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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Nteje community in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, has launched a war against drug abuse and a committee that will champion the course was inaugurated by the community. The event held at Nteje during the weekend and attracted law enforcement agencies including the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Police and stakeholders in the community. Speaking on the development, the President General of Nteje community, Dr. Nnamdi Ilodiuba, said that the target is to rescue their community by ensuring that drug peddlers have no place in Nteje. According to him, drugs have done great harm to the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Youths in Anambra State and South-East have been advised to explore opportunities offered by creative economy to improve their economic prospect and well-being. Anamdra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, gave the advise while speaking at the second edition of Anambra Fashion Expo, AFE2023, titled “Creativity Unleashed.” The Governor who was in attendance with his wife, Nonye, said the fashion expo is a sign of the state’s interest in the fashion industry, which has a significant impact on the economy and culture. The show was an opportunity to showcase the state’s creativity, diversity, and innovation in fashion with participation…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The proponent of an independent Yoruba nation, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has regained his freedom after two years of trial in Benin Republic. Igboho was arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on his way to Germany. Barely a month before his arrest in Benin Republic, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was abducted in Kenya and rendered to Nigeria on June 21, 2021. Kanu has since then remained in detention at the headquarters…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Umu-Igbo Unite Care, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has built a 10-room toilet facilities and overhead water tanks for Trans-Ekulu Girls Secondary School, Enugu, to end open defecation in the school. The Project Coordinator of the NGO in Enugu, Miss Faith-Victor Onyekwere, disclosed this during the inauguration of the facilities at the school. Onyekwere said that her organisation, based in USA, decided to build the facilities for the students because it would help to end open defecation around the school compound. “We provided this project so that the girls could be saved from a lot of illnesses…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In July 2023, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) presided over a meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint his own son a judge of the Federal High Court. On 4 October, as his father presided over the swearing in of his own son, it fell to the Old Students Association of Ikolaba Grammar School, which the new judge attended for his secondary education, to defend his appointment with the cringe-inducing statement that “contrary to claims in some quarters, Ariwoola Jr.’s appointment as a judge was not on the influence of his father, who is the CJN.”…
Our Reporter, Abuja To further Nigeria’s fight against corruption, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG) have announced a new partnership to strengthen whistleblowing in the country. The two civil society organizations made this known during a round table meeting at PRIMORG’s office complex in Abuja. Speaking during the meeting, the Coordinator of AFRICMIL, Dr. Chido Onumah, noted that whistleblowing remains an indispensable tool needed in the fight against corruption, hence the need to advocate relentlessly for a law protecting whistleblowers and whistleblowing. Onumah lamented the inability of the…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri A fatal motor accident involving a truck and a fully-loaded mini-bus has killed four persons along Akabo-Okigwe Road in Imo State. An eyewitness who spoke with Ikengaonline said the mini-bus driver who was a woman and three passengers died on the spot while others sustained various degrees of injuries. He said the mini-bus driver was trying to overtake the truck when it collided with the heavy duty truck from behind and ran into the bush. He also confirmed that two other vehicles were affected by the rolling mini-bus but passengers in those vehicles did not sustain any…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Bigly Oil & Gas Limited, an Internal Revenue Generating (IGR) firm in Anambra State, said it had transformed and engaged over 300 touts popularly called Agbero into gainful employment in Anambra State. The Project Manager of the firm, Chukwuma Michael Nwabuikwu, stated this in Awka while briefing newsmen on the activities of the company in the state. He said 300 touts had been recruited from the streets, trained, and deployed to work for the State Government in the business of revenue collection. According to him, more touts are in line to be transformed through training and engaged…
. Says cost of litigation can be channeled to community development Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has dedicated the validation of his victory by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to Abians especially his teeming supporters. This is as the Governor has extended the olive branch to the opposition political parties in the state, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC), asking them to sheath their swords and join him in the task of rebuilding the state. “This is a good time for the opposition parties to sheath their swords and join hands…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Reverend Father alongside three other individuals were rescued from captivity after security operatives smashed criminal hideout in Ogbunka, Orumba South, Anambra State. Police-led Forward Operating Base (FOB) comprising military and paramilitary Services based in Aguata and supported by Police Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu stormed the insurgents camp on Friday. Ikengaonline learnt that the gang has been responsible for the spate of abductions in Orumba North and South as well as parts of Aguata LGAs in recent times. It was also gathered that their abducted victims were all kidnapped this month. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in…