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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has assured Nigerians that his government, if elected as president, will give them a sense of belonging. Obi spoke at the Labour Party and Coalition for Peter Obi Leadership Summit in Abuja on Thursday. He expressed optimism that his administration would take power back to Nigerians. According to the former Anambra State governor, the only thing lacking in the country at the moment is leadership and stressed that his aim to occupy the number seat is to give Nigerians good leadership. Obi said: “Nigeria is at crossroads and it would be foolhardy for anyone to sugarcoat…

By Richard Akinnola Mr Minere Amakiri was the Rivers State correspondent of the former Mid-West Observer. On July 29, 1973, he went to cover a press conference  held by the Rivers State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers over certain grievances against the State Governor. The teachers had complained that while other civil servants were enjoying increased pay, those of teachers had been stagnated and they felt the time had come for them to confront the State government on their plight. That was the subject of the press conference called by the teachers. Mr Amakiri, as usual went to…

By Azu Ishiekwene When a proud Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan climbed the podium in faraway Eugene, Oregon in the United States, as the World Champion in Women 100m Hurdles, not a few equally proud Nigerians mounted with her in spirit.  She had just set a new World Record at 12.12s breaking Keni Kendra Harrison’s 27-year record and leaving legend Michael Johnson wondering how she did it.  Whether from their living rooms in Canada, in the consulting rooms of UK hospitals, or even on the streets of Indonesia, where they have all migrated in search of the good life that had eluded them in…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Enugu State Council on Thursday took its campaign on exclusive breastfeeding to pregnant and nursing mothers at Uwani General Hospital, Enugu. The exercise which was done in partnership with Reals Pharmaceuticals Ltd., was part of activities set aside by NAWOJ to mark the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week. In a lecture, the Business Manager, Reals Pharmaceuticals, Mr Lucky Nwajei, said that the benefits of breastfeeding were enormous. Nwajei said that conscientious six months exclusive breastfeeding of newborns could lower incidences of child mortality in the society. He said that feeding of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State government has marked all illegally constructed shops for demolition in NASPA (New Auto Spare Parts Association), F-Line (Agbedo United Traders Association), and Zone-14 all in Nnewi. The State Government, last month, had embarked on the removal of illegal structures and shop extensions erected on the tarred roads along Bright Street and White House axis of Onitsha Main Market. These actions, Ikengaonline reported, followed Governor Soludo’s order that all market executives in the state decongest every entrance road into their various markets to make way for free flow of human and vehicular movements. However, the Commissioner for Commerce…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu Enugu State government, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) are trading blames over the ongoing strike by workers in the local government councils of the state. Recall that local government workers, including public primary school teachers and Primary Health Care (PHC) workers in the state on July 27, 2022, started a strike over non-implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage in those sectors. The strike was announced after a joint press conference by the leadership of the NUT and NULGE in the state. Meanwhile, the Chairman of NUT in the state,…

Our Reporter, Abuja The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja presented awards to the three winners of the 2021 EFCC Essay competition titled: “How to Fight Economic and Financial Crimes to Make Nigeria Great.” ‘ A press statement by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s head of media and publicity, identified the winners as Ehizogie Iyeomoan, an undergraduate student of Law at the Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma, Edo State; Omtoso Abiola Sodiq, an Engineering student of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State and Zeenat Magaji an…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Confusion has continued to trail the claim by four gunmen that they  killed the ‘Commander’ of  Ebubeagu Security outfit in Imo State. Ikengaonline gathered from a video which went viral on social media, showing how a young man in red and blue jeans was shot to death, dragged through the forest and his body dumped in a pit inside the forest. But at the time of filing this report, the particular forest and the community where the incident reportedly took place were yet to be ascertained. However, some persons said to be relatives to the murdered young man came…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Wednesday said that the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) must be ready to make concessions to end the ongoing University lecturers strike. He stated this when he received a delegation from the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Police Trust Fund (NPTF) led by Dr Ben Akubueze in Abakaliki, capital of the state. The governor lamented the suffering and dangers the students have been made to undergo as a result of the over five months strike.  Mr Umahi while noting that the union have a genuine reason…

By Yushau A. Shuaib He is one of the finest gentlemen of the press that I have ever encountered. A courageous, fearless, humane and humble editor, Mallam Yusuf Alli has come a long way in redefining investigative journalism from his decades of experience in the coverage of various beats in the Nigerian media. Born on August 8, 1962, Yusuf Alli attended the Kwara State College of Education, Oro, under the auspices of the Institute of Education of the University of Ilorin. He later studied Language Arts at the University of Jos. Mallam Yusuf Alli is a veteran investigative reporter, humanitarian…