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Ben Ezechime Enugu The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State Council, has condemned the return of insecurity in parts of the state. The council made the condemnation in a communique at the end of its June 2023 Congress in Enugu. In the communique signed by the Secretary of Council, Mrs Ifeoma Amuta, the council said it was worrisome that the state has returned to the dark days of insecurity. The council frowned at the happenings along the Opi-Nsukka Road where kidnappers have been terrorising motorists and commuters and called on relevant security agencies to live up to their responsibilities. Congress…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Founder of Gregory University Uturu, GUU, Professor Greg Ibe, has identified lack of visionary leadership as a major impediment to youth empowerment in the South-East. Ibe who stated this while featuring as Keynote Speaker in the June edition of the monthly Ikengaonline town-hall meeting Thursday night, regretted that political leaders in the zone are bereft of the needed ideas and political will to drive skills acquisition among Igbo youths. Professor Ibe who spoke on the topic, Navigating the Challenges of Youth Entrepreneurship: Strategies for Success, reeled out his various efforts to engineer entrepreneurship among Igbo youths. Other challenges…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Chancellor/Founder, of Gregory University, Professor Greg Ibe, on Friday described the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a sad example of one of the factors crumbling growth and investments in the South-East region. Professor Ibe, disclosed this while fielding questions at the Ikengaonline monthly town-hall meeting with the theme: Navigating the challenges of Youths Entrepreneurship: Strategies for success. According to him, “Limited access to markets: Access to local and international markets can be a challenge for entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Infrastructure deficiencies, lack of market information, and inadequate distribution channels often limit their ability to reach…
By Bamidele Johnson As a boxer, Okorodudu Jerry must have faced a few vicious volume punchers. None, it’s safe to say, punched him with greater volume-and savagery-than life itself, which saw penury and grave ill-health deal him debilitating body blows, landing him on the canvas before knocking him out yesterday. Forever. At 64. It was perhaps a miracle and a half that he lived for that long, given the conspiracy of desperate want, neglect and infirmity against him. It was a big shame that he never reached the heights his talents hinted he was capable of. A gold medal…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There is excitement among Abia workers as they confirm the receipt of their June salary. Some workers who pleaded not to be mentioned told Ikengaonline that they had received their June salary as promised by Gov Otti. Ikengaonline had reported that Otti had during his inaugural speech, promised to pay workers on or before the 28th of every month. Determined to match his words with action, Otti in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, on Tuesday, directed the Accountant General of the state, to immediately commence payment of June salary to workers. Meanwhile, the…
As Obi, Ndukuba, others pay last respect Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The remains of the Late Dean, Church of Nigeria, Anglican communion, Most Reverend Maxwell Samuel Chukwunweike Anikwenwa, were on Thursday buried in his hometown, Awkuzu, Anambra State. Anikwenwa, who was the former Archbishop of Province II and the Retired Bishop of Awka Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), died on March 13, 2023, after a brief illness. He was aged 83. At the cathedral church of St. Faith where his funeral service took place on Thursday, Anikwenwa was described as a true servant of God who led an exemplary and…
Warns Ohanaeze against Greek gift Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has rolled out conditions for any partnership between Ndigbo and the British Government. IPOB which was responding to a recent statement credited to the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, said it was the height of hypocrisy for Britain to do nothing about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a British citizen who has been illegally detained for over two years, only to seek business partnership with South-East. The pro-Biafra movement which stoutly opposed any form of partnership with Britain, insisted that Kanu should be freed first…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The former Minister for Health, Professor Ihechukwu Madubuike, has faulted the arrest and detention of the the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, while those who authorised his actions were left untouched. Professor Madubuike who spoke with Ikengaonline insisted that Emefiele should be made to disclose all those who authorised and benefited from his actions considered illegal, and such people arrested and prosecuted along with him. He said it was injustice to persecute Emefiele alone and leave his co-travellers and mentors off the hook. “Now they have arrested the former CBN Governor, Emefiele. But he…
By Azu Ishiekwene It doesn’t make sense to weigh tragedies on a scale. How do you measure them? Leo Tolstoy got it right in Anna Karenina when he said whereas all happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. And so indeed it was on June 14 when it was reported that a boat carrying 750 migrants had capsized near Greece in the Mediterranean killing over 500 with dozens missing. It was one of the most horrific tragedies in recent times, claiming the lives of hundreds of migrants mostly from Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan and Palestine…
By Sam Okoro It is exactly one month today, June 29, that Dr Alex Chioma Otti of the Labour Party (LP) took the oath of office and allegiance as the fifth democratically-elected governor of Abia, God’s own State, to dutifully and selflessly serve the state and its good people for the next four years, God helping him. Between then and now, the former bank chief executive has painstakingly shouldered the burden of providing people-based and result-oriented service by gradually and systematically re-setting the system in a disruptive manner, while laying the foundation for sustainable socioeconomic growth and development of the…