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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The police in Abia, have raided a ‘baby factory’ located in the commercial city of Aba, and rescued 16 pregnant inmates and eight babies. Police said the operator of the illegal maternity home was also among the pregnant inmates arrested during the raid. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Maureen Chinaka, who disclosed this on Friday said the raid occured on Thursday night. She said the raid followed a credible information about the unwholesome activities going on at the ‘baby factory.’ A statement by the PPRO read: “Yesterday night (Thursday), we decided to visit the place, a four-story…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri A non-governmental organisation, Community Life Project, wants parents and care-givers to pay more attention to the training and empowerment of the girl child to enable her realise her potentials. At a workshop organised for community and religious leaders to mark this year’s International Women’s Day in Owerri, a member of the NGO, Mr Oluchukwu Nnabugwu, regretted that women have continued to suffer neglect in families. He explained that training of male children have continued to receive priority to the detriment of their female counterparts especially in the South-East, thereby depriving the society of the positive impacts that…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Students of federal and state universities and polytechnics in Imo State, Friday, poured out into the streets to protest ‘hike in school fees and poor education.’ The protesters comprising students from Imo State University (IMSU); Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO); Alvan Ikoku University of Education (AIUE); Federal Polytechnic Nekede; and Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Umuagwo; marched through the streets of Owerri to the State Government House, carrying placards demanding a reversal to the the fees previously paid. They chanted anti-government songs and carried placards with various inscriptions such as: “Government should equip…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely three weeks after their tragic death in an helicopter crash in far away United States of America, the bodies of late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, and son, Friday, arrived Nigeria for burial. Their corpses arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State. Wigwe, 57, died in a helicopter crash in the United States on February 9. His wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi, also died in the crash. Apart from the Wigwes, the former President of Nigeria Exchange Group, Mr Abimbola Ogunbanjo, was among the casualties of the fatal crash.…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Fidelis Illechukwu, Technical Adviser of Enugu Rangers International Football Club, has said that the team was not under pressure to win the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) 2023/24. Illechukwu who spoke with Ikengaonline correspondent on Friday in Enugu, said that the current Rangers squad was built around young players for the future. “We are not under pressure to win the league title, it is those who want to win the league that are under pressure. “For us, we are doing our thing, if at the end of the day it happens fine. We have a lot of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has dismantled a criminal hideout and illicit drug hub along Enugu-Onitsha old road in Agu-Awka, the state capital. The raid was carried out by Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) following a rapid expansion of the said criminal hideout and illicit activities taking place in the area. Addressing Journalists after the raid, Head of Awka Capital Territory Development Control Unit Mr. Charles Ekwunife, said the move was to reinforce importance of swift and resolute actions in maintaining the safety and well-being of urban spaces. According to him, ACTDA Enforcement Team successfully demolished the premises…

By Azu Ishiekwene I don’t know how it is in your part of town. But it’s been a nightmare in mine, a supposedly middle-class residential area in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital. Rolling blackouts do not begin to explain the depth of the misery. It’s been a dreadful time of rolling and erratic blackouts. Like surfing an angry wave, if you understand what I mean. Generators and other alternative sources of power, mostly inverters, solar panels and repurposed domestic gas, have replaced public power supply. Private power supply has become the main source; while public supply, if you ever get…

By Owei Lakemfa His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, is a pendulum. He dangles across political and ideological lines. Sometimes, he seems to forget what he said in the morning. It is therefore not surprising that in the Russo-Ukrainian War, he has swung from being a peacemaker in 2022, to an advocate of damaging Russia without destroying it, on to demanding in 2024, an outright invasion and destruction of Russia. I am sure he is not so daft not to realise that his advocacy to militarily overrun Moscow, is an invitation to a Third World War. I don’t…

…Approves N100k interest-free loan for women, parades highest number of female perm secs Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor  Alex Otti of Abia State, has boasted that his administration is the most gender-sensitive since the history of the state. Otti who made the boast in his goodwill message to Abia women for the 2024 International Women’s Day celebration, said that four women head sensitive ministries in his administration. He also added that 17 out of the 24 Permanent Secretaries in the state are all women, a development he said, demonstrated his high value for women. The Governor in the message signed by…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia An Abia State High Court sitting in Ukwa, has sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of Abia vigilante group popularly known as Bakassi Boys, for alleged kidnap and murder. The judgment was delivered by Justice Chibuzo Ahuchaogu of Abia High Court sitting in Ukwa. The convicts – Ugochukwu Amaugo, and Udo Ogah, were found guilty of an alleged  conspiracy, kidnap and murder which occurred on the 30th of August, 2014. They were said to have  allegedly arrested two young men, Temple Nwakanma, and Martins Azih, around Osisioma area of Aba, for alleged unlawful  possession of…