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Ben Ezechime, Enugu There was indication that the immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, may have left office with a retinue of government vehicles belonging to the Enugu State Government. A source told Ikengaonline that several vehicles of assorted types were moved out of government house on the penultimate day to the hand-over. “Several official vehicles of different makes including Hillux, Jeeps and Saloon cars were moved out of government house by his boys. “Though this has been the usual practice by outgoing administrations but the immediate past government was something else,” our source said. Meanwhile, the new administration of Peter Mbah has…
Stephen Oko, Umuahia Third Republic Senator and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Senator Emma Nwaka, has said that fuel subsidy was a “pivot for grand thievery,” and hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for removing it. According to him, only the rich is getting richer with fuel subsidy, hence, the need to courageously stop it. Senator Nwaka who spoke in Umuahia argued that although subsidy removal could come with initial hardship, in the end the Nigerian economy would be better for it. Nwaka urged members of the public to see beyond the initial discomforts of…
As product sells above N500 per litre nationwide Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, has finally adjusted the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol. This is coming barely 48 hours after the newly-inaugurated President Ahmed Bola Tinubu announced that the era of fuel subsidy was over. The adjustment in the pump price of petrol was contained in a press statement issued Wednesday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, Garba Deen Muhammad. Although the statement was silent on the exact official pump price per litre, petrol now sells between…
By Osmund Agbo You may not have encountered my friend turned brother, Chido Onumah. He is an intriguing personality crafted out of raw steel. Not that you could tell from the mollifying voice that greets you on that first encounter, though you will quickly come to agree that it’s softness perfectly compliments a gracious and self-effacing demeanor. As you walk away, you may find yourself believing that this gentleman is too polite and refined for Nigeria but you couldn’t be more mistaken. Sooner than later, you will come to the profound realisation that his voice is the only aspect of him…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka This is visibly not the best of times for motorists and residents in Anambra State, as the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol has skyrocketed causing scarcity of the product in the state. Ikengaonline reports that the current scarcity followed the announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu shortly after he was sworn in as the president of the country on Monday. The President had, during his inaugural speech, bade goodbye to fuel subsidy, saying it was unrealisable, and that funds used for the subsidy would be channeled into other areas.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State, has directed banks and all financial institutions in the state and the country, to immediately freeze all bank accounts of the State Government. He also ordered them to to freeze all bank accounts belonging to agencies and parastatals of Government domiciled in every bank and financial institutions across the state and the federation. Otti who gave the orders in a statement by his Media Adviser, Ferdinand Ekeoma, also directed the immediate dissolution of all Boards of the State Government agencies and parastatals. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part:…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Payer warriors were Tuesday, sighted at the Old Abia State Government House Umuahia moving from one office block to another anointing them in what could be described as spiritual cleansing. The exercise attracted the attention of staff in the various buildings but the prayer warriors continued with their assignment undeterred. Meanwhile, the governor of the state, Dr Alex Otti, has said that the new Government House inaugurated by his predecessor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, at the twilight of his tenure, “was commissioned without being completed.” Otti who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia after his maiden…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Although President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly walked back his words on the removal of fuel subsidy by saying the policy does not take immediate effect, petrol stations in some parts of Imo State are now selling the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, between N350 to N400. This was gathered from different areas in the Owerri metropolis, and around the state on Tuesday. In the streets visited: Egbu, Akwakuma, Amakohia, Orji, Douglas, Wethedral, Bank Road, Mbari streets, Owerri-Port Harcourt road, Owerri-Onitsha road, Owerri-Aba road and Owerri-Okigwe road, filling stations were selling between N350 to N400 per liter. When…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigerian Police Command in Enugu State on Tuesday arrested youths numbering over 30 at Okpara square, Enugu. The youths believed to be members of Biafra Zionists Movement (BZM) reportedly came to the square to commemorate the Biafra Day when the police swooped on them. The pro-Biafra activists were said to have stormed the venue in line with the May 30th, a day set-aside by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for remembrance of Biafra fallen heroes and agitators who died in the course of self actualisation of the Independent Republic of Biafra. Our source told Ikengaonline…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to declare his assets and make them public. This was contained in a press statement release by the organisation Tuesday in Abuja, 24 hours after Tinubu’s inauguration. The statement signed by AFRICMIL Coordinator, Dr Chido Onumah, said that the public declaration of asset by Tinubu was a way of committing to the genuine fresh beginning that he promised Nigerians. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “AFRICMIL wishes to call on President Bola Tinubu to declare his assets in accordance with Paragraph…