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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), has said it demolished buildings at the Enugu Centenary City for lack of proper approval from the state government. Mr Uche Anya, the Executive Chairman, ECTDA, stated this on Saturday in Enugu while reacting to the online trending video alleging that Enugu Government demolished over 200 buildings at the Centenary City. In the said video, a man was seen appealing to Gov. Peter Mbah to come to their aid and prevent further demolition of people’s investments. The man in the video alleged that he bought the land while the necessary…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has commiserated with the Government and people of Oyo State over the recent explosion that rocked the city of Ibadan, the state capital. In a press statement signed by it’s Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu, the Apex Igbo Cultural Organisation said it received the news with shock and dismay. “It was indeed heart-breaking as dead bodies resulting from the blast were pulled from the rubble of a residential area in Old Bodija. “While we join the Ibadan community to mourn the loss of three lives in the catastrophe, we are…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Most people do not know or remember that, strictly speaking, there were and remain no official results for Nigeria’s 2007 presidential election. Organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the vote itself occurred on 21 April 2007 under Maurice Iwu, a professor whose academic discipline coincidentally was alchemy. His main qualification for the position of Chairman of the INEC was that he was close to President Obasanjo’s fixer, Andy Uba. The results began trickling in the following day. Under Nigeria’s Constitution, a winner of a presidential election must secure the highest number of votes in addition…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN); has written a petition to Chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), asking for thorough investigation and payment of N50,000,000 compensation for unlawful detention of a 16 years old boy by the Police Headquarters, Enugu State. The petition entitled: “APPEAL FOR JUSTICE, THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND PAYMENT OF PROMPT AND ADEQUATE COMPENSATION for TORTURE, UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF 16 YEAR OLD AT THE ENUGU STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS ENUGU FOR 3, MONTHS; A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE CHILD RIGHTS ACT 2003,” was made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu. The petition reads: “We write…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, is to hold its 2024 free medical mission in Abia State from April 4 – 10, 2024. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo; and the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee cum Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Umuahia, Professor Azubuike Onyebuchi. According to the statement, no fewer than 60 physicians and experts in different branches of medicine from North and South America, will be coming for the mission. The gesture was to complement the efforts…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government on Saturday debunked a media report that Governor Francis Nwifuru has vowed not to accommodate his major challengers in the 2023 general election in his government for dragging him to courts. Some media reports had quoted the governor as saying that the duo of Chukwuma Odii of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Professor Bernard Odoh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) were not needed in his administration. The reports had heated up the polity following series of reactions with one group issuing a 48hrs ultimatum to the governor to withdraw the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Concerns have been raised over the investigation into the murder of Ward 1 chairman of Young Peoples Party (YPP) in Nanka, Anambra State, Joe Mohale. Mohale of Etti village in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area, was gruesomely murdered by men of the underworld in the late evening of Saturday, November 11, 2023. Since the assassination, residents of Nanka have expressed concerns over what could be described as slow investigation activities by the Security architecture charged with investigating the murder. A socio-cultural group, Nanka Forum, has called on the police and the Department of State Services, DSS,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Environmental experts have recommended intentional tree planting as one of the major ways to mitigate climate change in Nigeria. They stated this in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State when a non-governmental organisation, Green Environment and Climate Change Initiative, (GECCI )took the campaign for Building Climate Resilience in agrarian communities to those in the rural communities of the state. The event which was organised in partnership with the Forestry and Wildlife Department, Anambra state Ministry of Environment was supported by the Nigeria Climate Justice Alliance, ( NCJA), and the Nigeria Conservation Foundation, (NCF). Climate…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia & Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A one-day virtual workshop on engendering and deepening inclusive reporting of electoral and democratic governance issues has ended with a call for journalists to give media space for voices of vulnerable groups to be heard in the country. The capacity-building workshop by the International Press Center (IPC) Lagos, Nigeria trained no fewer than 40 journalists drawn from 20 different media houses comprising print and online platforms. Two reporters from Ikengaonline participated in the virtual training aimed at empowering journalists to enhance the inclusive participation of women, youths and the disability community in their media…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State House of Assembly has begun the move to stop land racketeering in the state. In this regard, a bill seeking to ensure that all lands in Enugu State are computerised has scaled second reading in the Assembly. Leading debate on the bill tagged: “Enugu State Geographic Information Service (GIS)” on Thursday in Enugu, the Minority Leader of the House, Mr. Iloabuchi Aniagu (PDP), said the bill, when enacted, would ensure that all lands in the state are computerised to avoid issuance of multiple Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) on one land. Aniagu…