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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Joyce Banda, Malawi’s fourth (and first female) president, was in Nigeria earlier this month as guest of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State in South-East Nigeria, where she spoke at the 12th annual lecture in memory of the man after whom the university is named. It was also the 119th birthday of Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, Nigeria’s founding president, and the month of the 26th anniversary of the death in 1997 of Malawi’s founding president. At the lecture, Joyce Banda described Malawi’s judiciary as “award-winning” and many Nigerians in the audience, embarrassed by the contrast with theirs which wallows in infamy,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka As the preparations for the burial of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s father, Pa Simeon Soludo, continue, kinsmen in his community have threatened to boycott the burial following disagreement with burial date fixed by the family. Ikengaonline learnt that Soludo’s father who died on November 6, 2023, has been fixed for burial on December 23 by the family. But sources in Isuofia, the governor’s hometown, said the date violates existing law in the town which prohibits fixing of such functions in the community after 15th December every year. A leader in Isiofia community who spoke on the condition of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Member representing Anambra East constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Obi Nweke, has condemned the recent communal clash between Nneyi Umueri and Enugwu Nsugbe communities both in Anambra East Local Government Area. The communities who share boundaries have fallen apart over perennial land dispute. The recent clash led to the death of two persons while some others sustained injuries, while many houses and properties were also destroyed and set ablaze. Residents of the villages have fled their homes due to the crisis. Honourable Nweke explained that the present administration led by Professor Chukwuma Soludo has…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Mr Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has lamented the continuous targeting of shops of Igbo traders and property of Igbo living in Lagos for demolition. He chided the Lagos State Government for the unjust act which he argued, was part of the reasons Igbo youths agitate for self determination. Ejimakor who took to his X (formerly Twitter) handle to ventilate his annoyance, wondered why Ndigbo should be the target of unfair treatments such as the unjust policy of abandoned property after the civil war, marginalisation…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has inaugurated a 120 million litres of water per day scheme for Enugu residents, which was part of his electioneering campaign promises to the people. Inaugurating 24/7 9th-Mile Corner Ultra-Modern Water Scheme on Saturday in Enugu, Mbah said that the gigantic water scheme and its reticulation put an end to the 20-year water scarcity in Enugu metropolis. Ikengaonline reports that following the acute water scarcity in Enugu, Mbah during his electioneering campaign promised to deliver water within 180 days in office to Enugu people to end water challenge in the state.…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr Walter Ozioko, has said that he was more committed to serving his people as that was his main reason for contesting election. Ozioko said this when he received the Enugu State Good Governance Initiative (ENS-GGI) team at the Nsukka Local Government Secretariat. The team comprised of leadership of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), in the state, Nigeria Union of Journalist’s (NUJ), Enugu State Council, and the Civil Society Coalition, Enugu State. The GGI team was in the Local Government in continuation of its biennial inspection of projects…

…Backs Abia govt’s move to sanitise cattle market Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abia State Council, has strongly condemned the continued humiliation and dehumanisation of commuters at military check-points in the South-East. Ikengaonline had in its special investigative report, exposed how commuters were forced to disembark from their vehicles and made to trek across irrespective of the atmospheric whether. Surprisingly, vehicles are not subjected to any thorough check at such check-points, thus raising questions over the wisdom behind such practice. NUJ in a communique after its monthly congress in Umuahia, called on the military authorities…

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) with seventeen other media partners is set to host the 2023 edition of its annual Amplify In-depth Media Conference and Awards in Abuja on December 8 and 9, 2023. This was contained in a statement released by the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the WSCIJ, Mrs Motunrayo Alaka, at the weekend. SOLACEBASE reports that the theme of the conference is “Independent Media Equation: Policies, Ownership, Technology, and Sustainability.” According to the statement, the discussions at the conference would revolve around how policies, ownership structure, technology, and sustainability shape the landscape and functionality…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has tasked mothers to lead a successful revolution to restore moral and social order to the current society starting from the home. Mrs Soludo gave the task at a Christian women convention that was held recently in Onitsha. The Governor’s wife who delivered keynote speech on the theme, “Godly not Druggy Youths: An Imperative for New Anambra State,” explained that the current society has found its way in the wrong path largely because the home, which is the cradle of moral upbringing, has failed. She pointed out…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, MOUAU, will, in two months time, begin commercial production of animal feeds, the management of the institution has revealed. Vice Chancellor, Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe who disclosed this during a pre-convocation press conference, said the feat was part of conscious efforts to fulfill the core mandate of the institution and shore up its internally generated revenue. He noted that while many universities in the country were yet to recover from the set-backs of the COVID-19 pandemic and eight months strike, MOUAU had since moved on. “Universities are yet to recover from…