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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Nigeria’s electricity infrastructure otherwise called national grid has collapsed again throwing many states in the country into darkness. The latest collapse occured at about 7:48 pm on Monday night. One of the Electricity Distribution companies in the country confirmed this in statement. A spokesperson for the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), Emeka Ezeh, in the statement noted that as a result of the collapse, the five states in its area of coverage are out of power supply. The statement reads: “Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a general system…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONet) a platform for citizens’ advocacy and governance has urged Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State to withhold his assent to the recently passed State Local Government Administration Law, 2024, by the House of Assembly. The group described the recently passed law as an affront to the Supreme Court judgment on Local Government Autonomy, anti-people and therefore, unconstitutional, illegal, null and void. Prince Chris Azor, leader of the group, stated this through a release made available to Ikengaonline in Awka, the State Capital. The Statement reads in part: “Mr Governor, we hereby, implore…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia After the Super Eagles were stranded for 12 hours at Al Abraq International Airport in Libya Sunday, the Nigeria Football Federation, has decided to pull the national team out of Tuesday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya. Recall that the Nigerian delegation was en route to Benghazi for the crucial qualifier when their chartered aircraft was dangerously diverted mid-flight to Al Abraq, a small airport typically reserved for hajj operations. The sudden diversion left players and officials stranded without any assistance from the Libyan Authorities. NFF has described the manner in which the Eagles’ flight…
Police in Lagos has detained a hotel manager in Dopemu area over the death of a woman who allegedly came to their facility with an unidentified man. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Sunday. According to Hundeyin, the Dopemu Police Division received report from the hotel manager on Friday at about 10.10 p.m. on the incident. He said the manager reported that at about 9.30 p.m. on same day, a man walked into the hotel with a lady to have a short rest. The image maker said that the identity of the man and the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Labour Party (LP) governorship hopeful in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo, has advised people of the state to beware of voting wrong candidates in the forthcoming governorship election. Ozigbo said the people cannot afford to repeat their mistakes and should hold themselves accountable if they vote the wrong governor for a second time. Addressing members of the Osisioma Foundation on Saturday in Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the State, Ozigbo urged them not to sacrifice the overall best interest of the state on the platter of selfish gains. He lamented the pitiable condition of the state,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka No fewer than 1000 patients from various parts of Anambra State and beyond have been treated of various ailments by 82 Foreign Doctors during Medical Mission in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government of the State. The Doctors from USA, Sweden, Canada, and New York operating under the VOOM Foundation and x r Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation (SEOF) hosted a first class Community Health Fair to round off their Mission at the Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital DIOMH Oraifite. The beneficiaries were given access to free cardiovascular evaluation, free Medicare, free medicated eye glasses for those with eye defects. Walkers were…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Widely published academic, Professor Aja Akpuru Aja is dead. Aged 66, he died on March 16, 2024, following a brief illness. A statement by Prof A. O. Unagha, Chairman, Burial Committee and Dr. E.J. Okorie, (Secretary), on behalf of the family of Nigeria’s first Minister of Education, Onyibe Aja Nwachuku, CFR, said his remains will be interred at his country home, in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, on Saturday, November 9, 2024. The burial ceremony will be held at the football field of Government Secondary School, Okposi. Professor Akpuru-Aja, a distinguished scholar in International Relations…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu 37 years later, the Supreme Court relied on numbers confectioned by a rogue Commissioner of Police to declare in January 2020 that the man who came fourth in the governorship election in Imo State the previous year was in fact the winner. Today, the judge who rendered that judgment leads Nigeria’s judiciary. This past week has offered up a rich advertisement of the convenient partnership between judges, the police, and politicians.” In 1982, on the foothills of the road to Nigeria’s 1983 general elections, it was quite clear that the ruling National Party of Nigeria (NPN)…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has introduced Mortuary Tax in the state with immediate effect. This was contained in a directive written to Mortuary Attendants in the state signed by the Chairman of IRS, Mr Emmanuel Nnamani. In the letter entitled, “Notice of implementation of mortuary tax,” the government says that “the sum of N40 only is to be paid by owners of a corpse once it was not buried within twenty-four hours. According to the statement, the amount continues to count. The letter reads: “The Enugu State IRS in line with the provisions of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Rights activist and the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, Friday said that the Nigerian Immigration Service stopped him from leaving the country, claiming that his name is on its watchlist. The rights activist who made the disclosure in a post on his X handle, said his right to free movement was being infringed. Sowore was, in a video accompanying the post, observed querying an Immigration officer over his ordeal. He wrote: “The Nigerian Immigration Service #nigimmigration continues to subject me to unwarranted harassment and abuse. Violating my rights repeatedly. “Today, again,…