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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has been given approval by the State Government to engage additional lecturers of different categories to fill up vacant academic positions in critical areas of study. The university has equally been given approval to procure engineering equipment worth N800 million. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, also said  the approvals were in line with the efforts of the Gov. Alex Otti-led administration to reposition the institution. Kanu recalled that Gov. Otti made a promise to renovate…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Police Command in Enugu State says its operatives have successfully rescued 28 kidnapped victims, arrested 10 male suspected kidnappers and recovered firearms, ammunition, cash, vehicles, motorcycles, and other exhibits in multiple coordinated operations. A statement by SP Daniel Ndukwe, the Spokesperson for the command, said that on May 18, 2025, at about 6:30 p.m., operatives attached to Umumba Police Division, working with the Neighbourhood Watch, Forest Guards, and community members, promptly rescued two males and two females, who were kidnapped along Umumba-Ndiuno-Aguoba Road in Ezeagu Local Government Area. According to him, the arrest followed a tactical…

Uche Onyema, Owerri  Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Sunday attacked the people of Amakohia-Ubi in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. An eyewitness from the community disclosed that the armed men numbering about seven entered the community from their farmland close to Agwa in Oguta council area at about 6 pm.  The bandits were said to have harassed farmers in the area before moving close to their residential areas. They were said to have shot sporadically in the air which attracted the vigilante operatives of the community who engaged them in a serious gun battle forcing them…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced it will release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Wednesday. The resit was conducted between Friday and Monday following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME, which significantly impacted candidates’ performance, especially in Lagos and the South-East. JAMB said the glitches necessitated rescheduling the exam, acknowledging lapses in its system. Last week, the board’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, publicly accepted responsibility and even broke down in tears while announcing a makeup exam for the affected candidates. Out…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has announced a salary increment of N500,000 for the newly employed medical doctors in all primary healthcare facilities in the state. Nwifuru announced the salary increase during the Flag-off of health activation in readiness for the drug revolving fund and distribution of medical equipment to general hospitals. He said that the government has committed over N10 billion in upgrading health facilities, equipment and manpower in the state. The governor said that in recognition of the human resource gaps, his government has recruited 195 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and laboratory…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the dust generated by the mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, is yet to settle, South-East Caucus in the House of Representatives has demanded the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, over what it described as a “catastrophic institutional failure.” The caucus also called for the outright cancellation of the exam which recorded mass failure following a human error especially in the South-East centres. Leader of the caucus, Hon. Igariwey Enwo, in a statement on Monday, lambasted JAMB for the alleged technical glitches…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As speculations gather momentum, that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has accepted to serve as a running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in 2027, the ‘Obidents,’ Obi’s political support group has dismissed the speculations as false and imaginary. The Movement in a statement by its Director, Strategic Communications,  Nana Kazaure, urged members of the public to discountenance the rumour. According to the statement issued on Monday, Obi has not at any time accepted to be Atiku’s running mate for one tenure contrary to the speculations. The statement said that…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Rights group, African Centre for Human  Advancement and Resource Support, CHARS-Africa, has demanded a probe into the reported helicopter attack on Mbosi Community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday May 14. The group which condemned the incident said that the confusion over those behind the incident is generating curiosity, hence the urgent need for the investigation. CHARS-AFRICA, in a statement on Monday  by its Executive Director, Amaka Biachi; and Programme Officer, Okoye, Chuka Peter, said the incident, “constitutes a prima facie mass atrocity, whether perpetrated by state actors or non-state militias.” The statement…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  In his efforts to stem the tide of insecurity in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area, the Chairman Barrister Chijioke Ezugwu, has flagged off the construction of a 65-kilometer farm access road, connecting Ukwuakpu, Ogborigbo, Mbataja, Ofia Nwagbada, Eterewe,Ogboda, Ogbakiri and Isi-Obinna farmlands.  Speaking at the flag off, the chairman said that the large expanse of Farms/forests which have become the den for kidnappers and other criminal hideouts would be converted to Clusters of Farm Estate.  He said that, the project which, was launched on May 17, 2025, at a ceremony in Ukwuakpu near Uvuru and Ukpata communities,…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested a 24-year-old native doctor, Mr Ejike Chinonso and recovered two firearms and ammunition. SP Daniel Ndukwe, the command’s spokesperson said that the native doctor also confessed to being a member of the Black Axe confraternity. Ndukwe said that the operation was carried out by operatives on May 15, 2025, at the suspect’s shrine in Ugwuochie-Iwollo, Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State. According to him, exhibits recovered from the suspect include one locally made pistol, one revolver pistol, one expended 38 special calibre ammunition, one live 38…