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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Many were feared dead as soldiers and youths clashed in Izombe, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered on Monday that the battle started last Saturday after suspected youths in the area attacked and killed a Dangote truck driver.   The incident resulted to increase in security patrol teams in the affected community. Also, confirming the incident, Spokesperson of the 34 Artillery Brigade,  Obinze, Captain Joseph Akubo, said: “The soldiers were on routine patrol in the area when they came under attack by the youths. “Two days ago, a Dangote Truck driver was killed coupled…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Monday summoned Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) over high tariff and epileptic power supply in the state. There has been a reduction in electricity power supply in the state in the last few months with increase in tariff charges which prompted the Assembly to summon the company. The subject came up during the Assembly plenary under a matter of urgent public importance. Moving a motion on the matter, the Deputy Speaker of the House and member representing Afikpo North West constituency, Kingsley Ikoro, said the company has been charging the masses very high…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, on Monday presented the 2022 Appropriation bill of N139,398,280,640.00 to the State House of Assembly. Tagged “Budget of Divine Mandate Consolidation and Continuity (C to C),” the governor said revenue to finance the budget is expected to come from the federal allocation and other revenue heads. He noted that his administration will implement about 41.67 percent of the budget “This budget is a transition budget which means that it will be implemented by this administration and the next. The current administration would implement 41.67% while the next would implement 58.33%.” “The budget estimate…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia National Population Commission, NPC, has pleaded with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, not to disrupt the 2023 national population census in the South-East  as was the case in the 2006 census when the Movement for the Actualisation for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, scuttled the exercise in the zone. The Commission explained that successful conduct of the population census would be in the best interest of everybody including Biafra agitators advocating for referendum. NPC Federal Commissioner in charge of Abia State, Chief Jonny Nwabuisi, who made the appeal at a press conference Monday in Umuahia,…

By Onyishi Chidiebere Charles Students in Nigerian Universities, particularly federal universities, spend more years in school than their counterparts in other universities, especially private-owned universities, studying the same course. The reason is not far-fetched. It is because of the constant strike actions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that they experience. It is beyond pathetic that students in Nigeria’s universities are left to suffer the consequences of the rifts between ASUU and the Federal Government owing to the latter’s inability to honour its agreement with the union. The Ministers of Education and Labour & Employment, spanning different administrations, have also…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia ABN Television, has announced the postponement of its 2022 service award ceremony earlier scheduled for Abuja, following the apprehension over the recent terror alert by the United States of America of possible terror attack on the Federal Capital Territory. Management of the organisation said it was concerned about the safety of guests at the annual event, hence the postponement to a new date that would be announced in the future. Chairman, Central Planning Committee of ABN TV Service awards, Amb. Alex Nwankwo, who disclosed this at a press conference Monday in Abuja, regretted the inconveniences the shift…

By Owei Lakemfa Incredible! It is a disaster for a Minister of Disaster to rank states affected by a disaster as if it were a sports competition in which medals were being awarded.  Her conclusion is primarily based on the number of deaths. So by her logic, since the floods led to 91 deaths with 148 injured in Jigawa, compared to 58 dead and 81 injured in Bayelsa, Jigawa wins the gold medal! Bayelsa State was for weeks submerged by floods which damaged or washed away bridges and roads, homes and farms, power transformers, and hospitals, and displaced 99 percent of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Pro-Biafra agitation group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has said it is not against political rallies in the South-East, because IPOB is not interested in Nigerian elections. The group made the statement against the backdrop of announcement by the campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who made public that campaign activities for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will hold on Monday in some parts of the South-East. It was gathered that the APC did not earlier consider that Monday is observed as a sit-at-home in some areas of the South-East, a situation that had made it to now reschedule…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has expressed concern over lack of interest by youths in the state to enlist into the Nigerian Army to meet the state’s quota in line with the federal character policy. Mr Steve Oruruo, Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, said this in a statement made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu. He said that the Government was deeply concerned over the lack of interest shown by youths of the state in enlisting into the Nigerian Army. In view of this, a team from the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Abuja on Saturday, November 15, visited the state and interfaced…

Stephen Ukandu, News/Features Editor The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has explained that the reason he was in the 2023 presidential race was to put Nigeria back on track as the country has derailed due to mis-governance and leadership ineptitude. Obi who said this Sunday during the presidential debate organized by ARISE TV in partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Guild of Editors, among others, also said he had the panacea to the festering insecurity in the country. This is as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; and the Peoples…