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Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, says the Fifth Generation Networks (5G network) is useful in addressing the nation’s security challenges. Pantami disclosed this on Tuesday during the public presentation of “4th lnternational Conferences” organised by the lnstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Abuja. The event, which was hosted by the Nile University of Abuja was themed “Disruptive Technologies for Sustainable Development.” Professor Pantami appealed to security institutions in the country to leverage on the 5G network to address the security challenges in Nigeria. The minister described the 5G network as…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Massive protests have erupted in Uturu Community, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, over incessant cases of Kidnapping by suspected herdsmen on the Uturu/Okigwe federal highway. Irate youths in their numbers blocked the highway to register their disgust over the sad development which they said could no longer be tolerated. The protests are coming 48 hours after seven passengers were allegedly abducted on the road. The protesters chanting war songs urged both Abia and Imo State Governments to urgently take action against the menace. One of the protesters who pleaded anonymity told newsmen that the people…
By Azu Ishiekwene Parents, students, and indeed anyone with a conscience are still shocked at the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over allegations of blasphemy. The brutal termination of the life of a promising young Nigerian in a school, will again pass with lamentations and condemnations as has become the norm, but most likely, without the consolation that justice would be served. As we flip over this page and move on, we would most likely overlook the real problem that led to this tragedy. The small cause, the little speck, that has produced a big effect, an explosion and other unintended consequences. In spite of the curfew imposed by…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command said it raided a shrine in the Ubah community in Agwa, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State and arrested seven suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, including a native doctor and a live python in a cage used for making charms for protection against bullets and knives last Wednesday. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. The command said those arrested were allegedly involved in the killing of a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia. Spokesman of the Conference of Nigeria’s Political Parties, CNPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has expressed sadness over the rejection of the bail application by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as another lost opportunity by the Federal Government to douse the rising security tension in the South-East. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, rejected Kanu’s bail application, saying that the court had no guarantee that he would not jump bail. Ugochinyere who was reacting to the judgment and its implications on the security challenges in the South-East, argued…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), the youth wing of the South-East apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condemned harsh treatment of Igbo women by the security forces deployed at the court premises during the trial of Pro-Biafra leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Wednesday in Abuja. The group claimed that the security operatives assaulted Igbo women who were in Abuja to show their solidarity to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at the federal high court Abuja by hitting them with Ak47 riffles, an act Ohanaeze youths described as unprofessional. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Wednesday, the…
Our Reporter, Abuja; Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia; Lawrence Nwimo, Awka; Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki; & Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The South-East geo-political zone arguably lays claims to the presidency in 2023 as it is yet to produce the President since the beginning of the current democratic dispensation in 1999. It is also the only geo-political zone in southern Nigeria yet to produce a President. As the agitation for power continues to generate tension and dominates national discourse, the South-East has no fewer than 16 presidential aspirants in different political platforms who have formally declared interest in the presidential race. Ikengaonline, in this special…
Our Reporter, Vancouver Nigerian-born academic, historian, and professor of African History at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Moses Ochonu, has said that mob violence persists in northern Nigeria because of its political and religious utility to the elite in the region. He made the remarks as Guest of an online interview programme, 90MinutesAfrica, hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah on Sunday. The immolation of Miss Deborah Samuel by her fellow students at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on accusation of blasphemy, has generated mixed reactions across the country. While some Muslims have justified the mob action that led…
Stephen Ukandu, News & Features Editor The embattled Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has been suspended indefinitely by the Federal Government over alleged N80 billion financial fraud. Idris was suspended in a letter issued by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. The AGF was on Monday, arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Kano. The letter with the reference number, HMFBMP/AGF/ SUSPENSION/5/2022, and obtained by Ikengaonline read in part:” Following your recent arrest by the EFCC on allegations of diversion of funds and money laundering, I…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group known as Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONET), a platform for citizens and non-state actors’ stakeholders, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene urgently on the worsening insecurity in the South-East or face court action. The leader of the group, Prince Chris Azor, disclosed this to newsmen in Awka, while reacting to the news of renewed violent attacks and killings in targeted areas of the state, resulting in arson and wanton destruction of lives and property. Comrade Azor lamented a situation where the President has not shown “any visible and tangible concern amidst widely reported…