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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, forwarded a letter to the Nigerian Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation of the newly-appointed Service Chiefs. This was conveyed in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. Senator Akpabio who read the letter during plenary, said that the request was in line with the Act establishing the Armed Forces. President Tinubu urged the Senate to consider and confirm the Service Chiefs expeditiously. Ikengaonline had reported that Tinubu appointed Major General Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS); while Major General Taoreed Lagbaja was…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The 15th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture on Twitter spaces holds tomorrow, July 12 to Thursday, July 13, 2023. Renowned media eggheads to feature in the lecture series include: Ropo Sekoni, Board Chair of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ); Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, Chief Executive Officer of Women Radio WFM 91.7; Balarabe Ilelah, Director General of the National Broadcasting Corporation; and Adedoja Allen, Managing Director/CEO, City 105.1FM alongside eight other distinguished speakers. The event with the theme: Building a resilient Nigerian media and democracy,” is scheduled for 11 am daily. According to a release by the Executive Director/CEO,…
Consumers susceptible to cancer, kidney failure Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned Nigerians against the consumption of carbide-ripened fruits, saying they can cause cancer and heart, kidney, and liver failures. Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye who gave the warning, also said fruits ripened with calcium carbide “may cause frequent thirst, irritation in the mouth and nose, weakness, permanent skin damage, difficulty in swallowing, vomiting, and skin ulcer.” The NAFDAC boss who stated this on Tuesday at the official flag-off of the agency’s media sensitisation workshop…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike has been kidnapped by gunmen. The priest was reportedly kidnapped on Monday (yesterday). He was kidnapped alongside three other persons whose names could not be ascertained. He is the Parish Priest of St. Charles Parish, Mgbaleze Isu in Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev Father Mathew Opoke, confirmed the kidnap of the priest in a statement. He said that Azubuike was kidnapped close to his parish on his way back from pastoral duties. Opoke noted that the kidnappers have established…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Minister of Aviation, and Senator who represented Anambra North, Stella Oduah, has landed into trouble as the Federal Government has sued her for allegedly lying over her National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate. She was sued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on eight counts of charge. The former Senator was accused of falsely claiming to have lost her NYSC certificate, among other alleged offences. One of the counts read: “That you Senator Stella Oduah and D.A.O Oshinowo (at large) sometime in the year, 2017, at Federal…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Ogun State candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 poll, Ladi Adebutu, and five others, have been arraigned for alleged vote buying. The accused were arraigned before an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta although the governorship candidate was arraigned in absentia. Ikengaonline learned that the ruling All Progressives Congress, through its Ogun State Chairman, Yemi Sanusi, wrote a petition to the Inspector General of Police over the allegation. The allegation was reportedly investigated by the State Criminal Investigations Department in Abeokuta. Four counts of charge were preferred against the accused. The charge…
Tells members to be ready to humiliate ruling party again Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Labour Party has claimed that intelligence report at its disposal shows that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is already warming up for a re-run presidential poll because of the weighty evidence against it before the presidential election petition court. National Chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure, who made the claims in Abuja on Monday during an on-line meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy, led by Professor Eddie Oparaoji, the Labour Party Diaspora Chairman in the United States, urged LP faithful and all progressives…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has dismissed as false, reports that she ordered the closure of Aso Rock Chapel. She explained that contrary to speculations, the Chapel was never shut down, saying that Christians in the Villa still hold their weekly fellowship in it. The First Lady in a statement signed by her Special Assistant on Media, Busola Kukoyi, urged members of the public to discountenance the report claiming that she ordered the closure of the Chapel. Mrs Tinubu’s reaction is coming on the heels of a report from a Twitter user with the username @VeronicaaNaomi…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Coordinator of Congress of Civil Society Group, (CCSG), Abia State Chapter, Comrade Damian Ogudike has urged the Federal Government to release leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to save South-East from incessant attacks and violence. Ogudike made the call on Monday while addressing newsmen in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State. He said that the failure of the Federal Government to release Kanu was partly responsible for the insecurity ravaging the South-Eastern part of the country. Ogudike, who described Kanu’s continued detention at the Department of State Services (DSS), as deliberate, recalled…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has awarded scholarship to the real highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Miss Nkechinyere Umeh. Soludo awarded the scholarship barely days after his committee released reports of its probe into the controversy which trailed the 2023 results of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In a statement by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, the Governor said the scholarship was for Miss Umeh to study any course of her choice at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, a state owned institution in the state. The statement reads: “Following the recent JAMB declaration…