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Ben Ezechime, Enugu  A Non-Governmental Organisation, (NGO), WomenAid Collective (WACOL), has lamented the high rate of human rights abuse against women in the country. Professor Ngozi Ezeilo, SAN, Executive Director/Founder of WACOL, stated this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the organisation in 2024 and other sundry issues in Enugu. Ezeilo decried that the Nigeria society had degenerated to the level that life does not mean anything to many Nigerians. She also expressed dissatisfaction with the way the Nigeria Police Force has continued to carryout its duties in the wake of imminent collapse of social order. “As an organisation…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State, Thursday, has flaged-off the reconstruction of 13.9 kilometres Onuinyang-Okporoenyi-Oboro- Ikwuano road with a promise to ensure it is completed on schedule. The road which has been abandoned for decades, leads to major agrarian communities in Bende and Ikwuano Local Government Areas  Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at Central School Okporoenyi, Bende LGA, Governor Alex Otti said that the road traverses the central and northern parts of the State and connects tens and thousands of farmers to the urban markets within and outside the State  According to him, his government sees…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has inaugurated the Abia State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board with Apostle Emmanuel Agomuo as the Chairman. The Governor also,  inaugurated  the Moslem Pilgrim Welfare Board with Chief Imam Sheikh Ali Ukiwo as Chairman. Inaugurating the Boards at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Umuahia, on Thursday, Governor Alex Otti urged the newly appointed board members to prioritise service and performance in their new roles. He said: “I am aware you know clearly what is expected of you. In the new Abia, when you get an appointment, yes! It is good to celebrate…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri  The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo State Council, has expressed its gratitude to the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, for requesting a proposal to establish a media village for journalists in the state.  This was revealed in a joint statement signed by the NUJ Chairman, Mr. Ifeanyi Nwanguma, and the Correspondents’ Chapel Chairman, Mr. Chinonso Alozie.   The request from Governor Uzodimma followed an appeal made by the union during a phone-in program featuring the governor at the Government House in Owerri recently. The governor’s gesture has been described as a testament to his ongoing…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s security outfit, Agunechemba, has stormed operational base of gunmen and kidnappers with many feared dead. During the raid, some of the hoodlums fled with various degrees of injuries while many guns and other items were recovered. The operation took place at Enugu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area, around 1 am on Thursday.  Since the inauguration of the the outfit in the mode of the then “Bakassi boys” during the late Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju’s era, no fewer than six camps of the hoodlums have been destroyed. The “Udo Ga Achi and Agunechemba” troops invaded the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  A resident of Enugu, Mr Israel Igwe, has appealed to the Enugu State government, security agencies, relevant agencies of government and the civil society organisations to intervene over alleged rape and missing of his sister, Miss Blessing Igwe in Enugu. He made the appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu. Igwe said that the missing of his sister has thrown his immediate family and the entire Ntalakwu Oboro Village, in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, into confusion. Igwe said: “I reside at No. 316 New Town Layout (by Freeworld Hotel) Emene, Enugu,…

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…