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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The 2023 Imo East senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Uche Onyeagocha, on Tuesday said the situation in Imo State was degenerating into anarchy. He stated this to newsmen in Owerri, in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media,  Macdonald Ebere, over the alleged killings by the Ebubeagu security outfit of the government, and the closure of the Oziza FM radio station by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. Onyeagocha described what has been  happening in Imo State as provocative and disheartening. According to the statement, “The PDP Candidate for Imo East Senatorial District, Barr.…

Michael Onwuka, EnuguThe gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2023 general election in Enugu State, Mr Frank Nweke (Jnr.), says he will invest in technical education if elected as governor.Nweke, a former minister of information, disclosed this on Monday in Enugu while interacting with journalists on his aspiration.He said that the education sector, including primary and secondary levels which were the engine room of any economy would receive massive boost.He also said that there would be deliberate efforts to pull the youths of the state out of poverty by building and revamping ailing industries in the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Awka, has found one Okechukwu Udeogu guilty and convicted him for forcefully and unlawfully invading a widow’s compound with ‘Ovulikpo’ masquerade. The court, presided over by Dr Mike Anyadiegwu, while delivering its judgment recently, stated that the defendant, Okechukwu Udeogu, who hails from Umuanum Village, Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area, was guilty of three out of the six-count charges brought against him and for which he was standing trial before the court. Among the charges were, “that the defendant, Okechukwu Udeogu, forcefully invaded and took over the dwelling house of a…

By Owei Lakemfa They were two public figures and television stars. Adah Obande Ameh openly admitted she had mental health challenges. Sola Onayiga had a health challenge from onset that ordinarily would have kept her inactive. Despite such challenges of life, these multi-talented artistes worked hard at their profession, helping to raise the bar of performance in the theatre and on television. It is amazing that ladies with such life-threatening challenges which in the first place were not their making, could push aside these odds to bring laughter to television audiences in the country, making Nigerians smile and laugh despite…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Lawmaker representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Chukwuka Onyema, has disclosed reason he chose the church for the running of a Primary Health Centre he built as one of his constituency projects. Hon Onyema, Saturday, at St Raphael Catholic Church Anumudu, Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government Area, handed over a state-of-the-art health facility to the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Anambra State. He said his decision to hand over the facility to the church was borne out of the failure of the sub-national governments which, most times, abandoned the care and maintenance of Federal…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The police in Anambra State, on Sunday, said it killed two gunmen in different operations at Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state at the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the state capital. He said four automatic pump action guns, four vehicles, four motorcycles, and other items were recovered from the suspects, adding that police operatives in the state had intensified and improved operational positioning to respond to distress calls. According to the statement: ”Anambra State Security Forces comprising…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, an Ebonyi South Senatorial District aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied allegations that she accepted a Toyota Prado Jeep, house, cash and landed property to step down for Governor David Umahi. She described the allegations as baseless, unfounded and diversionary. A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, had on Friday ordered for a rerun primaries for Ebonyi South Zone with Mr Agom-Eze included in the list of contestants. The judgement followed a suit by Governor Umahi through his counsel, Roy Nweze Umahi, who had dragged the Independent National…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has appointed Mr Chooks Oko as his new Special Assistant on Media and Strategy. Mr Oko was until the appointment the Special Assistant to the governor on Strategy. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by Ugbala Kenneth Igwe, Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner on Sunday. The new media aide replaces the former Special Assistant on Media, Mr Francis Nwaze. Oko’s appointment as spokesman to the Governor was the fifth since Umahi became Governor in 2015. Ugbala said that the Governor re-designated his former Media Aide as Special Assistant…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has commended the United Nations, UN, for requesting the immediate and unconditional release of its detained Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Ikengaonline had yesterday, reported that the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, had asked Nigeria to not only release Kanu but compensate him for the violation of his fundamental rights. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, commended the UN Working Group for the position, saying it has vindicated Kanu who is a victim of political persecution. The statement also commended Kanu’s lawyer, Bruce…

By Hassan Gimba There was an outcry last week when Ebubeagu Operatives, a security outfit formed by the Imo State Government killed some suspected gunmen. Some people came out to say they were innocent youths who attended a traditional marriage in Awo-Omamma in Oru East Local Government area of the state. Such things will continue and this is why I see the need to repeat this epistle published on June 6, 2021 with the hope that reason will prevail in the South-East. Nwanne m, ndewo. My Igbo brothers, I find it necessary to send you this epistle – from a…