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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Amnesty International (AI), has told the Lagos State Government to first disclose the full identities of the 103 unidentified corpses of #EndSARS protesters before proceeding with the proposed mass burial for them. AI warned Lagos Government not to carry out any secret mass burial for the affected casualties. Amnesty International spoke on the heels of a statement by the Lagos State Ministry of Health on Sunday, that it was proposing mass burial for the protesters who were killed in 2020 during the uprising against police brutality. The position of the international body was contained in a statement signed…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Labour Party, LP, factional governorship candidate in Imo State, Rt Hon. Ike Ibe, elected by the Ambrose Onyekwere-led state leadership, on Monday, said the LP, constitution should be obeyed, arguing that the state leadership and not the national leadership of the party, ought to have conducted the governorship primary. He made this known in Owerri while reacting to the legal battle over who is the authentic Imo governorship candidate of the Labour Party. He noted that “a federal high court has reserved judgment on this matter, and no date has been fixed.” “The four factional candidates…
By Owei Lakemfa Four female students of the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science, abducted by bandits six months ago, may know their fate this week. Their abductors have given the parents of the young ladies, one week within which to pay N12 million ransom or the victims will be married off. This may be an euphemism for selling the young women into sexual slavery. What to do about these soulless bandits who maim, rape, murder, loot and visit arson on many states, especially Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina and Niger, is no straight forward matter. There are vested interests. For…
By Osmund Agbo However, it was during the 20th century that murals in South America truly flourished as a form of artistic expression and resistance. Inspired by the Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco, South American artists started to use murals as a medium to communicate powerful messages of social justice, political dissent, and national pride. Each time I am confronted with the bizarre and outlandish stories emanating from Nigeria, such as the absurd tale of a money-eating snake, my stomach fills up with bile. Philomena Chieshe, the account clerk at the Joint…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Senator representing Anambra North at the 10th Senate, Senator Tony Nwoye, has received a seven-day ultimatum to apologise to billionaire philanthropist, Prince Arthur Eze, for reportedly referring to him casually as “the man from Ukpo” in a public gathering. The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Dunukofia State Constituency in the 2023 general election, Cornel Ilokolobia, gave the warning while reacting to a video which is currently making the rounds in different media platforms. Ikengaonline gathered that Ilokolobia, a former Youth Leader of Dunukofia, had issued the ultimatum, warning that the lawmaker must do so within seven days “or…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government in collaboration with some soldiers has demolished a multi-million naira building at the Independence Layout Enugu belonging to a retired Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Barr. Okay Ezugwu. The agents of the state through the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), assisted by some soldiers carried out the demolition of the sprawling edifice. We gathered that Ezugwu’s travails started during the regime of the former administration of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi when some officials of the state government then decided to re-allocate some plots of land in the area to themselves and…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator Mao Ohuabunwa who represented Abia North in the eight Senate, has lost his wife, Lady Nimi Faith Ohuabunwa. She died over the weekend in an Abuja hospital, after a prolonged ailment, according to a family source. Confirming her death in a statement Monday, the Head of the Ohuabunwa dynasty, and former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, described it as very painful. “With a deep heart of pain and total submission to the will of God, the entire Ohuabunwa dynasty announces the passing on to glory of Lady Barr. Nimi Faith…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has notified its customers that by November 24, 2024, all prepaid meters in its network will cease to accept credit tokens unless they are upgraded. This is contained in a statement in Enugu on Monday by the Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh. Ezeh said: “This is as a result of a software upgrade which will be affecting all Standard Transfer Specification (STS) compliant prepaid meters across the globe. “The upgrade will be implemented through a special reset token known as Key Change Token (KCT) which will be…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Experts at a “Winning Grant Proposal Writing Workshop” organised by the Directorate of University Research Administration, (DURA), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, have offered holistic methodologies in winning research grants. This is as they decried insufficient funding for research works in Nigeria, describing it as a major set back to scientific findings for national development. The scholars noted that while countries and companies depend on universities for research findings for development, in Nigeria lack of adequate funding for research findings, has remained a major barrier. They, however, advised beneficiaries of research grants to strictly use the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Peter Obi’s Campaign Organisation, has claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is wishing and pleading with the Presidential Election Petitions Court, PEPC, to disqualify Obi from possible rerun should the court decide to cancel the February 25 presidential poll. This is as the Organisation has also accused the APC of faking the front page of Sunday edition of THISDAY Newspapers in its desperation to blackmail Obi. Head Media, Obi -Datti Campaign Organization, Diran Onifade, who made the claims in a press statement, said the party views Obi as a serious threat to its candidate in the…