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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Hon. Sunday Umeha, representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umeha announced his defection at an event organised by the APC at Ibagwa Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Saturday. Speaking at the event, Umeha said the protracted crisis rocking the Labour Party at both the National and state levels have made it impossible for him to effectively represent his people. The lawmaker said his decision to join the ruling party was because of the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Federal Government, 36 states, and 774 local governments in Nigeria, shared N1.681 trillion as revenue for April 2025 from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC. This indicates N110 billion representing 6.5 per cent increase compared to the N1.578tn shared for March. The figure was contained in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa. According to Mokwa, the amount was shared during the May 2025 FAAC meeting in Abuja. The statement obtained by Ikengaonline read: “The total distributable revenue of N1.681tn comprised distributable…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A philanthropist, Prince Lawrence Ezeh (Prince of Mburubu) has disbursed non-refundable grants of N50 million to members of Mburubu Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. Speaking at the event in Mburumbu, Ezeh said that the intervention was to boost farming activities, uplift local businesses, and complement Governor Peter Mbah’s administration’s mission to eradicate poverty from every home in the state. Ezeh, who is also the current commissioner for Science, Innovations and Technology in the state, said that the funds were drawn from his personal resources and meant to assist his people for economic…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Four children of the same parents in Eche Ezema, Ibagwa Aka, headquarters of Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State have been reportedly murdered. A family source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the children were allegedly killed with pestle by a suspect named Pastor Chinedu Eze of a Sabbath Church who is currently with the Divisional Police Station, Ibagwa Aka. The deceased children include Kamsiyochukwu Ezema, female, 7 years; Ezinne Ezema, female, 6 years; Ujunwa Ezema, female, 5 years; and Chinedu Ezema, male, 2 years. The parents of the children, Mr. Ezema…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Discontent and leadership crisis is brewing in Abba community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State following the alleged continued stay of Mr Alexander Ekwuagana as Caretaker President General of the community. Members of the community continue to complain about the leadership that, they said, has not solved its pressing needs. It was gathered that Amabor, one of the villages in Abba, is asserting its turn to produce the President General of the Abba Town Union. However, the village has been unable to do so because “stakeholders” have reportedly preferred Mr. Ekwuagana from another village to…
…Warns against reoccurrence Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia South-East Senate Caucus, has said that the mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in the South-East has raised suspicion about the transparency of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Examination Board, JAMB. The caucus expressed worry over what it described as “curious and highly suspicious JAMB examination glitch in some centres in Lagos and especially in the whole of South-East.” South-East Senate caucus in a statement by its Chairman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Saturday in Abuja, said “it would be disheartening and hopes not to contemplate such conspiracy theory, “that there is…
Our Reporter, New York Nigeria-born professor of Social Ethics at the University of Boston, Prof. Nimi Wariboko, has said that a one-party state is not ideal for Nigeria under any circumstances. The remarks came during an exclusive interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica. The author of over forty books was reacting to statements attributed to the former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, during a memorial lecture in honour of the late elder statesman, Pa. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, in Port Harcourt. The former president was quoted as saying that “If we must, as a nation, go one-party, then it must be…
Our Reporter, Awka Former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has expressed deep sorrow and outrage over the gruesome murder of the President General of his hometown, Aguleri, Barrister Rolex Ifeanyi Iloakasia, and his client, who were reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen. In a press statement issued on Thursday, Obiano described the killing as a senseless and unjustifiable act that has plunged the Aguleri community into mourning and shaken the collective conscience of Anambra State. “This senseless act of violence is a dark and painful blow, not just to Aguleri, but to Anambra State as a whole,” Obiano…
By Owei Lakemfa The French establishment is, again, sowing the seeds of violence in Africa. As it is traditional with France, it will water such seeds, nurture them until they are ripe for harvest. In its latest genetically-modified violence-seed planting, France in May, 2025, set aside 150 million Euro through its French Development Agency to plant violence in Western Sahara. The fund is to enable the parochial-minded Moroccan Monarchy to recolonise its neighbour. The French mission is simple. It is aware that Western Sahara, otherwise known as the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR, which has been a member of the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nzuko Umunna, a pan-Igbo Socio-economic and political pressure group, has urged JAMB to display resit exam scores instantly after the resit exams on May 16 and May 17. JAMB has called for resit examination for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2025 for candidates in the South-East and Lagos States due to “technical glitches” the examination body had admitted it committed recently. The Nzuko Umunna made the call in a statement jointly signed by its President, Prof Chinedu Nebo and Executive-Secretary, Dr Uju Agomoh, respectively on Friday in Enugu. The statement is titled: “JAMB’s glitch controversy:…