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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nollywood megastar and legal luminary, Chief Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O Kanayo (KOK), has declared that Igbo enterprise/ apprenticeship system discourages stealing and begging among the Igbo race. The iconic actor and socialite spoke when he received a delegation of actors who came to pay him homage for his heroic role in inspiring hard-work among Igbo youths especially those pursuing careers in the movie industry. Chief KOK as he is fondly called, argued that the ingenuity trait in Igbo man confers on him a sense of pride and self esteem which other races, unfortunately…

By Owei Lakemfa The Israeli bombs that rained down on Gaza has killed over 200 health workers with 215 injured. In Havana, Cuba, 10,953 kilometres away, Palestinian youths being trained as medical doctors, gathered to mourn the human carnage in their country and vowed to take the next available flight back once they complete their studies to replace the murdered doctors. In a show of the famous Cuban sense of humanism, President Miguel Diaz-Canel on November 17, 2023 met with the Palestinian students to express the solidarity of the Cuban people. Then on November 23, draped in the black-and-white Palestinian…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government on Friday sealed the premises of 16 corporate institutions including Schools, Hotels and Consulting firms in parts of Enugu over failure to pay taxes. The areas the Internal Revenue Service, IRS, carried out the operation are New Heaven area, Abakpa Nike area, Trans Ekulu area and Gariki area. Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service (ES-IRS) disclosed this while briefing Newsmen on the operation which was the first under the present administration in the state. Nnamani said the IRS decided to embark on the exercise following the refusal of owners…

…Decry lack of access to public buildings Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), have advocated deployment of sign language interpreters to hospitals in the South-East to assist them in getting adequate medical attention. They also called for installation of facilities to make public buildings easily accessible to PWDs. The advocacy was made during Thursday’s monthly town-hall meeting of Ikengaonline themed, “Stigma, Struggles, and Support: Living with Disability in the South East.” A Journalist and one of the resource persons at the meeting, Chidimma Ajemba, said that the absence of sign language interpreters in South-East  hospitals had worsened the fate of PWDs especially…

By Okike Ezugwu This topic has become difficult to ignore – despite great personal efforts. It is the discussion provoked by Mikel Obi in his podcast where he spoke carelessly on a range of issues. I am coming very late, I confess. It fed social media to a stupor, filling the time of its army of pseudo intellectuals. Never mind, Mikel might well become a respectable opinion leader. That has been the way of the world for a long time. Think about Donkin, the villain of Joseph Conrad’s Nigger of Narcissus.  He was an appalling shipmate. He did not do a…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the development of the country’s education sector. He also pledged continued support to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) so that it will continue to play its role in the development of Tertiary Education in the country. He stated this while commissioning some TETFund sponsored projects in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Works, noted that his administration has demonstrated commitment towards the development of education since its commencement on May 29,2023. He listed some actions and policies of his administration in this…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Residents of Umuahia the Abia State capital have been thrown into frenzy as a tricycle operator engaged to convey four children of same parents to school, disappeared with them. The incident according to the father of the children, Mr Chimaobi Agah, from Amasiri in Ebonyi State, occured on Monday. Mr Agah in a viral video cried out for help. According to the father of four, two of the children were aged eight; one, four; and the other, a year and half. The father of the missing children in the viral video, said he travelled to Enugu State…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Nigerian Army has launched a special security operation in the South-East named operation “Exercise Golden Dawn Three,” to replaced “Operation Udoka,” which functioned in the months of September, October and November of 2023. At the launch of the operation in Owerri, the General Officer Commanding 82 Division Nigerian Army Enugu, Major General Hassan Dada, said the operation is aimed at guaranteeing safety of lives and property during and after the yuletide. Major Dada assured the South Easterners of adequate security during the Christmas and New Year festivities and warned that his men were ready to deal…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Lawyers in Enugu State on Friday paid their last respect to a late colleague and Labour Party (LP) senatorial candidate in the 2023 election who was murdered alongside his friend on February 22, 2023. The late Chukwu was the LP senatorial Candidate for Enugu East zone during the 2023 general election and died at the age of 64 years. Elulogising the late colleague in a Court Session at the Justice Innocent Umezulike Conference Hall Enugu State High Court arena, Chief Judge of the state, Raymond Ozoemena described Chukwu as a jurist. Justice Ozoemena said the late Chukwu…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Igboeze North Local Government Council administration has begun the rehabilitation and upgrading of a gigantic building constructed way back during the administration of President Shehu Shagari, with the view to using it as JAMB Computer Based Text (CBT) centre. The Chairman of the Council, Engr. Ejike Itodo, disclosed this in Enugu Ezike, headquarters of the council. Itodo, spoke through his Special Adviser, Hon. Emeka Eya, when he received a team of Enugu State Good Governance Initiative (ENS-GGI). The team was at the local government in continuation of its biennial inspection of projects undertaken by the councils…