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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State government has promised to engage SMEDAN (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria) team to ensure that more empowerment programmes get to the grassroots across the state. Commissioner for Commerce and Industry Dr Obinna Ngonadi made the disclosure when he declared open the National Business Skills Development Initiative (NBSDI) ceremony at Prof Kenneth Dike Central e-Library, Awka, Wednesday. The programme is aimed at identifying diverse needs of entrepreneurs and as well empowering them for greater attainments. Ngonadi urged the participants to make the best use of the training opportunity and the equipment to improve…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Bruce Fein, Special Attorney to the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written a strongly worded letter to the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, demanding action on the United Nations, UN, Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Commission opinion on his client. The UN Working Group had in a document released July 20, directed Nigeria to ensure Kanu’s “immediate and unconditional release.” The document sighted by Ikengaonline indicted both Nigeria and Kenya for Kanu’s rendition, torture and continued detention. It also recommended payment of adequate compensations to the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nine weeks after a renowned medical doctor, Professor Uwadinachi Iweha, was abducted by yet to be identified gunmen, the women of Ahia Asa, Umuopara clan in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, Tuesday, took to the streets to protest his continued detention. The Provost, School of Medicine, Gregory University Uturu, was Kidnapped in front of his house on Sunday, June 5, 2022, and has since remained in the den of the kidnappers. His continued detention despite the payment of ransom demanded by his captors has raised fears over his safety. Medical doctors in the state had shortly…
By Samuel Ajala In this report, Samuel Ajala visited the five South-East states and interrogated students, teachers, parents, government officials and stakeholders in an attempt to unearth how education has been impacted by the weekly sit-at-home order in the region. Chibuzor Daniel (not real name), 18, was doing perfectly well in his studies at Day Secondary School, Enugu, Enugu State. He maintained second position in his class until the begining of the sit-at-home order in the South-East. Now, he performs woefully in academics, coming tenth in his last examination. “The sit-at-home has made me lose focus in my lessons. Monday is usually referred to as the second and most…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) says no fewer than 450 entrepreneurs in the South-East will be trained under the National Business Skills Development Initiative (NBSDI). The Director-General of SMEDAN, Mr. Olawale Fasanya disclosed this on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the training of the NBSDI beneficiaries in Enugu. Fasanya was represented by the South-East Coordinator of SMEDAN, Mr. Victor Ugwu. He said that the NBSDI was designed to provide entrepreneurial and vocational skills as well as provide empowerment materials to fill the capacity gap of the youths. He said that the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Senator Victor Umeh, the former senator representing Anambra Central senatorial district says God has anointed the candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, to lead the country after the 2023 general election. Umeh made this known in a brief interview with Ikengaonline in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Sunday. The former All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, national chairman noted that Obi’s growing popularity ahead of the 2023 election is a sign that God has anointed him to rule the country. He likened Obi’s emergence to the biblical story of the birth of Jesus Christ where God…
Our Reporter, Abuja The clouds in the art community in Nigeria and indeed across the globe were darkened Sunday with news of the shocking passing of the famous director of Half of a Yellow Sun, Biyi Bandele at age 54. The writer’s death was announced in a statement signed by his daughter Temi Bandele. The statement reads, “I am heartbroken to share the sudden and unexpected death on Sunday 7th of August in Lagos of my father Biyi Bandele. “Biyi was a prodigiously talented writer and film-maker, as well as a loyal friend and beloved father. He was a storyteller…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Nigeria Police Force has announced the dismissal of PC Liyomo Okoi with Force No. 524503 over gross misconduct. The Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ikengaonline reports that Okoi was until his dismissal attached to Ekori Divisional Headquarters, Cross Rivers Police Command. He was captured in a viral video on July 31, 2022 where he was flogging a man with a machete. Meanwhile, Adejobi said that his dismissal was with immediate effect. He said that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba was committed to ensuring…
By Hassan Gimba “The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonourably, foolishly, viciously.” ― Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot Till the rivers run dry and the world ceases to exist, problems shall never end. Problems became part of man the moment he took a bite of that apple and was banished to earth to come and find the solution that would take him back. And so, seeking solutions to problems must be our eternal habit. However, just as Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were…
By Jude Eze Physicians and other healthcare professionals are in a position to refer business to a variety of individuals and entities: specialists, companies, home health agencies, and others. But what criteria are used when deciding where patient referrals should go? Is it always what is in the best interest of the patient? Are there other motivating factors? How ethical are those ‘motivating’ factors? Have you ever reported sick to a clinic and found yourself being referred to another clinic for a particular procedure, be it diagnostic or curative? Chances are high that someone has made thousands off your coffers…