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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Striking thunder has allegedly killed two youths in the Ndegwu community of Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The names of the victims were given as Emeka Mbah from Umuejekubi, Umuahum and Chigbo Odionye from Umuadi Umuogwuta, all in the Ndegwu community, Owerri West LGA. A source from the community who made this known to newsmen in Owerri said the incident happened on Monday while they were working at a building construction site. An eyewitness claimed that the lightning thunder affected two others who later survived but had bruises on their bodies. This came at…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has announced the payment of the sum of hundred thousand Naira before bereaved families can paste posters of their dead loved ones in the state. This came barely two months after the governor imposed ten million tax on candidates of the various political parties who wish to mount or paste their posters anywhere in the state. The new government policy was contained in a letter addressed to community leaders by the Managing Director of Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Mr Tony Odili Ujubuon͂u. The letter which was addressed to the chairman…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Federal High Court sitting in Awka has sentenced a 21-year old man to seven months in prison for raping his 14 year-old younger sister. The convict, Mr Chinedu Eziuzo from Adazi-Enu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, raped his sister in 2021 but was arrested this year on May 31, 2022. Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Dr Nnamdi Dimgba, said the sentence will start from the day of arrest. The convict was further handed down a non-custodial sentence of community service that will last not less than three hours each day.
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Director, Culture and Cultural Dialogue, Godfrey Okoye University Enugu, Dr Ferdinand Anikwe, has urged relevant authorities in the education sector to pay teachers regularly for the survival of education in Enugu State and Nigeria at large. He told Ikengaonline that teachers remain the bedrock of educational development of any nation. According to him, education is fundamental to sustainable development and without teachers, quality education cannot be achieved. “You must pay teachers for them to teach well, without a good teacher there is no good learning, so, to that extent, the teacher is the pillar of the education system,”…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Director, The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts (ASSPT), Dr Sam Amadi, has turned down his appointment into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council as Director of Research. Amadi, the former chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in a letter addressed to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State who is the Director General of PDP Presidential Campaign Council, cited conflict of interests and the need to maintain political neutrality as reasons for declining the offer. The letter entitled: “Non-Acceptance of Appointment as Director of Research for the PDP Presidential Campaign Committee,” was dated October…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Gunmen on Tuesday allegedly attacked a black 350 Lexus car, set it ablaze and abducted the driver of the vehicle to an unknown destination in Akokwa, Ideato North council area of Imo State. An eyewitness said the attack was carried out at about 12:54 pm, at Ohigiri junction, Akokwa in Imo. According to him, “unknown gunmen this morning Tuesday came to our Ohigiri junction, Akokwa and attacked a man driving his 350 Lexus. They double-crossed the vehicle and forced the man to come down before they set the car ablaze. “They shot severally at the vehicle and it…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Labour Party candidate for Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo federal constituency, Nkemkanma Kama, has debunked rumours being circulated on social media that he was sacked by an Abakaliki High Court. Mr Kama, in a statement by his Media Office, said the alleged reports which claimed the court declared one Mr Festus Ọdịi as candidate of the party is only but a figment of the imagination of those afraid of his towering profile. He maintained that there was no court case in the first place against him which required any ruling in any court. The statement noted that…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Mrs Nnena Aji, South-East Zonal Commander of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says early reporting of cases of Child Trafficking could help in curbing the menace. She said this on Tuesday in an interview with the Ikengaonline in reaction to the Octobrr 5, 2022 incidence of child abuse in Anambra State. She recalled the arrest of a 37-year old female suspect in Awka on the said date by NAPTIP Anambra State Command for an offence of Child Abuse, inflicting grievous harm on a child, an offence prohibited in Human Trafficking Act. According to her; “the…
By Owei Lakemfa Governor David ‘Dave’ Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State reminds me of the colonial District Officer who was a law unto himself. I know Abakaliki, the state capital was a major centre for slave trade four centuries ago, but Umahi governs the state as if it were still a slave colony where people have no rights. This was my conclusion on reading his latest drama. Last Tuesday October 4, 2022, that is three days after we marked our 62nd Independence Day, Umahi went to inspect on-going work at the Ebonyi Airport, Onueke. A viral video showed soldiers flogging people…
By Bolarinwa Bolaji Civil unrest in our tertiary institutions in Nigeria has become a menace that our public educational sector and our country is grappling and battling with year in year out. Of concern is the incessant strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the umbrella body of all academic staff in our public universities. Sadly, the current strike action has been ongoing for the past eight months. It is nauseating that government has not been able to do anything about the strike action. Rather, the members of political class in Nigeria are busy doing their politicking…