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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The government of Imo State on Wednesday declared that Governor Hope Uzodimma was hale and hearty.  It described as descendants of Lucifer, those spreading the rumour that he (Uzodimma) was down with stroke and flown to India for treatment. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, made this statement to newsmen in Owerri, while dismissing a viral voice recording on social media. According to the state government, “Uzodimma is not only hale and hearty but has been energetically attending to all his scheduled activities in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Those behind the satanic rumours are…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu The gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2023 general elections in Enugu State, Mr Frank Nweke (jnr.) says the ongoing gas flare at a construction site in Enugu offers opportunity to industrialise the state. Nweke disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing newsmen after inspecting the site located within the premises of Caritas University, Amorji Nike in Enugu. Recall that the gas flare started on May 25, 2022 when borehole drillers hired by the school authority unknowingly struck a gas bed which caused a major leakage of natural gas. The fire had continued to…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says child traffickers are devising new means of getting their victims in the South-East. The South-East Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, Mrs Nneka Ajie disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with Ikengaonline in Enugu. Ajie said that it was sad that in spite of efforts by the agency to arrest the menace, incidences of child trafficking, illegal migration and associated crimes were on the rise in the region. She said that child traffickers had found a way to perpetuate the evil act in cohort with either parents,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Heavy protest Wednesday morning, erupted in Isuochi communities in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, as youths took to the streets to protest incessant kidnappings by suspected herdsmen in the area. The irate youths who thronged out in their numbers stormed the Umunneochi Council headquarters at Nkwoagu Isuochi where they conveyed their grievances to the Council Chairman. This is coming less than 24 hours after the Methodist Prelate, His Eminence Samuel Uche abducted Sunday afternoon around Isuochi was freed after N100 million ransom was paid. The protesting youths accused security agencies of doing nothing to stop…

 Ike Nnaachi, Abakaliki The Police in Ebonyi state on Tuesday raided a suspected camp of Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the state killing three members of the group. ESN is the militia wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Police spokesperson in the state, Chris Anyanwu, revealed this in a statement. He said the operation was jointly carried out with Military and Department of State Security (DSS) officers. Mr Anyanwu said the camp raided by the Police was in Isu within Onicha Local Government Area of the State. According to him the raid was sequel to an attack on…

The traditional Ruler of Nguru Nsukka autonomous community in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chief Linus Obayi, and a group of people in his community have taken the Enugu State Government to court challenging its powers to constitute a Town Union for the autonomous community. In the suite, No. N37/2022, filed by Barr. JMCC Ogbuka, of Ogbuka Ogbuka & Associates at the Nsukka Judicial Division of the High Court of Enugu State, the traditional ruler and his group are seeking an order retraining those listed as respondents from parading themselves as Executives of the Town Union pending…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The crisis in Ebonyi Chapter of the People Peoples Democratic Party has taken a new twist as the National Leadership of the party has again recognized Mr Tochukwu Okorie as its authentic Chairman. The National Chairman of the Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu and the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu stated this in a letter dated 31st May 2022, and addressed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). They explained that the party’s decision was in obedience to a judgement by the Appellate court which upturned the judgement of a Federal High Court that hitherto recognised Mr Silas…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Chinedu Ogah, has raised alarm over an alleged exclusion of the South-East region from the scholarship programme of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), in the country. Disclosing this in a statement, Ogah called on the Executive Secretary of PTDF, Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau, to review the Corporation’s scholarship program and accommodate the South-East geopolitical zone. He explained that the exclusion of the South-East from the Scholarship Program, under the guise of security challenges within the region was not proper as other regions facing worse security…

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo There was a time when northern leaders were stupid. I am talking about the days before the May 1953 riots in Kano and the days after. Oh, they were so stupid that I am sure they would be ashamed of themselves when they look back. Here is a summary of what happened. This is for their children and grandchildren who were not there and were not taught the history of those terrible days. By May 1953, southern leaders were ready for Nigeria to be an independent nation. They were pushing for a three-year plan that would…

Our Reporter, Vancouver Civil society leaders have commended the conduct of the national convention of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which held on Saturday in Abuja. The convention elected a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 presidential election. Executive Director, YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, and a Director at the Open Society Foundations, Ayisha Osori, gave the commendation Sunday when they appeared on the online interview programme, 90MinutesAfrica, hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. Osori said that despite the alleged role of money in influencing the choices made by the delegates,…