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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it recorded a total seizure of 91.768kg of cannabis sativa and psychotropic substances from January to date. The state Commander, Mr Okechukwu Nkere, disclosed this in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State to commemorate the 2025 United Nations Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. Nkere said that the 2025 celebration, tagged “The Evidence is Clear; Invest in Prevention,” was to advocate, educate and enlighten members of the society to resist the pressure of succumbing to abuse of drugs and illicit substances. “The Command also arrested…
By Monday Onyekachi Ubani About six years ago, my client, a UK-based Nigerian widow became the target of an audacious scheme orchestrated by a notorious syndicate of land grabbers operating under the guise of a land owning family in Lagos. Their objective was clear: to dispossess her of her rightful ownership of three plots of land situated behind the former Tasty Fried Chicken building on Opebi Road, Ikeja. In a disturbing abuse of judicial process, these individuals approached a Magistrate Court then at Ikeja Local Airport, and by misrepresentation and fraudulent manipulation, secured a writ of possession against my client.…
…Sam Amadi to speak on ‘S’East govs, JAMB and tertiary education in Igboland Our Reporter, Abuja, with Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia After nearly six months, the famous Ikengaonline townhall returns today, Thursday, June 26, with the Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr Sam Amadi, as guest speaker. The former Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), will speak on the theme: “South-East Governors, JAMB and Tertiary Education in Igboland.” This is contained in a statement by the Editor-in-Chief of the South-East focused accountability on-line media platform, Uche Ugboajah. The explosive monthly meeting scheduled for 7:00 pm (WAT), will be…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Federal Government has carried out a one day training workshop on Sack Farming and Home Gardening for South-East women farmers and people with special needs. During the training held in Enugu on Wednesday, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi, urged women farmers in the geopolitical zone to embrace sack farming and home gardening to enhance agriculture and food security in the country. He said that the workshop aimed to sensitise small scale women farmers and people with special needs in the region on sack farming and home gardening.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief Vehicle inspection Officer in Enugu State, Engr. Val Chime, told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the agency would soon revoke driving license of fresh drivers not passing through VIO driving test. Chime said that after going through a driving school; the next step is the compulsory driving test at the VIO office/facility to check for practical proficiency and class of vehicle budding drivers would drive. According to him, it is the VIO officer after the driving test that will decide the class A,B,C,D, E, F,G etc the fresh driver would get drivers’ license on.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than four travellers were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday in a bomb explosion that rocked Komala village on the Maiduguri–Damboa Road, Borno State. This is coming less than two months after a bomb blast claimed eight persons and injured 12 in the state. Local sources say the blast occurred when a Suzuki pick-up truck ran over an improvised explosive device. Meanwhile, the Borno State Police Command, has via the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Nahum Daso,confirmed the incident. He said the injured victims had been rushed to the hospital for treatment. “I…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Despite strong opposition against the nomination of Dr Michael Ekpai from Cross River State as the Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, the Senate, Wednesday, confirmed his nomination by the Sole Administrator of Rivers State. Public condemnation had trailed Ekpai’s nomination, with the critics alleging that it is a ploy to hijack the state’s electoral body. Those opposed to the nomination say it is suspicious to appoint a non-indigene to head such a sensitive position in another state. Odey’s confirmation followed the adoption of a report by the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Emergency Rule in…
By Promise Adiele There is a widening revolution in our world spearheaded by the demographic cohort globally referred to as Gen Z, short for Generation Z. This group of people, young, vibrant, and dynamic, born between 1997 and 2012, are different in many ways. They are largely defined by their tech-savvy, internet, and smartphone consciousness, having been born during the information technology boom. In multiple ways, Gen Z, which mostly comprises students and young adults, is emotionally, psychologically, and perceptibly ahead of their older generational counterparts, widely identified as Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996. The larger bracket of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Human rights lawyer and counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has described the abduction of Hon. Justice E.G. Umokoro of the Bayelsa State High Court, Yenagoa, as a direct and blasphemous assault on the judiciary. Justice Umokoro was abducted at gunpoint in front of Kilimanjaro eateries, along the Ekeki axis of the Bayelsa State capital, on Saturday at around 7:30 PM. In a statement on Wednesday, Ejiofor declared that the nation’s collective descent into lawlessness has reached a disgraceful and terrifying new low. According to the IPOB lawyer, the abduction is not an ordinary…
…Awards 11 rural roads, agro hubs Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The proposed $1.3 billion Medical City project by the Abia State Government, would would be flagged off by Governor Alex Otti on July 10. Similarly, the Governor would flag off 11 new rural road projects and three agro-logistics hubs as well as markets under the World Bank Assisted Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed these in Umuahia during a press briefing, said they were part of deliberate strategic plans of the Governor to transform the state. He said that the medical city…