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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Bishop Sunday Onuoha has condemned the killing of Aba-based businessman, Emmanuel Okocha, by a trigger-happy police corporal in Aba as another avoidable, senseless waste of human life. The cleric in a statement he personally issued on Saturday, demanded justice for the victim. He said: “The news about a young businessman shot to death at a checkpoint in Abayi, Aba, Abia State, is at once worrisome, and paints a foreboding picture of recklessness and irresponsibility by some officers of Nigerian security agencies.” Continuing he said: “With a heavy heart, I send sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Emmanuel Michael Okocha…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Josiah Majebi is the fifth Chief Judge of Kogi State (in North-Central Nigeria) in four years and the fourth to exist almost entirely in the pocket of the state governor. He has been in office as substantive Chief Judge since the beginning of February 2023, having acted in that role since 26 June 2022 when his predecessor, Richard Olorunfemi, retired. Henry Olusiyi served in that office for just under seven months from the end of June 2020 until January 2021. Sunday Otuh, who succeeded him, spent eight months in office before retiring in September 2021. The last Chief Judge of…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Police in Abia State said they had arrested and detained their personnel, Corporal Obagi Njok, for shooting and killing a young man at a checkpoint in Aba. Police in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Maureen Chinaka, said full investigation into the matter had been ordered, describing the incident as unfortunate, The PPRO in the statement issued Saturday, condoled with the family of the victim, assuring them that justice would be served to the culprit. She said that appropriate disciplinary measures would soon be taken against the killer cop. The statement read in…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The South Korean delegation has arrived Nigeria for the full implementation of the Information Access Centre (IAC). The IAC is a platform that creates multi-functional facilities which include an ICT Training Lab, Internet Lounge, Video Conference Room, and Administrative Office to offer a wide range of opportunities for ICT enablement and to bring them into the Information Society. At the 9th Global ICT Leadership Forum which took place in Seoul, Republic of Korea in November 2023, the Digital Bridge Institute, DBI was given the right to host the Information Access Centre (IAC) by the National Information Agency…

…As Bishop Onuoha seeks improved civilian-military relations Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has demanded justice for the late James Etubi, the Food and Beverage Manager of Hotel Royal Damgrate, Umuahia, allegedly tortured to death by solders interrogating him and others following the alleged drowning of Air Force cadet, Emmanuel Onyemereche, in the hotel’s swimming pool. This is as the Co-chair of Interfaith Peace and Dialogue Forum, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, had called for improved civilian-military relationship, and use of dialogue in settling disputes between civilians and security agencies. COSEYL, a sociopolitical youth group in the…

….urges students to go write exam Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The management of Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, has denied claims of hike in the examination fee and other fees of the institution. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Chijioke Ibeziako, in a statement, clarified that fees paid in the institution including the examinations fee are legally approved and contained in the fee schedule issued to students upon registration. Ibeziako also said the fees are in line with what is obtainable in other institutions pointing out that Federal Polytechnic Oko has a very moderate school fees regime and one of…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Five persons have been reported dead, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving a transit bus and a tipper. The accident, which happened around Orogwe market bus stop along Owerri-Onitsha expressway in Imo State, involved a luxurious bus owned by the Lords Chosen Ministry, which was transporting church members from Lagos State to Owerri for a programme. Ikengaonline learned that two vehicles were coming from Onitsha to Owerri, when the coaster bus, while trying to overtake the tipper, collided with it from behind and lost control, causing it to crash into the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Garrison Commander 82 Division Nigerian Army, Enugu, Brig-Gen. MM Abu, has said that the number of weapons in unauthorised hands in Nigeria was alarming. He said this on Thursday at a one day seminar on the control of proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. The seminar was organised by the National Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALWS), South-East. Zonal Office, Enugu. He said: “The number of weapons outside is very alarming. “We need to take out these weapons in our midst; we need solutions; we need to think…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Convener, 2024 South East Educators Conference (SEEC), Mrs Doris Chinedu-Okoro, says it will partner with the Anambra and Enugu State governments to address educational needs of the zone. Chinedu-Okoro said this at a conference in Enugu with the theme, “The Future Focused Learning,” which would offer opportunity for stakeholders to pioneer positive changes in the local education sector in the region. She noted that many teachers and students were not Information Technologically (IT) compliant to meet international best practices in the sector. According to her, the event was as a result of the necessity to reawaken…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu State Government has restated its commitment to providing Electricity services to the citizens of the state. Governor Peter Mbah gave this indication in Enugu during a Customer Complaints Resolution Meeting organised by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. Mbah said that the government was currently studying underserved and unserved communities and will soon constitute the management of the newly established Enugu State Electrification Agency. The governor further stated that Enugu State is poised to catalyse the economic growth of the South-East. The governor represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Chidiebere Onyia, said the…