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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Tension has continued to build at Uromi in Edo State, following the arrest of two principal suspects in the lynching of 16 Fulani hunters traveling from Rivers State to Kano. This is as women in the community staged a protest against indiscriminate arrest of youths by security operatives over the incident. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpehbolo, Fred Itua, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS in Uromi, following credible intelligence. According to the statement, operatives of various security agencies have been hunting for other…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Tinubu, has at last, sacked the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari. The President also removed the Chairman of NNPCL Board, Pius Akinyelure. Meanwhile, the President has appointed Bashir Ojulari as the new CEO, effective from April 2, 2025. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, issued Wednesday morning. According to the statement titled, “President Tinubu reconstitutes NNPC limited board, appoints new Chairman, Group CEO,” the new appointments took effect from April 2,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has announced plans to sensitise youths of the state on recruitment process into the Nigerian Army. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, said the sensitisation followed the observed decline in the number of applicants expressing interest in joining the Nigerian Army from the State. “The sensitisation team will be visiting Anambra State for 89 Regular Recruits Intake Sensitisation Exercise between 6-12 April, 2025. “The team will also guide interested applicants on the application process for ease of registration, while the youth leaders, who will be enlightened will in turn sensitise…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Despite ban on rallies and public gatherings imposed by the police as well as Gov. Usman Ododo, supporters of the suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Tuesday, flooded the streets of Okene to give her a rousing welcome back home. The Governor had imposed a ban on public gatherings ostensibly to stop her homecoming rally, but the teeming supporters poured out to the streets in defiance. Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, had on Monday, reinforced the Governor’s directive, claiming that the planned rally “violates the ban on political gatherings.” The CP had…
…Demands Wikes’s retraction of threat against Odinkalu Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Civil Rights Organization, Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project, SERAP, has told President Bola Tinubu, to call the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order. This is as SERAP has also issued an ultimatum to the FCT Minister, to immediately withdraw his threat to report former Human Rights Commission boss, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, to the Body of Benchers for criticising a Supreme Court judge sighted at a close rage with Wike at an invent in Cross River State. SERAP accused Wike of suppressing freedom of speech.…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Minister fo Works, David Umahi, and Governor Francis Nwifuru have wades into the face-off between Uburu Community in Ohaozara Local Government Area and David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH). To this end, thecommunity has ordered residents of the area to end protests and petitions against the management of the hospital. There have been protests against the management of the health institution since last week which has caused tension and affected medical and other human activities in the hospital. The traditional leadership of the community ordered the protesters to end all forms of protest and petitions against…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has urged Muslims to embrace peace and tolerance for peaceful coexistence with their neighbours. Otti also preached tolerance among Nigerians as Muslims celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Fitr. The Governor spoke on Monday at his Nvosi country home while receiving members of the Muslim community who paid him Sallah homage. He said that his administration does not discriminate along religious, gender or tribal lines, maintaining that it is lack of understanding that leads to discriminations. “I think it is lack of understanding that makes people begin to kill each other and to discriminate.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Alex Otti has explained that his administration made Igbo language compulsory in both primary and secondary schools across Abia State as part of the strategies to revive and promote Igbo language and culture. The Governor who made the explanation when he received in audience the new leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, warned that “any community without a firm grasp of its cultural identity risks extinction.” He charged Ohanaeze to take proactive steps in propagating and preserving Igbo culture. Otti lamented the deviation of some Igbo youths from the core Igbo values of hard work and integrity. He…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has officially approved the composition of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), for the 23rd National Sports Festival, Enugu 2026. Daniel Onwuegbulam, the Director of Information, Ministry of Youth and Sports, made this known in a statement on Monday in Enugu. He said that the distinguished committee, chaired by the Honourable Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Lloyd Ike Ekweremadu Jr, was composed of seasoned professionals with extensive experience in sports administration, event management, and youth development. “The approved LOC members have been carefully selected for their competence, dedication, and exceptional contributions…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election in Enugu State, Barrister Chijioke Edeoga, on Monday returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Edeoga was received by the State Chairman of the party, Dr Mathew Chukwunweike, at the PDP’s state Secretariat, GRA Enugu, alongside state party executives and Edeoga’s supporters. On hand to witness the event were members of the Ehamufu ward 3, executive members of Isi Uzo Local Government Council of PDP, former Chairman of PDP in the state, Chief Augustine Nnamani. Speaking, the PDP chairman described the return of Edeoga as just the beginning of the good things to…