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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of pro-Biafra agitation group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has ordered an end to all sit-at-home order in the South-East. Kanu also ordered an end to any other proposed means aimed by the group at forcing government to release him from detention. The IPOB leader made the declaration in a handwritten letter authorised to his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, to be made available to journalists during a world press conference in Enugu on Friday. In the written declaration dated July 24, 2023, the IPOB leader declared that anyone henceforth engaging in any…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, serving senators from the state and outside the state, former governors of the state on Friday bid farewell to Senator Anyim Ude, who represented Ebonyi South zone at the Senate between 2007 and 2011. Ude, a veteran Journalist, ace broadcaster and former Commissioner in the state, died at 82 on May 15, 2023. He was buried in his Iyioji Akaeze hometown, Ivo Local Government Area of the state. Akpabio said the late Ude left indelible legacies that would be difficult to fill. Akpabio who was represented by…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Three persons have been arraigned before the Ebonyi State Magistrate Court on a two-count charge for allegedly defrauding prospective job seekers over N11.3m. The trio whose names were given as Chidiebere Cyril Ndigwe, Ikembuchukwu Donatus and Madu Chioma were said to have conspired with others at large to commit the crime. According the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Bassey Okon, the trio’s offence is punishable under section 8 (a) and section 1(3) of the Advance Fee fraud and other fraud related offences Act, CAP A6, Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2006. Inspector Okon told the court that the trio…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government on Friday appealed to the mass media to support the state in creating massive awareness on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination introduction in the state. Mrs Ukamaka Nsude, State Health Educator in Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), made the appeal while interacting with a cross section of journalists from various media houses in Enugu. Nsude said that the free inject-able HPV vaccine would be given to female children between the ages of nine and 14 years in order to protect them from cervical cancer for life. She said that the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia It was a gathering of who-is-who in the political arena, and a political carnival of sorts when the remains of late former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, were laid to rest in his country-home, Olokoro, Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. Political associates, benefactors and beneficiaries, friends and well wishers from across political divides and all walks of life competed for recognition. Some of the eminent personalities at the event were the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, represented by Senator Darlington Nwokocha representing Abia Central; former Vice President and the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Human Trafficking (NAPTIP), Enugu Command, Chief Sam Offiah, has said the agency was committed to the fight against human trafficking in the state. Offiah said this during a road walk organised by the agency to mark the 2023 World Day Against Human Trafficking in the state as well as its 20th anniversary coming up on July 30. The road walk started from the Old Artisan axis of the state to Holy Ghost and back to Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. He said that the agency was established on July 14, 2003,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has disclosed that killings and other security issues unsettling South-Easterners are not solely perpetrated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Prof. Odinkalu’s view may have come in contrast with perceptions of many who believed that attacks and killings in the region are the results of the activities of the outlawed separatist group, IPOB. According to him, organised crime and activities of different cult groups are largely responsible for the alarming killings and destruction of lives in the region. Featuring as a keynote speaker at…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former National Chairman of Nigeria Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has accused some individuals of feeding fat from the worrisome insecurity that has enveloped the South-East geopolitical zone. Professor Odinkalu who stated this while featuring on Ikengaonline town-hall meeting held Thursday, regretted that some unpatriotic elements had converted the security challenges in the zone into a cottage industry. The Rights activist and lawyer, who spoke on: “The South-East Insecurity Nexus: A Holistic View,” noted that the raging insecurity in the zone could only abate when all those benefiting directly or indirectly from it were stopped. He recalled that a…
As Edeoga commiserates with Ogbete protest victims Ben Ezechime, Enugu Residents of Enugu, capital of Enugu State, have cried out over the full militarisation of the city by the State Government after the protest that took one life left many injured in Ogbete Market on Wednesday. It would be recalled that the residents woke up on Thursday to meet the presence of battle ready Soldiers mount road blocks on every corner of the city. The stern looking soldiers, though not harassing residents, their presence was seen as scary and provocative. Speaking, a resident, Mrs Ifeoma Eze, said she was surprised…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Armed men suspected to be security operatives, Thursday morning whisked away a radio broadcaster, Chinonso Theodore Uba, popularly known as Nonsonkwa, of the Oziza FM, Radio station. An eyewitness who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri, said the incident occurred at Owerri-Port Hacourt Road, between Control Post and Holy Ghost College. He said Nonsonkwa was accosted by the armed men who double-crossed his jeep, and dragged him out and roughed him into one of their vehicles. According to him, “Nonsonkwa was shouting please help me. They want to kill me. I did not do anything. Please come…