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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia West African Regional Director, Ford Foundation, Dr Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye, has advocated the inclusion of Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) into elective positions in Nigeria. Aniagolu-Okoye, who made the advocacy Monday night while featuring as Guest Speaker at Ikengaonline Town Hall meeting on “gender equality, women’s rights, social inclusion for PWDs in the South-East,” decried the exclusion of PWDs in governance in Nigeria. She argued that supporting PWDs to occupy political positions especially in the Parliament would give them a sense of belonging in Government and provide them the opportunity to make their contributions in the political process. The…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The National Coordinator, of the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, Ikule Emmanuel, has called on the victims of police brutality in the South-East zone to come and air their views. Emmanuel stated this at the end of the 2-day Public Tribunal on Police Abuses in Nigeria, South-East Zone, organized by NOPRIN,  in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Police Service Commission, PSC, in Owerri. According to him, the alleged police brutality “runs counter to section 34/39 of the nation’s 1999 Constitution as amended, explaining that Police Tribunal was put in place to…

By Owei Lakemfa Intriguing. I mean the topic leaders of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, FOBTOB asked me speak on. ‘Trade Union Leadership: Lessons to be learnt from or Taught to the Political Class.’ I know a lot of lessons politicians can teach labour leaders, but scratch my head what the latter can teach our tribe of political leaders. It is not really that they are two diametrically opposed societies. Parties and unions actually have similarities such as being mass-based organisations with members who are expected to pay dues. Also, both movements are expected to be democratic…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the dust raised by the recent epistle by Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, is yet to settle, Igbo youths under the auspices of the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has threatened to dump refuse at the entrance gate to Anambra Government House if the Governor failed to apologise publicly. The youths threatened that if by Friday, November 25, the Governor failed to tender apologies, the youths would fill the state’s seat of power with refuse. COSEYL which expressed utter disappointment in Soludo over…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The situation of a 14-year -old JS2 student of Echele Amita Secondary School Isiagu, Ebonyi State, Master ThankGod Nwachukwu, is very pathetic following a critical wound he sustained in a motorcycle accident. This is as his father, Pastor Paul Nwachukwu of the Assemblies of God Church, Amita Isiagu, has appealed for assistance to enable him  clear the N1.6 million medical bill of the boy detained by the hospital after his treatment. The cleric who was in tears during an interview with Ikengaonline, passionately appealed for urgent assistance from members of the public to alleviate the pains of the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Enugu State, Frank Nweke Jnr, has decried the debt profile of the state, claiming that Enugu is now the 20th most indebted state in Nigeria. Nweke Jnr who made the claims while featuring at the Ikengaonline town hall meeting series for governorship candidates from the South-East zone, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration in the state had plunged the Coal City state into unnecessary debts. The former Minister of Information said that with a debt burden of over N60 billion hanging on her head, the state had…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The people of Abor Community in Ehamufu, Isi Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, have embarked on mass campaign for, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, the gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party (LP). The Leader of the community, Mr Festus Ede, said during the flag-off of the campaign that, they needed to sensitize their people on the provisions of the electoral act, 2022. “We want to let our people know that, it is no longer business as usual. “No more collection of N1,000 from PDP again; we  are out to support, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, our own, and other labour party candidates.…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ikenga Media Cultural Awareness Initiative (IMCAI), publishers of Ikengaonline, the on-line flagship of the South-East, will today, Monday, November 21, 2022, hold a zoom town hall meeting to discuss gender equality, women’s rights, social inclusion and People living With Disabilities (PWDs), in the South-East. West African Regional Director, Ford Foundation, Dr Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye, is to feature as the Guest Speaker at the town hall meeting. She was the Deputy Programme Director, EU-Support to Reforming Institutions Programme, and currently, Country Director, TechnoServer. Dr Aniagolu-Okoye works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive firms, businesses, and industries.…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State government, Friday, warned Estate developers and Valuers against erecting buildings on over 65% of any landed property they wish to develop in the State. The state Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Paulinus Onyeka, gave the warning at Awka, during the 2022 Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD) seminar, award and inauguration of the executive, organised by the Anambra State chapter of Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. Onyeka who was represented at the event by Eugene Onyenwe, described that as part of a policy introduced by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to cushion the effect…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Mr Frank Nweke Jnr., the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Enugu State, says he is confident that he would be sworn-in as the next Governor of Enugu State in 2023. He said this at the weekend at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Enugu State Citizens’ Support  for Equity and Good Governance (ESCSEG) in Enugu. He said his optimism was based on his past track records in economics and administration having traversed the globe and his goodwill. He urged the the electorate to shun money politics in next year’s election and vote for competence and integrity. “With your…