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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Former Enugu Rangers Technical Adviser, Abdul Maikaba, has quit the club, a day after losing the 2023 Confederation Cup to Bendel Insurance of Benin. The Benin-based Insurance defeated 10-man Rangers 1-0 to win the 2023 Federation Cup trophy at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Wednesday night. Rangers Media Officer, Norbert Okolie, disclosed Maikaba’s exit in Enugu. The gaffer announced his departure at an end-of-the-season gathering of players, coaches, management, and backroom staff at the players’ camp, Nkponkiti Road, Independence Layout, Enugu. Maikaba said he won’t be re-negotiating his two years contract that lapsed with the end…
Says gov his bosom friend, trusted ally Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has denied media report that he is leading a revolt against the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma. Ohakim dismissed the report as false and a figment of the imagination of the peddlers. The former Governor in a statement he personally signed, said Uzodinma is his dependable ally, and fighting him would amount to fighting himself. He accused promoters of the report as those behind a recent unfounded rumour that Uzodinma used him to torpedo the Labour Party governorship primaries. “Before now, the same…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has decorated no fewer than 330 officers and men with their elevated ranks within its Enugu State Command. The newly decorated personnel include: 175 senior officers, 37 cadet officers on advancement to officers’ cadre and 118 lower rank personnel (wardens). Performing the decoration on Thursday in Enugu, the Controller of Corrections in Enugu State, Mr Nicholas Obiakor, urged the newly promoted and decorated to see their elevation as an added responsibility. Obiakor, who also doubles as the Commander of NCoS Enugu State Command, said that “to whom much is given, much is…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, on Thursday swore-in newly appointed Chief of Staff, Mr Victor Udeh, and six special advisers. The Special Advisers sworn-in are Professor Linda Egbo, Special Adviser, Public Financial Management; Mr Osinachi Nnajieze, Special Adviser, Legal; Arinze Chilo-Offiah, Special Adviser, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Dubem Onyia (Jr), Special Adviser, Donor Relations. Others are, Mike Ogbuekwe, Special Adviser, Agriculture; Osita Onuma, Special Adviser, Digital Transformation, Technology, Innovation, Industries of the Future and Industrial Strategy. The oath of office was administered to them by the Solicitor-General of the state, Victor Emeribe. Speaking after…
Our Reporter, New York Nnobi people in North America came together this Father’s Day weekend in Newark, New Jersey, for their 2023 Convention. During the event, they raised over $60,000 to rehabilitate their general hospital and provide health insurance for the elderly in their hometown. The three-day event kicked off with a meet and greet at the home of one of their illustrious sons in America, retired Professor Ferdinand Ofodile. The preeminent plastic surgeon is the brain behind the ongoing project to equip Nnobi general hospital and make it a center of excellence for more than primary healthcare services. Prof.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has described as insensitive, the proposal by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries of Judges and political office holders by 114 per cent when many states in the country could not pay N30, 0000 minimum wage. Obi who criticised the proposal in a tweet he posted Thursday, argued that hiking the salaries of Judges and political office holders should not be a priority. “I learnt with great reservation, the approval of a 114% increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Commissioner for Finance, Abia State, Dr Aham Uko, has revealed why he quit the State Executive Council, saying the Government he served was not willing to adapt to changes and innovations that would have helped in getting the state out of indebtedness. Uko who made the revelation during a media chat in Umuahia, said he valued his integrity above any other consideration, hence, he decided to throw in the towel. The former Commissioner said he was totally dissatisfied with the way things were done under the Government he served. He said he decided to leave when…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Residents and citizens of Enugu State are now living in fear following the full return of activities of unknown gunmen. Ikengaonline reports that in less than one week there have been reports of gunmen unleashing terror on innocent residents with little or no resistance. Early this week, there were two separate kidnapping incidents on Ugwuogo-Enugu road which had caused panic and fear among motorists and commuters. Also, within the week over 20 Point of Sale (PoS) operators were attacked at gunpoint at Abakpa Nike, Garki Awkunanaw, New Heaven, and Meniru parts of Enugu city. In Abakpa, the…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday was given a one-month ultimatum, to fully implement former Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s report of the commission of inquiry on contract awards and alleged looting of the state assets to the tune of over N130 billion by the former Governor of the state, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The Sincere Concerned Organisation, SCO, led by the Director General, Mrs. Foluke Olabimbe Lemechi, gave the ultimatum during a press briefing in Owerri. “Imo people were ecstatic when the current administration started the implementation of the White Paper with the recovery of the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The All Progressives Congress, APC; its presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu; and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; Wednesday, opposed the admissibility of bundles of more exhibits tendered by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja. But despite their opposition, the PEPC admitted in evidence the exhibits comprising the total number of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, collected in 32 states of the federation before the 2023 general elections. Similarly, the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel, admitted in evidence, a bundle of documents that contained the total number of…