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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…

Our Reporter, Abuja The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has forwarded a letter of extension on his medical leave to the State House of Assembly. According to the ailing Governor, the decision was based on Doctor’s advice on the need to take adequate rest after recuperating. The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji,  confirmed receiving the letter on behalf of other members of the House.  The Lawmaker said the Governor’s action was in line with section 190 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). Consequently, the Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, would continue…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A High Court sitting in Abakaliki Judicial Division, Ebonyi State, has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Offor Okike to death by hanging for armed robbery. Okike was convicted of robbing a resident of the state, Lydia Nwuba of her Toyota Corolla on April 2, 2019 at Elias Odili Street, off Adazienu Junction, in Abakaliki. The prosecution team had proven the case beyond reasonable doubt before the presiding judge, Justice Chinyere Ken-Eze convicted Okike of the charge. Okike was said to have robbed the woman of her Toyota Corolla car valued One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,800,000.00), a Nokia…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr. Uchenna Orji, Chairman of Enugu Rangers Supporters Club, has called on the Enugu State Government to appoint capable hands into the positions of General Manager (GM) and Team Manager (TM) for the Club as they prepare for the 2023/24 NPFL. Orji made the call in Enugu, adding that the absence of GM and TM had adverse effects on the team’s performance last two seasons. He said the absence of a clear leader in Rangers had adversely affected the team as it did not leave to expectation in the last two seasons. “The post of the General Manager…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The brewing political feud between the camp of the immediate-past Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, and his erstwhile Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Abia State, Chief Ume Kalu, SAN, has taken a dangerous dimension, as Kalu slammed N500 million libel suit against Ikpeazu’s close ally, Chief Don Ubani. Ubani served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Ikpeazu, and also as Commissioner for Information under Senator Theodore Orji. Similarly,  Kalu served under both Ikpeazu and  Orji, as Attorney General but now he is a chieftain of the Labour Party. He claimed in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/6777/2023, that Ubani…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Immediate-past Deputy Governor of Abia State, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu; the Abia State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Greg Ibe; and the former Director General of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Chief Chuku Wachuku, have registered their condolences over the death of the former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor Joe Irukwu. The trio, in their respective condolence messages, described Irukwu’s exit as “a  huge loss to Ndigbo.” Oko Chukwu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Obasi Onwuka, said he “received with immense shock and painful devastation, the sad and heart-rending…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has renewed his advocacy for equitable distribution of democracy dividends and political appointments in the country. The cleric who spoke at an event marking the 60th year at the bar of a legal luminary, Afe Babalola, told the Federal Government to stop  sentiments and discrimination in the distribution of democracy gains. This, according to him, will engender peace and unity of the country. The ceremony which held Monday at Afe Babalola University, (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, attracted the high and mighty in society. Kukah argued that leaders of Nigeria should pursue those…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barricades on major roads around police and other security facilities in Umuahia have started disappearing. Most of the barricades were introduced in the aftermath of the nation-wide uprising against police brutality otherwise known as #EndSARS protest. The barricades which led to the blocking of an entire lane of dual carriage roads crisscrossing some police facilities in the state, were reinforced at the peak of attacks by unknown gunmen. Ikengaonline checks revealed that since the emergence of the new administration of Gov Alex Otti, most of the notable roadblocks around police facilities are beginning to disappear. For instance, shortly after Otti…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday awarded 12 Enugu based companies its Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme Certificates (MANCAP) to ensure standardisation. The companies were Chiemek’s Bakery Ltd, Chucks Michael Ltd – producer of Early Joy Chin Chin, Point Industrial – maker of Boardmaster School Chalk, Sundry Market Ltd – Bakers Square Bread, Viroxy Nig Ltd – Viroxy Breads, Ify Bakery Ind.Ltd and Ebubedike Table Water. Others are Vanrollz Co. Ltd – Maker of Treasure Tissue Papers, Uchenna Bakery, Ify Best Bakery, Stevozika Foods and Confectioneries, Diamond Nora Foods-producer of Nora Bread. Speaking at the event in Enugu, the Director-General…