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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it has moved Miss Ukamaka Okonkwo, the lucky girl that was rescued from the dungeon of Obi Levi Obieze, the alleged ritualist and kidnapper at Ndiagu Umumba in Ezeagu LGA of the state to a government facility for therapy and rehabilitation. Mrs Ngozi Enih, the Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs, and Social Development disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu. She said the move was at the instance of Governor Peter Mbah, given the trauma the girl must have passed through. The commissioner said the governor had also awarded a scholarship to Miss…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Reverend Callistus Onaga, has charged media practitioners in the country to ensure truth, objectivity and thoroughness in their reportage. Onaga said this in his homily at the Holy Ghost Cathedral Enugu as part of activities to mark the 59th World Communication Day. Speaking on the theme, “Share with gentleness the hope that is in your heart,” the clergy reminded media practitioners that they are agents of communications and should be diplomatic and sensitive in sharing certain information to the people, especially on sensitive issues. “You are agents of Communication; you…
By Mukaila Kareem As someone who spent my early life in rural Nigeria, one of the most surprising things I observed in rural America was vegetable canning. In my experience in the village, okro, tomatoes, and peppers were literally dried in the sun to preserve them for use in the dry season. These same farming products were preserved by canning methods principally due to a stark difference in geography. Plants have evolved strategies shaped by geography. For example, fruits form a biological contract with insects (via nectar) for pollination, and with animals and humans (via fruit sweetness) for seed dispersal.…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have arrested two suspects alleged to be involved in the kidnap and murder of a female bank manager in Anambra State. Ikengaonline reported that the victim, Ifeoma Onyekwelu, was kidnapped on 13 December, 2024, in Onitsha area of the state. It also gathered that the suspects murdered Onyekwelu after collecting a ransom of fourteen million naira in same Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state. Police Spokesperson in the State, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement he made available to journalists on Sunday, said the two suspects were arrested on Wednesday May 28,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Scores of traders who were on their way from Enugu State to Benue State for business have reportedly been abducted and taken into the forest in Owukoa, Ogbadigb Local Government Area of Benue State. Sources said that the marauders hijacked the commuter bus conveying the traders from Orie Orba Market in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State to neighboring Benue State on Saturday. The victims were said to be on board Benue Links mass transit vehicle along the Obollo Afor–Otukpo highway when they were ambushed by the gunmen. The passengers most of whom were females were…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling party candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Chatham House in London in December 2022 allocating to leading members of his entourage responsibility for answering various questions from members of the public. For the questions on insecurity, he called on then governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, to address them. At the time, Candidate Bola Tinubu explained that he did that to advertise the versatility and cohesion of his team. Many believed then that asking el-Rufai to respond to those questions show-cased…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Africa has just welcomed the path-finding Ngugi wa Thiong’o into the pantheon of ancestors. It was on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 the news broke that the revolutionary Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist and academic has departed the shores of planet earth. Legends never die because they are bound to transmogrify into higher spiritual realms. Ngugi put his hand to good use to ensure that he would never die because he wrote himself into the consciousness of the whole wide world. He was 87 when he passed away but he packed many lifetimes into the great life that…
By Paul Nwosu Let it not be again The blood that cried in forest rain, The mothers’ wails, the silence deep, The children lost, the graves that weep. The flame of peace must now remain, No more the marching feet of pain. Igboland, lift your voice and say: Ozoemezina; not again. The land still bears the scars of flame, The air remembers every name. We rise, not just to mourn, but mend. Ozoemezina; not again. You who beat the drums anew, Who never saw the stealth birds of skies, Nor the beasts of land and sea bring…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Innoson Kiara Academy, Enugu and the Nigerian Automotive Technicians Association, (NATA), have signed an MoU to train 5000 youths from the South-East on vocational skills within the next two years. The Chief Executive Officer, Innoson Kiara Academy and Consortium, Mr Endi Ezengwa, disclosed this in an interactive session with newsmen in Enugu. “We signed Memorandum of Understanding with NATA to train 5000 unemployed youths in the Sout-East in the next two years,” he said. He further said that the academy had already trained over 5000 youths since its inception including 2500 delivered in partnership with the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has said that “Nigeria’s democracy is under state capture.” The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who stated this in a message marking his 77th birthday anniversary, vowed to keep “speaking truth to power.” “Anyone at my age that is still afraid of speaking the truth without fear or favour, is a complete disappointment to his generation,” Wabara said, adding that “any nation without courageous men who can boldly speak truth to power, is doomed.” According to him, nothing should make him at his…