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Ngozi Obiachu, Umuahia Elder statesman and the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has said that he would not join issues with the former Rivers’ Governor and the incumbent Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, over his (Wike’s) “denigrating remarks” against him. The former Senate President was reacting to a recent outburst by Wike that if Wabara were to be his father, he would have disowned him. Wike had during a television interview said: “It’s unfortunate they have a man they said is a former Senate President. If…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, Maku Olatunde, has cautioned citizens in Anambra State to refrain from scooping Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly referred to as fuel, from overturned petrol tanker trucks. Commandant Maku stated this on Sunday 19th of January 2025, during his tactical digest meeting with supervisory officers at the State Command Headquarters, Awka. The warning came on the heels of a tragic tanker explosion that occurred at Dikko Junction, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State that claimed several lives and left many others injured. The commandant…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Lead counsel to indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has called on Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), to intervene on attack of the minister of Federal Capital Territory Abuja, and his public disparaging and hurling of abuses at judicial officers in the country. Ejiofor in a statement on Monday obtained by our reporter in Awka Anambra State, said the Minister’s behaviour raises serious questions about his respect for the judiciary. According to him, the action would send a concerning signal to other judicial officers currently involved in any form of transaction with the Minister. He…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ikechukwu Ezeugwu Foundation has unveiled a micro-credit scheme of N10 million grants to empower over 60 individuals and business groups to enhance their respective trades and investments. While unveiling the programme at Igugu, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, the founder of the foundation, Dr. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, said that the micro-credit scheme was more than just financial support but a path to liberation for small businesses seeking growth. Among the recipients of the interest-free credits include, the Igugu Community Trade and Investment Committee, Nsukka Produce Association, Orba Produce Buyers Association, Ozioko Council of Elders, and…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commissioner for Education in Enugu State, Dr. Obi Ozor, has donated more than 1,000 exercise books to his alma mater, Christ High School, Abor, in Udi Local Government Area of the state. Dr. Ozor, who was represented by his Personal Assistant, Mr. Kingsley Mba, at the presentation of the books also presented cash gifts to the overall best students from JSS1 to SS3. In a statement, read on his behalf, he emphasised his commitment to supporting the education programmes of the Enugu State Government. He pledged to continue providing support to educational institutions in the state,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki One person was killed and at least ten houses burnt to ashes in Ndieguzu Agalegu Omege Community located in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. It was learned that many people were injured after suspected hoodlums attacked the community. The crisis allegedly erupted between the people of Omege Agalagu and Ukwuinyima. Details of what led to the clashes was still sketchy but a source in the community said the crisis is as a result of a fight that happened in November 2024 when they buried one woman that was allegedly raped and killed. “More than 10…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki An undergraduate, Hilary Chukwuemeka Ekuma, has been killed in an apparent assassination attack on him in Ebonyi Dtate. The victim, was said to be a student of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Uwana, Afikpo Local Government Area. He was gunned down at a relaxation centre in Afikpo town where he went to unwind. A source in the area said the victim was at the bar drinking when two men walked in, went straight to where he was sitting and shot him. The gunmen thereafter made to leave but another man at the relaxation centre went after them. “They…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 86 persons perished in a petrol tanker explosion that left scores injured at Dikko Junction, Niger State, on Saturday. The death toll which was put at 70, with 50 injured on Saturday, increased by Sunday with the recovery of additional bodies at the scene. The recovered bodies have been given a mass burial at Dikko area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued Sunday by the Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah. According to the statement, the agency, alongside Gurara Local Government Area and brave, kind-hearted volunteers,…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Colonial occupation and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into exile were lucky. Sir Evelyn Baring invented the manual on this form of predation as governor of colonial Kenya for seven years until 1959. Six decades after independence, the man who rode to power in Nairobi two years ago by promising to make Kenya great again is unapologetically reprising Sir Evelyn’s manual minus the internment camps. In June 2021, Abubakar Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General, announced with some relish that Nnamdi Kanu – self-proclaimed…
…Dubs Rivers assembly rubber stamp A human rights advocacy group, Pilex Center-The Peoples Advocates, has picked holes in the 2025 Rivers State budget describing it as a product of a rubber stamp Assembly that will not serve the interests of the common man. In a press release dated January 8, and signed by its coordinator, Nsirim Ovu, Esq., it decried the failure of the Siminalaiye Fubara government to address the livelihood challenges caused by the fuel subsidy removal and epileptic power supply which has fueled economic hardship putting the ordinary citizens under unimaginable hardship. It queried the allocation of a…