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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested one individual for allegedly attempting to turn the annual Imo Awka festival into an avenue for criminal activities. The arrest led to the recovery of a locally made Beretta pistol, one live round of ammunition, and other incriminating items. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement, said the police acted on intelligence gathered over time regarding how miscreants, under the guise of celebrating the Imo Awka festival, engage in criminal acts. According to Ikenga, the criminals have become unruly, and make life…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Ben Uzuegbu has decried insensitivity of the political class toward the plights of the poor and the down-trodden in Nigeria. The legal luminary who made the lamentation in a chat with journalists in Onitsha said he had lost interest in reading newspapers and watching news due to politicians’ lack of passion for the poor. He said, “Lack of passion for the poor by the political class has made me to develop apathy to reading newspapers and watching news items in electronics media. “In all they do the political class don’t…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A coalition of women’s groups in Anambra State, Tuesday, staged a protest to demand urgent action and systemic reforms in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) admission process. The protest was led by Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL), in collaboration with other non-governmental organisations, including Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room, Southeast Women’s Network( SEWNET), and 50/50 Action Women Group. The protesters, dressed in black, marched to the JAMB office, citing irregularities and controversies in the recently concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). They also carried placards with inscriptions such as: “WACOL stands for students…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has been given approval by the State Government to engage additional lecturers of different categories to fill up vacant academic positions in critical areas of study. The university has equally been given approval to procure engineering equipment worth N800 million. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, also said the approvals were in line with the efforts of the Gov. Alex Otti-led administration to reposition the institution. Kanu recalled that Gov. Otti made a promise to renovate…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State says its operatives have successfully rescued 28 kidnapped victims, arrested 10 male suspected kidnappers and recovered firearms, ammunition, cash, vehicles, motorcycles, and other exhibits in multiple coordinated operations. A statement by SP Daniel Ndukwe, the Spokesperson for the command, said that on May 18, 2025, at about 6:30 p.m., operatives attached to Umumba Police Division, working with the Neighbourhood Watch, Forest Guards, and community members, promptly rescued two males and two females, who were kidnapped along Umumba-Ndiuno-Aguoba Road in Ezeagu Local Government Area. According to him, the arrest followed a tactical…
Uche Onyema, Owerri Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Sunday attacked the people of Amakohia-Ubi in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. An eyewitness from the community disclosed that the armed men numbering about seven entered the community from their farmland close to Agwa in Oguta council area at about 6 pm. The bandits were said to have harassed farmers in the area before moving close to their residential areas. They were said to have shot sporadically in the air which attracted the vigilante operatives of the community who engaged them in a serious gun battle forcing them…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced it will release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Wednesday. The resit was conducted between Friday and Monday following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME, which significantly impacted candidates’ performance, especially in Lagos and the South-East. JAMB said the glitches necessitated rescheduling the exam, acknowledging lapses in its system. Last week, the board’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, publicly accepted responsibility and even broke down in tears while announcing a makeup exam for the affected candidates. Out…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has announced a salary increment of N500,000 for the newly employed medical doctors in all primary healthcare facilities in the state. Nwifuru announced the salary increase during the Flag-off of health activation in readiness for the drug revolving fund and distribution of medical equipment to general hospitals. He said that the government has committed over N10 billion in upgrading health facilities, equipment and manpower in the state. The governor said that in recognition of the human resource gaps, his government has recruited 195 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and laboratory…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the dust generated by the mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, is yet to settle, South-East Caucus in the House of Representatives has demanded the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, over what it described as a “catastrophic institutional failure.” The caucus also called for the outright cancellation of the exam which recorded mass failure following a human error especially in the South-East centres. Leader of the caucus, Hon. Igariwey Enwo, in a statement on Monday, lambasted JAMB for the alleged technical glitches…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As speculations gather momentum, that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has accepted to serve as a running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in 2027, the ‘Obidents,’ Obi’s political support group has dismissed the speculations as false and imaginary. The Movement in a statement by its Director, Strategic Communications, Nana Kazaure, urged members of the public to discountenance the rumour. According to the statement issued on Monday, Obi has not at any time accepted to be Atiku’s running mate for one tenure contrary to the speculations. The statement said that…