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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Labour Party candidate in the 2023 election, Hon. Nkechi Ogbuefi, has explained why she is contesting to represent Anaocha 1 State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. She said she was vying for the position to assist the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, to rescue the country from incompetence, poverty, insecurity, unemployment and hunger, and to bring the most needed dividends of democracy to her constituents. Nkechi made her political position known while addressing Journalists, in Awka ahead of her plan for awareness campaign in her constituency, on the ongoing INEC’s Continuous Voters Registration exercise. The…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has said that the recent attacks by terrorists on the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State; and the Kuje prison, are danger signals on the security of Nigeria, describing both events as “rehearsal by terrorists on how to take over the seat of power.” COSEYL, in a statement Monday by its President General, Goodluck Ibem, said it arrived at the conclusion “after a careful appraisal of the recent happenings in the country.” The youth group expressed bewilderment that the terrorists made both brave attempts without any resistance or…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The people of Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, have raised the alarm that the Regional Cattle Market located in their vicinity, has become a den for drug traffickers where all manner of hard drugs are haboured. They decried the devastating effects of hard drugs on their youths, lamenting that youths in the area have been ruined as a result of consumption of the hard drugs especially methamphetamine popularly known as mkpurumiri in local parlance. The communities regretted the presence of the Regional Cattle Market located in the area, describing it as a constant source of sorrow,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Management of the Abia State University, ABSU, has cleared the air over the controversy on the actual number of months the staff of the university are owed arrears of salary. Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ABSU chapter, had claimed that its members were being owed for 10 months, but the university Management disagreed with ASUU, insisting that staff of the university are only owed for five months. The university Management which blamed the financial challenges of the university on the on-going strike action by ASUU, promised to clear the arrears as soon as their finances…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) Anambra State has called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to expedite action towards evacuation and clearing of refuse dump sites in various parts of the state. The group said the clearing of waste bins and refuse has become inevitable to avoid flooding, health hazards and erosion. It also said the clearing would remove obstructions, destruction of roads and blockage of drainage channels and roads due to torrential downpour currently at its peak. The call was contained in a press statement titled: ‘Cleanliness is Next to Godliness,’ issued to newsmen and endorsed by the principal officers including Chairman, Vincent…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Two persons have been reported dead following attack by suspected Fulani cattle dealers at Obinetiti Dusogu Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims are Mr Anayo Nwosa from Igbuala village Ifitedunu, and 35 year-old Chinonso Okpatu from Ire village Abba. Speaking from his hospital bed, a survivor of the attack, Mr Obinwanne Okonkwo, who said he is a Keke rider, explained that around 8pm on Tuesday night, his townsman, Nwosa, who he said was also into livestock business, contracted him and he followed him to a Fulani cattle dealer’s settlement at Obinetiti Awkuzu, and while…
By Owei Lakemfa It was one of the sad days that reminded Nigerians the deep trouble to which they have been led. Tuesday, July 5, 2022. On that day, a convoy of presidential vehicles conveying the advance team of military, presidential guards, media and protocol officers was on its way to Daura, the home town of President Muhammadu Buhari when it was “ambushed” by bandits. The convoy extricated itself and went on to its destination. A number of questions arise. Why would such a team travel four days ahead of the Sallah holidays the President was going to celebrate? Who pays…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Certified security alert sighted by Ikengaonline has revealed that the dreaded Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists are planning “spontaneous and coordinated attacks” against Christian targets in Nigeria particularly in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. According to the intelligence report, part of the reasons the terror group launched attack on Kuje Correctional Centre last week during which it freed hundreds of prisoners and about sixty-four terrorists at the facility was to have enough hands to execute the evil mission. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, which raised the alarm in a memo to the Permanent…
By Hassan Gimba In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This made me think about governments and the failure of leadership, or, aptly, the king whose subjects saw through him. And so on January 14, 2019, on this page, under the title “The Military, Press and War Against Insurgency,” I gave that brief story. There is this fable of a king who, together with his palace courtiers and subjects, was scammed by a con artist who knew that people, rather than acknowledging the truth, would always be hypocritical if it would ingratiate them with…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The wife of the General Manager of Imo State Zoological Garden, Mr Francis Abioye, Mrs Elizabeth Abioye, on Sunday was kidnapped at the First Baptist Church around Fire Service in Owerri, Imo State. Mr Abioye confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri. One of the eyewitnesses who spoke to Ikengaonline said the kidnappers walked into the church premises, identified the woman and kidnapped her. He further said that they came in an ash-coloured tinted glass Siena fully armed, and forced the woman into their car and drove away. “Some people said they drove towards Owerri-Aba Road and others said Owerri-Umuahia. “They came in asking for…