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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has sealed off a property belonging to Azikiwe Road Primary School in Aba, that was converted into a private estate after it was allegedly sold by the immediate-past administration. Gov. Alex Otti, had during his inaugural speech, vowed to recover every stolen public property. The Governor had also inaugurated a Judiciary Panel of Inquiry on Recovery of Looted Government Property. Despite widespread rumour that the land where the said property was sited belonged to a public schools, work had continued on the property. The property was sealed off by the Aba South Town Planning Authority in…

Blast security agencies over extortions Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The House of Representatives has bluntly told the Federal Government to release the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to end the lingering insecurity in the South-East geo-political zone. This is as the House has accused security agencies of using the multiple checkpoints in the zone for extortion while criminals are on the prowl. Chairman of the ad hoc committee set up to interface with relevant security agencies to reduce kidnapping, assassinations and banditry in and around Isiukwuato and Umunnochi Local Government Areas of Abia State, Hon.…

Excitement as Okigwe’s first radio station begins full broadcasting By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The ancient town of Okigwe in Imo State was ago Wednesday as its first ever radio station, Skills 87.7 FM began full broadcasting. Skills 87.7 FM is owned by the Founder of Gregory University Uturu, Abia State, Professor Greg Ibe. The radio station strategically located on the popular Owerri Road by Umuchima area of the ancient town is expected to serve its audience in Okigwe and its environs extending to parts of Ebonyi, Enugu, Abia and Anambara States. Speaking at the colourful event, the Zonal Director, NBC,…

Don advocates inclusion of private tertiary institutions in TETFund . As Ihechukwu Madubuike poly gets NBTE accreditation By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A Senior Lecturer at the Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Uwanna, Dr JKJ Okoronkwo, has strongly advocated the inclusion of private tertiary institutions as beneficiaries of TETFund. Dr Okoronkwo who made the advocacy in his speech as the Chairman and Guest Speaker at the 3rd Matriculation ceremony of Ihechukwu Madubuike Institute of Technology, Isuochi, Abia State, argued that the pivotal role of private institutions in the development of the education sector, had made such inclusion compelling. He further argued that…

Soludo wades into Ifitedunu crisis, says PG’s tenure valid till December 30 Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Government of Anambra says Chief Uchenna Nwoye remains the duly elected and recognised President General of Ifitedunu Community in Dunukofia Local Government Area until the expiration of his tenure on December 30 this year. Mr TonyCollins Nwabunwanne, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs said this in Awka on Wednesday while stating the position of the Government on the Ifitedunu Town Union leadership crisis. Recall that Nwoye had been under attack including physical assault on July 22 by a few people in…

Protest rocks Awka over recognition of monarch by Anambra govt Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Over 1000 indigenes of Isuaniocha Community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State have staged a peaceful protest to demonstrate their non-acceptance of new traditional ruler who was recently issued a certificate of recognition by the Anambra State Government. Governor Soludo had, last Saturday, presented certificates of recognition to four traditional rulers, one of whom was Igwe Mkpuorah Ngini of Isuanaocha. However, barely four days after the recognition , indigenes of the community took to the streets to demonstrate their non-acceptance of the new…

Decry spate of killing in state Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ahead of the November governorship poll in Imo State, a group known as Imo Technocratic Elite in Australia, has endorsed the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Senator Athan Achonu for the exalted position. The endorsement was contained in a statement issued by the group and made available to Ikengaonline. According to the statement jointly signed by Professor Samson Ibekwe, and Dr Jude Nnabuikem,  Chairman and Secretary of the group respectively, “Imo State is in coma and requires urgent resuscitation to avoid total decimation.” The statement said that after a careful…

By C. Don Adinuba In the most cited line from his 1983 book, The Trouble With Nigeria, Chinua Achebe, raconteur, novelist, and thinker, declared that Nigeria’s problem is the leadership which, unable to rise to the true challenges of national development, cannot provide inspiring examples to followers. Achebe’s assertion was in line with the thinking of most researchers of that era. In the last few years, however, some scholars have come to think that Africa’s problem is actually societal rather than just leadership. In a scintillating 2008 academic article, Larry Diamond of Stanford University, one of the leading lights on…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike chapter, has embarked on sensitisation of Abia rural women on the gains of consuming foods replete with vitamins and minerals. According to NIFST, consumption of micro-nutrients will make families stay healthy and away from hospitals. Addressing female farmers during a workshop  at Ahuwa Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, the convener, Professor Nneoma Obasi, urged women to place their families on micro-nutrients instead of excess carbohydrates. She explained that woman were targeted for the training “because they are mostly…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Vice Chancellor of the Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said that his target was to see the university emerging number one and best university in Nigeria. Anieke stated this in Enugu while speaking on the recent ranking of the university as third best Private University in Nigeria. He also announced that GOUNI was rated 18 among all the universities in the country by Webometrics, a global ranking organisation. The Webometrics is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the largest public…