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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has directed that all civil servants in the State be paid their November and December salaries together before December 10, 2022. The Governor also directed that all Civil Servants should be paid a bonus salary of N15,000 each, in addition to their two months salary paid together. The information is contained in a statement by the Media Aide to the governor, Chooks Oko. The statement quoted the Accountant General of the State, Emeka Nwankwo, as having confirmed receiving the Governor’s directive and putting plans in motion to meet the deadline. The Governor,…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has appointed Nze Meekam Mgbenwelu, pioneer Imo State Commissioner for Technology Development, as his spokesperson for the 2023 campaign organisation, the Rebuild Imo Organisation. Ihedioha disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Owerri, through his Media Aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu. This is coming after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced November 11, 2023 for the governorship election in Imo State. According to the statement, “His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON has approved the appointment of Nze Meekam Mgbenwelu as Spokesperson of the Rebuild Imo Organisation. “Mgbenwelu, pioneer Imo State Commissioner for Technology…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has raised the alarm over what it called a ploy by some desperate politicians to rig the 2023 polls in Abia State, calling on the security agencies; the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; and residents to resist the move. APGA Chairman, Abia State, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, who raised the alarm at a press conference in Umuahia, claimed that the masterminds go about collecting the PIN (Personal Identification Number) in the Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, of unsuspecting voters under the guise of giving them empowerment. “Some greedy politicians go about pretending to be empowering people by sharing…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has empowered Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) with financial assistance to boost their small scale businesses. The beneficiaries are members of Association of Anambra State Women with Disabilities, a Division of Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), Anambra State Chapter. They were empowered with forty thousand naira each (N40,000), through the State Ministry of Woman Affairs. Speaking on behalf of the State Government at the ceremony, the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Youth Development Programmes, Dr. Nelson Obinna Omenugha, said the empowerment programme for PWDs was in fulfillment of Soludo’s electoral promise to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Truck drivers in Abia, Friday blocked the Uratta Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Aba, to protest incessant extortion by security agencies and excessive levies by Government task-force. The drivers were also protesting bad roads which they said had adversely affected their operations. It took the intervention of the Commissioner of Police, Abia State, Mr Mustapha Mohamed Bala, for the protesting drivers to retreat. The police boss had led a team of his officers and men to engage the truck drivers to persuade them to unblock the highway. Speaking on behalf of the irate drivers, Comrade Richard Chinadu,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Citizen and Non-state Actors stakeholders group, Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONET), has commended Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo for timely presentation of Anambra State draft budget estimates to the House of Assembly. Leader of the group, Prince Chris Azor, who doubles as Non-State Actors Co-chair, stated this while addressing newsmen during the event. Comrade Azor advised the Governor to go a notch further and make a public presentation of the draft budget estimates at a stakeholders town hall meeting, in compliance with global democratic best practice. “The budget is supposed to come from the needs of the citizens.…
By Owei Lakemfa Tragedy. Unimaginable tragedy. What is most tragic to me is not the number of migrants including children from the underdeveloped countries that have gone down the sea to watery graves trying to reach Europe. Yes, this year alone, over 1,200 went on a final dip, never to resurface again, or if they did, only as corpses. Last year, 2021, 3,077 of them experienced this excruciating exit from the world, all in the desperate bid for a better or safer life. The previous year, half of that number perished in the seas, not for lack of wisdom but for them,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu Rangers International Football Club on Friday defeated Great Achievers Football Club of Emene 3-1, in a pre-season friendly match played at the Rangers Training Pitch, Enugu. In-form striker, Julius Ikechukwu, continued his pre-season form when he struck in the 17th minute of the first half to give the flying Antelopes the lead. The Amateur side fought hard for the equaliser but for the experience of Rangers, they would have gotten it. Achievers came close to leveling the score in the 20th and 22nd minutes but the brilliance of goalkeeper, Emeka Nwabulu, came in handy, as he did well to keep out two efforts that…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Uche Ogah has declared that his candidature is beyond APC. The former Minister of State for Mine and Steel Development made the declaration Friday in an exclusive interview with Ikengaonline. He was reacting to the Abuja High Court judgment, which sacked Chief Ikechi Emenike and declared him the authentic governorship candidate of the APC. Chief Emenike and Ogah had emerged from factional primaries but the national leadership of APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had recognized Emenike as the APC’s flag bearer. But Ogah had approached the court…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has called on the Federal Government to adopt more proactive measures against the perennial flooding in the country. Soludo made the call while receiving relief materials donated by Sir Emeka Offor Foundation for persons displaced by flood in the state. The materials were received at the State Emergency Management Agency Office in Awka. In addition to the donation of N2.5 Million which has already been distributed to the displaced persons, the Foundation also donated 600 Bags of 50Kg rice, 60 Bags of 50Kg Beans, 60 Bags of 50Kg Garri, 500…