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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The joy of indigent patients at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC,Umuahia, Abia State, knew no bounds Wednesday, as the 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance Alliance, APGA, Professor Greg Ibe, defrayed their medical bills. The intervention is coming about two weeks after Ikengaonline report on a patient, one Chukwudi, at the hospital who appealed for public assistance to help him clear N70,000 balance to avoid being detained. One of the beneficiaries, Madam Comfort Okoro, from Arochukwu, said that but for Ibe’s intervention, her hope of returning to her house any time soon would have been…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo What the CIA does not know does not exist. In Luke 24:5-7, the angel said to the women who went to the tomb in search of Jesus, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?” For those looking for Bola Tinubu’s certificates, I ask, why do you seek from St. Paul’s School, Aroloya, Lagos, and Government College Ibadan, when you should be seeking them at Iragbiji? It wasn’t intentional when Bola Tinubu left blank in his INEC forms the names of the primary and secondary schools he attended. No, I mean, it was intentional,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The lawmaker representing Ezza South/Ikwo South Federal Constituency, Chinedu Ogah, has recounted his experiences in prison when he spent six months for an offence he knew nothing about. The lawmaker stated this when he visited the Abakaliki Correctional Centre where he underwent the ordeal. He however did not disclose the crime he was accused of or the year of his incarceration. Ogah, during the visit encouraged the inmates not to allow their current situation weigh them down. He said: ‘Being here does not mean that your own has finished. It is a moment of trial, it is…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential bid of the Labour Party flag bearer, Mr Peter Obi, received a major boost, Tuesday as the organised labour, declared total support for him. Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC; vowed to stop at nothing in ensuring that Obi emerges President in 2023. Both unions declared their support in a separate speech made by their Presidents at the 10th anniversary lecture in honour of the late labour leader, Comrade Pascal Bafyau in Abuja. In his remarks, NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said that “Mr Obi is among the finest…
The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper and one of the reporters, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the Police in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The ordeal of the two journalists began on Monday, June 27, 2022, when they honoured an invitation from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) following a petition by Mr. Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, a member of the House of Representatives representing Bauchi Federal Constituency concerning a Wikki Times report of May 18, 2022 on the sudden death of Chairman of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia It appears that the immediate-past Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Muhammad, is not out of the woods yet as the Senate has insisted on probing him despite his voluntary resignation. Indications that the Senate is not going to allow the allegations raised against him by 14 of the Supreme Court Justices go uninvestigated emerged Tuesday when a motion on a matter of urgent public importance was moved by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central). Recall that the Senate had on June 22, mandated its Committee…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka President/CEO of Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Professor Mohammed Ajiya, says the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has empowered no fewer than 90,000 Nigerians on digital literacy and ICT compliance. Professor Ajiya made the disclosure while speaking as a guest of honour at the 2022 edition of the annual Cisco Safari International Conference, organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Tuesday. The conference exemplified NITDA’s strategic alliances with the private sector and corporate bodies for the actualisation of Nigeria’s Digital Economy and IT vision. It held at the Communication and Digital Economy Complex, Mbora, Abuja and…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu No fewer than 100 Nigerians will be offered scholarships to study in Godfrey Okoye University Academy of Practical Skills, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said. Anieke disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu during the flag-off of the 2022/2023 academic session of the institution. The Catholic priest said that no fewer than 40 per cent of the beneficiaries of the proposed scholarship would be females. He said that interested applicants would be trained in bakery, electrical work, agriculture, mason and others. Recall that the institution as part of its contribution to curb irregular migration and promotion…
By Owei Lakemfa There is a massive movement led by the youths to register for the 2023 general elections. It is like a battle cry by those who are clearly qualified to vote in the elections rather than the underage and foreigners who are imported to vote. The cry is ‘Get your PVC (Permanent Voters Card) and vote. Even concerts are being organised as part of this unprecedented campaign. But there are parts of the country where this exercise is being disrupted and threats are issued. My position is that those who view the massive registration of voters as a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The inclusion of the former Commissioner for Industry Abia State, Chief Henry Ikoh, on the list of seven ministerial nominees by President Muhammadu Buhari, has resonated among the northern community in the state. They have commended President Buhari for the gesture, describing Ikoh as “a round peg in a round hole.” Chief Ikoh was among the list of seven ministerial nominees Buhari sent to the Senate last week for confirmation. Speaking with Ikengaonline, the Galadima of Northern Community in Abia, Useni Mohammed, said Chief Ikoh “is a detribalised and enterprising Nigerian with a milk of human kindness.”…