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As Iwuanyanwu initiates lobbies for his release Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that those keeping the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, behind the bars against court judgments, should be held responsible for the insecurity in the South-East. President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who stated this during his first official tour to Lagos State, on Wednesday, said Kanu’s continuous detention was a deliberate attempt by some unpatriotic elements to destroy South-East economy. The Ohanaeze helmsman who was in Lagos to help douse tension following the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Mr Frank Nweke Jr., the Governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in March 18, 2023 Election for Enugu State, has suggested moves to tackle the spate of insecurity in the state. Nweke, who said this in a Security Advisory he released in Enugu on Wednesday, expressed worries over the increasing rate of criminality in the state, describing the situation as a disturbing trend. He pointed out in the advisory that security remained a paramount issue “that must not be politicised, downplayed, or used as a tool for propaganda in the media.” The former minister of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Col. Hassan Stan-Labo (Rtd.), has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the only way to restore peace in the South-East and unite the country is releasing the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Col. Stan-Labo who spoke while featuring on Arise Television, said that the continued detention of the IPOB Leader against court orders, is rather making him a national hero. He submitted that as long as Kanu remained behind the bars, his popularity and followership especially among his people of South-East would continue to swell. According to him, Kanu’s popularity…
By Osita Chidoka Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme took her 2023 JAMB at my foundation’s Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center at Obosi. I got calls from worried friends about Nmesoma’s result, which had Thomas Chidoka Center as her examination centre. I allayed their worries that the result issue had nothing to do with the examination centre. I observed two significant red flags when I saw her result online. First, since 2021, the JAMB portal stopped referring to our center as Thomas Chidoka Center for Human Development. The correct name on the JAMB portal and the Main Examination Slip is Nkemefuna Foundation (Thomas Chidoka Center…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Management of Gregory University Uturu, GUU, has issued a scam alert, warning members of the public not to fall victim of a syndicate extorting money from unsuspecting candidates under the guise of offering them admission into the university. A statement by the Deputy Registrar, Communication and Strategies, Rev. Sleek Ogwo, disowned the syndicate who he said had since been reported to security agencies for necessary actions. Below is a full text of the press statement made available to Ikengaonline: “The public is hereby alerted of the fraudulent activities of one Dr Mrs Stella B Dennis, who…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekohme, SAN, is to present special paper at the 5th annual national conference of Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, NALT, billed to hold in Abia State from July 11 to 15. According to the National President of NALT, Professor Eze Ngwakwe, Professor Earnest Ojukwu, SAN, will deliver the lead paper at the event to be chaired by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. Professor Ngwakwe who addressed newsmen in Umuahia, said Afe Babalola would be a special guests at the annual event. Professor Ngwakwe who is also the Dean Faculty of Law, Abia State University, said…
APC fails to produce witness Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Presidential Election Petitions Court, PEPC, Wednesday in Abuja, admitted as exhibit, the damming European Union, EU Report which said that Nigeria’s 2023 presidential poll was flawed. Despite objections from Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC; and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the tribunal admitted a certified copy of the EU report and marked it as Exhibit S-2. This is as Tinubu closed his defence to the petition by Obi with only one witness. His party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, could not produce any witness. Tinubu’s witness was Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele,…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday, said there was no attack by unknown gunmen at the state secretariat located along Owerri-Port Harcourt Road in the state. The Governor said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri, by his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku. He said it was a warning gunshot by police who came to the secretariat to arrest a suspect linked to an alleged criminal matter. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read: “The attention of the Government has been drawn to insinuations that unknown gunmen invaded and attacked the Imo State Secretariat on Port Harcourt…
Stephen Ukandu, UmuahiaUmuahia An Igbo boy, Achunike Okafor, based in the United States has been offered university scholarship by 40 top US universities for his unprecedented high school grade. Some of the institutions include: Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Princeton, Penn State, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, and Rutgers. Okafor gratuated from Science Park High School at Newark in New Jersey, US, with extraordinary performance. According to TapIntoNewark, an online newspaper, Okafor received an International Baccalaureate diploma with a record-shattering 4.625.grade-point average from the school. According to the High School, Okafor’s GPA is the highest among Newark’s…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate Ejikeme Mmesoma has finally admitted that she scored 249 in her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and not 362. Mmesoma said she sent an SMS to JAMB through its support system but got no response. Mmesoma who disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, on Wednesday said: “It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them banning me, it is not fair.” “That’s the only SMS I sent there. They didn’t reply. If…