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Ugo Nosiri, Owerri A middle aged man by name Ikechukwu Kalu, has been successfully rescued from death by security and staff of Assumpta Cathedral Church Owerri, when he tried committing suicide. In a video making the rounds on the social media, Mr. Kalu who is said to hail from Ututu in Arochukwu LGA, Abia State, dropped a note beside him for his 8 months pregnant wife, before taking sniper insecticide to end his life. According to the note he dropped,  the father of three said he is tired of life as he is owing  the sum of N750,000 and didn’t…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nestle Professionals, the Out-of-Home arm of Nestlé Nigeria, on Thursday trained no fewer than  200 caterers and food vendors in Enugu on food business skills to boost their knowledge in the business. The event which took place at the Handball Pitch of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Stadium, Enugu,  titled “Enugu Edition” had the theme “The Business of Food.” Speaking during the training, the Nestle Nigeria Food Manager, Nestlé Professional, Mr Oladipupo Jibril, said the company created Nestlé Professionals to connect with their key opinion leaders in the food system. He explained that the idea was to bring…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has given financial assistance to officers of  the Enugu State Transport Management Authority (ESTMA), who were injured while on duty. The Governor, through his representative,. Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Obi Ozor, presented financial aid to three deserving officers. He emphasised that the state was committed to the well-being of its dedicated civil servants. The beneficiaries, Engr. Jude Chime; Ogbodo Vivian; and Ihejikalu Judith, ESTMA officers who endured accidents in the line of duty, were each awarded a cheque of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (₦500,000) to assist them offset their medical expenses. Speaking…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Benjamin Apugo, has expressed his delight over the performances of Governor Alex Otti, averring  that “Abia is now working under Otti’s watch.” Prince Apugo who spoke after a private visit to Gov Otti Thursday night at the Governor’s residence, declared that Abia for the first time, had got a real Governor. Throwing party affiliation to the winds, the APC chieftain said he was impressed with the legendary achievements so far posted by Otti within 10 months of his administration. Apugo said that Otti had dwarfed all the achievements…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has said that security of lives and property will continue to receive top attention of his administration. Otti spoke Thursday when he received the Flag Officer Commanding, Naval Training Command, Lagos, Rear Admiral Ignatius Albara, who was in the state on a familiarisation tour of the Nigeria Navy College of Accounting and Finance, Owerrinta. He explained that without security, government’s initiatives would amount to nothing, hence the high premium his government places on security. Gov. Otti noted that in the last 10 months he has been in power, all the various…

Ikengaonline Editorial As Air Peace makes triumphant entry to London route On March 30, 2024, Air Peace, Nigeria’s leading airline, achieved a momentous feat by launching its inaugural direct flight from Nigeria to London, United Kingdom. The flight, a luxury Boeing 777 wide-body, which took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at 12:10 a.m., manned by an all-Nigerian crew and carrying 260 passengers successfully touched down at Gatwick, heralding a new era and an excitingly new experience in the Lagos-London route. Fully decked in the traditional Igbo royalty attire known as Isi Agu, a totem of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has dislodged illegal occupants of an uncompleted building following concerns over threats and nuisance to the surrounding environment. Ikengaonline learned that the action carried out by the enforcement team of the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) in collaboration with Anambra State Vigilante Group (AVG) on Thursday was prompted by a surge in drugs peddling and other illicit enterprises within the environment. Officials of the two combined teams acted swiftly to dislodge approximately 300 individuals hailing from various states, who had unlawfully occupied the structure intended for use as a hotel. Addressing Journalists in…

By Chido Onumah On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, family, friends, and associates gathered at a Virtual Stakeholders’ Meeting to mark the one year of operation of the Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Empowerment Foundation (ICCEF). Founded in April 2022 in honour of Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma, “to continue his impactful work and build on his numerous legacies,” ICCEF commenced work in January 2023 with five programme areas: Youth Innovation and Technological Start-ups; Mentoring & Intergenerational Dialogues (Big Brothers & Sisters Project); Community Youth Empowerment & Education; Our Daughters Project; and Legacy Projects.    It was a fitting occasion to remember the man in…

By Azu Ishiekwene Before The Human Flow was published, Jonathan, one of Europe’s most accomplished foreign affairs columnists and journalists, had talked with excitement about the book. It was his first novel. Like a woman who became pregnant when she thought she was past child-bearing, Jonathan, 82, couldn’t wait to make Mary Wesley look like a child prodigy. Sam Omatseye’s book, Beating All the Odds: Diaries and Essays on How Tinubu Became President, on the other hand, is part diary, part essay. The diary would have been difficult to script even if a fiction writer had tried to imagine the outcome of events in…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu  One does not need to write too many words to signify the essence of the gem named Azuh Arinze. He has all on his own written himself into the consciousness of our epoch with words of wisdom that belie his age. A prolific pathfinding journalist, Azuh Arinze is the author of valuable books such as The CEO’s Bible, Success Is Not Served A La Carte, A Taste of Success, Conversations With Showbiz Stars, Encounters – Lessons from My Journalism Career etc. His latest offering on the book front, My Story of Many Colours, is in my estimation the…