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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Some workers in Abia State, Tuesday, joined their counterparts in the nationwide protest against the biting economic hardship. The workers who assembled under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,  chanted anti-government songs as they marched through some streets. A woman said to be a widow slumped during the protest when the protesters took the protest to the entrance gate of the Government House Umuahia. She was however, revived by other protesters. In his speech at the gate of the Government  House, Abia NLC Chairman, Comrade Okoro Ogbonnaya, said that…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for enlisting South-East in his renewed electricity roadmap of infrastructural development project, popularly known as “Light Up Nigeria.” Okechukwu, a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), gave the commendation in Enugu on Tuesday while reacting to the recent South-East Business Roundtable for Light up Nigeria project. The South-East Business Roundtable for Light up Nigeria project was held in Enugu on Monday and powered by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) and its partners. The event, chaired by the…

Reinhard Bonnke’s successor, Kolenda storms Abia for gospel crusade Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Evangelist Daniel Kolenda, successor of the late popular gospel evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke, will storm Umuahia the Abia State capital for a four -day gospel crusade. The interdenominational crusade , according to a statement by the Local Organising Committee, will begin on Thursday, February 29 and end Sunday, March 3 at 4:00pm daily. Okpara Square Event Centre Umuahia, will serve as venue of the crusade according to the statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the LOC and the Abia State Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Enugu State has embarked on street protest in the state capital over the current hunger and economic hardship in the country. The Chairman of State NLC, Mr Fabian Nwigbo, who led the protest, said the protest by the Congress was to draw the attention of government of Enugu State and Federal Government to hardships facing citizens. He said these hardship was caused by some anti-people policies of the government. While addressing Members at the NLC Secretariat, Nwigbo said it was regrettable that there was so much hunger in the land, adding that…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka About six persons have reportedly feared dead in a building collapse that occured at Ochanja market by Woliwo Street, Fegge Onitsha, in Anambra State. Sources said the building which is a three-storey plaza with over a hundred shops still under construction, collapsed at about 6pm on Monday. Ikengaonline gathered that 20 other persons were rescued with various degrees of injuries and are currently hospitalized. Confirming the incident, Anambra State Emergency Management Agency said over fifty of the workers who were at the site at the time of the collapse escaped death. It said effort is still being…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Workers in Ebonyi State on Tuesday joined their counterparts across the country to protest against economic hardship. The workers were led by the Nigerian Labour Congress Chairman in the state, Ọgụgụa Egwu. They bore placards with various inscriptions some of which read: ‘FG should end hunger now; Nigerians are dying of hunger.’ The protesters, who marched around major streets and roads in Abakaliki, converged at the Pa Ngele Ọruta stadium from where they started the march. Speaking during a brief stop at Udensi Roundabout near the old Government House, Mr Ọgụgua Egwu noted that the workers are…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Tension is building up in Oraifite town in Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra State, following a court ruling on the Igweship stool of the Kingdom. Recall that Ezumeri, one of the four villages in Oraifite town had been in an age-long legal battle to reclaim what it described as its right to produce the traditional ruler of the Kingdom after the demise of Igwe Gregory Ubaka. The ensuing legal battle lasted for 18 (eighteen) years until July 5, 2023, when Justice Dennis Maduechesi who presided over the case with No. HN/216/2006 at the Nnewi High Court, in…

ASUU to FG: Varsity lecturers stagnated on 2009 salary . Thanks Tinubu for paying 4 months withheld salaries Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Owerri Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has told President Bola Tinubu-led federal government to consider an upward review of the wages of university lecturers to cushion the effect of the present-day economic hardship in the country. The Union said its members are still feeding from the salary structure that was adopted over 15 years ago due to the failure of successive governments to arrive at a final closure to the renegotiation of the FGN/ASUU…

Joy in Aba as VP Shettima inaugurates $ 800 m Geometric power plant By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There was eruption of joy in Aba the commercial nerve centre and economic honey pot of Abia State on Monday, as the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, inaugurated the $800 million Geometric Power Plant Aba. The 188 megawatts power plant was built by a former Minister for Power, Professor Barth Nnaji from Enugu State. It is expected to solve the power needs of Aba and its environs, while the extra 88 megawatts will be exported to the national grid. Eminent Igbo personalities including other…

Our Reporter, Abuja In a rare display of courage, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday ordered the immediate implementation of report of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals and Commissions headed by former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye. The said report has been gathering dust in the Presidency since the committee set up by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 turned it in. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr Mohammed Idris, made this known while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council…