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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Nsukka Local Government Area on Sunday emerged overall winner of the 2024 Enugu State U-15 youth games. Nsukka won 21 gold, 11, silver and 11 bronze to emerge winner in the games sponsored by China Communication Construction Company (CCCC). Oji River came second while Enugu North Local Government Area came third at the weeklong event which featured 18 sporting events. In the final Football event played inside the mainbowl of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu, Ezeagu Local Government Area defeated Udi LGA by 3-2 to clinch the men’s final. In the female football category, Udi defeated Nsukka…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Royal Ambassadors Family Enlightenment Foundation (RAFEF) has acquired 5,000 plots of land for massive agriculture and built 10,000-bird capacity poultry farm to boost agro-industrisation and food security in Enugu State. The Director-General of RAFEF, an NGO, Amb. David Jonathan, disclosed this when he led the Foundation’s executive members on an official courtesy visit to the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Dr Patrick Ubru, in Enugu. Jonathan said that the Foundation was willing and ready practically to engage and explore potential areas of partnership, sponsorship and collaborations with the Enugu State Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation.…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of a German, Bruno Labbadia, as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. The appointment according to a statement by NFF, is with immediate effect. NFF disclosed this in a statement posted on its X handle early Tuesday morning. The statement accessed by Ikengaonline read: “The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team, Super Eagles.” “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development sub-committee…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The marginalised South-East geo-political zone was again overlooked as President Bola Tinubu, Monday appointed Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed as the new Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA. Mohammed replaced Ahmed Abubakar who resigned his appointment Saturday night, citing family and personal reasons for his resignation. Tinubu also appointed Adeola Ajayi as the new Director-General of the Department of State Service. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the statement, the appointments follow the resignation of the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Member representing Aba North/ Aba South federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Alex Ikwechegh, has renovated four blocks of classrooms at Ezeama High School, Aba North. The intervention, he said was part of his commitment towards delivering quality education in his constituency. The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, lawmaker in a statement said that education remained the bedrock of every society. He decried the state of infrastructure in some public schools in the constituency, and promised to continue to engage the relevant agencies to upgrade them. The lawmaker who noted that education remained a…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Isiama Afaraukwu Autonomous Community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, has celebrated this year’s new yam festival in low key to protest the continued detention of her son and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The traditional ruler of the community, HRH Eze Amaechi Kelvin Ugwueje, who disclosed this to newsmen in his palace, said the community did not consider it wise to embark on celebration galore while Kanu, a Prince in the community is still under incarceration. Eze Ugwueje succeeded Kanu’s late father, HRM Eze Israel Kanu, who…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions, has expressed displeasure with the quality of job at the custodial centre headquarters in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Chairman of the Committee, Chinedu Oga, stated this during the Committee’s oversight visit to the state. Ogah who represents Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency said that the committee members were in the state to oversee the different custodial centres in the state with a view to making recommendations to the relevant authorities to enhance professionalism and the welfare of the inmates. The Lawmaker noted that he has already communicated the Controller-General of the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/ Ivo federal constituency at the National Assembly, Chief Nkemkanma Kama, is set to embark on reconstruction and revitalisation of some primary health care facilities in his constituency. The Lawmaker stated this at the weekend during a constituency tour and inspection of some projects he was carrying out in various communities in the constituency. He said he will collaborate with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in the revitalisation of the PHCs. He expressed worry at the poor state of some of the primary health care centers promising to collaborate with both the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has announced that the administration has commenced payment of pensions to local government retirees in the state, even as the pension verification authority said it uncovered 2,640 ghost and deceased pensioners still on the payroll. Confirming the development on Sunday in Enugu, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Chidiebere Onyia, said the payment was in line with the promise of the Governor Peter Mbah Administration to clear outstanding pensions and gratuities inherited by the administration. He stated that more than 7,000 local government pensioners had since received payments following the governor’s…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Members of the Association of Radio and Television Technicians in Anambra State (ARTANS), Onitsha, have issued an appeal to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, urging him to instruct his officials to discontinue the use of security operatives to harass and intimidate them in the market. They alleged that electronic dealers at Iweka Road, Onitsha, where they engage in electronic repairs, are enlisting the services of government agencies and the police in an attempt to remove them. In spite of a court order from the Anambra State High Court in Awka, the ARTANS group claims that the electronic dealers, who…