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Our Reporter Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to pay N5 million to one of the lawyers defending the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr Maxwell Opara. Delivering judgement, the presiding Judge, Justice Zainab Abubakar, also directed the secret police to tender a written apology to Opara and also publish the same in a national daily. The judgement followed a fundamental right enforcement suit the lawyer filed to protest the alleged degrading treatment he was subjected to, when he paid a visit to the IPOB…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Federal Government has directed telecommunications companies in the country to bar outgoing calls on unlinked Subscriber Identification Module, otherwise called, SIM cards, effective April 4. The directive is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, and Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Kayode Adegoke. Recall that the Federal Government had in December 2020, as part of its security and social policies, directed Nigerians and legal residents to link their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to their SIM cards. The deadlines for the NIN-SIM…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Some pro-Biafra groups have declared their readiness to actively participate in the 2023 political process, reiterating their firm belief in pursuing Biafra restoration through peaceful means. The pro-Biafra groups said that boycotting the political process in Nigeria was not in the best interest of the struggle, and urged “all Biafrans of voting age to quickly arm themselves with the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) for active participation in the 2023 polls”. According to them, it is by voting into power the right people with conscience that the agitators for self-determination including Biafra will no longer be treated as…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Sensational Beninese opera star, Angélique Kidjo, has won this year’s Best World Music Album for ‘Mother Nature’, at the 64th Grammy Awards on Sunday. The award-winning album, ‘Mother Nature’, was worked on by several Producers such as Kel P of (Burna Boy), James Poyser of The Roots, Vtek, Rexxie, Synematik, Blue Lab Beats, -M-, Brad Thomas Ackley, David Donatien and Dany Synthé. Angélique while receiving the gilded gramophone, acknowledged the tremendous contributions of the Nigerian artistes who featured in the album — Burna Boy, Yemi Alade and Mr. Eazi. The Beninese who has won the prestigious Grammy…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Sunday, said his state would play host to the financial year programme of the country from April 5th to 8th. Umahi noted that the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; 36 Commissioners of Finance from different states of the country; alongside their Permanent Secretaries; Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN); Chaplain Aso Rock; among others, are already in the state for the programme. The Governor, who disclosed this during a church thanksgiving at the New Government House Chapel, Centenary City,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia. A female presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Angela Johnson, has said that God told her that she would be Nigeria’s first female President in 2023. She declared that “2023 is the time for Nigeria to have the first female President”. According to her, time has come for Nigeria to be fixed by women since the male folks in power have disappointed the nation. “I am being led by God to restore the hope of millions of Nigerians, who have become hopeless in the Nigerian project. God brought President Muhammadu Buhari and sustained him…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu Former governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo, has declared support for Nike clan to produce the Governor of Enugu State in 2023. Nwodo disclosed this when members of Nike Patriotic Front, a cultural/socio-political pressure group in Enugu East Local Government Area of the state paid an advocacy visit on him. The former National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also appealed to politicians in the state to respect the subsisting zoning arrangement of the governorship position in the state. He said that his position was in the interest of justice, equity and fairness. The former…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Unknown gunmen have attacked the Orsu Local Government Area headquarters in Imo State with petrol bombs, destroying buildings and offices.  Ikengaonline gathered the incident took place early hours of Sunday, at about 03:13 a.m.  Some of the villagers who spoke to Ikengaonline, said they started hearing gun shots and voices of large number of young men after which they set ablaze the council headquarters using petrol bombs.  According to an eyewitness, “These boys were many, they moved round in their vehicles shooting and making a lot of noise. They were making that noise up to an hour.…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu Ebonyi and Anambra States have been ranked among five states with the best fiscal discipline and prudence in the country, Ikengaonline reports. According to the 2021 Fiscal Performance Ranking report of states across the federation released by BudgiT, Rivers State topped the overall ranking. Ikengaonline further reports that BudgiT is a civic organisation that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement to facilitate societal change. Meanwhile, other states that made the top five include Lagos and Kebbi states. According to the report, BudgiT examined state’s fiscal health using four key metrics, namely; the ability to…

 By Hassan Gimba First, they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me The above four stanzas, variations of which…