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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has denied reports making the rounds that it employed the services of herbalists and traditional spiritualists in fighting insecurity in the state. Reports have it that the State Government reached an agreement with traditionalists to eliminate criminally-minded elements and to stop making charms used by criminals especially, the ones used for abducting people. However, a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Christian Aburime, on Thursday, said the reports were untrue and aimed at misleading the public. The statement said the Government only approved the registration of the practitioners to help…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has distanced itself from the purported sit-at-home order tomorrow (Friday 22 July) by Simon Ekpa, and urged members of the public to disregard the purported order. Ekpa who claims to be a disciple of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader, had ordered the said sit-at-home to protest last Sunday’s gruesome massacre of seven wedding guests in Imo State by suspected Ebubeagu security operatives. Below is a full text of the statement made available to Ikengaonline. “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been drawn to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Deputy Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Abia State, Hon. Cletus Nwankwo, has mocked candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying  that holding the party’s ticket is akin to holding Zimbabwean dollars without value. He said that Nigerians had known better and would no longer be deceived by the lies of APC which enabled the party gain power in 2015. The Deputy Council boss who made the remark while reacting to a media report that Arochukwu stakeholders had pledged their support for the APC governorship candidate, Chief Ikechi Emenike, said there “is nothing attractive in…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Police Stakeholders Partnership Forum (PSPF) has honoured former Commissioner of Police in the State and current Assistant Inspector General, AIG John Abang, for his outstanding performance in the state. Other awardees at the event were CSP Haruna Abubakar, former Police Public Relations Officer in the state, and DPO of Fegge, Onitsha Police station, CSP Rabiu Garuba, for effective community engagement, courage and professional service in the state. The awards were conferred on the officers, at a meeting of the Anambra State Police Stakeholders Partnership Forum (PSPF) in Awka, Anambra State capital on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, the…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri An activist, Paul Amadi, from Naze in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, on Wednesday said he would seek legal action to disband the operation of the Ebubeagu Security outfit in Imo State, even as he revealed he would ensure Imo State Governor faces the  international community over crimes against humanity. Amadi disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, while reacting to last Sunday’s incident where 14 youths were attacked, seven reportedly shot and others injured as they were returning from a traditional wedding ceremony from Awo-Omamma in Oru East Local Government Area to Otulu in…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Two days after the killing of 14 youths said to be returning from a wedding reception in Imo State by operatives of Ebubeagu security outfit, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared the outfit a terrorist organisation. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, accused Gov. Hope Uzodinma of sponsoring the outfit which according to the pro-Biafra movement is being used for illegal operations. The pro-Biafra group claimed that the Governor imported militia as members of Ebubeagu, accusing the outfit of responsibility for numerous killings in the state. Below is a…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Polytechnic Aba has lost its accreditation with the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, following the failure of the institution to pay its staff for 30 months despite warnings by the Board. This is coming barely two months after the Abia State University Teaching Hospital, ABSUTH, lost the National University Commission, NUC, accreditation for admission of medical students due to protracted strike action by doctors in the hospital. Lecturers at the Abia State University, ABSU, last week complained of salary arrears of 10 months, saying that some of them no longer feed well. Primary and…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The United States President, Joe Biden, has nominated Richard Mills Jr as the new US Ambassador to Nigeria. He is to replace the outgoing US envoy to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump on June 24, 2019. Mills’ nomination was contained in a statement by the White House website recently, presenting his service in prominent diplomacy capacities for US. The statement obtained by Ikengaonline read: “Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration: “Richard Mills, Jr., a career member of the Senior Foreign…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in what appears to be his full endorsement of the candidacy of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi; and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Ahmed Datti, has said that Nigeria is on her path to revitalisation. The former President who posted a photo where he was flanked by Obi and his running mate said in an accompanying text : “Nigeria on the path to revitalisation.” The photograph was taken when Obi and his running mate visited Obasanjo in his country home at Otta, Abeokuta, in Ogun State. Datti had earlier…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka 44-year-old award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has thrown her support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election. Chimamanda made her support public on Tuesday in a statement issued via her Facebook social media handle to congratulate Obi on his 61st birthday. The renowned author who referred to Obi as her ‘biggest’ brother, promised to vote for him in the 2023 presidential election. She also acknowledged Obi’s support for her parents. Adichie also described Obi as a good human being who is incredibly generous to the causes he believes…