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  Wabara, Ohuabunwa sad Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate Minority Leader,  Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has described the death of Professor (Sir) Joe Ogbonnaya Irukwu, former President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo as “sad and weakening.” Professor Irukwu died Sunday at the age of 89. Senator Abaribe in a statement in Abuja by his Media Adviser Uchenna Awom, expressed grief over the exit of the late elder statesman, saying that “Ndigbo have lost one of their best.” The former Abia Deputy Governor said Professor Irukwu  brought panache and candour in the leadership of Ohanaeze when he held sway…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia One time President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Professor Joe Irukwu, is dead. The 89-year-old elder statesman and Insurance guru, died Sunday, according to his son, Pastor Agu Irukwu. Meanwhile, Abia State Government has expressed grief over the passage of the former Ohanaeze helmsman. Gov. Alex Otti in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, said Irukwu’s exit was a monumental loss to Abia State. The statement described Irukwu who hailed from Item in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, as an illustrious son of the state. Gov.…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The member representing Ebonyi/Ohaukwu Federal Constituency, Eze Nwachukwu Eze, has described as untrue accusations of lack of interest in restoration of peace in troubled Effium Community. Also, stakeholders of Ezza-Effium people in the community also described the accusation as the handiwork of a few political opponents using a fictitious individuals and non-existent groups. The stakeholders spoke through a former Lawmaker and a Special Assistant to Ebonyi Governor on Power, Chinedu Awo. They were reacting to an allegation by a group claiming to be representing Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Ezza Speaking part of the community. The group…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State has released 29 out of 34 students recently arrested indiscriminately at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Agbani, Enugu State. The President of the ESUT Students Union Government (SUG), Mr Donatus Okolieuwa, confirmed the unconditional release of the students to newsmen on Sunday in Enugu. Okolieuwa noted that the students were released in the evening of Saturday, July 8, through the intervention of the ESUT’s management, leaders and some elders of the state. He said that five of the students were still being held by the Anti-Cultism Squad of…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has called for collaborative efforts to end Mondays “sit-at-home’’ order by proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East geopolitical zone. He described the sit-at-home order by IPOB as inimical to the development of the South-East, saying that those who issue such directives are “enemies of Igboland.” Mbah urged for concerted efforts by the media and Enugu State people to end scaremongering and the spreading of fake news, which he described as the latest resort of IPOB. “They have lost their capacity to inflict havoc on lives and property as was previously…

  Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Coordinator of World Bank/Federal Government Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihoods Improvement Support (APPEALS), Mr Mohammed Jobdi has rated Enugu State high on Project performance. He said this during an inspection of projects to ascertain the level of implementation of the APPEALS projects in Enugu State. Jobdi said their mission in Enugu State was to access the level of implementation in different participating states which Enugu State was one of them. “We have visited two centres in Amechi and Nara and what we saw is encouraging and they have assured us that necessary machine will…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 3 July, 2023, Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, in power since 2012, publicly renounced his aspiration for a constitutionally prohibited third term, sparking a synchronized outbreak of ostentatious back-slapping. Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, convener of the impressively-named, West African Elders Forum (WAEF), fired off a letter describing Macky Sall as a paragon of “sacrificial leadership.” Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was full of “admiration for statesmanship which privileged Senegal’s interests.” Describing President Sall’s announcement as an act of “courage, humility, and deep faith in Senegalese democracy”, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima,…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu A retired Chief Community Health Officer in the Enugu State Local Government Service Commision, Ezinne Elizabeth Uzoamaka Ngene (NNEDIOGO, NNE OKWUKWE) of Umuichiatu, Umuaniagu-Achime in Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local government Area of Enugu State has passed on. She was aged 85 and died after a brief illness in her sleep in the early hours of Saturday, July 1, 2023. Late Mrs. Elizabeth Ngene retired meritoriously from the services of the Enugu State Local Government Service Commission as Chief Community Health Officer. During her lifetime, she worked at the Parklane General Hospital, Amechi Awkunanaw Health Centre, Ozalla…

 By Owei Lakemfa Italy, the beautiful south-central European country that juts into the Mediterranean Sea and embraces the Alps, giving mountainous hugs to Switzerland and France, is one of the earliest human civilisations. So civilised that its animals are protected in the country’s constitution and have fundamental rights such as the right of a dog to be walked out in the streets, at least thrice weekly. Animals kept for farming purposes have the right to food, water, satisfactory environmental conditions and right to free movement. If animals can be so well regarded how much more humans? However, that is the…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Enforcers of the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday continued their attack in Imo State, shooting at residents with two persons said to have been shot dead along Akwakuma/Amakohia Road, Owerri, the state capital. Some of the residents who spoke to newsmen in Owerri, said the gunmen started the attack at about 11:50 am, warning the residents to obey the seven-day sit-at-home order. Some market women at the popular Rochas Okorocha market, in Akwakuma, motorists and keke operators were said to have been wounded while trying to escape from the gunfire of…