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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have declared manhunt for the kidnappers of popular native doctor known as ‘Akwa Okuko Tiwara-aki. The native doctor known for his flamboyant lifestyle and pledge to use animal sacrifice to make customers rich, was reportedly kidnapped from his hotel located at Oba in Idemmili North LGA, Anambra State on Sunday night. According to a close source, the man regarded as one of the strongest and richest witch doctors in Anambra was kidnapped at a hotel while two of his personal aides were shot dead. “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki na Oba has been kidnapped last night…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company has said that it will roll out its car fuel conversion before the end of 2023. The Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, Mr Cornel Osigwe, said car fuel conversion will be available at all its service centres before the end of the year. According to him, the company was currently converting only vehicles produced by the company from fuel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to suit the current economic situation occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy. He added that there were less challenges associated with cars or vehicles converted to CNG…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As Nigerians have continued to celebrate Eko hotel staff, Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, for returning $70,000 misplaced by a customer, Afrobeat superstar, David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido, has gifted her $10,000 for her exemplary action. The music legend in a tweet via his Twitter handle had request anyone with information on how to reach Mary to volunteer same to him. “Find her for me … I donate $10k,” Davido tweeted. Meanwhile Mary was captured in a viral video, pouring encomiums on Davido for the uncommon gesture. She heartily commended the music legend for gifting her with such a whopping sum, saying…
Says none died at Lekki Tollgate Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Lagos State Government, has said it would conduct mass burial for 103 unclaimed corpses among the victims of the 2020 #EndSARS protest. It, however doubled down in it’s earlier position by denying that nobody among the victims died at Lekki Tollgate contrary to media reports. The State Government, therefore, urged members of the public to discountenance the reports that the victims were Lekki Tollgate casualties. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, in a statement on Sunday, dismissed the reports as the handiwork of mischief makers. The statement said…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Barr. Gozie Nwachukwu, has condemned what he described as Governor Hope Uzodimma’s abandonment of Imo State for Abuja. Nwachukwu who featured on Arise TV programme, compared Uzodimma and the other governors in South-East on the issue of insecurity in their respective states. According to him, “What has been happening in Imo State has been so depressing. You could see the man from Anambra; you could see the Governor of Enugu State; Mbah on Monday going to market and other public places restoring confidence in the masses…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The governorship candidate of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Sunday, said he would end insecurity in Imo State if voted into power. Anyanwu made this known to newsmen in Owerri, after his thank-you visit to PDP members at Oguta and Oru West Local Government Areas in the state, ahead of the November 2023 governorship election. He said he would achieve it because he had offered himself as a sacrificial lamb to restore peace and sanity in the state. “I did not come out to be your Governor to destroy…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the Anambra State Government for shutting down the Anambra State-owned National Light Newspapers without any reasonable excuses. The Chairman NUJ Anambra State Council, Dr. Emeka Odogwu, said this in Enugu while speaking to Journalists. He said that the latest move remained an open ill-treatment of journalists by the Gov. Chukwuma Soludo-led administration. According to Odogwu, the latest move also portrayed his government as one without human face. “We frown at the reckless manner in which the National Light Newspapers issue is being handled and call on the staff to be absorbed in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has celebrated Eko Hotel staff, Mary Ngozi Kekwaaru, for returning the $70,000 misplaced by a customer. Obi in a tweet commended the hotel staff for the rare patriotic act which he noted, was a good image booster for the country. The former Anambra State Governor challenged the Federal Government to celebrate folks with integrity like Ngozi to motivate the youths for good moral behaviour. “It is heartwarming and reassuring that despite the hardship in the country and the prevailing moral decadence in society, a staff of Eko Hotel and…
Our Reporter, Abuja Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said that they had always maintained that the Muhammadu Buhari government committed massacre against young people protesting police brutality at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State in 2020 and hid their bodies across the state. Sowore was reacting to a letter from the Lagos State Government conveying approval to a private funeral company to conduct mass burial for 103 bodies said to be victims of the #EndSars protests in Lagos. According to the letter dated 19th July 2023, sighted by Ikengaonline,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A Human Rights group, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has berated the Federal Government of Nigeria over the current instability in the price of petrol and its attendant suffering of the masses. In a statement signed by its National President, Olu Omotayo, and made available to Journalists in Enugu, the organisation described the removal of fuel subsidy without accompanying palliative as evidence of leadership failure. The rights group said that the president Bola Tinubu-led administration and the NNPC were gambling with the Nigerian masses. The statement reads: “The problem associated with the continuous increase and fluctuating…