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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Former Governor of Enugu State and Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, says his suspension by his party, the PDP, was a rude shock to him. Nnamani, who was reacting to his suspension by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party late Friday night said he was never at any time given a query by the party, but only to hear of his suspension. In a series of tweets in his verified handle, Nnamani, however, said there was no cause for alarm. The tweet reads, “I have since been…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen on Friday night killed two members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State. Also, a Commander of Ebubeagu in Ogboji Ward, Ezza North Local Government Area, Charles Nwankwo, was also attacked and killed by gunmen same night in his house. The killing of the APC members reportedly took place in Mkpuma Akpatakpa Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state. They were said to be attending an APC meeting late Friday in the community when the gunmen stormed the venue and opened fire on all present. The hoodlums, who were said to be two…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State, Friday, held a crucial security meeting with the Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, over reoccurring cult-related crimes that are endangering staff and students of the institution in Ifite, Awka South LGA, Anambra State. The meeting came weeks after students of the institution had planned a peaceful protest at the Government House to seek government’s attention and a possible end to repeated robberies, killings, and rapes which had suddenly become a regular occurrences in some of the hostels in the area. A statement released by Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Anambra Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga,…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Unidentified gunmen again struck in Arondizuogu, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, early hours of Friday and kidnapped the Sole Administrator, SOLAD, of Ideato North LGA, Mr Christopher Ohizu, alongside two others, Christopher Okeke and Onyedikachi Kanu, set his house ablaze and shot two of his security dogs. The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri. The police said the gunmen forced Chizu and two others into one of the SOLAD’s vehicles and drove to an unknown destination. At the time of filing this report, the command confirmed…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday said that it will sanction any Bank still dispensing old Naira Notes from its Automated Teller Machines(ATM) points. The Branch Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria, Abakaliki Branch, Mr. Daniel Ogbogu, stated this in Afikpo during a sensitisation workshop organised by the bank for traders and other residents in the area. He noted that the bank has been doing a spot check to ascertain if all the banks in the state are dispensing the New Naira Notes at their different points and noted that from the report gotten, 95% of the ATMs are dispensing the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Investigation by Ikengaonline has revealed that commercial banks have constituted a clog in the wheel of progress concerning the distribution of the new currency notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had given January 31 as deadline for the old N1000, N500 and N200 Naira notes to cease being used as legal tenders. The apex bank has also said it had released enough quantities of the new currency notes to commercial banks for onward distribution to their customers in exchange of the old notes. But a visit to most of the commercial banks in Aba and Umuahia, revealed…
By Owei Lakemfa Billions of the faithful believe that in the beginning, when God created the world, darkness was upon the face of the earth until the Almighty said: “Let there be light,” and there was light. Since then, humanity has worked to bring more light into the world, with electricity being the most ambitious. Since 1821, when English scientist, Michael Faraday invented the electric motor and followed it up ten years later with electricity, vast sections of humanity have come to take the availability of electricity for granted. However, in Africa, large parts are without electricity, and even chunks that…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka In fulfillment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Year 2020 manifesto, the Federal Government, in partnership with Anambra State Government, has inaugurated the distribution of grants to vulnerable people in Anambra. The programme is tagged, ‘Grants for Vulnerable Groups (GVG),’ aimed at sustaining the Social Inclusion Agenda on the poor by evolving a consistent, compassionate and deliberate National Agenda in lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. The event, also geared towards lifting about 3,222 poor and vulnerable people out of poverty in the state, was held at the the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre Awka.…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia After weeks of scarcity and high cost of premium motor spirit, PMS, the Federal Government has officially increased the pump price of petrol to N185 per litre. Petrol before the latest increase sold for N170 per litre, thus showing 8.8% increase. The ex-depot price also shot up from N148 per litre to N167. Before the official price hike petrol sold for between N300 and N400 but during the festivities. The new pump price was contained in a notice by the Federal Government to marketers on Thursday. Investigations revealed that a number of petrol stations especially those belonging…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Enugu North/South Federal Constituency, Mr Nonso Nnamani, has described the report ranking Enugu State University of Science and Technology, (ESUT), as the 10th worst university in Nigeria as worrisome. He said the report was a colossal failure of the PDP-led administration in the state. Nnamani stated this in a statement made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu. He said the report released by by the National Universities Commission (NUC), January 19, showed that Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi tops the list with 0.59 points, while ESUT came second with 21.00 points. The APGA…