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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki One person was killed and at least ten houses burnt to ashes in Ndieguzu Agalegu Omege Community located in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. It was learned that many people were injured after suspected hoodlums attacked the community. The crisis allegedly erupted between the people of Omege Agalagu and Ukwuinyima. Details of what led to the clashes was still sketchy but a source in the community said the crisis is as a result of a fight that happened in November 2024 when they buried one woman that was allegedly raped and killed. “More than 10…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki An undergraduate, Hilary Chukwuemeka Ekuma, has been killed in an apparent assassination attack on him in Ebonyi Dtate. The victim, was said to be a student of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Uwana, Afikpo Local Government Area. He was gunned down at a relaxation centre in Afikpo town where he went to unwind. A source in the area said the victim was at the bar drinking when two men walked in, went straight to where he was sitting and shot him. The gunmen thereafter made to leave but another man at the relaxation centre went after them. “They…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 86 persons perished in a petrol tanker explosion that left scores injured at Dikko Junction, Niger State, on Saturday. The death toll which was put at 70, with 50 injured on Saturday, increased by Sunday with the recovery of additional bodies at the scene. The recovered bodies have been given a mass burial at Dikko area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued Sunday by the Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah. According to the statement, the agency, alongside Gurara Local Government Area and brave, kind-hearted volunteers,…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Colonial occupation and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into exile were lucky. Sir Evelyn Baring invented the manual on this form of predation as governor of colonial Kenya for seven years until 1959. Six decades after independence, the man who rode to power in Nairobi two years ago by promising to make Kenya great again is unapologetically reprising Sir Evelyn’s manual minus the internment camps. In June 2021, Abubakar Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General, announced with some relish that Nnamdi Kanu – self-proclaimed…
…Dubs Rivers assembly rubber stamp A human rights advocacy group, Pilex Center-The Peoples Advocates, has picked holes in the 2025 Rivers State budget describing it as a product of a rubber stamp Assembly that will not serve the interests of the common man. In a press release dated January 8, and signed by its coordinator, Nsirim Ovu, Esq., it decried the failure of the Siminalaiye Fubara government to address the livelihood challenges caused by the fuel subsidy removal and epileptic power supply which has fueled economic hardship putting the ordinary citizens under unimaginable hardship. It queried the allocation of a…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has said that investment in security was at the centre of his administration’s infrastructure development as it holds the key to a striving and holistic state socioeconomic development. Mbah said this on Saturday during the 82 Division Nigerians Army West African Social Activities (WASA) 2024, to mark the end of 2024 Operational Year for the Division. The governor, represented by the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-industrialisation, Dr Patrick Ubru, noted that the state would continue to build and invest in security, especially cutting edge technologies that are game changers. According to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has urged the Federal Government and Trustees of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to abandon plans to restrict access of the loan to specific courses deemed “high demand” and “practical” to national development. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Robert Egbe, Media and Communication Officer, CAPPA, and made available to Journalists. The organisation described this potential direction of the policy as discriminatory, a clear manifestation of the increasing commercialisation of public education, and a betrayal of the Fund’s original mandate to ensure access to higher…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has warned the 206 scholarship students of the state who have been sent to United Kingdom (U.K) for further studies not to toe the path of Simon Ekpa who was sent to Finland for same purpose and he became a problem to the state and country. Ekpa became a Biafra political activist after his studies abroad. While in Finland, he declared the activation of the Biafra Government In Exile (BGIE), and made himself the leader-Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile. He has been accused of causing insecurity in the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has unveiled the Anambra Homeland Security Law 2025 and launched a special security operation code-named “Operation Udo Ga-Achi.” The Governor signed the Homeland Security Law 2025 Saturday, stating that the law provides a framework for community/citizens’ ownership and participation in sustainable security and social re-engineering. According to Governor Soludo, “Operation Udo Ga-Achi” is a special intervention force that complements regular policing, and is designed to upscale intelligence gathering, reward whistleblowers, enhance rapid response, and urgently root out criminals from every camp in Anambra State. The Governor noted that the security challenges…
By Jude Eze Yesterday, as I sat behind the microphone at Radio Nigeria Voice FM Nsukka during the “Voice Connect” live program, I had a rare privilege to engage directly with the people of Udenu Local Government Area and the wider public. The topic? Chairman Aka Eze Aka’s first 100 days in office. The response from callers was both heartwarming and illuminating, painting a picture of a leader who has not only won the trust of his people but has also begun to etch his name in the annals of good governance. One caller described him as “a man who…