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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Managing Director/CEO of Well Health Network Limited, Enugu, Chief Emmanuel Obi has called for more private sector enrollment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He made the commendation on Thursday in Enugu while speaking to Journalists after receiving an award for his meritorious service to the growth of the health sector in Nigeria by the National Media Forum. He said his organization was a Health Maintenance Organization that began operation in 2008 and was accredited by the National Health Insurance Scheme. He lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment to the implementation of National Health…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council has berated both the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Anambra State Government for their perceived poor reaction to the plights of persons displaced by flood disaster in Anambra State. The Union made its feelings known in a communique signed by its Chairman, Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu and Secretary, Comrade Aloysius Ofodile, after their October Congress at the Godwin Ezeemo International Press Centre NUJ Secretariat, Awka, Anambra State capital. The Union expressed dissatisfaction with the efforts of the federal and state authorities especially where they are considered as the major stakeholders of…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power and Energy Ebonyi State, Godwin Nwankwo, has been suspended by the State Government. Also suspended is the Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Public Utilities, Emmanuel Nwangbo. The duo were suspended over the alleged theft of diesel meant for streetlights in the state estimated at about N150m. Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji, stated this in a statement on Wednesday after the State Executive Council Meeting. He said the council received a report on the persistent theft of diesel meant for streetlights handled by the Ministry of Power and Energy which has at…
Arinze Chijioke The Nigeria Country Director for ONE Campaign, Stanley Achonu, has said that he did not commend any state for doing extremely well in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery to deserve an award. This is coming after Ikengaonline published an investigation wherein Achonu said that Enugu State had done EXTREMELY WELL in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery to deserve the award for the second highest performing state in primary healthcare service delivery in Nigeria between 2019-2021. The investigation showed that while the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was supposedly commended for making primary healthcare delivery a priority of his administration, access to primary healthcare remains a challenge across communities in the state. It…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has challenged the Vice Presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, to first clear the backlog of unpaid dues of Delta State to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, before parading himself as VP candidate of Igbo extraction. The challenge was thrown by the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, Mazi Igboayaka. O. Igboayaka, in a press statement he issued in Asaba on Wednesday. Igboayaka, regretted that Gov Okowa, had since his emergence as a Governor, bluntly refused to pay the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, has adjourned till Friday, October 21, the suit seeking to nullify the May 25 Abia State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary. One of the aspirants, Dr Sampson Orji, had approached the court and asked for the nullification of the exercise, alleging that the delegate list used in the primary was generated in favour of the party’s flag bearer, Professor Uche Ikonne. Orji had last week, refuted claims by the PDP that he withdrew from the race shortly before the primary, challenging anyone with any copy of letter of his withdrawal as…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State has been rocked by crises as, Hon. Uche Ugwueze-led Executive has passed a vote-of-no-confidence on the Council Chairman, Barrister Obiora Obeagu. A chieftain of the party who spoke to Ikengaonline in confidence said the party Chairman and 11 PDP Ward chairmen accused the Council chairman of high handedness and absolute neglect to the plight of the party. “The party leaders also accused the Mayor of allegedly stealing and looting the Council dry with impunity. “They said the Mayor was the worst chairman of the council since…
By Osmund Agbo There is a veritable cottage industry of hand wringing over the troubling state of American democracy today. Rightly so. Donald Trump, supported by his coven of witches, has been conducting a series of stress tests on one of the world’s oldest democracies. He and his cohorts are ceaselessly unleashing a barrage of attacks that strike at the very core of the nation’s great institutions. Trump’s political career began with the advocacy of birtherism; the idea that Barack Obama was not born in the United States and so unfit to be the president. But long before birtherism, the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia South-East Council of Traditional Rulers; and representatives of Archbishops and Bishops of Igbo extraction, have called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The demand is coming five days after the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, discharged him of all seven counts of terrorism charge preferred against him by the Federal Government. This is contained in a press statement issued Tuesday by the monarchs and revered clerics. The statement made available to Ikengaonline was jointly signed by the Chairman Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council and…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Journalists have been barred from covering the arraignment of Governor David Umahi’s senatorial opponent, Linus Okorie. Journalists from different media houses had gathered at the Magistrate Court 1 in Abakalilki to cover the court process but a woman identified as the clerk of the court announced that journalists should leave the court. There was heavy police presence at the court premises as Mr Okorie was brought to court. Some of his supporters were however allowed into the court. Mr Okorie, the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, was arrested on Sunday by Ebubeagu security outfit and…