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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Barely twenty-four hours after demolition of criminals hideout in Oba, Idemili South LGA by the Anambra State government, a youth leader of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state was gruesomely murdered. Sources said the youth leader, Hon Emeka Alaehobi, was kidnapped from his home in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state two days ago, but no call for ransom was known to have been made, until his remains were found on Saturday morning in a neighbouring town, Utuh. The source said: “He is Hon Emeka Alaehobi, Nnewi South Local Government…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists, ISWAP, and Fulani herdsmen are after the same agenda although they operate under different guises. Soyinka who made the submission when he paid condolence/solidarity visit to Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, over last Sunday’s massacre of about 38 worshipers at Owo Catholic Church, said that the dastardly attack was targeted at the Governor for showing leadership in terms of internal liberation. According to the Nobel Laureate, all three groups share common mission which is to inflict pains and sorrows on the locals with intension…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Nigerian Breweries Plc (NBL), incorporated in Nigeria in 1946, is a household name in Enugu State, particularly, with its ultra-modern plant popularly called ‘AMA Breweries’ located at Umuezeani, Udi Local Government Area of the state. The multi-billion naira facility, comfortably sitting on 1000 plots of land freely donated by the community, is a cynosure. During the inauguration of the civil works expansion project of the company worth N56 billion on April 27, 2022, the Chief Executive Officer, HEINEKEN, Mr. Dolf van den Brink, said that the investment is further demonstration of the long-standing history and relationship…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Awka Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (AWKACCIMA) has expressed readiness to partner Anambra State Government to promote made-in-Anambra goods. The President of AWKACCIMA, Princess Caroline Ajuora, disclosed this yesterday in Awka when the leadership of the organisation visited the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr Obinna Ngonadi. In her address, Ajuora said that the City Chamber had plans to call together captains of industries, representatives of EEDC, security agencies and market leaders all in Awka, to build a relationship and strong alliance with Anambra State Government. “The aim is to organize our collective efforts to…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Joint Security Task Force under the command of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has busted and destroyed hideouts used by kidnappers that have been causing havoc in the state. The security operatives conducted the demolition exercise in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, on Friday. A statement by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Christian Aburime, disclosed that the operation lasted for more than five hours at the hideout of the notorious kidnappers, an old bungalow at Oba, Idemili South Council Area. The hideout has earlier been raided recently, where exhibits such as locally made pistols, shrine,…
Our Reporter, Abuja Ondo State Government has announced the cancellation of this year’s June 12 Democracy Day celebration. This is in honor of the victims of the St. Francis Catholic Church terror attack in Owo. The state governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, made this known in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle Saturday morning. He wrote that the cancellation of the June 12 celebration was to honour the victims of the attack and enable the people of the state mourn their loved ones who were victims of the attack. “In honour of the victims of the terror attack at St.…
Our Reporter, Abuja In oder to address the unprecedented surge in the number of citizens queuing for registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it is immediately deploying additional 209 machines to ease off the crowd. INEC made this known on Friday in press release by Mr Festus Okoye, its Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. The Commission said it took this decision after it received reports of over-crowded centres from the states which led to a meeting of all the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Thursday 9th of June, 2922, to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Doctors in Abia State, Friday, stagged a protest in Umuahia over the kidnap and continued detention of their colleague, Professor Uwadinachi Iweha, who was abducted in front of his house on Sunday the previous week. The irate doctors who trooped out in their numbers, marched from the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia to the main entrance gate to the Government House where they blocked the gate to register their grievances. Decrying the incessant cases of Kidnapping in the state, the doctors demanded the immediate release of their Kidnapped colleague. Professor Iweha was abducted by unknown gunmen who whisked…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Association of South-East Town Union (ASETU) says it will expose saboteurs of the aspiration for the zone to produce the president of Nigeria in 2023. The National President of the association, Chief Emeka Diwe, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with Ikengaonline in Enugu. Diwe, who spoke on the sidelines of the recent presidential primaries of All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said that the two exercises had exposed the real saboteurs in the South-East. He said it was sad that some South-East delegates from the two parties who were chosen to…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri One of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district, Rochas Okorocha, who got zero vote at the just-concluded presidential primaries, has congratulated the winner, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Okorocha made this known to newsmen in Owerri, through his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemedo, on Friday. The former Governor of Imo State said he was wishing Asiwaju victory ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to the statement, “Former Governor of Imo State and the senator representing lmo West Senatorial District, Senator Rochas Okorocha, congratulates Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,…