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By Cheta Nwanze Yet, despite these brutal episodes, many Nigerians today seem to have forgotten—or at least downplayed—the severity of these events. Streets, buildings, and institutions named after colonial figures who committed or enabled these atrocities remain largely unchallenged. For instance, Trenchard Hall at the University of Ibadan is named after Hugh Trenchard, a British officer who played a key role in the Aro Expedition, a campaign marked by widespread violence against the Aro people, where the collective guilt behaviour that Nigerian security forces use till this day was deployed. Similarly, Douglas House in Owerri is named after James Douglas,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has taken another step in its efforts to tackle the menace of fake native doctors promoting Okeite and other ritual activities in the state. A team of government officials and security led by the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, Mr Ken Emeakai,  Wednesday sealed off a shrine in Umuofor village, Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area, allegedly used by Ekene Igboegbueze to make people rich through supernatural means. Addressing Journalists, Emeakai explained that the government sealed the place on account of complaints it received from the people of Okija…

…Promises prudent mgt of Abia resources Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has flagged-off the reconstruction and dualisation of the 5.5 kilometres Owerrinta-Umuekea Road. Flagging off the project, which has 18 months delivery period, Otti said that when completed, the dualised Owerrinta-Umuekea Road would create “an inviting experience for road users coming into Abia from the neighbouring states of Imo and Anambra.” The Governor, who titled his speech, “A Gate Way To The New Abia,” said that never again would bad roads be used to described the State. “As I promised in the early days of this…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Barrister Casmir Agbo, the Chairman of Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State, has said that his purported suspension by some renegades in the state chapter was null, void and of no consequence. Agbo stated this at the party’s office in Enugu while reacting to media reports claiming that he had been suspended by some members of the party. At a press conference on Wednesday, the LP chairman said that the State Working Committee (SWC) had now been convoked with 14 new members by the National Secretariat of the party.  He said: “The issue of suspension of the…

INEC to be notified  Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had affirmed affirmed Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the National Secretary of the party. This was contained in a release signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the NWC took the decision at its meeting on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, after it extensively considered the Memo dated 11th February, 2025, presented by the Acting National Chairman on the issue of the National Secretary of the PDP. The NWC in considering the Memo thoroughly examined…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has commiserated with the family of eleven victims who died in a recent tanker explosion in, Enugu State.  Governor Nwifuru, represented by his wife, Mrs Uzoamaka Ogbonna Nwifuru, said that the State Government was pained by the ugly incident that claimed the lives of eleven victims from Abofia village in Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state.  She extended heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr. Jeremiah Nwaji. The 11 victims died while returning from Anambra State for the burial of their late father, Chief Augustine Nwaji. They were…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Professor Joseph Ikechebelu has ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident of assault that involved a lecturer and a student of the institution. A video that went viral on Tuesday captured a female student of History and International Studies, Precious Mbakwe, attacking a lecturer who had asked her to delete a video he appeared in. Reports had it that the student, who is in her 3rd-year, was recording a dance video in the school hallway when she clashed with the lecturer. Ikengaonline learned from the video that the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government and the European Union (EU) are to partner in areas of renewable energy, education, security amongst other areas of public interest. This was made known when the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS led by the Head of Cooperation, Mr Massimo De Luka, paid a courtesy call on Governor Peter Mbah at the government house, Enugu. The delegation was in government house to discuss projects funded by the EU in partnership with the state government. The delegation commended the governor for his approach to infrastructural and human capital development. De Luka expressed the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A group known as PDP Frontiers for Change and Progress, has blasted a former Vice Chairman of the PDP for Abia North, Elder Abraham Amah, for purportedly suspending the Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara. The group, which addressed a press conference in Umuahia on Tuesday,  dismissed as “untrue and a huge joke,” the purported suspension of Wabara. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Emeka Yellow Ikpegbu, urged members of the public to totally disregard the purported suspension of Wabara, saying it does not hold water. According to the group, Amah “lacks the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State on Tuesday granted amnesty to 159 inmates of the Abakaliki Custodial Centre. Those freed are indigenes of Effium Community who were arrested over the intra-communal war that has decimated the community since 2021. The freed inmates, who have been in detention at the facility for about four years, were granted the amnesty during the governor’s official visit to the Centre. Hundreds of persons have been killed with thousands displaced due to the crisis which started as a disagreement over the leadership of a motor park in the community but quickly snowballed…