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FCID, traditional rulers to strengthen collaborations on security in S/East, S/South Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Enugu, has sought partnership with traditional rulers in Enugu State to strengthen community relations and address security concerns within the South-East and South-South geo-political zones. Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in-charge of the FCID Annex Enugu, Dali Kwazhi, made the plea when he paid a courtesy call to the Chairman of Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Ikechukwu Asadu, in his palace at Ogwugwu, Nsukka. Kwazhi expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to engage with the chairman…

MCDN moves to reverse migration of health workers, tasks doctors on ethics . As GUU inducts 2nd batch of doctors Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), has said it was making efforts to reverse the troubling migration of health professionals to other countries for greener pasture. This is as it challenged Government to provide conducive working environment and enhanced welfare package for health workers halt the ugly trend. MDCN Registrar, MDCN, Dr Fatima Kyari stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia where she attended the induction ceremony of the second batch of medical…

Army not about shooting, it also cares for people’s needs – Gen Ajunwa . As COAS inaugurates projects in Abia Stephen Ukandu Umuahia Director General, Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre, Major Gen. Obinna Ajunwa, has said that the Nigerian Army is not all about shooting, but also provides for the needs of the people. The former General Officer Commanding GOC 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, made the remarks Friday during the inuaguration of projects he attracted in his Ekeoba-Oriendu Autonomous Community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State. He thanked the Chief of Army…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigeria’s first female Professor of Mass Communication, Professor Stella Okunna, has called on the Igbo intellectuals to mount pressure on South-East Governors for adequate investment in education. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Paul University Awka, who spoke while featuring on Ikengaonline townhall meeting Thursday night, decried the falling standard of education in the zone which once prided as the education advantaged area. The former Commissioner for Information, Anambra State, who spoke on the topic: “Education, Mentoring and Career Building in the South-East,” said it was unacceptable for any Governor in the South-East to allocate less than 25% budgetary threshold for…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Professor Stella Okunna, a renowned educationist and Nigeria’s first female Professor of Mass Communication, has called for proper funding of the education sector in South-East Nigeria. Okunna made the call when she featured as keynote speaker at the August edition of the popular Ikengaonline monthly townhall meeting on Thursday. Speaking on the topic, “Education, Mentoring and Career Building in the South-East,” Okunna said that funding is a crucial factor in elevating the performance and standard of learning for the development of the region. According to her, lack of adequate funding has been a major challenge in the…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Journalists have been called to use new knowledge gotten from training to improve the quality of their reportage for the good of the public. Executive Director, Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative, IMCAI, the publishers of Ikengaonline, Dr Chido Onumah, made the call Thursday in Owerri, during a one day capacity training for journalists on “Improving the Quality of Journalism in the South-East for Good Governance.” Dr Onumah maintained that the main essence of journalism was to improve good governance through investigative reports, and called on the participants to push for the development of the South-East through…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) says it has rescheduled backwards the date for conduct of local government chairmanship and councilors elections from October 5 to September 21, 2024. The Chairman of ENSIEC, Professor Christian Ngwu, confirmed the new rescheduled election date and amended timetable to newsmen in Enugu on Thursday. Ngwu said that the commission was acting in compliance with the state High Court judgment, delivered by Justice C.V.C. Ezeugwu on Aug. 27, which compelled the commission to conduct council elections on or before Sept. 21, 2024. The judgment was in pursuant of Enugu State…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Vice President, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has knocked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government on the recent directive that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates below 18 years. The former VIce President who described the directive as retrogressive, said “Tinubu’s Government is behaving like a lost sailor on a high sea.” According to Atiku, pegging age limits for entry to tertiary institutions at 18 years is “absurd and a disincentive to scholarship.” Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, had while defending the new policy,…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu State Chapter, Mr Alphonsus Nwafor, says the party National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, does not participate in illegal gathering. Nwafor, who stated this in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Enugu, said there was nothing like the representation of Ganduje in the charade as convoked on August 24, 2024, in Enugu. “The National Chairman of our party does not participate in illegal gatherings and has never found himself in the wrong side of the law as was attended in Bishop Onyeabor street, GRA,…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), has justified reasons for demolishing the Artisan quarters which was designed for selling meat and cows by the Hausa/Fulani community. According the Chairman ECTDA, Uche Anya, the market, once a bustling hub of commerce, had become a notorious criminal hideout. “This alarming transformation led the state government to take decisive action, razing the area to the ground,” he said. Speaking on the demolition, Anya said the area had turned to a haven for armed robbers, kidnappers, and the trafficking of illegal weapons, contrarily to what it was supposed to be.…