Junction, Obingwa Local Government Area. Governor Otti who spoke at the headquarters of the 144 Infantry Battalion of the Nigeria Army in Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area, while on a condolence visit to the wives of the slain soldiers, said that the State Government would collaborate with security agencies to trail the perpetrators of the heinous crime and bring…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President and the Chairman Board of Trustees (BoT), of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of inflicting hardship and pains on Nigerians. Wabara who spoke during his grand civic reception as the BoT Chairman in Umuahia, Abia State, on Saturday, expressed optimism that the PDP would return as the national ruling party in 2027. “At this period where the APC government has caused untold hardship to the citizenry, our party remains the only institution with the structure, resources, and capacity to return this…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) will partner with the Government of Anambra State on improving maternal and child health and other health service delivery in the state. The partnership is part of the strategies for the second phase of the project on Strengthening Public Accountability for Result and Knowledge (SPARK 2) in Anambra state. The project which is supported by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) has the Community Empowerment Network (COMEN), with the Justice Development and Peace Caritas (JDPC) Nnewi, Civil Rights Concern (CRC), and other civil society organisations as its Network of Health Partners in the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State says it has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery suspects in Enugu metropolis. The command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement made available to Ikengaonline. Ndukwe said men from the Awkunanaw Police Division recovered the gun on May 29. Ndukwe also said that operatives of the command responded to a distress call of a robbery in a compound at Awkunanaw, Enugu, at 10 p.m. and foiled the attack. He added that the operatives recovered a locally fabricated double-barrel gun with two live cartridges dropped by one of…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Muhammad Ali, the American boxing phenomenon whom the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) voted the Sports Personality of the 20th Century in 1999, often promoted pugilistic enterprise in verse. When then ruler of the country formerly known as Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, invited him to a contest against then reigning champion, George Foreman, for the undisputed heavyweight boxing championship of the world in October 1974, Ali christened the contest as “Rumble in the Jungle.”  One year later, in October 1975, Filipino dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, thought to imitate his friend in Zaire…