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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki An Indigene of Amaegbu Amara, Akpoha, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebony State, Augustine Agha, lamented that he lost the wife of his younger brother, Mary Elem, a six months nursing mother, and her two year old son, Augustine Agha Elemchi, to the cholera outbreak that occurred in the community. They were among the nine that died due to the outbreak. He noted that it was Augustine that first died before her mother after the boy vomited and drugs were administered. Elemchi disclosed this while speaking with Journalists in the community. He described the death of the woman and her baby as painful.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Justice and Brenda Ogbonna Foundation (JBOF), has vowed to re-write the history of Abala-Ibeme community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, through promotion of education. Consequently, it announced the extension of its annual scholarship scheme to five additional villages to promote education among youths in the area. There have been cases of violent crimes in the area, an ugly development the foundation has vowed to change. The high rate of criminality in Abala is usually blamed on under development and low level of education in the community. Bent on changing the narrative the Foundation awarded…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the recent endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as his preferred choice for the February 25 presidential poll has continued to generate reactions among Nigerians, eminent Igbo personalities and groups have hailed the former President for his bold step. Speaking with Ikengaonline, one of the presidential aspirants of the PDP, and former Deputy Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Dr Cosmos Ndukwe, said the forthcoming polls would be based on competence and integrity and not political correctness. He said that “Nigeria is at the crossroads and needs a…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Some residents of Enugu State have hailed the endorsement of Labour Party (LP), Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, to emerge as the next President of Nigeria on May 29, 2023. In separate interviews with Ikengaonline in Enugu, they said the endorsements by notable Nigerians across the country, was a clear indication that, a new Nigeria was in the making. It would be recalled that, high profile personalities including, former President Olusegun Obansanjo; Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark and Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, have all recently spoken in support of Obi’s presidential ambition. Speaking,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Imo State governorship aspirant of the Labour Party, Gen. Lincoln Ogunewe (retd.), has expressed sadness over the death of the late President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador George Obiozor. Gen. Ogunewe, in a statement, said Obiozor departed at a time his services and fatherly counsel were needed the most. He likened the late Diplomat to the biblical Moses “who saw the Promised land but had no grace to experience the grace it portended.” The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “The death of George Obiozor, the President General of Ohaneze came to me as a rude shock. George ,…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, whose convoy was attacked and four police officers killed on Monday evening, said it was his bulletproof car that saved him as the gunmen wanted to kill him and his two children in the vehicle. Ohakim told newsmen in Owerri on Tuesday, while narrating his ordeal how the gunmen attacked him in a place called Umualumaku while driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano Local Government areas of Imo State. Narrating how the incident occurred, Ohakim said: “We were driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano. These people blocked us at…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has vowed to deal decisively with the perpetrators of cult-killings in some communities in Anambra State. Soludo condemned the cult-related killings in Obosi and Okpuno communities in his state, saying that the perpetrators will be apprehended to face the full wrath of the law. The Governor’s anger swelled following the recent assassination of the President General of Obosi Community in Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Hon Ike Okolo. Okolo was said to have been shot dead in a petrol station in the community by yet to be identified gunmen at…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Gunmen numbering over ten on Monday attacked the convoy of former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, and about four security officers were allegedly killed and five others injured while Ohakim escaped from the attack. Eyewitnesses said the incident happened at about 07:35 pm around Oriagu in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The reason for the attack was not known at the time of filing this report, but one of the eyewitnesses alleged that in recent times Oriagu axis has become the spot where kidnappers strike and take their victims to the thick forest within…
By Jude Eze It is a thing of joy to behold a couple chastely glued to one another in admirable marital love in an age characterized by frightening episodes of divorce and home dissolution. This social scandal is more rampant among our celebrities. The new millennium is barely 23 years old today, but it had already seen over 44 cases of divorce among Nigerian Celebrities with this immediate past year 2022 alone recording 14 cases. From Saint Obi to Paul of P-Square, it has been one scary case of divorce to another, with Yul Edochie and Bright Okpocha (Basket mouth)…
By Hassan Gimba It is no longer news that Hon. Muhammed Gudaji Kazaure, a House of Representatives member representing the Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi constituency of Jigawa State, has been trending over some papers he made public and a story that sounded like a tale by moonlight. The lawmaker is claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him and some other distinguished Nigerians into a secret committee with the mandate to investigate, reconcile and recover all stamp duties, which he said amounted to N89.09 trillion, realised from deductions by banks but was misappropriated. Neither the Central Bank, the Federal Ministry of…