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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The lives of residents of hilly community of Ogwuma in Afikpo South Local government area are at risk following persistent landslides in the area. Another landslide hit the community on Saturday destroying houses, economic threes and blocking the major road which runs through the community Governor David Umahi on hearing the news, quickly visited the area on Monday to access the level of damage. He solicited for financial intervention from the Federal Government to tackle the incessant landslide in Afikpo South Local Government Area which is threatening the lives inhabitants of the area. He stated this while…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State government has explained why it arrested its former agent on Paris club refund, Jackie Ikeotuonye. A statement by the Special Adviser to Governor David Umahi on Media and Strategy, Chooks Oko, on Monday night said the former agent to the state government on Paris Club fund refund recovery was arrested for possible fraud by the police. Social media has been awash with Ms Ikeotuonye’s arrest by the police in Abuja on Sunday allegedly on the orders of Mr Umahi. Social Media activist, Deji Adeyanju, had in a post on his Facebook page on Sunday night…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Moves by Chief Emeka Atuma to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognise him as the All Progressives Congress, APC, flag bearer for the 2023 Abia Central senatorial poll, hit the rocks weekend, as a Federal High Court sitting in Katsina rejected his request. The Court presided over by Justice E. M. Shittu Abubakar, struck out Atuma’s name from the list of APC candidates seeking to be uploaded by the party as its candidates. The APC and 16 of its candidates had in an interlocutory Application, approached a state high court in Abia, claiming that they would…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The menacing activities of kidnappers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen got to a feverish height weekend, when the dare-devil bandits blocked the ever-busy Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and began to abduct unlucky passengers. According to a local source, no fewer than the entire occupants of three passenger buses were abducted and whisked away into the bush by the bandits. The bandits numbering over 30 according to a local source, blocked the dual carriage expressway around evening hours and unleashed terror on commuters. The incident, according to the source, took place between Leru Junction and Ihube cashew plantation in…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has lauded the efforts of Enugu State government in curbing incidences of human trafficking and irregular migration. The Commander, NAPTIP, South-East Zone, Mrs Nneka Ajie disclosed this on Monday in an interview with Ikengaonline in Enugu. Ajie, who spoke on the sidelines of the 2022 World Day Against Human Trafficking, said that the state government had shown the political will to end the crime in the area. She expressed concern that in spite of the rising incidences of human trafficking and irregular migration in the South-East, most state…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, has declared his support for the candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. In a statement signed by the former APC aspirant and obtained by Ikengaonline on Monday, the APC chieftain said his reason for endorsing the labour party candidate was borne out of desire to rescue the country from leadership failures. The statement which was titled ‘An Endorsement: Obi Is A Democratic Revolution Whose Time Has Come,’ read: “I am joining the Nigerian masses to endorse Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party…
Stephen Ukandu, News/Features Editor Director General of World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed the resumption of grain trade, as the first ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian Port of Odessa in a deal to ease global food crisis. The WTO boss in a tweet, said that the development would help bring down the prices of grain in many nations. Ukraine, a major exporter of grain, has since the outbreak of war following its invasion by Russian halted exportation of grains as a result of heavy bombardments by Russia, thus, resulting to global scarcity of grain. “I welcome…
By Owei Lakemfa We live in a baffling world in which many leaders believe that their people can be led by the nose. They assume they are wise and that those they govern are stupid. This leads to all sorts of situational comedies, some with tragic consequences. A few definitions. A joke is when a ruling party in order to restructure, sacks all its members, directing them to re-register; making it the first party in history without a single member. A sick joke is when former members of the party admit the president as the first member. Hollywood is when…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A man in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State is cooling his heels in police custody following the gruesome murder of his brother’s wife aged 40. The deceased, named Mrs Nkiru Okoye, hails from Abba in Njikoka LGA, same community with international award winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Ikengaonline gathered that Nkiru was the wife of Mr Emenike Okoye, a mechanic from Ogbunike community. She was allegedly beaten to death on July 19th, 2022, by her brother-in-law, Mr George Okoye and his family, who equally inflicted severe pains on her husband and left him paralysed, although currently recuperating…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Association of South East Town Unions, ASETU and African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Sunday called for a one-month extension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for one month to allow residents register for their permanent voter’s card, PVC, at the various registration points. They gave this advice in Owerri while reacting to the July 31 deadline for the exercise issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. They were of the view that should INEC go ahead with the deadline that a lot of eligible voters would be disenfranchised. First to speak was the Publicity…