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Group berates Soludo, alleges dictatorial rule in Anambra Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group, Forum of Labour Party 2023 House of Assembly Candidates, has berated Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State over what it described as ‘dictatorial’ tendencies of his two-year administration. The group, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Hon. Humphrey Iloh, advised Soludo-led Government to desist from further humiliating, intimidating, impoverishing and killing of people of the state. It said the advice followed recent destruction of newspaper stands and beating of newspaper vendors in Awka as well as brutal killing of one Mr Arinze Obuladike, a drug dealer at…

Court quashes indefinite suspension of FADAMA III coordinator by Ebonyi govt By Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The National Industrial Court has quashed the indefinite suspension slammed on the Ebonyi State Coordinator of the World Bank Assisted FADAMA III project, Dr Cletus Nwakpu by the State Government. Mr Nwakpu, an experienced civil servant, had overseen the implementation of the World Bank- sponsored FADAMA projects in the state. But on 14th July 2020, the State Government under former Governor David Umahi, suspended him indefinitely on unproven allegations of funds misappropriation and embezzlement. Background Mr Nwakpu, as State Coordinator had started the implementation of…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Following the final release of the three family members accompanying the corpse of their late brother Israel Ugwuanyi from Lagos to Nsukka, the family has accused both the Enugu State Government and the Police of abandonment. The trio were released in the evening of Thursday February 22 after spending five days in the camp of the kidnappers. In a statement issued by the elder brother to late Ugwuanyi, Mr Collins Ugwuanyi, made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu on Friday the family accused the Nigeria Police and Enugu State of insensitivity while they remained in the kidnappers den.…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Let me today remember an Angel I once met in this life. Lets simply call her Sola. Angel Sola Kuti. Shes Fela Anikulapo-Kutis daughter. My devotion to Fela as an unbeatable music maestro is a very long story, but that is not the story for today. Back in 1979, when I was in my first academic year at Great Ife, Fela was billed to perform on campus in a concert tagged TV is 20. The concert was to celebrate 20 years of the coming of television in Nigeria, as powered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the legendary…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu State Government has frowned at the proliferation of fake land title documents, forged building approvals, and illegal structures across the Enugu metropolis. The Executive Chairman of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), Mr Uche Anya, made the revelations in Enugu. The chairman also announced the withdrawal of all forged and fraudulently obtained building approvals and stoppage of structures that did not have government’s permits. Anya however, assured genuine investors in the state that the administration of Governor Peter Mbah remained investment-driven and would continue to create the right environment for their businesses to flourish. He…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The National President, Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, has called on all well meaning Igbos across the globe to join hands to save the language from extinction. Lolo Chimezie made the call in Owerri during an event organised by IWA to mark this year’s International Mother Tongue Day celebration. Lolo Chimezie said that the theme of the event “PREVENTING ENDANGERED LANGUAGES FROM DEATH; A CASE OF IGBO LANGUAGE, was in line with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO’s prediction in 2012 that the Igbo Language was among the languages that would go…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely eight months after losing control of the state, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, support group, has called for the sack of the party’s Chairman in Abia State, Rt. Hon. Asiforo Okere, accusing him of incompetence. The group known as Abia PDP Redemption Movement for 2027, said that the party had recorded its worst woes under the watch of the Abia former Speaker, hence the call for his removal. According to the group, the humiliation of PDP at the 2023 general election in Abia after holding sway since 1999, was as a result of Okere’s lack of…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it will henceforth organise regular quiz competitions among nursery, primary and post-primary school pupils and students to promote Igbo language, culture and tradition in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dame Ugochi Madueke, said this in Enugu during the commemoration of the 2024 International Mother Language Day. The commemoration was organised by Igbo Efula and the Centre for (Igbo) Memories. Madueke also said that her ministry would also go ahead to print Igbo calendars to also promote Igbo language and tradition. “A calendar that will have the four market…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Pensioners in Enugu State have appealed to Governor Peter Mbah to come to their aid by offsetting their arrears of pensions since February 2022. The President of Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) Enugu State, Mr Ikechukwu Ekere, made the appeal in Enugu while speaking on the plight of pensioners in the state. Ekere commended the Governor for his efforts in motivating workers in the state and urged him to look into the condition of retirees, especially the local government workers and primary school teachers. He lamented that retirees of both the local government and primary school received…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Kidnappers of late Mr Israel Ugwuanyi of Ameze Owerre, Umabor community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, have released his decomposing corpse to his family. Ugwuanyi’s corpse was dropped by the unidentified gunmen by the roadside after three days in captivity. Meanwhile, the driver of the ambulance from Lagos and two family members of the deceased are still being held by the abductors who have insisted their initial N50 million ransom. A family source said that Ugwuanyi’s relatives have priced N200,000 for the release of the victims which the kidnappers has labelled as unserious. “We…