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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief Imam of Enugu State, Alhaji Saeed Zulqarnaini, has called on Nigerians to eschew bitterness but strive to improve existing unity and peace in the country. Zulqarnaini made the call while speaking with newsmen after the Eid-el-Fitri prayers held at the Islamic Centre Prayer Ground in Uwani, Enugu on Friday. He said that the country and her people are closely related by both common humanity and historical ties. “There is a need to build on those things that unite us than those that divide us,” he said. According to him, the central message of Ramadan is that…

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo There is a joke in America that every citizen of the US has an FBI file. That might have been the dream of the first FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, but he could not accomplish it. For now, the typical people with FBI files are activists, troublemakers, and those involved in illegal activities. So, people who deal in financial fraud, murder, drug trade, etc., are guaranteed a robust FBI file. Once the US Justice Department has an adversary encounter with you, the FBI opens a file for you. That means Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has a rich…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Following the resent upsurge in cult related gang fights and deaths of youths in various parts of Enugu State, the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ahmed Ammani, has issued warnings to the residents about the activities of the criminal elements. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relation Officer (PRO), Daniel Ndukwe, the Commissioner urged parents, guardians, community and religious leaders in the state to “caution and dissuade their children, wards, or subjects from partaking in secret cultism and other criminal activities.” According to the PPRO, Supreme Vikings and Black Axe confraternity are some of…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has lost his mother, Dame Dorothy Nsonma Ihedioha (Nee Okereke), who died on Thursday. Ihedioha disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday, adding that she died in Abuja. According to Ihedioha: “After a fruitful and eventful life of God’s abundant mercies and grace, our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Dame Dorothy Nsonma Ihedioha (Nee Okereke) gloriously transited to eternity on Thursday 20th April 2023 in Abuja, with her family by her side.” “Mama celebrated her 90th birthday on 28th August 2022. While we thank friends and well-wishers who identified with…

Ike Nnachi,  Abakaliki All is now set for the Ebonyi State International Cargo Airport to commence its maiden test flight operations in a few days time. Site Manager of the project, Engr. Frank Ngwu, said that the Airport was ready for continuous flight operations. Ngwu, Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Infrastructural Development, noted that the airport has the largest terminal in the country. “We are ready for the test flight, as you can see, we are here at the runway, and you can see the level of the marking of the runway. We can say that 95 percent of the runway has…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Thursday said a suspect robbing students at Sokotext Lodge along Amaeze Road, by Federal Polytechnic Nekede Back-gate, was shot onTuesday. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri. The command said it received a distress call and its operatives moved into action, and on getting there the suspects opened fire on them, and in the course of the gun battle one of the suspected  robbers was gunned down. “In a follow up to a distress call received on 18/04/2023 at about 0430hrs, from the Command’s…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has partnered the Anglican Church to improve its Borstal Training Institution in Enugu for training and reformation of younger inmates. This is contained in a statement by the Controller of Corrections, Mrs Elizabeth Ezenwanne and signed by the institute’s Public Relation Officer, Stephen Ehigimetor, on Thursday in Enugu. Ehigimetor quoted Ezenwanne to have sought the Church’s partnership in improving the training school when she and her staff paid a courtesy visit to the Anglican Bishop of Enugu North Diocese, Bishop Sosthenes Eze on April 18. Ezenwanne, who is also the Principal of the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A thirty-five year old man, Joseph Egwuatu, from a town, in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State has been remanded for allegedly defiling a two-year-old child. Mr. Egwuatu was remanded by the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State capital, for the offence, which it said, was punishable under section 34(2) of the Child’s Right Law of Anambra State, 2004. Reports have it that the presiding Chief Magistrate, Genevieve Osakwe, duly informed the suspect of his constitutional right to a defense counsel of his choice, before the charge was read and interpreted…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abia State, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has tackled Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, over the governor’s claims that there was a deliberate attempt by “some powers that be” to deny Ndigbo the opportunity to rule Nigeria. Ikpeazu who made the claims while receiving a delegation of Nzuko Umunna in his Obingwa palatial country home, urged Ndigbo to be united in the pursuit of their cause. But his former Commissioner disagreed with him, dismissing the claims as a subtle move to whip Igbo sentiments having lost an election. He wondered why Ikpeazu who he…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri One of the Imo State governorship aspirants under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Ngozi Aririguzo, on Thursday, described the APGA, governorship primary held on Sunday as an illegality that would not be allowed to stand. Mrs. Aririguzo disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri while explaining what she alleged to be irregularities perpetrated during the primary, that produced Tony Ejiogu, as the governorship candidate of APGA, in the state. One of her grievances was that arriving at the venue of the guber primary, along Egbu road in Owerri, it was observed that the delegates list was allegedly tampered with and…