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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Alh. Gidado Siddiki, a chieftain of South-East Zone of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria has decried the attack and murder of innocent men and women at Mgbuji community Isuzo LGA of Enugu State. He said this in a statement made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu at the weekend in reaction to the killing of 13 farmers in Mgbuji by suspected herdsmen. “Again our hearts bleed; our hearts bleed over the most dastardly attack and murder of innocent men and women at Mgbuji community Isuzo LGA of Enugu. “The incident was reported on Thursday, 24/11/2022 that some marauding…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Uche Okafor, has called on the Federal Government to increase its budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote local production and investments. Okafor made the call at the International Conference Center in Awka, while delivering a lecture on the theme: “State Assembly Legislatures as Veritable Instrument for Meaningful Development in Nigeria,” during a National Innovation Workshop organized by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology under the Chairmanship of Senator Uche Ekwunife. The Speaker who commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for promoting science and technology through…
By Cheta Nwanze I had a discussion with someone yesterday that brings to my mind the nature, to some extent, of the damage that the current ‘Japa’ wave is doing. This time, not to the body-corporate Nigeria, I’ve discussed that in some form here, and I’ve done a Twitter thread on the effects on the middle class, who are the primary movers of this migration. I always recommend reading Tunde Leye’s 2017 piece about why people were leaving Nigeria five years ago. The Lekki Massacre of two years ago merely accelerated what was already a trend. But not much is being said about the…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Everyone who burglarises an election leaves a massive trail but they all rely on the security services, legal, and judicial systems for cover up. Rigged elections invariably end up as disputes before courts which receive and evaluate the evidence and render judgments. In many cases, participants may even venture as far as trying to buy the judges, witnesses, or opposing lawyers. In the end, the courts render judgments which do more than merely pronounce on the mechanics of rigging. These judgments are also records in the court of posterity about those who administered the elections, those who…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Five years after the infamous Operation Python Dance during which the Afaraukwu country home of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was invaded by security operatives, the Nigeria Army, Saturday, conducted a free medical outreach at the community. Kanu’s Special Counsel, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, had during the hearing of a suit by the IPOB Leader against the Army at Umuahia High Court, claimed that his client fled for self preservation following the September 14 raid of his compound. Meanwhile, the Army has said that the free medical outreach is part of the Civil…
By SKC Ogbonnia Chimaroke Nnamani: Chima-Who? Yes, Nnamani, the disgraced former governor of Enugu State, and the mudhook of the infamous Ebeano regime, which had reduced the state to a territory of terror, where plunder, political brigandage and banditry were the order of the day! More relatively, he had ruled Enugu as a personal fiefdom and, consequently, amassed huge wealth, including a slew of companies and landed properties worth several billions, which were eventually forfeited to the federal authorities. The date of the court ruling, as well as the forfeiture, is July 8th, 2015. “You can go and VERIFY” Femi…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate in Abia State, Professor Greg Ibe, has told Governor Okezie Ikpeazu that “importing performing Governors from other states under the guise of Integrity Governors will not save” the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. The Professor of Entrepreneurship said that the “abysmal performance of Gov. Ikpeazu in all sectors” would be rewarded with total rejection by Abians in 2023. Ibe was reacting to a comment by the Governor that candidates of the opposition parties were picked from “PDP’s wastepaper bin.” Ikpeazu who made the remark during the official…
Our Reporter, New York New York Times bestselling author and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Florida, Uwem Akpan, has described the ill-fated Biafra Republic declared by Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu in 1967 as the greatest evil that has beset minorities of the Niger Delta. Col. Ojukwu announced the secession of the defunct Eastern Region, now South-East and South-South, from Nigeria on May 30, 1967, following a period of acute political turmoil, bloody coups, and violent riots across the country. Many indigenes of the Eastern Region were killed in riots across the Northern Region which forced Col. Ojukwu to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Women Aid Collective (WACOL), has called on various state governments in Nigeria to establish specialised Courts to handle cases of Gender Based Violence in the country. Prof Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Founder of WACOL made the call in a statement issued in Enugu, to celebrate 2022 international day to eliminate violence against women and the start of global 16 days of activism to end VAW. Ezeilo said that, lack of political and economic will by relevant Governmental agencies to implement laws and policies that affect women has continued to undermine women’s progress and gender equality agenda. She,…
By Owei Lakemfa Nanny, a young Akan woman from present day Ghana, born about 1686 was captured with her four brothers and sold into slavery. They were taken on ‘The Journey of No Return’ across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming part of the 12.5 million Africans forced on this journey by Europeans and Americans who wanted free labour to exploit for profit. Unlike the 1.8 million others who perished during this journey and had their bodies fed to the roaring ocean waves, Nanny, who was to become known as “Nanny of the Maroons,” and her brothers, survived the ordeal and arrived…