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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Truck drivers in Abia, Friday blocked the Uratta Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Aba, to protest incessant extortion by security agencies and excessive levies by Government task-force. The drivers were also protesting bad roads which they said had adversely affected their operations. It took the intervention of the Commissioner of Police, Abia State, Mr Mustapha Mohamed Bala, for the protesting drivers to retreat. The police boss had led a team of his officers and men to engage the truck drivers to persuade them to unblock the highway. Speaking on behalf of the irate drivers, Comrade Richard Chinadu,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Citizen and Non-state Actors stakeholders group, Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONET), has commended Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo for timely presentation of Anambra State draft budget estimates to the House of Assembly. Leader of the group, Prince Chris Azor, who doubles as Non-State Actors Co-chair, stated this while addressing newsmen during the event. Comrade Azor advised the Governor to go a notch further and make a public presentation of the draft budget estimates at a stakeholders town hall meeting, in compliance with global democratic best practice. “The budget is supposed to come from the needs of the citizens.…
By Owei Lakemfa Tragedy. Unimaginable tragedy. What is most tragic to me is not the number of migrants including children from the underdeveloped countries that have gone down the sea to watery graves trying to reach Europe. Yes, this year alone, over 1,200 went on a final dip, never to resurface again, or if they did, only as corpses. Last year, 2021, 3,077 of them experienced this excruciating exit from the world, all in the desperate bid for a better or safer life. The previous year, half of that number perished in the seas, not for lack of wisdom but for them,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu Rangers International Football Club on Friday defeated Great Achievers Football Club of Emene 3-1, in a pre-season friendly match played at the Rangers Training Pitch, Enugu. In-form striker, Julius Ikechukwu, continued his pre-season form when he struck in the 17th minute of the first half to give the flying Antelopes the lead. The Amateur side fought hard for the equaliser but for the experience of Rangers, they would have gotten it. Achievers came close to leveling the score in the 20th and 22nd minutes but the brilliance of goalkeeper, Emeka Nwabulu, came in handy, as he did well to keep out two efforts that…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Uche Ogah has declared that his candidature is beyond APC. The former Minister of State for Mine and Steel Development made the declaration Friday in an exclusive interview with Ikengaonline. He was reacting to the Abuja High Court judgment, which sacked Chief Ikechi Emenike and declared him the authentic governorship candidate of the APC. Chief Emenike and Ogah had emerged from factional primaries but the national leadership of APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had recognized Emenike as the APC’s flag bearer. But Ogah had approached the court…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has called on the Federal Government to adopt more proactive measures against the perennial flooding in the country. Soludo made the call while receiving relief materials donated by Sir Emeka Offor Foundation for persons displaced by flood in the state. The materials were received at the State Emergency Management Agency Office in Awka. In addition to the donation of N2.5 Million which has already been distributed to the displaced persons, the Foundation also donated 600 Bags of 50Kg rice, 60 Bags of 50Kg Beans, 60 Bags of 50Kg Garri, 500…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday presented a budget estimate of N258.9bn to the state Assembly. The budget tagged, “Budget of Acceleration,” was presented at the State Legislative Chambers, Awka. It was made up of a capital budget of N164.2bn, accounting for 63.2 per cent of the budget with a recurrent expenditure of N95.5bn, accounting for 36.8 per cent of the budget. The budget, according to the governor had a deficit of N13bn. N91.8 billion or 56 per cent of the total capital expenditure was dedicated to roads, transport, power and urban regeneration. Presenting the budget, Soludo who commended…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Thursday called on the members of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, to restrain themselves from the temptation of publishing unofficial results in the 2023 general election. Uzodimma made this call in Owerri, while declaring open the 18th edition of the 3-day, All Nigeria Editors Conference in the state. The governor’s stand was that publishing unofficial results of the election could throw a state or the country into a full blown anarchy. Speaking on the theme: “2023: Political Landscape, Credible Election and the Role of Editors,” at the Nigeria Guild of Editors…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Ministry of Gender Affairs, says it will ensure the prosecution of youths who stripped a widow, Mrs Anthonia Okonkwo of Nmaku Community in Awgu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner, Mrs Peace Nnaji, said this in Enugu, while briefing Journalists on steps taken so far by the government on the matter. She said that the government was totally against the act as it violates the rights of the citizen. “I was flabbergasted when I saw the video of a woman stripped naked and paraded the whole community by youths for picking snail in the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Labour Party, has taken steps to abort alleged plots by the Abia State Government to stop its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi; and the governorship flag bearer, Dr Alex Oti, from campaign in Aba, the main commercial centre of the state. This is following the signing of a letter of undertaking by the Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Ceekay Igara, in a meeting with the Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Mohamed Bala. Ikengaonline recalls that Labour Party had on Tuesday, bickered with the State Government following a directive by the state for the party to…