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Ex-gov advocates review  Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Immediate- past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has expressed disappointment over the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying it has now become “a cash cow” instead of a development organisation. The former Governor who stated this while speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s N195.3bn Port Harcourt Ring Road, advocated immediate review of the commission. According to Wike, if NDDC as a commission were living up to its responsibilities, the Rivers State Government would not have to be funding the Ring Road project as the commission would simply…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Gunmen suspected to be assassins on Monday killed the traditional ruler of Nguru Nweke Community in Aboh Mbaise Area Council of Imo State, Eze Nnamdi Durujiaku (Mirioma). The dastardly incident occured about 3:00 pm in his palace. An eyewitness narrated that the monarch was dragged out and killed after the gunmen were said to have asked him (the monarch) several questions. “The gunmen drove in with about two vehicles and dragged the royal father out of his palace. After asking him several questions, the gunmen shot him about seven times. Then they quickly drove away believing the…

NEC meeting postponed Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; and the National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore have both re-signed. They have been replaced with Senator Abubakar Kyari, and Festus Fuanter respectively in acting capacities. The APC has also postponed its proposed National Caucus and National Executive Committee, NEC, meetings earlier scheduled for July 18 and 19 respectively. The Acting National Chairman, Senator Kyari, announced these after the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja. on Monday. “We are here to address the happenings…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru has rescued 20 girls trafficked to Anambra State for prostitution and also arrested the culprits. This was as she financially empowered about 15 women who suffered various forms of abuse by their husbands. Mrs. Nwifuru vowed that she must fight for women, children, and girls and protect them against abuse. She disclosed this on Monday in Abakaliki, the state capital during the flag-off community sensitisation on the rights of Ebonyi children and the need to stop child trafficking in the State. She described child trafficking and other forms…

As state saves over N200m monthly Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 2,300 ghost workers have been discovered in Abia State  following the on-going biometric verification of civil servants and public servants in the state. A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, said the State Government had also saved over N200 million on monthly wage bill as a result of the verification exercise. The statement quoted the State Accountant General, Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, as saying that the huge savings were made using a unified payment system. It further quoted Onyemenam, who spoke  after a meeting with the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has poured encomiums on business mogul and Anambra-born billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze, for donating a N100 million to the socio-cultural body to help fund its activities. Ohanaeze in a statement issued Monday,  by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, described Prince Eze as an illustrious and worthy son of Igbo whose philanthropic gestures have no parallel. The statement said that the donation was in fulfillment of an earlier pledge by Prince Eze to Ohanaeze on July 10. According to the statement the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atlas Oranto Petroleum…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Councillor, representing Eha Ulo ward in Ehalumona Nsukka Local Council Enugu State, Mr Nnachebe Nelson was in the night of Sunday shot dead by unknown persons at his residence in Eha Ulo. A close family source told Ikengaonline that the late councillor was an active youth member who sticks out his neck to fight criminality in his constituency. Though, no group has claimed responsibility for the killing of the councillor, the family source said that the Councillor was at home at the weekend for a security meeting with elders of Eha ulo “He came home for a…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The sit-at-home order declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday grounded  economic activities in Imo State. Ikengaonline checks confirm that many streets in Owerri, the state capital, were empty on Monday. The reason for the deserted streets might not be unconnected with the violence that greeted  last week’s sit-at-home order. Our reporter observed that banks, shops were completely shut as customers stayed away. Movement of motorists was also limited and the roads were empty. Some of the affected streets – Owerri-Aba road, Owerri-Port Harcourt, Owerri-Onitsha road among others, as at the time…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Federal Government to intervene in the erosion menace that is trying to eat up communities in Anambra State. Ohanaeze Vice President, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, who spoke in Awka, during the weekend, said the Federal Government intervention was needed to complement what the State Government was doing to tackle the challenge in the state. Commending Governor Chukwuma Soludo for prompt response to gully erosion that is devastating the Oba axis of Onitsha-Owerri Road, the Ohanaeze VP asked the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, mobilise the Federal Road…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to also extend the non-kinetic formula for tackling insecurity in Northern Nigeria as proposed by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, to the South-East. According to COSEYL the submission by Shettima has vindicated the position of Igbo youths that military option is not the best approach towards ending the incessant sit-at-home and festering insecurity in the South-East. The group argued that like Shettima suggested, the use of the military could not solve but escalate insecurity in any part of the country. It, therefore, said…