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By Owei Lakemfa The United States invited or summoned 49 African presidents to Washington, DC, for a summit from December 13–15, 2022. There was 100 per cent attendance. However, it unilaterally excluded six African countries, and none of the invited countries protested this exclusion. The body language from the African presidents was that everybody was on their own, therefore, there could be no talk about the African Brotherhood. The US tried to rationalise its decision. For instance, it claimed that Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sudan were not invited because their leaders did not emerge through elections. If this were true, why was…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Inter-state transport fares have remained almost the same in Enugu metropolis two days to Christmas celebration. Ikengaonline reports that, most transport companies are not recording appreciable passengers two days to the Christmas celebration. At the Garki motor parks, the fares from Enugu to Owerri remained N3000 by Sienna and N2500, by bus. Holy Ghost area, which has the largest concentration of transport companies, Ikengaonline observed there was no passenger-rush compared to previous seasons. The fare from Enugu to Aguata in Anambra State remains N2500 by Sienna while Enugu to Onitsha by Upper Iweka is N3500. Enugu to Calabar, through Onitsha South Transport…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has hit the Federal Government of Nigeria, over the alleged cancellation of the reconstruction of the Eastern Railway project by the Federal Government. MASSOB, in a statement by its Leader, Uchenna Madu, disagreed with the Federal Government on the excuse that the railway construction was cancelled because the youths in Abia State were harassing the workers of the construction company. The pro-Biafra movement dismissed the excuse as lame and illogical. It said that even the construction company (China Civil Engineering and Construction Company) handling the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, over a Nine-year-old girl, Miss Precious Korshima, who was allegedly beaten to death by her mother, Mrs Ujunwa Ugwuoke. In the petition signed by, Barr Olu Omotayo, President of CRRAN, the organization asked the CP to urgently intervene in the matter to ensure justice for the victim. In the petition, Omotayo alleged that, Mrs Ugwuoke beat her daughter to death and dumped her corpse in the bush. “We write to you in respect of the above-mentioned matter on behalf of Mr. James…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has said it will create an online platform to checkmate cases of corruption associated with the payment of health charges in Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state. The platform, according to Government, will help to improve the working relationship between the rural dwellers, civil society organisations, the media, the state ministry of health and the PHC employees and as well as the financial transactions. Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, disclosed this during the inauguration of the third state council meeting on health organised in Awka, on Thursday, by the state Ministry of Health in collaboration…

By SKC Ogbonnia    The bullying of the Nigerian media by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is real. It has heightened in recent weeks as a primitive ploy to cover up the lingering allegations of his drug case in America. But the news media must not succumb to the chicanery.     The pattern of bullying came to limelight when the Boards of Editors of ThisDay Newspaper and The Arise News Channel alerted the nation last week. Of course, the Tinubu Campaign Council did its best to deny the ugly development, but the media organisation is…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia All 17 Local Government Area Chairmen in Abia State, their Deputies and Councillors have been dissolved. Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, who approved the dissolution directed the former Council bosses to immediately hand over to the Head of Service in their respective LGAs. The directive was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Chris Ezem. According to the statement made available to Ikengaonline, the dissolution is sequel to the expiration of their tenure. They were elected into office in 2020 for a two-year term. Ikpeazu, thanked the ex- Council officials for their services while wishing…

Lawrence Nwimo & Ifeanyi Ndukwe, Awka The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has called for improved welfare of its members in Anambra State. The body made the call, Wednesday, in Awka, during a press briefing it held in commemoration of her four (4) years anniversary of Anambra Disability Rights Law. The law was enacted in the state in 2018. In his speech, Anambra JONAPWD Chairman, Comrade Ugochukwu Okeke, said the essence of the anniversary was to draw the attention of the public, government, and major stakeholders and remind them of the conditions affecting the disabilities community and…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Echeng Echeng, has issued an order banning the sale and use of fireworks, knockouts, and firecrackers in Anambra State. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the order was to ensure public peace and safety in the state during the yuletide season. It read: “As part of a proactive measure by the Anambra State Police Command to sustain public safety and peace in the state, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, has banned the sale and use of fireworks, knockouts, and…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Thursday, said seven police officers of the command had been dismissed over illegal checking of phones and extortion of innocent citizen in a bank in Umuahia, Abia State. The Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. He gave the service numbers and names of the affected officers as:  F/No. 462315, Sgt. Ohakim Chibuzo;  F/No. 505455 Sgt Finian; F/No. 505592 Sgt. George Osueke; and F/No. 511966 Cpl. Kelechi Onuegbu. Others were F/No. 512320 Cpl. Nagorno Isidore; F/No. 528165 PC Nwadike Stephen;  and F/No. 528156 PC…