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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Creating an economy where people can provide for themselves in a viably long manner has been identified as one of the ways of mitigating the spate of migration and trafficking in South-East, Nigeria. Professor Joy Ezeilo, a rights activist and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, gave this hint when she featured as the Guest Speaker at the September edition of Ikengaonline Monthly town-hall meeting on Thursday. Prof Ezeilo who spoke on the topic, “The Forgotten Victims: Combating Human Trafficking, Sexual Assault, and Gender-Based Violence in South-East Nigeria,” said there is a need for…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri. A professor of public law and the chairperson Sexual Assaults Referral Network, Professor Joy Ezilo, said about 736 million women have been subjected to sexual and gender based violence in the world. Professor Ezilo made the assertion while speaking on Ikengaonline September 2023 town hall meeting via zoom. Speaking on the topic, “The forgotten victims: Combating human trafficking, sexual assaults and gender based violence in the South-East,” the gender based advocate noted that the menace does not exist only in the Eastern region, but globally. She defined Human Trafficking, a gender based violence, as the recruitment, transportation,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Rights activist and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Professor Joy Ezeilo, has said that no fewer than 700 million women are still facing sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) globally. Prof Ezeilo made the disclosure when she was featured as a Keynote Speaker in the September edition of the Ikengaonline Monthly Town-Hall Meeting themed: “The Forgotten Victims: Combating Human Trafficking, Sexual Assault, and Gender-Based Violence in South-East Nigeria,” on Thursday. She said this is despite the campaigns against such practice in different parts of the world including Nigeria and South-East in particular. She…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has said the Federal Government will reconstruct the collapsed overhead bridge in Garki on Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway, Enugu State which collapsed during the week. Umahi stated this when he inspected the bridge with Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah. A section of the bridge had few days ago collapsed causing blockage of the road. Umahi who received the information on the bridge, visited the scene Thursday, about 48hrs after it collapsed. He was accompanied by Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi of Ebonyi Central Zone, Directors of Federal Ministry of Works, contractors and other officials of…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Brig.-Gen. Yushau Ahmed, Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has urged prospective employers of corps members to pay particular attention to Security of corps members deployed to their organisations. Ahmed, represented by Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, NYSC acting Zonal Coordinator, South-East gave the advice during the 2023 corps employers workshop held in Enugu with the theme, “Enhancing the wellbeing of corps members for optimum productivity.” He said that the workshop was aimed at receiving feedback from strategic stakeholders on the strength, weaknesses and potentials of the scheme, as well as chart ways of strengthening its operations…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra-born Ugochi Nwizu has graduated as a Dentist from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and was declared the best graduating student of her class. Ikengaonline learned that Ugochi, an indigene of Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra State, bagged her bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery (BDS ) from the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria (UNN) with 8 distinctions in some of her major courses. She was awarded the best-graduating student in her faculty. “Now Dr. Nwizu Ugochi.E. (BDS, Nig)  Graduating Medical school with a total of 8 Distinctions, as the best Graduating Student God did!…

By Azu Ishiekwene In the Bible, Keren-happuch was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, who against the norms of a patriarchal society, inherited her father’s vast latter-day wealth along with her two other sisters. But in the sometimes inexplicable twist of fate, this is the story of another Keren-happuch whose sun set before it rose. Her story as told by her mother was hard to follow. Even if I had eaten the head of a tortoise, the fabled medicine for anhedonia, the woman’s story, especially her futile search for justice, would still have broken my heart into…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The five South-Eastern Governors today (Thursday) flagged off the South-East Economic and Security Summit in Owerri, Imo State. The summit was aimed to brainstorm on the issue of insecurity in the zone which has become a major concern, and how to tackle it. The governors regretted that the zone which was known for its entrepreneurship and business acumen is now lagging behind. In his welcoming address, the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, urged the people of the South-East to shun their political differences and come together to identify what has gone wrong in the region. The…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has warned that the South-East geopolitical zone is fast losing both political and economic relevance in the country as a result of festering insecurity and continued sit-at-home by Biafra agitators. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation who spoke at the on-going South-East Security and Economic Summit in Owerri, decried the adverse effects of both monsters and called for a rethink. “In the last four years, every Monday has been declared by some non-state actors as sit-at-home day. The enforcement has been brutal, leading to enormous loss of…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The country home of the Federal House of Representatives member for Orlu, Orsu, and Oru East Federal Constituency of Imo State, Chief Canice Moore Chukwugozie Nwachukwu, has been razed down by unidentified gunmen. Report says the gunmen stormed the residence at Isioma, Abara village, Amanator Okporo Community in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State in the early hours of Thursday, looted properties and set it ablaze. A source in the community, Peter Anaele, who spoke with Ikengaonline narrated that the hoodlums, armed with guns, explosives, and other dangerous weapons, invaded the federal lawmaker’s Country Home and…