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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Minister for Works, Engr. David Umahi, has commended the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, for his administration’s collaborative efforts with the Federal Government to ramp up infrastructural development in Enugu State and South-East region. Umahi made the commendation when he inspected some ongoing road projects in the state. He reaffirmed the commitment of the Federal Government to completing the remaining sections of the Enugu-Onitsha and Enugu-Port Harcourt expressways and the dualisation of the Enugu-Abakaliki road, which is being undertaken by Governor Mbah’s Administration. The minister said these roads were very strategic to the South-East…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Residents of Enugu State have have condemned the “#Igbo must go” slogan by some Lagos residents during the #endbadgovernance protest in the state. Speaking to Ikengaonline in Enugu, the chairman of Guild of Public Analysts, in the state, Dr Ambrose Igboke, said ethnic profiling was dangerous. Igboke described the call as irresponsible and advised the government to take a definite position on that. “Ethnic profiling is very dangerous and the earlier the Federal Government of Nigeria takes action, the better for the country,” he said. Igboke said that even when the Igbos refused to participate in…
…As Russia distances self Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the nationwide protests against hardship and bad governance entered its day five, the Department of State Services, DSS, Monday, said its operatives had arrested some tailors in Kano allegedly sewing Russian flags for the protesters. This was contained in a statement by the DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunanya. Meanwhile, the Russian Government has dissociated itself from those hoisting and waiving the country’s flag in some Northern states during the protest. Afunanya stated that an investigation into the matter had commenced, and sponsors of the tailors would be apprehended very soon. The DSS spokesman…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the on-going nationwide protests against hardship and bad governance entered day five on Monday, protesters carrying Russian flag were observed on the streets of Kano and Kaduna states The development has raised concern that some people with ulterior motives might have hijacked the protest. Kaduna State Government has already imposed 24-hour curfew in Kaduna metropolis and Zaria town as some of the protesters resorted to looting of shops and supermarkets. The protesters in their numbers carrying foreign flags were seen around Kano-Kano-Zaria Road, Zoo Road, among others, although the protest was peaceful. One of them was…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia residents have continued to shun the nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance as the action which is gaining grounds in the North and South-West regions, entered its day five. The protests have been generally ignored in the entire South-East zone as the people say they have no interest in the action as it might not achieve anything meaningful. Some of the residents told Ikengaonline that the release of Nnamdi Kanu from detention mattered to them more than protest against bad governance, asking those who voted for the All Progressives Congress APC-led Federal Government to bear…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu High Chief Jerry Patrick Onuokaibe, has commended Governor Peter Mbah for his approval of the construction of Nomeh-Mburubu-Nara road and the Mburubu-Nkerefi road in Nkanu East Local Government Area. This was contained in a statement released in Enugu and personally signed by him. He emphasised that Governor Mbah’s actions demonstrated his unwavering commitment to the welfare of the people, adding that the roads have significant value to the community. Onuokaibe said that the roads would boost the economic activities of the Mburubu people, who are known for their substantial agricultural investments. He noted that enhanced road infrastructure…
…Orders Abia govt to de-recognise him Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The last is yet to be heard of the kingship tussle in Arochukwu ancient kingdom, as an Abia State High Court sitting in Isuochi, has restrained the newly coronated Eze Aro, His Eminence Dr Eberechukwu Oji, from parading himself as Eze Aro. Oji, an oil magnet and Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, was coronated on July 25, amidst pomps and pageantry. Recall that Oji, and his cousin, Godwin Kanu Idei Kanu Okoro Oke, had been in the eye of the ezeship tussle. The court order dated July 31,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Management of Abia State University, Uturu, has suspended a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department (names withheld) who was allegedly caught in a hotel attempting to sleep with a female student. Video clip of the sex scandal has gone viral on the social media. The incident was said to have occured in a popular hotel in Umuahia, the state capital. The randy lecturer’s suspension was contained in a statement issued by the university Registrar, Dr Acho Elendu. The suspension, which is for three months in the first instance, with half salary, will be pending until the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Prominent banker and good governance advocate, Atedo Peterside, has incurred the wrath of netizens for calling for an end to the ongoing protests in the country. The founder of Stanbic-IBTC Bank took to his official X account to express his dissatisfaction with the protest as it continues, stating that it has gone on for too long and is disrupting the daily lives of Nigerians. He also called on the organisers to call off the protest lest it gets hijacked by hoodlums. He said: “I doff my hat to those of you who have been protesting peacefully since 01 August. You have shaken…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu It is beyond ironic that rights of protest secured with the heroic sacrifices of Nigerians under colonial bondage are now endangered over six decades after Independence at the hands of a government that trumpets its electoral legitimacy supposedly through the votes of the same Nigerians whose rights to protest it, however, chooses not to respect.” 115 years ago, in 1909, Walter Egerton, the Barrister-turned-colonial administrator, and then Governor, introduced the Sedition Ordinance into the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. This drew a sharp response from Christopher Sapara Williams, Nigeria’s first lawyer, himself the son of an…