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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Director General of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Chief Chuku Wachuku, will on Thursday October 31, feature on Ikengaonline townhall meeting. The former National President of the Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists, NASSI, will speak on the topic: “Unlocking Youth Potentials Through Small and Medium Enterprises.”  This is contained in a statement by the Editor-in-Chief of the South-East-focused accountability and good governance online Newspaper, Uche Ugboajah. The monthly meeting scheduled for 7:00 pm (WAT), will be co-anchored by US-based prolific writer and medical doctor, Osmund Agbo; and veteran Journalist and Author, Dr Chido Onumah.…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia  House of Representatives member representing Aba North and Aba South federal constituency, Hon. Alex Ikwechegh (APGA), has tendered apologies for slapping a taxi driver who came to deliver snails to him at his Maitama residence in  Abuja. Recall that  in a viral video posted by the distressed driver, Ikwechegh was observed assaulting the driver and threatening to deal with him. In the video, the lawmaker was observed repeatedly slapping and insulting the driver for telling him to come out and get the snail the driver was meant to deliver to him. The lawmaker, in the footage, insisted…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia  Governor Alex Otti has appointed Professor Ndukwe Okeudo as the new VIce Chancellor of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, following the sack of Professor Onyemachi Ogbolu. The Governor has also appointed former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Agwu .U. Agwu, as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University’s Governing Board. This is as he has approved the release, and publication of the full report of the White Paper on the Visitation Panel which investigated the activities of the Management of the institution.  Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this during…

By Edmund Onyiriogwu In the current campaign to the topmost political job in America, zeroing on the micro than the macro is very vital in the evaluation of the right choice for the electorate in sustenance of America heritage as the bastion of democracy and freedom globally. Isolation of the two Presidential candidates from their political platforms, and the obvious howlers and failures of the respective parties is imperative. Appraisal of the candidate’s individual merits to the coveted office of American President is the challenge facing all right thinking Americans in the exercise of their suffrage.   There are Americans who…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Imo State Police Command, Orji Divisional Headquarters, has arrested 17 years old Miss Jesse Chidebere, a student of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, for faking her own abduction and death. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Mr. Henry Okoye, On October 26, 2024, about  10:00 PM, police received a distress call from concerned citizens reporting Chidebere missing. The call stemmed from  a message sent from her WhatsApp account claimed that she had been abducted and killed, urging her family to go to the Orji Police Station for confirmation. This hoax caused significant distress…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A group of Ebonyi Market women on Monday staged a peaceful protest against what they termed high taxation by agents of the state government. The women, who are mainly yam sellers at the Margaret Umahi International Market, Abakaliki, capital of the State, marched from the market down to Ochudo Secretariat. They noted that they had suffered arbitrary increase in tax within a short period of time which is making live unbearable for them. At the Secretariat, some security agents locked the gate on seeing the advancing women. However, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Grace…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  A Senior Lecturer in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Proffessor Oguejiofor Ujam, has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen along Ugwuogo-Opi-Nsukka road. Ujam, who is the Dean, School of General Studies (GS), was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday morning as daredevil men of the underworld resumed hostilities on the road. The Enugu State command of the Nigeria Police are yet to comment in the incident. Proffessor Ujam is of the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, UNN. It would be recalled that an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), identified as Emeason Chima, was also kidnapped on…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Umuada Igbo, an umbrella body of Igbo daughters in the South-East, Delta and Rivers States, has called on South-East state governments to immortalise late President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo World, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The President General, Umuada Igbo Nigeria and in Diaspora, Chief Kate Ezeofor, made the call in a speech during the brief stop over of Iwuanyanwu’s remains at the Ohanaeze National Secretariat in Enugu on Saturday. According to Ezeofor, we are here gathered to pay our last respect to Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a great son of Igboland who lived and died in the service of his…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Hon. Aka Eze Aka, the Chairman of Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, has praised God for blessing him with a child after 21 years of marriage. Speaking at a reception after the dedication of the child, Jesoeme Okikeabia Eze, in Enugu, Aka, described the coming of the child as a blessing not only to his family but to all those who are facing similar challenge. “It is a culmination of Gods grace at work, we give thanks to God because after 21 years of marriage, I now have a child.  “I say thank you to…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Universities Commission (NUC) has commenced verification of 18 degree programmes for the take-off of the Federal University of Allied Health Sciences, Enugu (FUAHSE). It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had on March 15, 2024, approved the conversion and upgrade of the former Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy to the Federal University of Allied Health Sciences for human resources development in health and social welfare sector. Consequently, the university in its inaugural senate, approved 22 programmes in five allied healthcare faculties while the NUC directed the verification of 18 out of the…