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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Unknown gunmen on Friday attacked soldiers on patrol in Aba, the commercial nerve-centre of Abia State, after ambushing their patrol vehicle. The attackers, according to reports, also set ablaze the patrol vehicle used by the soldiers. Ikengaonline gathered that the incident took place at the popular Tonimass Junction, Osisioma, on the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway. A military source at the 14 Brigade Ohafia confirmed the attack to our Correspondent. But the source which pleaded for anonymity as he was not officially permitted to speak to the press, said no casualties were recorded by the soldiers. He said that…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia; Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri; Ike Nnachi Abakaliki; and Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The entire South-eastern states from Abia to Ebonyi, Anambra to Imo, and Enugu were literally locked down as residents stayed indoors in solidarity with the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Economic activities in Owerri, the Imo State capital, were completely halted in total compliance with the sit-at-home order issued by IPOB. Ikengaonline gathered from some residents in Owerri metropolis that solidarising with Kanu by staying indoors was not too much a sacrifice considering what he has gone through for the people.…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka Gunmen on Thursday evening followed up attack at Aguata Local Government Area Secretariat at Ekwulobia with the invasion of a cattle market in Igboukwu, a neighbouring town. Ikengaonline learnt from a source who confirmed the incident that the gunmen headed for Igboukwu where they allegedly killed cattle and goats in the market. Aguata is the home Council of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo. In a viral video, the unknown gunmen after burning Aguata council secretariat, plied through Ekwulobia and headed straight to Igboukwu. An eyewitness told our correspondent that: “Stopping at Igboukwu Gallop, there’s a cattle ranch where they…
Our reporter, Abuja with Stephen Ukandu (News/Features Editor) Gaming giant, Bet9ja, says its website has been hacked. The Management of Bet9ja disclosed this in a statement, pointing accusing fingers at the Russian Blackcat group. Russian Blackcat had on many occasions been accused of carrying out several attacks on huge companies across the globe. Ikengaonline checks revealed that the Russia-linked cybercrime gang, Blackcat, was behind the ransomware attacks that obstructed payments at some German filling stations earlier in January. It was also gathered that hackers using a strain of ransomware known as “Black Cat” infected computers at Mabanaft GmbH and Oiltanking…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka Founding President, Congress for Igbo Agenda, CIA, Rev Innocent Peace-Udochukwu, has urged the people of South-East to throw their weight and support behind Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, Mr Peter Obi, if the zone “hopes to produce the next President of Nigeria in 2023.” He said this, Thursday, while addressing journalists at the Nigerian Union of Journalist, NUJ, Anambra State Council April Congress, held at the Godwin Ezeemo International Press Centre, Awka, the state capital. The Peace-Udochukwu said “Peter Obi is a competent, credible Igbo politician with national appeal.” Continuing, he said “Igbos must rally round…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Less than 12 hours he is to appear before Abuja Federal High Court, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh N50 billion suit against the Federal Government, alleging that he was forcefully abducted from Kenya and renditioned to Nigeria. The IPOB Leader claimed that his fundamental human rights were grossly violated following his forceful rendition. Defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/462/2022, are the Federal Government and the Attorney-General of the Federation. Kanu in the suit filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome,…
By Farooq Kperogi Someone sent me this memo that the Apo Legislators’ Quarters Central Mosque Committee sent to the intrepid Sheikh Nuru Khalid informing him of the termination of his appointment as Imam of the Apo Juma’at Mosque for telling truth to power. The person who shared it with me was at once bemused and amused by its hilarious grammatical infelicities, but I honestly don’t care about that. As a student of Freudian psychoanalysis, I’m always interested in exploring the underlying motives that “innocent” mistakes reveal. The first sentence of the memo says the Sheikh had been disengaged “today the…
Co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls BBOG) Movement, Aisha Yesufu has blasted the Lagos State Government for its decision to re-open the Lekki Tollgate and resume tolling when victims of the 2020 massacre at the Toll Gate were yet to get justice. Yesufu who featured on the online interview programme, 90MinutesAfrica, hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah described the decision as a sign that the Nigerian government has no regards for human lives. The activist regretted that while the families of the victims of the massacre were abandoned, Government was already planning to resume business at the same venue where lives…
By Uche Ugboajah There is a saying in Igboland that looking at the mouth of an elder, you would think he never suckled with it. Yet another says when a child washes his hands clean enough, he dines with elders. Those proverbs indeed hold true when we consider the personality of Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu who was born on June 12, 1968, as bombs rained on the people of the Southeast. Odinkanlu has risen from treacherous circumstances and background of his birth to become a global scholar and thought leader today. Yes, Odinkalu is a child of war born into displacement…
By Stephen Obidike I stood in awe. I was at a loss on what to say. I thought I had seen it all before but definitely no. I could not believe the expanse of the land. I could not see the end from where I stood. It has merged with the horizon. The steel structure at the middle is big enough to contain fifteen very tall skyscrapers laid side by side. The well laid out driving paths, parking and lawns made it a beauty to behold. My mind quickly went to the magnificent structures that adorn cities like Singapore, China,…