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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide, on Tuesday, said the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, needs to undergo some tutelage to be like other intelligent monarchs in the country. Ohanaeze through its National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, made this statement to newsmen in Owerri, while reacting to a comment credited to the monarch that “Igbos cannot be trusted with power.” The statement read in part: “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a comment by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, to the effect that the Igbo cannot be entrusted with the…

Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The Anambra Police Command has solicited for the support of the public in the fight against crime and criminality in the state. The command made the appeal in a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, yesterday. The PPRO in the statement appealed to the public to assist the command with relevant information that would help in fighting crime and criminality in the state. The appeal came on the heels of a reported attack on an eatery in Oko in Orumba North Local Government Area, where people were allegedly dispossessed of their valuables.…

Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The recent attack by the dreaded unknown gunmen in Isuofia, the home community of Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has been attributed to deployment of security posts in the area, a source told Ikengaonline. Gunmen had invaded Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area on Friday. The attack took place at a junction leading to the Governor’s house and claimed the life of one policeman. Our source said the gunmen stormed the junction where security operatives were stationed and attacked them. The source further said the gunmen may have been angered by the idea of stationing…

By Jude Eze Reactions that trailed our last week’s discussion on “The new twist in Gov. Soludo’s solutions” in this space was unprecedented. I was preparing to feature a part two of it to showcase the positions of the numerous respondents, when some of my journalist-friends pointed me to a trending issue bordering on the feast of Easter and appraising the dispositions of our leaders towards imbibing the teachings of Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world, as they administer us. They argued that we should join hands in conscientizing the political class as the swim through the frenzy of…

Stephen Ukandu (News/Features Editor) Elder statesman, and legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, has advocated for the setting up of an Interim Government, IG,  at the expiration of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. According to him, the Interim Government will be in office for six months to chart a new course for the country. Babalola who addressed a news conference Monday in Ado-Ekiti, called for the suspension of the 2023 polls until Nigeria “gets a new constitution that the people can call their own.” “A new-look peoples’ Constitution which should provide for part-time legislators and the non-executive president,” he…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Abia State, Professor Greg Ibe, has given reasons he decided to dump the ruling party for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. He cited alleged move by certain forces in PDP to deny Abia-North the opportunity of producing the party’s flag bearer in 2023 as the reason for his action. Professor Ibe in a broadcast to the people of the state said he arrived at the decision to pursue his political ambition in APGA after wide consultations with Abians and his supporters. Professor Ibe who faulted the recent simultaneous…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The 34 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army, said its troops allegedly killed a gang leader of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in a gun battle at Ihioma in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, on Sunday. The slain ESN Leader was simply identified as as “Evil Forest.” The Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Owerri, adding that trouble started when the ESN members came to enforce the sit-at-home order in Orlu main town. According to the Army, “Troops of…

By Owei Lakemfa We were young, eager youths, mostly teenagers, crossing from secondary schools into the tertiary institutions. In fact, some, like me, were leaving home for the first time. It was the tail end of 1978. We were not just the first set of students to be admitted through the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, which made us ‘Jambites’ but also the pioneer students of the Dramatic Arts Department of the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University. We gathered for our first lecture, excited to learn and feel what a university is like. Then bounced in a charming,…

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Almost ten years ago, I wrote the first part of this article (http://saharareporters.com/2012/12/11/jesus-businessman-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo). In it, I narrated my encounter with the introduction of Bruce Barton’s 1925 book titled, The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus Christ. In the book, Bruce Barton evaluated Jesus’ ministry on Earth using the eye of an advert executive and concluded that it followed the structures of modern businesses. The author pointed out how Jesus used today’s marketing tools and advertisement strategies to build a formidable business empire. One overlooked aspect of the piece was Barton’s assessment of Jesus’…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Residential houses and a guest house were set ablaze on Sunday, during a gun battle between security operatives and unknown gunmen in some parts of Orlu and Orsu Local Government Areas of Imo state. Ikengaonline was told that the battle started Saturday night and lasted till Sunday morning. It was gathered that the battle started when security operatives were said to have gotten intelligence on an alleged planned attack on some individuals and government facilities by unknown gunmen which led to a raid operation by security agencies. Some of the areas where the gun battle was heightened…