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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia …As Zambia secures first win Nigeria, Monday played a goalless draw against the Republic of Ireland to qualify for the knockout stage at the on-going Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. With the latest feat, the heroic Falcons advanced to the knockout stage with 5 points garnered from two draws and one win. The Super Falcons shared points with the Republic of Ireland to progress to the round of 16 following a draw against Canada and a stunning win against co-host, Australia. Before the game, Nigeria led Group B with four points and a goal…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Justice Chima Centus Nweze of the Supreme Court is feared dead. This is as a Federal High Court (FHC) Judge, Justice Peter Mallong, is dead. Both Justices died Sunday, July 29 in Abuja according to reports. Justice Nweze, 64, hailed from Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Mallong died after a brief illness in Abuja. The Chief Registar of FHC, Hassan Amida Sulaiman, announced the sudden death of the judge in a statement he made available to newsmen Monday morning. It read: “It is with deep sadness…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has told opposition candidates contesting the victory of members of the ruling party in the state, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to rest and refocus on something else. It was reported that Election Petitions Tribunal in Anambra State received 31 petitions concerning the February 25 National Assembly elections in the state. Secretary to the tribunal, Mr. Muazu Bagudu, had told journalists in Awka that 24 of the petitions were on the House of Representatives elections. However, the elected member representing Soludo’s constituency, Hon Dominic Okafor, is among those whose elections are…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Amed Tinubu will make a nationwide broadcast today at 7 pm. Special Adviser to the President on Special duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this in a statement he issued Monday morning. According to the statement obtained by Ikengaonline, “television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast.” Recall that the latest hike in petrol pump price by the Federal Government has raised so much dust in the country. The organised labour had vowed to…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Sunday, dismissed report that unknown gunmen set ablaze the Hausa market in Avu, Owerri West Council of Imo. The State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, made this known to newsmen in Owerri, adding that it was a fire outbreak and not unknown gunmen as against the alleged report. He attributed the report to mischief makers who wanted to use the story to cause disaffection in the state. According to Police, “Good afternoon gentlemen of the press. I invite you here this afternoon to clear some misleading reports making the rounds on…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A coalition of pro-Biafra groups on Sunday threw its weight behind the order by the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to end sit-at-home in the South-East region and urged government to go after the enforcers, whom it described as criminals. The spokesperson of the coalition, Comrade Rita Anigbogu, who was former Chief of Staff to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and ex-Nigerian Coordinator, African IPOB, has also affirmed that the letter ordering a self-styled Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, to end sit-at-home with immediate effect was authored by the the IPOB Leader. Flanked by…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has directed the military junta that seized power last week in Niger Republic, to reinstate the ousted President Muhammed Bazoum within one week. The ultimatum was given on Sunday after the meeting of the members of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja. This extraordinary meeting which held at the State House was to discuss the happenings in the Francophone West African country. The bloc recognised Bazoum as the legitimate President of the country and imposed land and border closures. They suspended all commercial flights between…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has thwarted attempt by a drug suspect, Igboma Ifeanyi to export quantities of Loud, a variant of Cannabis, Tramadol and Rohypnol. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the illicit drugs weighing 7.8kg were concealed in 66 bottles of skin lightening lotion. Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested by the operatives while preparing to board an Ethiopian airline flight to Muscat, Oman at the Lagos airport. Also, another suspect, Ekpenisi Wisdom was equally arrested while trying to board an…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (APGA), representing Abia South senatorial zone, has refuted media report that he was shot dead in Abia, dismissing the said report as “fake news and damn lie.” The former Senate Minority Leader who while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia where he attended the burial of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, said there was no element of truth in the said report. He urged members of the public to discountenance the fictitious story that only existed in the imagination of purveyors. The former Deputy Governor who…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Gov. Peter Mbah last Friday July 28, 2023, sent a 15-man commissioner nominees list to the State House of Assembly for screening and possible clearance. Mbah’s action was in line with the new electoral law 2022 which gives the newly inaugurated President and governors 60 days to submit his/her cabinet nominees. According to the Speaker, Hon. Uche Ugwu, the names of the nominees are as follows: Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, Mrs. Ngozi Eni, Prince Lawrence Eze, Prof. Sam Ugwu, Pharm. Chika Ugwoke, Dr. Kingsley Ude, Prof. Emmanuel I. Obi, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, Ben Ugochi Madueke, Barr. Lloyd I.…