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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Senate Deputy Majority Whip, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has been accused of complicity in a recent crisis in Ugboenyim, a border town between Benue and Ebonyi State. This is as many people were injured in a recent clash between two factions in the community over leadership control of the town. Ugboenyim, an Izzi speaking community, is anthropologically Ebonyi State and geographically Benue State. The people are however under Ado Local Government Area, Benue State, and southern senatorial zone of the state. The two factions have been in power tussle since 2006 over the control of the community, which…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused Lagos of plotting to “colonise” the northern region. He placed National Assembly members from the North on an alert over attempt to hurt the economy of the Northern region. Kwankwaso urged them to stoutly resist any policy that is not in the economic interest of the North. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate in 2023 who spoke at the convocation ceremony at Skyline University in Kano, also accused Lagos of meddling in the emirate tussle rocking Kano State. Kwankwaso who expressed disappointment over the leadership…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Unknown gunmen, Sunday night, killed a Police escort attached to the Member representing Isiala Ngwa North and Isiala Ngwa South federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe. A Hilux Toyota van conveying the late cop and his colleague was ambushed while they were returning to Umuahia. The lawmaker was not with them when the incident occurred at Ubakala, near the Umuahia South council headquarters. A statement by the Police on Monday evening, gave the name of the deceased personnel as Inspector Bala Mohammed. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Maureen…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government has tackled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state for criticising the re-inauguration of Chuba Okadigbo Airport runway last week by wife of President Bola Tinubu, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, after its upgrade. PDP, through a statement signed by Moses Idika, the head of media of the 2023 governorship candidate of the party, Chief Chukwuma Odii, accused the government of wasting Ebonyi resources on the Airport by spending about N20bn to rehabilitate its runway. But the state government in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, said the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Most Rev.Calistus Onaga, has decried the shedding of blood especially politically motivated killings in the South-East. Onaga spoke on Sunday while delivering a sermon during the Thanksgiving Mass and Empowerment Programme of Sen. Kelvin Chukwu, Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial Zone in Enugu. The bishop urged the perpetrators to retrace their steps. According to him, anyone engaging in such unholy act will never go unpunished as they must face the consequences and wrath of God. “No matter the level of acrimony or quarrel, no one has the right to terminate…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Jands Travel Business School in collaboration with Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) and the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), has completed arrangements for South-East Tourism Conference fixed for November 28-29 2024. Briefing newsmen on the preparations for the event, Mrs Chioma Obi, Director of Jands Travel Business School, Convener of the event and Enugu State Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), said that a committee on the awards ceremony has been set up with Ambassador Emmanuel Ossai as its coordinator. Obi further said that the workshop…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Hoodlums believed to be the dreaded unknown gunmen Monday launched deadly attacks in two Anambra communities killing unconfirmed number of persons in the process. The attacks which reportedly occurred between 8:00 am and 10:00 am, targeted Abatete and Ukpo communities, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. In Abatete town, gunmen stormed the area and attacked security personnel attached to the community’s President-General (PG). In a hail of bullets, three security operatives were killed, while the PG, whose identity remains undisclosed, was critically injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. Shortly after the Abatete incident, there…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State has been selected among the six successful states in Nigeria to benefit from the $107 million fund from the Global Partners in Education System Transformational Grant (GPE-STG), to tackle out of school children menace, and develop education for children. The disbursement and implementation monitoring of the fund, are being handled by UNICEF, one of the grant agents. Education Specialist, UNICEF Control Office, Abuja, Mr Saka Adebayo Ibraheem, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia during a two-day management consultation with stakeholders in the state education sector, said $12 million had been approved…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As tension continues to build in Ekenobizi Community in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, over a possible reprisal attack by the Army following the killing of two soldiers at a military checkpoint in the community by unknown gunmen, Senator Austin Akobundu, representing Abia Central district, has appealed to the Nigeria Army not to resort to reprisal attack. Recall that unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked the Army checkpoint, killing the victims before escaping the scene after a gun duel with the soldiers. The assailants abandoned two of their vehicles, a sienna…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Honourable Justice Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu was part of a generation in which judging was a deservedly elevated calling. In return, society honoured people like him with the honorific “My Lord,” an acknowledgement that they were called to a job that is truly divine. Today, the senior-most lawyers publicly twerk to partisan orchestras conducted by people who were in professional diapers when they were already in the Inner Bar…” Phillip Adenekan Adekunle Ademola had everything it takes for an excellent career at the highest levels of a judicial career. He was the grand-son of a king, the son…