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…It’s lie from pit of hell – Govt Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Butchers in Umuahia, Abia State capital, have taken to the streets to protest alleged plot to evict them from the portion of land at Ubakala allegedly given to them by Government in 1994. The butchers who refused to slaughter any animal so as to register their grievances, carried placards with various inscriptions, demanding the intervention of Gov. Alex Otti. They accused certain individuals close to power of masterminded the alleged eviction plot. Chairman of Umuahia Butchers Association, Comrade Ngozi Williams, who addressed newsmen during the peaceful protest, said that…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nearly three years after losing its accreditation, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, has restored the full accreditation of the Abia State University College of Medicine. The College’s accreditation was initially withdrawn following the near comatose of Abia State University Teaching Hospital ABSUTH, Aba, due to years of inactivity arising from months of industrial action by doctors over salary arrears. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko, quoted the Commissioner for Health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo, as conveying the news of the restoration of the accreditation after a visit by MDCN team to the hospital…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti, of Abia State has said that the Medical College of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, would never be allowed to lose accreditation for whatever reason. The Governor spoke on Thursday when a delegation of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), who came on accreditation visit to the Abia State University Teaching Hospital ABSUTH, Aba, paid courtesy visit to him. ABSU medical college lost MDCN accreditation following following months of inactivity and dilapidation of ABSUTH due to incessant strikes by doctors protesting salary arrears. The Governor has demonstrated commitment towards restoring the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has mourned the demise of Chief Chuwkwuemeka Ezeife, a former governor of the state who passed on at 85. Ezeife died in Abuja on Thursday after battling an undisclosed illness at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja. His death was made public through a statement signed by Chief Rob Ezeife on behalf of the family. Commiserating with the family in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, Soludo described the late Ezeife as “a man of many hats; a titan in the annals of our state and nation. “Fondly called ‘Okwadike,’…

By Azu Ishiekwene The only thing that trumps the mocking viral videos of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are the live footages of the State House of Assembly being demolished on Wednesday morning by a dozen bulldozers in what appeared like a scene from Gaza. Reporters were even warned to steer clear. It was no longer renovation as planned; it was a full-blown war zone. Happening on Wike’s 56th birthday, it was the most unlikely birthday present from the government of Siminalayi Fubara that he installed six months ago in Rivers, Nigeria’s richest South-South state. If…

 By Owei Lakemfa Yahaya Hashim, a quiet, reflective and highly analytical intellectual is a man I have learnt to listen to for over four decades.  So I was not surprised when after all the drama over the July, 2023 coup in Niger Republic, including threats of invasion, sanctions, border closures, electricity cut-off, and a  world that seemed to have moved on, he returned to the Niger issue. I knew I had to listen to him. His position is that a military intervention in Niger will lead to crisis in that country  which will inevitably spill over into Nigeria particularly its…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed shock over the demise of the former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Dr Ezeife, Okwadike Igboukwu, passed on at the age of 85 at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja. Ohanaeze in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, described Ezeife’s death as a rude shock for the Igbo race. Below is a full text of the statement made available to Ikengaonline: “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has received with a deep shock the passing on of yet another Igbo Titan; a one man riot…

… Faults FG over his abduction, extraordinary rendition… I am tending more towards appeal court judgment – Monday Ubani Our Reporter, Abuja; Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia In what looks yet like another technical decision, the Supreme Court, Friday refused to free the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Instead, the apex court, nullified the judgment of the Court of Appeal that ordered to release the IPOB leader. The Court, however, faulted Kanu’s abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya, saying it was a breach of international protocols. In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, the…

Arinze Chijioke In this Investigative Report, Arinze Chijioke travels to Rivers State to study the neglect of Oyigbo community, a border town between Abia State and Rivers State. What he uncovers is a story of a community in double jeopardy – allegedly discriminated against within its local government area; and within the state as well.   The October 2020 invasion of Oyigbo, a community in Oyigbo Local Government in Rivers State by the Nigerian military in search of residents suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alleged to have killed military and police officers and taken away their…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead. He died in Abuja on Thursday after battling an undisclosed illness. A statement from the Family signed by Chief Rob Ezeife read: “On behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of Igbo-Ukwu, I wish to announce the promotion to glory of our most distinguished son, Okwadike, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, the first Executive Governor of Anambra State, a former Political Adviser to the President and former Presidential Aspirant.” “This sad event took place yesterday at 6pm at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja. More…