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Our Reporter, Abuja Nigeria and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen has emerged CAF best male player of the year 2023. Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons captain and Barcelona feminine forward won the CAF female player of the year for the sixth time. Both strikers were crowned on Monday in a CAF event held at the Moroccan beautiful city of Marrakesh. Osimhen saw off the competition from Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah to win the coveted trophy for the first time to crown the end of a glorious year. Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo, was the last Nigerian to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Work on the six-lane Ossah Road Umuahia recently awarded by Gov. Alex Otti is on top speed. Drainage on the road is almost 90% completed. Otti who awarded the project to a German construction firm, CRANEBURG, said he wanted Umuahia to have a befitting entry point. The six-lane road, which when completed, will be the first of its kind in Abia begins from Abia Tower junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, and ends at the Okpara Square round-about inside the city centre. When Ikengaonline visited the project site to ascertain the level of progress, it was observed…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The owner of Porshe Nightclub where about seven persons were killed on Sunday has reportedly been kidnapped. Ikengaonline reported that yet-to-be identified gunmen launched attack on the nightclub in Oba Idemili South Local Government Area, killing seven including operatives of the Vigilante in the area. However, a fresh report emerging from the incident has revealed that the owner of the ill fated club, Chief Ebele Orji, was equally kidnapped during the attack. Following the attack, a Facebook user, Agumba Idemili, believed to be an indigene of the community, posted: “Pray for our brother. After heavy gunshots at…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The President/CEO, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) Prof. Mohammed Ajiya has called for a full adoption and use of emerging technologies for a renewed Nigeria. Ajiya made the call when he delivered a lecture at the Maiden Public Lecture organised by the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, at the Ibrahim Alfa Auditorium, themed, ‘Digital Economy and the Renewed Hope Agenda – NITDA 3MMT in Perspective.’ The DBI Boss, who delivered his lecture titled, ‘Leveraging Technology Capacity to Achieve The Renewed Hope Agenda,’ said nations that have leveraged the prevailing technology at different stages of human development…

The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new turn on Monday with twenty-seven members loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, defecting from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers cited division within the PDP as the primary reason for their defection to the APC. Before announcing their defection from PDP to APC, Assembly members adopted a resolution condemning the alleged withholding of funds for the management of the Assembly by the state government. The faction led by its Speaker, Mr Martin…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), says it will commence the implementation of the “zero noise pollution policy” on December 15, 2023. A release from the authority’s office said this was in line with the agreement it reached with proprietors and operators of all night clubs, lounges, open air live bands, bars, television viewing centers in all residential neighborhoods in the state capital. It would be recalled that the authority recently met met with the owners and managers of relaxation spots in Enugu. At the meeting it was agreed that any night club operating within the…

…Says project, a curse not blessing Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The people of Umuvo Community in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, have vehemently rejected the proposal by the State Government to site a trailer park in their land, saying the proposed project is a curse and not a blessing. This is as the dust being raised by the move by the State Government to fence the Lokpanta Regional Cattle Market as part of efforts to curb criminality in the area, is yet to settle. The community, therefore, appealed to Gov. Alex Otti, to discontinue with the proposal,…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Member representing Afikpo North West in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Kingsley Ikoro, has expressed sadness over the number of collapsed buildings, cracked buildings, health and other environmental hazards witnessed in Ameta Agba in Ibii/Ozizza autonomous community following stone blasting by a mining company. Mr Ikoro who expressed the concern at the floor of the State Assembly during its sitting noted that many have been hospitalised while others have lost their homes and properties and called for immediate action against further blasting less than a kilometer to the residential areas. Mr Ikoro, who is the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Yet-to-be identified gunmen Sunday evening launched an attack on a nightclub in Oba Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State. Ikengaonline gathered that the attack led to the death of many, including operatives of local vigilante of the community. A source in Oba said the attack was carried out at Porsche nightclub in the area. According to the source, the number of those killed at Porsche club attack was seven. “One of the security operatives was beheaded, and another had his foot cut off and made away with by the invading gunmen.” Spokesperson of the Anambra State…

Stephen Ukandu A group under the auspices of Indigenes and Residents of Abuja, has described those behind last week’s “Wike Must Go Protest” as impostors hired to blackmail the former Rivers State Governor. The group on Monday, marched through some major streets in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, before storming to the Minister’s office complex where they read their message although the Minister was said not to be in office. Leader of the group, Mohammed Yakubu, who spoke during the solidarity march for the FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike, said “those who feel threatened by the anti-corruption crusade of the Minister”…