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By Azu Ishiekwene Before The Human Flow was published, Jonathan, one of Europe’s most accomplished foreign affairs columnists and journalists, had talked with excitement about the book. It was his first novel. Like a woman who became pregnant when she thought she was past child-bearing, Jonathan, 82, couldn’t wait to make Mary Wesley look like a child prodigy. Sam Omatseye’s book, Beating All the Odds: Diaries and Essays on How Tinubu Became President, on the other hand, is part diary, part essay. The diary would have been difficult to script even if a fiction writer had tried to imagine the outcome of events in…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu One does not need to write too many words to signify the essence of the gem named Azuh Arinze. He has all on his own written himself into the consciousness of our epoch with words of wisdom that belie his age. A prolific pathfinding journalist, Azuh Arinze is the author of valuable books such as The CEO’s Bible, Success Is Not Served A La Carte, A Taste of Success, Conversations With Showbiz Stars, Encounters – Lessons from My Journalism Career etc. His latest offering on the book front, My Story of Many Colours, is in my estimation the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Former political appointees under the Willie Obiano administration in Anambra State have declared their intentions to withdraw their support from Governor Chukwuma Soludo in favour of the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The group made this known in a communique released after their recent meeting in Awka, the state capital on Tuesday. The group, in the communique signed by the convener, Owelle Mbaso, said their decision followed refusal of the state governor to pay the severance allowance accruing to them as former appointees that worked in the immediate past administration. Mbaso said the governor…
A controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. Bobrisky, who has been embroiled in several controversies over the past weeks, was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night, and has since been detained at the Lagos Command of the EFCC. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, noted that Bobrisky would be charged to court. “Bobrisky is with us. He was arrested last night in Lagos, and he is at our Lagos command. We arrested him for alleged abuse…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The ‘Flying Antelopes,’ Rangers International F.C of Enugu on Wednesday produced one of their finest games of the season in the 2-0 win over visiting Sunshine Stars F.C of Akure in a match day 28 NPFL 2023/2024 fixture played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu. Kalu Nweke and Ifeanyi Onyebuchi were the goal scorers for the coach Fidelis Ilechukwu tutored side that has gone ten matches unbeaten in the league and with the result, maintain its stay at the summit of the twenty team log. The home side did not hide its desire to carry the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Hausa communities in Onitsha and Awka cities in Anambra State have hailed Labour party presidential candidate in the last general election for his inclusive approach to leadership. The leadership of the Muslim communities in both cities voiced their unwavering support and heartfelt prayers to Obi for his leadership role in Nigeria. Obi was in Onitsha and Awka mosques to felicitate with Muslims for the Ramadan fast, where he donated cash and food items to them. At the event, he urged the Muslim to use the opportunity of the period to pray for unity and progress of Nigeria.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, and the Coordinator of Atiku’s Presidential Campaign in 2023, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has dismissed PDP members who decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC, as “political viruses without any electoral value.” Ogbonnaya who was a former Deputy Chief of Staff to former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, spoke exclusively with Ikengaonline on the heels of the defection of Ikpeazu’s former Commissioners and other appointees to the APC. Some of the former PDP chieftains who dumped the ‘Big umbrella’ and picked the’broom’ included former Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo;…
…Moves to launch institute in Enugu Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigerian Mental Health Practitioners in the United States, have noted with concern, the inadequacy of infrastructure for mental health care in Nigeria. President of the association, Dr Azubuike Aliche, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia, Abia State, said the group had decided to intervene to help bridge the gap. He said that the association would launch the Nigeria-American Institute for Mental Health at Godfrey Okoye University Enugu on April 13, as part of its resolve to help provide quality health care for patients with mental challenges. Dr…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The member representing Igbo Eze South State Constituency at the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Harrison Ogara, says he has chosen to teach his constituents how to catch fish instead of giving them fish. Hon. Ogara said this during the graduation of about 40 trainees (Igbo Eze South Agro Rangers) in Biopreneurship programme which he sponsored at the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). He commended the trainees who bagged Certificates of Proficiency in Biopreneurship and urged them to go back to their various homes to practice what they learnt during the 3-month intensive…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has decorated eight newly-promoted police officers to their new ranks of Superintendents of Police (SP) from the ranks of Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP). Addressing the officers during the decoration on Wednesday in Enugu, Uzuegbu noted that promotion engenders the motivation to work harder. The commissioner charged them to see their promotion as an opportunity to take higher responsibility and exhibit higher levels of wisdom in the discharge of their duties. He said: “I congratulate you on your promotion. But you must know that the higher the…