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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the burning of a 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the State. A release from the State Police Command said the suspects include a 21-year old lady Chinenye Ekwenugo, Uzochukwu Okeke aged 47, Fidel Anayo, 60; and Ikenna Anene aged 54 respectively, all from Abagana. Police spokesperson in the State, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters who carried out the arrest on Monday, also recovered a casket, remains of the deceased and her wheelchair. “During interrogation…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Alex Otti has commenced the distribution of transformers his government procured for various communities across in the state. Speaking while distributing the first phase of the transformers to 11 benefiting communities, Governor Otti said that distribution of the transformers was part of his social contract with the people of the state which is to promote and provide reliable electricity supply to the communities. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Power and Public Utilities, Mr Ikechukwu Monday, recalled that government had announced in December 2024 that it procured 53 transformers. He said that all the 53…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A businessman and Philatropist, Azubike Daniel, has donated relief materials to victims of the recent communal clash in Omege, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Ikengaonline had reported how two weeks ago, one person was killed and many others displaced in the community as their houses were set abalze in the crisis. This followed an attack on them by by their neighbouring Ukwuinyima community in the same local government area of the state. During the visit, Mr Daniel popularly known as Zubitech, donated various items like cash, bags of rice and other foodstuff to the victims.…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government has debunked reports alleging the arrest of Governor Francis Nwifuru’s Senior Special Assistant on Project Monitoring, Chukwuma Nwiboko. Mr Nwiboko according to some media reports was allegedly arrested over some contract he was involved in for the state government. According to the reports, he is allegedly under investigation for non execution of some contracts worth over N200m. But the Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Leo Oketa, in a statement described the allegations as false and misleading. According to him, “the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Ebonyi State on Project…
Dr Dakuku Peterside, former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has sent a message of condolence to Dr Max Amuchie, CEO, Sundiata Post Media Ltd, on the death of High Chief Emmanuel Ikonne Amuchie, father of Dr Amuchie. In the message he personally signed on Tuesday, Peterside, a former Member of the House of Representatives, described the late High Chief Amuchie as a man who believed in education and raising others, adding that the deceased was selfless in community service and loved God deeply. The message reads: “I was sad to hear about the passing of…
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu There was the time when all the vibes belonged to the cherished Sade Adu, but the new kid on the block happens to be Anè. Anè was born in Nigeria and raised in Ireland but operates currently out of London, England. An engaging spirit of song and dance, she has at her command a wide range of talents that compel attention. She is at a once a vocalist, poet, songwriter, fashion designer, and above all else a personable human being of uncommon qualities. Named Annette Aigbogun at birth, she aspires to soar into the stratosphere of music…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has restated its commitment to honouring its agreement with the state’s chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN. This is as Governor Alex Otti, would on Friday, flag off the construction of 13 kilometer Onuinya/Okporoenyi road in continuation of the road infrastructural transformation agenda of his administration. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu who stated this during a press conference on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, said Government would not renege on its part of the deal with JUSUN. Kanu who said efforts were being intensified to pay…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police in Enugu State, has arrested one Sunday Echegi, of Ibagwa-Ani in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State for chopping off the hand of his wife, Mrs. Chinonso Loveth Echegi, following a heated argument. According to the Police: “Operatives attached to Okpuje Division, on January 26, 2025, arrested one Sunday Echege, a 33-year-old male resident of Ibagwa-Agu Farm Settlement in Ibagwa-Ani community, Nsukka LGA, for severing the left wrist of his wife, Chinonso Echegi. “The arrest was made possible with the assistance of law-abiding members of the community, and the machete used in committing the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Federal Road Safety Corps, Enugu State Command on Wednesday said that the death toll in the tanker explosion on Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, which occured on Saturday has increased from 18 to 21 persons. The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Enugu State Command, Mr Franklin Agbakoba, told Journalists that an additional two males and one female died in hospital. It would be recalled that the incident, which happened on Saturday, Jan.25, at about 11:30 a.m. when a fuel-laden tanker had a brake failure, fell and exploded, left 11 road users dead before emergency responders…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman, Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, HRM. Igwe Samuel Asadu, has expressed shock and sadness over the petrol tanker explosion which occured on Jan. 25 at Ugwu-Onyeama along Enugu Onitsha road. The Traditional Ruler of Edem-Ani Ogwugwu Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State decried last Saturday’s petrol tanker explosion in Enugu, which killed more than 18 persons and left scores injured. Asadu stated this in a statement made available to Journalists in Enugu. The monarch expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the explosion, while wishing the…