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Our Reporter, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has reportedly resigned his position on health grounds. Reliable sources informed Ikengaonline that the embattled CJN has been facing undisclosed illness for over a year now. The tradition in the Judiciary has been that the most senior Supreme Court Justice will be recommended by the National Judicial Council to the President to be appointed the next CJN. Ikengaonline further learns that the most senior Supreme Court Justice in this case is Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. Details later…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Peeved by the backlog of salary arrears owed doctors in Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba, ABSUTH as well as their counterparts at the state’s Health Management Board, the National leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has directed doctors in Abia State to proceed on indefinite strike action. The directive for the indefinite strike which is to be observed every Tuesday was contained in a letter addressed to the Abia State chapter of NMA and jointly signed by the National President of NMA, Dr Uche Ojinmah; and the Secretary, Dr Jide Onyekwelu. NMA expressed displeasure that…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Sunday gave bandits in Imo forests 10 days of amnesty to surrender their weapons and vacate from the forests, or face bombardment. Uzodimma stated this at the Government House chapel in Owerri, after church service. What is not clear, however, is if the Constitution has given any governor the powers to deploy the armed forces in any part of the federation. To achieve this, the Governor said: “The expected equipment and additional recruitment of more Ebube-Agu personnel working in collaboration with the security agencies in the state will be used to…
Ike Nnachi Abakaliki The Ebonyi State government on Sunday reacted to the arrest of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in the United Kingdom. The State government in two separate statements confirmed that Mr David Nwamini Ukpo is an indigene of the state. The statements were issued by Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Ụgbala and Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji, Mr Ụgbala in his statement said the State Government has noted a lot of distortion of information in the social media and has stepped into the matter to unravel all the facts. He noted that from preliminary investigation, Mr…
Our Reporter, Abuja Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over failure to probe alleged missing N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply since 1999. Joined in the suit as Respondent is Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The suit was filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare and Ms Adelanke Aremo, at the Federal High Court, Lagos. SERAP is seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Buhari to investigate how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply has been…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mikyau Yakubu, has called for improved remuneration for Judges in the country to avoid their being tempted into engaging in acts of corruption. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential aspirant lamented that the salaries of Judges including the justices of the Supreme Court have remained the same since 2007 and called for its upwards review. He commended the Judges in the Judiciary for striving to live above board despite the challenges of poor remuneration and welfare. Mr Yakubu spoke in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, at a parley with the state…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State government on Sunday reacted to the arrest of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in the United Kingdom. The state government in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Uchenna Orji, said the state government stands with the embattled Senator at this trying moment and hopes that the truth and nothing but the truth shall guide the outcome of the matter. The statement also noted that the state government is reaching out to the family of Mr David Okemini Ukpo, the complainant in the matter who is from Ebonyi State. The state…
By Hassan Gimba The All Progressives Congress (APC), is losing the 2023 elections big time, says a friend who, for the sake of this piece, I will call Bogaru. Bogaru has been a childhood friend whose views, most of which turn out to be prophecies, I never take for granted. I knew him to be very brilliant academically and endowed with a fair share of native intelligence that he can predict with certain accuracy how a child will turn out later in life by merely observing his interactions with his peers. When many people thought it would not come to…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When I first met Elechi Larry Igwe early in 1991, he was safely ensconced in the bowels of a mortuary in Lagos. Elechi, a resident of the United States of America, had flown into the Murtala Mohammed International Airport for the Christmas and New Year holidays in 1990 into 1991 on his way to his village in Abiriba, now in Abia State in south-east Nigeria. He never made it home nor did he return to the USA. His journey ended in the Surulere Police Station. On his way from the airport to his hotel layover, some police men…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Residents of Owerri on Saturday were asked not to panic as the Nigeria Army observes its annual Nigeria Army Day Celebration, NADCEL in Imo state. The Army stated this in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu. The Army said during this one-week-long celebration there would be an increase in the movements of troops within the state capital in preparation for the celebration. According to Army, “The Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) is an annual event aimed at showcasing the commitment of the Nigerian Army (NA) over the…