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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and a one-time Foreign Affairs Minister, General Ike Nwachukwu (Rtd), have reiterated the call for restructuring and constitution review to address the challenges facing the country. The duo made the call during the “14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance,” held in Enugu. The event was organised by the Youths Affair International with the theme “Imperative of Good Governance in Nigeria.” Speaking at the event, Nwachukwu said he had long been advocating for the restructuring of Nigeria to become a proper federation, allowing state autonomy and bringing…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging and another, Private Abubakar Yusuf, to 10-year imprisonment. The acting Deputy Director 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday, said that the sentences were handed down after due consideration for the offences of murder and robbery for which the soldiers stood trial. It would be recalled that the GCM, composed of 11 members, was inaugurated by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Oluyemi…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The 10,000-barrel liters per day modular refinery in Abia State is to commence in the month of May, Ikengaonline can authoritatively report. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this during a press briefing on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, said the approval of the Federal Government had been secured on the multi-billion Naira project. This, according to him, is a major breakthrough in the Abia Industrial and Innovative Park project located at Owaza in the oil-rich Ukwa land. He said: “The State Government is making steady progress on the AIIP project…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rolled out free medical tests to Anambra workers as part of the events to commemorate the 2025 worker’s day. The NLC chairman in the state, Comrade Humphrey Nwafor, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the state capital, Monday. He said the initiative tagged: “know your status,” is aimed at promoting workers’ health and well-being, and would offer various medical screenings and tests. The chairman said the free medical tests would be given to over 2,0000 workers in the state as part of NLC’s efforts to improve…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia; Ben Ezechime Enugu; Lawrence Nwimo, Awka; & Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The decline of interest by Igbo youths in military recruitments in Nigeria, has of late, become a source of concern both to the military and stakeholders from the South-East geopolitical zone. Recently, the Army Authorities embarked on sensitisation tour of states in the zone where they complained of the decline and solicited the help of the State Governors in persuading youths from the zone to seek careers in the military. The Nigerian Army commenced its 2025 recruitment application for the 89th Regular Recruit Intake on March 31,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A former Chairman of Edda Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Dr. Eni Uduma Chima, who had contested for House of Representatives two times, has vowed to continue running for the position. Chima said he will keep contesting until he wins the position. The former House of Assembly member contested for House of Representatives in 2015 under Labour Party and 2023 under All Progressives Congress (APC), and lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iduma Igariwey, who has now held the position for over 10 years. He stated this in his Ekoli Edda, Edda Local…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Members of the House of Representatives from Enugu, South-East Nigeria, have backed Federal Government’s plan to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. In a statement made available to newsmen on Monday, the Enugu caucus members led by Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, representing Nkanu East/West Federal Constituency, said the move would boost the South-East economy. The caucus further commended the Federal Government for the initiative and urged it to hasten the concession process for the benefit the people of the South-East and Nigeria in general. They also called on the people of the region to support the concessioning…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Eight persons, including four women lost their lives while six others got injured in a ghastly motor accident along Nteje-Awka route, near New Terminal, close to Ukpo Junction, Anambra state. The crash occured around 9pm on Sunday and involved a Mack tanker without registration number and a Toyota Hiace bus, registered as EKP375XM. An eyewitness account said the bus, heading to Onitsha, collided with the tanker while overtaking another vehicle on a single carriageway, leaving many passengers dead and others injured. “The bus, traveling from Abakaliki to Onitsha, was speeding and overtook dangerously before colliding with the…
Agency Report Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, has dismissed the no-case submission filed by Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja on Monday sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging. Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased (his wife) on April 8, 2022. The judge held that the prosecution had proven the burden of proof placed on it by the…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki One person has been shot dead, two injured and many others missing in Ndiagu Amagu, Ikwo, in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, following a leadership tussle in the community. The deceased, Nwoyika Ugbaloke and Thomas Ngaragu were attacked by a gun wielding group but Ugbaloke couldn’t survive the attack. Many people are said to be missing in the attack. Trouble started when a faction in the community imposed N40,000 levy on all the adults in Nduche Umuomara in the community which did not go down well with another faction in the area. It was also…