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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has condoled with the Nigeria Army over the killing of a soldier in Aba. The Governor who condemned the incident urged members of the public to assist in the efforts to fish out those behind the heinous crime. One soldier was reportedly killed and another wounded when hoodlums attacked them at the Milverton area of Aba, Friday evening. It is not yet clear what led to the attack. The incident, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Homeland Security, Mr. Chukwunenye Alajemba, left a soldier dead and another…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State says it has begun the construction of the proposed innovative and scientifically driven Smart City in the state with no fewer than 22,000 structures. The Enugu State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Prince Lawrence Eze, disclosed this in an interview with Journalists in Enugu. He said the smart city would be driven by innovation and technology, adding that everything about the city would be carried out by the state Ministry of Science and Technology. “Everything that needs to make life better technology-wise, is going to be found in that city and this ministry…
By Press Statement Media Rights Agenda (MRA), today condemned recent acts of harassment and intimidation of journalists and media organizations by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) over their reporting and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take urgent measures to safeguard media freedom and terminate the abuse of the Police and the Cybercrimes Act by powerful political figures and rich individuals to hound journalists performing their constitutional duties. Citing a police invitation to Mr. Nurudeen Yahaya Akewushola, a reporter with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), and the organization’s “Managing Directors” over a purported investigation…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 200 female students in Abia State, have received free sanitary pads from Rotary Club International. The beneficiaries included secondary school students of Michael Okpara University Demonstration Secondary School, Umudike; and their counterparts from Ndume-Otuka Community Secondary School. Each of beneficiary received a ten-in-one pack of the reusable sanitary pads during the event. The project tagged, “Pad A Girl,” project, was a joint project by the Rotary Club of Umudike Central, District 9142 and North Cobb Rotary Club, District 6900, USA. Speaking during the distribution exercise, Rotary International Past Assistant Governor, Rotarian Onyinye Ralph-Nwachukwu, said…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and National Coordinator APGA Media Warriors Forum, Chinedu Obigwe, has launched an attack on the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) over viral video targeted at Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Recall that in a letter on Wednesday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union of Nigeria (TUC) issued a seven-day strike notice to Soludo over his refusal to fully implement the 2019 minimum wage policy. The labour chairman had faulted the Soludo-led administration for the “inefficient running of the state’s contributory pension…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The public speaking ability of Gov. Alex Otti is gaining more global acceptability as he features tomorrow, May 18, as a Guest Speaker at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, United Kingdom. This is coming barely one month after he delivered a lecture at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Affairs (SAIS), United States of America. Gov. Otti spoke on: ‘”State Governance and Economic Transitions: Meeting the Challenges through a Citizen-centred Approach,” at the US outing. It was in the course of his lectures that he revealed how his predecessor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, approved the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Justice Nyesom-Wike Suzzette, wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and former Rivers State Governor, Nyseom Wike, has been recommended by the National Judicial Council, NJC, for promotion to the Court of Appeal. NJC also recommended Justice Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria, the daughter-in-law to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, for promotion to the Federal High Court, Abuja. While Justice Suzette was among the list of 21 justices recommended for elevation to the Court of Appeal, CJN’s daughter in-law along with 12 other judges, were for the Federal High Court. Before her recommendation by the…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade has denied allegations of allegedly receiving $2m bribery to thwart the sack suit against the Rivers State House of Assembly members. He also warned the originators of the allegations against him to retract them immediately or face legal action. He was reacting to a report titled “PDP Legal Adviser Allegedly Receives $2m To File A Secret Court Paper Against Sacking Of Rivers APC Lawmakers Until Fubara Is Sacked,” which was published on Thursday, May 16, 2024, by an online media outfit 247ureprts. The report which was…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nsukka Journalist Forum (NJF) and Ikechukwu Ezeugwu Foundation (IEF) have formed alliance to champion the development and progress of Nsukka cultural zone in Enugu State. This partnership aims to empower the people of Nsukka by supporting education, promoting good governance, and fostering sustainable Infrastructure in the zone. The alliance was formed in Enugu during a courtesy visit to the founder, Ikechukwu Ezeugwu Foundation and former Speaker Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, by the leadership of NJF. In a remark, the chairman of Nsukka Journalist Forum, Mr Benson Whyte Ezugwu, said that NJF…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has encouraged farmers to get registered in order to benefit from the government’s policies and programmes as well as supports to farmers, while advising them to take agriculture as a means of livelihood. Governor Peter Mbah stated this on Thursday in his remarks during the opening ceremony of a two-day training of farmers on Mushrooms production and processing, held in Enugu. Ikengaonline reports that over 170 farmers participated in the first batch of the training. While reiterating the priority placed on agriculture by his administration, the governor, represented by the commissioner for agriculture and…