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Don’t instigate business owners against Soludo, stakeholders warn oppositions Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Stakeholders and some residents of Awka have warned political opposition’s not to capitalize on the ongoing effort of giving the capital a facelift to mobilize against the present government. According to them, the administration of governor Chukwuma Soludo through the Awka Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA is doing a great job that no past government had ever done in the state and so needs all support instead of instigating business owners to turn against the government. They were reacting to the recent publication in some media outlets that…
Anambra agency, Active8 Hub to train journalists on AI Journalism Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State ICT Agency, in collaboration with Active8 HUB, is set to empower journalists with AI in Journalism” workshop. The event marks the second chapter in the agency’s initiative to boost the digital expertise of the state’s media workforce, offering them the necessary tools to excel in an increasingly digital world. According to a statement signed by the MD/CEO of the Anambra State ICT Agency, Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, the agency is committed to the realization of Governor Soludo’s vision of “Everything Technology, Technology Everywhere.” “The collaboration…
Abia: Those who worked against PDP in 2023 behind call for Asiforo’s sack – Apugo By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former lawmaker and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Hon. Chukwudi Apugo, has said that those who sabotaged PDP in the 2023 general elections, were the ones sponsoring the call for the sack of the party’s Chairman in the state, Rt. Hon. Allwell Asiforo. He also blamed the party’s poor outing at the polls on “internal problems “, and not the Chairman’s incompetence contrary to claims by those calling for his sack. Apugo spoke on the…
Group berates Soludo, alleges dictatorial rule in Anambra Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group, Forum of Labour Party 2023 House of Assembly Candidates, has berated Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State over what it described as ‘dictatorial’ tendencies of his two-year administration. The group, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Hon. Humphrey Iloh, advised Soludo-led Government to desist from further humiliating, intimidating, impoverishing and killing of people of the state. It said the advice followed recent destruction of newspaper stands and beating of newspaper vendors in Awka as well as brutal killing of one Mr Arinze Obuladike, a drug dealer at…
Court quashes indefinite suspension of FADAMA III coordinator by Ebonyi govt By Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The National Industrial Court has quashed the indefinite suspension slammed on the Ebonyi State Coordinator of the World Bank Assisted FADAMA III project, Dr Cletus Nwakpu by the State Government. Mr Nwakpu, an experienced civil servant, had overseen the implementation of the World Bank- sponsored FADAMA projects in the state. But on 14th July 2020, the State Government under former Governor David Umahi, suspended him indefinitely on unproven allegations of funds misappropriation and embezzlement. Background Mr Nwakpu, as State Coordinator had started the implementation of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Following the final release of the three family members accompanying the corpse of their late brother Israel Ugwuanyi from Lagos to Nsukka, the family has accused both the Enugu State Government and the Police of abandonment. The trio were released in the evening of Thursday February 22 after spending five days in the camp of the kidnappers. In a statement issued by the elder brother to late Ugwuanyi, Mr Collins Ugwuanyi, made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu on Friday the family accused the Nigeria Police and Enugu State of insensitivity while they remained in the kidnappers den.…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Let me today remember an Angel I once met in this life. Lets simply call her Sola. Angel Sola Kuti. Shes Fela Anikulapo-Kutis daughter. My devotion to Fela as an unbeatable music maestro is a very long story, but that is not the story for today. Back in 1979, when I was in my first academic year at Great Ife, Fela was billed to perform on campus in a concert tagged TV is 20. The concert was to celebrate 20 years of the coming of television in Nigeria, as powered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the legendary…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu State Government has frowned at the proliferation of fake land title documents, forged building approvals, and illegal structures across the Enugu metropolis. The Executive Chairman of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), Mr Uche Anya, made the revelations in Enugu. The chairman also announced the withdrawal of all forged and fraudulently obtained building approvals and stoppage of structures that did not have government’s permits. Anya however, assured genuine investors in the state that the administration of Governor Peter Mbah remained investment-driven and would continue to create the right environment for their businesses to flourish. He…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The National President, Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, has called on all well meaning Igbos across the globe to join hands to save the language from extinction. Lolo Chimezie made the call in Owerri during an event organised by IWA to mark this year’s International Mother Tongue Day celebration. Lolo Chimezie said that the theme of the event “PREVENTING ENDANGERED LANGUAGES FROM DEATH; A CASE OF IGBO LANGUAGE, was in line with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO’s prediction in 2012 that the Igbo Language was among the languages that would go…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely eight months after losing control of the state, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, support group, has called for the sack of the party’s Chairman in Abia State, Rt. Hon. Asiforo Okere, accusing him of incompetence. The group known as Abia PDP Redemption Movement for 2027, said that the party had recorded its worst woes under the watch of the Abia former Speaker, hence the call for his removal. According to the group, the humiliation of PDP at the 2023 general election in Abia after holding sway since 1999, was as a result of Okere’s lack of…