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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia In a bid to end the plight of citizens as a result of epileptic power supply, the World Bank in collaboration with the Federal Government through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, has commenced installation of solar systems in 5000 households in Abia. The initiative was introduced to provide 24-hour uninterrupted solar power to 5 million households in Nigeria off the national grid, according to NDPHC representative, Mr Chinonso Ugwueke, an Engineer who led the team for the installation to Abia. He said that the lawmaker representing Aba-South state constituency in the Abia State House of…
By Rudolf Okonkwo My dear brethren, I send you all Calvary greetings and love from my Daddy’s office. As we get ready for Easter, I have a recurring vision about death and resurrection that I want to share with all the over five million members of my Daddy’s church. As you all know, our beloved Daddy G O has surpassed the three scores and ten years that God promised us. For all practical purposes, that he is still on the field playing is all thanks to injury time. We may need an urgent transition to new leadership in our ministry…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely 10 months after her husband was allegedly “extraordinarily renditioned” from Kenya to Nigeria in controversial circumstances now a subject of litigation, Mrs. Uchechi Okwu Kanu, wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has petitioned the United Nations Security Council over the IPOB leader’s alleged abduction, rendition and continued detention in breach of his fundamental human rights. Mrs. Kanu in the petition by her lawyer, American-born Bruce Fein, asked the UN to also set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the alleged torture of her husband, and punish all those involved…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said he has no plans to have his deputy, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, impeached. Ikpeazu who made the denial in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Onyebuchi Ememanka, said he had enjoyed a very warm relationship with his deputy, and had no intention or reason to push for his removal. The statement made available to Ikengaonline explained that “while the natural expectation of Governor Ikpeazu at this time was that his Deputy would have stood by him in steadying the ship of state as we head towards…
By Farooq A. Kperogi Yemi Osinbajo’s underwhelming, grammatically error-ridden, self-sabotaging presidential declaration speech contains two barefaced lies. The first major lie is his claim that he has “been to practically all local governments in Nigeria.” The lie is too self-evident to need further elucidation from me. But the second major lie, which concerns me more than the first, is his claim that he wants a Nigeria “where the man from Nnewi sees the man in Gusau as his brother, where the woman in Warri sees the woman in Jalingo as her sister, where the love of our nation burns alike…
By Jude Eze A new reality of life is dawning on Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. He arguably must have known that being a central bank governor is not synonymous with being a state governor. But today, he has a practical dimension to that lone knowledge. One is an appointment, the other a political mandate. One requires professional know-how, the other an integral administrative skill and sagacity. One is administered adorning suites and other corporate dressing outfits, the other on a rolled sleeves (especially in Africa). It is barely one month that the globally-acclaimed economist and intellectual mounted the saddle in Anambra state…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has called on Nigerian leaders to gather and put pressure on the political system the same way they did in 1999 in favour of the South-West region that produced the president in the country. Uzodinma said this when he hosted Igbo leaders at the Government House in Owerri at the weekend to honour the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor. Uzodinma argued that at that time, the South-West had cried against political marginalisation of the region. And as a result of the pressure, leaders of the country rallied round and…
By Sam Amadi In this sad moment when a woman is alleged to have died from brutal beatings from her husband, it is important to keep clear perspectives about marriage from the Bible. I take the responsibility to always defend the Bible perspectives because I believe the Bible is the book of truth. Most things the Bible says about marriage are not said to give men privilege but to protect the rights and dignity of women. Many unbelievers and modernists believe of the Bible quote the verse that says “what God has put together let no man put asunder” to be a…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Hoodlums Saturday night attacked and set ablaze vehicles, houses, of the incumbent Imo State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Cyprian Akolisa, as well as that of his aged father, at Obibi, Awo-Idemili, Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. The Commissioner disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, on Monday. Akaolisa had suffered the same attack last year, which was followed by a similar attack on the house of the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba. More attacks came in April 2022, with the house of the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Ford Ozumba; as well…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu An Enugu State High Court presided over by Justice Harold Eya will on April 28, 2022, hear an application seeking to stop former Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, from contesting the 2023 governorship election in the state. The Director-General, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Mr Ogbonna Asogwa disclosed this on Monday in a statement made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu. Asogwa said that the suit marked E/254/2022 was filed by one Chief Oforma Mbannaji for himself and on behalf of other members of Enugu-East Senatorial District. He said that the plaintiffs had sought the leave of the court…