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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Two persons including a Cash Officer, and a robber were killed in Abia when a robbery gang attacked a bullion van conveying money from Aba to Umuahia. About three police personnel were also wounded during a gun duel with the gang in the incident which occurred around Ntigha junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Eyewitnesses said the robbers carted away undisclosed sum of cash being conveyed by the bullion van. The rapid response team of police drafted to the scene following a distress call, was said to have neutralised one of the robbers before others escaped the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia, with Our Reporter, Abuja Intelligence report has revealed that terrorists including Boko Haram and ISWAP are amassing weapons to launch coordinated attacks in three states of the country. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), which raised the alarm in a leaked memo, identified the states as Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NSCDC revealed that Boko Haram and Islamic State for West Africa Province terrorists, from the intelligence it gathered, had mobilised their fighters and had equipped themselves with dangerous weapons like Anti-aircraft guns, general purpose machine guns, among others,…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday blocked the Imo Government House to protest the Federal Government’s inability to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities, ASUU, and other university-based unions which have been on strike for six months. The protesters marched through the streets of Owerri and blocked the entrance to the Government House to register their grievances. The different leaders who led the protest took time to give their version of why they were not happy over the strike. Imo State Chairman of NLC, Philips Nwansi, said, “We have done our…
Stephen Ukandu, News/Features Editor Ikengaonline learned that before the invasion of Kuje prison by terrorists who freed over 1000 inmates including their members held in the facility, the Department of State Services, DSS, had shared 44 intelligence reports warning of such attacks. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris Wase, revealed this on the floor of the House on Tuesday. Wase who made the revelation while speaking on a motion sponsored by Abubakar Yallemen from Jigawa State, on the need to halt the Federal Government’s proposed nationwide ban on commercial motorcycles, favoured any measure that could help stem…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu No fewer than 1, 144 corps members were on Tuesday in Enugu sworn-in for the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream II orientation course of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ikengaonline reports. The Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice A. R. Ozoemena, who administered the oath of allegiance on the corps members, charged them to take the orientation course seriously in order to surmount the challenges ahead. Ozoemena was represented at the event by the Administrative Chief Magistrate, Awgu Magisterial District, Mr Emmanuel Ikechukwu. The chief judge charged the corps members to be focused all through the orientation course and…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Samuel Uche, has challenged those in power to fix back Nigeria before exiting in 2023. Bishop Uche gave the challenge while addressing a press conference in Umuahia on the sidelines of his pastoral visit to Umuahia Methodist Diocese ahead of his retirement by the end of the year. The cleric said that he had not given up on the country unlike many, maintaining that Nigeria’s situation is not yet irredeemable. He said that Nigeria could be actually fixed within six months if the leadership were willing and…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with striking unions in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and National Association of Technologists (NAT), had embarked on industrial action over Federal Government’s neglect and failure to meet agreements it reached with the several unions. The protest took place in Awka, the Anambra State capital and attracted hundreds of members from the university-based unions, other unions under the umbrella of NLC such as…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi State Chapter on Tuesday joined their counterparts across the country to observe the protest called by its national leadership. The protesters, who marched round the state capital Abakaliki in their hundreds, were led by the state Chairman, Ikechukwu Nwafor. The protest march started from Pastoral Centre and terminated at the Pa Ngele Ọruta Township Stadium Abakaliki. The members bore various placards and banners expressing their displeasure at the Federal Government’s inability to resolve the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Speaking during the protest, Mr Nwafor said the Federal Government…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Commercial and economic activities were disrupted for hours, Tuesday in Umuahia, Abia State capital as workers took to the streets in solidarity with the four university-based unions which have been on strike for six months now. The sympathy protest was in compliance with the directive by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, against the failure of the Federal Government to meet the demands of the four university-based unions. Vehicular movement along Bank Road where the Government House is located, and adjoining roads, was a hectic task as workers marched through to register their displeasure over Government’s failure to address…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Immediate past Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, alongside other respected leaders and activists will feature in Ikengaonline town hall meeting. The town hall meeting will also have Prince Emmanuel Kanu, a younger brother to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in attendance. A statement signed by Uche Ugboajah, Editor-in-Chief, Ikengaonline, disclosed that the town hall will make its debut on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The event will be held virtually on Zoom at:(https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84753810187?pwd=b1NsQndHSjFwc1ZiSUtqVU9kT3R3Zz09) at 7p.m. West African (Nigerian) time. According to the statement, Sen. Abaribe will deliver a keynote speech on “The…