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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has condemned the abduction of the member representing Aguata Constituency Two at the State House of Assembly, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye. The Governor also condemned the abduction of Hon. Okoye’s Campaign Director, Mr. Cyril Chiegboka. They were both abducted on May 15, 2022. The Governor, therefore, demanded their immediate release. Governor Soludo also condemned the spate of insecurity across the state in the recent times where innocent citizens have been attacked or killed. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Christian Aburime, expressed regrets that the attacks are happening…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it has arrested the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris. EFCC made the arrest known through a series of tweets via its verified Twitter account on Monday. According to the anti-corruption body, the AGF was arrested in connection with alleged N80 billion fraud. “Operatives of the EFCC on Monday, May 16, 2022 arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris. “…in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80 billion (Eighty Billion Naira) only. “The Commission’s verified intelligence…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Peter Obi, has told party delegates in Anambra to consider the future of their children when selecting the party’s presidential candidate for the upcoming 2023 elections. Obi spoke in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Monday during a meeting with the state’s working committee of the PDP. He also advised the delegates to be mindful of the future as they express their interest, noting that the seed the they sow today is what the youths, children and the upcoming generation would reap. Speaking further, the former Anambra Governor…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted Ibrahim Magu, former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), reports Daily Trust. Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesman, announced Magu’s elevation to the level of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) on Monday. He said Magu was promoted alongside some senior officers at the 15th Plenary Meeting of the commission on Friday. He added acting DIG John Ogbonnaya Amadi was appointed a substantive Deputy Inspector General of Police, while Zama Bala Senchi was also appointed a Deputy Inspector General of Police. He said aside Magu, seven Commissioners of Police were promoted to…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Residents of Anambra State were traumatized Monday, as unidentified gunmen enforcing the non-existent sit-at-home order by a dissenting group unleashed terror in series of attacks on innocent citizens. Several attacks were recorded at different locations in the state on a day the majority of the residents sat back at their homes for fear of being harmed by the gunmen who had held the state and the entire South-East region hostage. The unknown gunmen attacked traders at Nkwo market, a popular market in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area, where they carted away wares of the traders in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Investigations by Ikengaonline have revealed serious grumbling and uproar among Abia citizens over the rumoured clandestine move by the outgoing administration of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to secure a N6 billion loan facility from a commercial bank. Stakeholders and elders of the state including members of Ikpeazu’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have not hidden their opposition to the proposal, warning on its grave implications on the future of the state. Speculations have it that the state has almost perfected arrangements to take N6 billion fresh loan from the bank, a rumour the State Government has neither confirmed…
By Owei Lakemfa Many of us love President Muhammadu Buhari, so we cannot wait to see him leave office on May 29, 2023. This primarily is because he has done his best for the country. But as all honest Nigerians can see, his best is not good enough. It is like piling a load even a lorry should not carry on a car, only to turn round to complain about the car being slow. So, Buhari deserves to rest after six decades of labour. Besides, every negative happening in the country is ascribed to him or he is blamed for…
By Osmund Agbo When you find yourself in the minority, there is a tendency to seek out and develop kinship with anyone who in some ways, looks a tad like you. That was exactly what happened between Wanbui and I when we first met several years ago in the busy rotunda of Memorial Hospital. I was mentally starting to adjust to life as a unicorn in an all-white hospital when on the second day of orientation, I saw this enthralling chocolate with box braids, standing on a food line and wearing a name tag that says, Wam. Overtime as our…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Hoodlums have attacked Idemili North Local Government secretariat in Ogidi, and in the process, burnt down a Magistrate Court in the area. The attack came after several attacks had been launched by the arsonists on some council headquarters in the state, including the Aguata Local Government secretariat in Ekwulobia and another council headquarters in Ukpo. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to perpetrate the act. Office files, furniture, and other items of property in the secretariat were destroyed in the inferno. A video that has gone viral also showed that the entire building…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has commended Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, for visiting the their son in detention. Soludo was at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Friday, where he held talks with the IPOB Leader. Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, who spoke on behalf of the family, told Ikengaonline in an exclusive interview on Sunday, that the visit by the Governor was cheering. Soludo is the first Governor from the South-East to visit the IPOB Leader since his…