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Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Embassy of Japan in Nigeria is set to build and install its state-of-the-art medical incinerator facility in Enugu State. As a result, the embassy officials on Wednesday, visited the state to inspect proposed site for the project. While inspecting the site at Abakpa Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Enugu East council area, Ms Wakana Deguchi, Coordinator, Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP), said that the embassy was satisfied with the site selected for the project. Wakana, who did not mention the cost of the project, noted that for proper functioning of the medical incinerator, there should be…

Our Reporter, Abuja  A new coalition of political parties has formally adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform for the 2027 Nigeria general elections. Taking to his official X handle on Thursday, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi, gave altruistic reasons behind the emergence of the new coalition of opposition politicians. Recall that on Wednesday the coalition in their meeting appointed the former Senate President, Senator David Mark, to serve as the National Chairman; while the former Minister of Interior under President Muhammadu Buhari, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, will serve as…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A former Governor of Rivers State and one of the founding members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,  Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, has resigned his membership of the APC, claiming  that “Nigeria is completely destroyed and requires a complete change.” The former Minister of Transportation accused the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of colluding to hijack the forthcoming elections in the country. Amaechi who spoke  after the unveiling of the interim executive of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Abuja, said that things had become “so bad that Nigerians can’t afford to eat…

Our Reporter, Abuja  Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the LabourParty (LP) in the 2023 election, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s decision to offer scholarships to students in St. Lucia, a Caribbean nation, while Nigeria struggles with a high number of out-of-school children and educational challenges. Obi, who said this Wednesday via his official X handle,  regretted that President Tinubu would  be handing out scholarships in another country while children in no less a place than the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have been at home for about three months because their teachers have been on strike. “It is heartbreaking that…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu- The Enugu State Government has  charged a lawyer, Mr Ogbonna Chukwu,  for alleged forgery, false information, and intention to defraud of property belonging to late Mr Okwidili Aneke. Chukwu Ogbonna is facing a three-count charge of forgery, false information, and intention to defraud late Aneke of his property, which his client Mr Victor Ekwo, was giving power of attorney to manage. Upon the deceased untimely death, Ogbonna, who was a husband to the deceased niece started laying hands on his property on the ground that he does not have a child with the wife whereas the deceased…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the coalition against President Ahmed Tinubu builds ahead of the 2027 presidential poll, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Mr Peter Obi, has submitted a single term proposal to the opposition coalition for consideration. This was disclosed by the National Coordinator for the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Dr Yinusa Tanko, during the conferment of a chieftaincy title, ‘Sarki Maskan’ (War Hero), on Obi on Tuesday. He expressed hope that the coalition would align with Obi’s four-year ambition, stressing that the former governor of Anambra does not need more than four years to transform the…

Our Reporter, Abuja  Former Senate President, David Mark, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, citing internal divisions and unresolved crises. Senator Mark who tendered his resignation to the party chairman in his local ward in Otukpo in Benue State, said he had remained loyal and contributed his all to the PDP especially holding fort for the party even as the last man standing after the loss of the 2015 general election. “I bring warm greetings to you and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otukpo Ward 1, and by extension, to the entire Benue State…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has inducted 70 pioneer graduates of Department of Nursing Sciences into the nursing profession. The induction brought to an end a seven-year wait by the graduands due to lack of accreditation. The induction was conducted by the Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) Alhaji Alhassan Ndagi to formally usher the graduates into the noble healthcare profession. It would be recalled that the inductees began their academic journey in 2018 without accreditation for the programme. Speaking, the Chairman of the occasion and Special Adviser to…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has condemned the   killing of “innocent”  individuals in Ogboji, Anambra State. Yet-to-be identified gunmen, Monday, around 7pm, stormed Ogboji in Orumba South Local Government Area, and murdered 13 Ebonyi indigenes who had gathered for their monthly meeting.  Ikengaonline learned that the armed criminals arrived in two Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and attacked the gathering unprovoked, shooting sporadically. Spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, has said that only 10 people were confirmed dead, against media report of 13.  Soludo, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Law…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  In the wake of the chilling massacre of Ebonyi State indigenes in Ogboji, Anambra State, a survivor has come forward with a harrowing account of how gunmen stormed a peaceful community meeting and opened fire, killing at least eleven people and injuring several others. Mr. Onuoha Godwin, a member of the Ebonyi State Welfare Association in Ogboji, was present at the ill-fated meeting and lived to tell the tale—though not without grave injuries and deep emotional scars. Speaking from his hospital bed, where he is currently receiving treatment for multiple gunshot wounds to his hand and stomach,…