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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate, seeking approval to sack the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioners, REC, in charge of Abia, Adamawa, and Sokoto states. The trio were accused of involvement in electoral misconduct in 2023 although they denied any culpability. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter he addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The affected Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, RECs are Ike Uzochukwu (Abia), Hudu Yunusa-Ari (Adamawa), and Nura Ali (Sokoto). In the letter, read by Senator Akpabio during a plenary session on Wednesday, President Tinubu explained that the RECs…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Tinubu has approved 65 years as the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers in the country. Ikengaonline recalls that before the latest review, 60 years was the retirement age for these affected category of workers. This was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Mannir Bature. According to the statement, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has been directed to formally present the approval to the Council on Establishment through the Office of the Head of Service for finalisation. Bature…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has demolished more than four buildings used as hideouts by kidnappers at Umu-Umejiaku Nnewi, and Umuogbo Obiofia Nnewi-Ichi, all in Nnewi North Local Government Area. During the demolition exercise, shrines, mini-cells, bushes, and other instruments used by the kidnappers to perpetrate evil acts were seen on the scenes. Speaking, Governor Chukwuma Soludo who restated his administration’s zero tolerance for any form of crime and criminality, said that his government is out to restore sanity in the state and ensure adequate security of life and property. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Chioma Irene Awuzie as the substantive Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State. Dr. Awuzie’s appointment, which takes effect immediately for a five-year term, follows the recommendation of the Polytechnic’s Governing Council, chaired by Sen. Dr. Barnabas Gemade, after a transparent and competitive selection process where she emerged as the leading candidate. Prior to her appointment, Awuzie, who holds a Doctorate Degree in Physical and Materials Chemistry, was a distinguished Chief Lecturer in the Department of Science Laboratory Technology (Chemistry Option) and also Director in-charge of Tertiary…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Operatives of Police Command in Imo State, Okigwe divisional headquarters, in collaboration with residents of Ogii community, have arrested three suspects found in possession of a human skull. The three individuals arrested, Patrick Okoere (29), Ifeanyichukwu Anyaemeka (28), and Chukwuemeka Onyekachi (20), who were arrested along the Okigwe-Umuahia Express Road, also had a native hen and white garments in their possession. During questioning, the culprits claimed to have found the human skull along a riverbank on the Okigwe-Umuahia Expressway, an area where the command had received cases of kidnappings. According to the spokesperson of the Command, Mr.…
By Rudolf Okonkwo Jesus wept three times in the Bible. One was at the death of Lazarus. Jesus showed his displeasure with death as a heritage that came from the failure of Adam and Eve on their mission on Earth. Jesus also wept at the inability of us, His creation, to believe Him and avoid dying in sin. Poor Jesus. He must have overestimated what we could do. The third time Jesus wept was when He pictured the destruction that would befall Jerusalem on judgment day for again failing to live up to Jesus’ expectations. Since then, Jesus has not…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It’s with much shock that I met somebody the other day trying to discuss the author named T. (for Tuesday) Lobsang Rampa as a serious subject, despite my past disclosures on the bloke’s dubiousness. This Lobsang Rampa fellow had written to the publishers, Secker and Warburg, that his real name was Dr Kuan-suo and that he had authored his autobiography in which he told the true story of his life as a lama in Tibet from the age of seven. According to the self-styled Lobsang Rampa, his search for higher knowledge in Tibet led to his…
By Press Statement The International Press Institute (IPI), based in Vienna, Austria, and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have published a groundbreaking resource guide designed to empower journalists, media organizations, media freedom advocates and other stakeholders with comprehensive knowledge of national, regional, and international laws, mechanisms, and frameworks that protect press freedom in Nigeria. Titled “Press Freedom in Nigeria: A Resource Guide of National, Regional, and International Laws, Mechanisms and Frameworks,” the 50-page Guide was produced as part of IPI’s Africa programme, which is supported by the Government of Canada’s Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion (OHRFI). The Guide is…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A group under the umbrella of Catch them Young Community Initiative (CATYCOI), that promotes good governance, democracy, civic engagement, and human oriented policies, has trained scores of Enugu state youths on Multi-Stakeholders Engagement. The training tagged ‘One day Community Action Simulation Plan for Enugu state,’ was attended by youth leaders and stakeholders, from the ages of 18-35, drawn from different parts of the state. Speaking during the training in Enugu, the Executive Director, Mr. Nonso Orakwe, said the body was a youth focused non-profit, non-partisan organisation aimed at contributing to the global effort that advances “good governance,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah on Tuesday signed into law, the bill to create a one-stop shop for tax collection and administration in Enugu State, thereby ending multiple taxation in the state. While signing the law, the governor, also declared the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) autonomous. Speaking shortly after signing the bill entitled “the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (Establishment and Consolidation of Revenue Administration) Law, 2025,” Mbah said the new legislation also makes the revenue collection agency autonomous and free of bureaucratic encumbrances. He added that the state government had set an Internal Revenue Generation (…