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Ben Ezechime, Enugu A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ibeku Ward, Opi, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Pharm. Damian Agbo, has decamped to the Labour Party with over 2000 supporters. Speaking while receiving his membership card in his ward, Agbo said he was dumping PDP for Labour Party because “the umbrella is currently leaking.” He explained that, things were no longer the same in his former party in terms of providing good governance for the people. “I have seen the Labour Party as an instrument for the needed transformation in Enugu state and in Nigeria at…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Power without responsibility – the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.” (Stanley Baldwin, Queen’s Hall, London, 17 March, 1931) When he took over power at the end of December 1983 after overthrowing the elected administration of President Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari, then a Major-General in the Nigerian Army, had all the trappings of a high priest of a regimental cult. His entire programme was boiled down to three letters -“War against Indiscipline” – which went by the deliberately suggestive acronym, WAI. To implement this, Buhari the General arrived in power armed with a hatful of…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Sunday called on Igbo communities to boost the agricultural activities in their areas to address the issue of food inflation facing Nigerians. Iwuanyanwu stated this to newsmen in a meeting of the people of Mbaitoli/Ikeduru federal constituency under the Mbaike People’s Assembly held in Owerri. To achieve it, Iwuanyanwu said every fallow land should be put to agricultural use to increase food production. He said: “I know with the level of insecurity in the South-East, Imo in particular, many people did not come back for Christmas to come and celebrate. Despite that, we the Mbaike…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra Youth Vanguard (AYV) has accused security operatives in Anambra State of not doing enough to confront the raging kidnappings and killings currently witnessed in the State. The group decried the high degree of crime in the State especially the kidnappings and outright killings of innocent people. The youth in a statement released in Awka, the State capital, yesterday, argued that in the last three months of 2022, from October to December, more than 91 kidnappings took place in the State, lamenting that some of them resulted in the outright murder of the victims, while others who were…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to expedite efforts towards eliminating flood menace in the state. The Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, made the call, Saturday, while interacting with Federal Technical Working Group during the tour of some of the flood affected local government areas in the State. The tour was part of the on-the-spot inspection of all the affected LGAs in flood affected areas in Nigeria as part of the Federal Government’s efforts towards proffering permanent solution to flood disaster in the country. Ibezim, while explaining the gravity of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Students of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, have thrown their weight behind Gov Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and the Management on the on-going re-organisation in the institution. This is coming on the heels of the face-off between the Management of the institution and the national body of College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, which last week called for the sack of the Provost, Dr Philip Nto, for allegedly sacking a staff of the institution over unionism. The students frowned at what they described as interference in the affairs of the institution by COEASU national leadership. Leadership of…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Saturday said he has signed into law the Executive Bill legalising the Imo State Council of Elders. This was made known to newsmen by the governor’s new media department led by Amaka Okafor, in Owerri, after an interaction between the governor and the council of elders at the Government House in Owerri. According to them, “While commending their times and sacrifices, the Governor enjoined them to speak to the conscience of the political class of the opposition to allow peace to reign in Imo State. “He added that the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for Enugu North senatorial district, Barr. Okay Agbo, says, he will offer quality representation through sponsorship of bills that will facilitate human capital development in the zone. He said this while featuring on FRCN Voice FM Nsukka, Voice Connect, monitored by Ikengaonline in Nsukka. Agbo said that he has the capacity to present superior arguments with facts on the floor of the upper legislative chamber to convince his distinguished colleagues to facilitate rapid development of Enugu North. “We are going to Abuja to present demands on behalf of our people with superior arguments based…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Professor Chijioke Uwasomba is a lecturer in the Department of English at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile- Ife, Osun State, South-West Nigeria. As a typical Easterner, he decided to visit his Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa, Abia State country- home during the 2022 Christmas holiday. But his experience with security agents that mounted countless roadblocks (most of them illegal), across the South-East region was to say the least, horrifying. Speaking with Ikengaonline on his bitter experience, the Professor of English who sounded emotional and furious as he narrated his ordeal, decried the humiliation and continued intimidation of travellers on…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Mother of Christ Catholic Hospital in Enugu has been involved in allegation of fraud following a N1,000,000 New Year gift by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. Ikengaonline investigation shows that, the Governor visited the hospital the new year’s eve as is the custom, and was led to the women and children’s ward to receive new year babies. Ugwuanyi, after exchanging pleasantries with the women and their newborn babies, was said to have asked the women, how many they were. It was reported that they said they were 8 (eight) of them and he (the Governor) asked…