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It’s playing to the gallery – Source Our Reporter, Abuja with Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has sent a delegation to Ghana to rescue vulnerable under-aged girls captured in a viral video from the captivity of traffickers in Ghana. The young girls were seen in a viral video making rounds on social media where they were being interviewed by some social activists. The team led by the Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Amara Iwuanyanwu, and the Commissioner for women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs Nkechi Ugwu, was given an order not to return…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia It has been discovered that one of the five soldiers killed by unknown gunmen in Aba on Thursday May 30, 2024, was a kinsman of Gov. Alex Otti. This came to the fore on Sunday when the Governor visited the family of Cpl. Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama who hailed from the same village, Nvosi, in Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area, as Governor Otti. The deceased left behind a young wife with about four-month-old baby, and an aged mother. Governor Otti commiserated with the family and reiterated his promise that the State Government will take up the responsibility of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Young Farmers Association (ENSYFA), in collaboration with the state Ministry of Agriculture and Agro Industrialisation has taking its sack farming awareness programme to Eke in Udi Local Government Area. According to the organisers, the programme was aimed at educating and empowering elderly residents of Udi town with sustainable farming techniques. The programme saw a turnout of over 100 elderly participants eager to aquire skills in sack farming – a method that allows for the cultivation of crops in sacks, providing a convenient alternative to traditional farming and reducing the physical strain on elderly farmers.…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Archbishop Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Anglican Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim, has asked the Federal Government to initiate policies and programmes that will benefit youths of the country. According to Ibezim, youths are the future of the nation, thus programmes must be designed to enable the young generation assert their role properly as future leaders. This was contained in a message delivered on his behalf by Reverend Ugochukwu Edokwe at Saint Peter’s Parish, Amawbia, in Awka South Local Government Area, during a special service to mark the 2024 Youth Sunday in…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old young lady, named Oluchi Nzemechi from Uzoagba, in Ikeduru LGA of the State, for stabbing her partner, Mr. Kelechi Nzemechi, to death. Miss Nzemechi during interrogation, confessed to the crime, admitting that she stabbed her lover with a kitchen knife during a heated argument with him for failing to give her a cut of an alleged 250 Million Rupiah they fraudulently obtained from a victim in Indonesia. The said money is worth about N23,250,000 (twenty-three million, two-hundred and fifty thousand naira). The suspect further revealed that…
…Say militarisation hurting zone’s economy, chasing away youths Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo women under the aegis of Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, have pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pull the military out of South-East roads back to their barracks, arguing that the multiple military checkpoints on the roads are taking a toll on the economy of the zone. The women lamented the loss of man-hours during movements within South-East as a result of multiple military checkpoints in the zone. Addressing a press conference in Umuahia, Abia State, the National President of IWA, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, appreciated the sacrifices of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu on Sunday witnessed massive fans turnout as Rangers International battles Eyimba Football club of Aba in an oriental derby. The match is the week 35 of the Nigerian Premiere Football League (NPFL). As part of fans’ attraction, Life Larger Beer has created a special brand market with a viewing center outside the main bowl to let fans entertain themselves before, during and after the match. Speaking, Chima Dim, Senior Brand Manager of Life Breweries, said the idea was to support the development of the local league and to make fans enjoy themselves.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Elder statesman and former Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nduka Eya, has urged Nigerians to stop ‘demonising governors’ over Local Government Area administrative and financial autonomy. Eya made the call while speaking with newsmen in Enugu on Sunday on various issues bordering the nation and her people. He said that the current negative perception of Nigerians looking at the governors as the problem rocking the council areas; which is not, as the problem stems from the military’s unitary system of rule as well as the constitution. According to him, “I was once a permanent secretary to council…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Professor of Law and founder of Women Aid Collective (WACOL), Joy Ezeilo (SAN), has urged governments at all levels to take measures aimed at reducing the rising cases of human trafficking in the country. She said this via her X handle and made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu. Ezeilo lamented the menace of trafficking in persons in Nigeria, saying that the ugly trend was damaging Nigeria’s image globally. “I strongly urge the government at all levels to implement urgent measures to address the root causes, particularly to reduce the vulnerabilities of young girls. “Establishing early warning…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In a country and a season in which candour is not always seen as a virtue, those who make it the currency of their daily lives are either idolized, endangered or idolized into endangerment. On the Nigerian streets, a person who addresses issues of public significance with candour can be described as having “broken the table.” As a figure of speech, this usage is back-handed compliment for bucking a national habit of dressing up reality in a bodyguard of avoidance. Tables, however, can be useless without a chair or a bench. When the table gets scattered,…