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By Nnamdi Elekwachi In Nigeria today, not only can it be said that maritime awareness is low, it could as well be said that many officials in positions of authority are working hard to sustain oil theft through which the nation now loses $700 million in monthly revenue as reported. At the various land oil terminals of: Qua Eboe, Escravos, Brass, Forcados and Bonny, Nigeria’s oil is being stolen in an unheard-of scale. Nothing much, I’m sure, will vary with the over twenty terminals on floating platforms – offshore. With this development, Nigeria becomes the only OPEC member state not…
Our Reporter, New York Foremost literary critic, Pa Ikhide, has lambasted the outburst of some Nigerian intellectuals and politicians against the late Queen of England, insisting that it would be better to have the English Monarch’s head on a Nigerian currency note instead of the head of Murtala Muhammed, who massacred scores of people in Asaba during the civil war. The recipient of the James Currey Society Lifetime Award for Literary Criticism made the remarks during an exclusive interview with 90MinutesAfrica, an online discussion platform hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah on Sunday. “Murtala Muhammed, who slaughtered men in Asaba, has…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, will flag-off the re-construction over 63 kilometers of roads across the state on Saturday, Ikengaonline can authoritatively report. The Governor gave the hint during the commissioning ceremony of a 1.7 kilometers road, built by Chief Val Onwumelu in Umuoji, Idemili North Local Government Area. Governor Soludo who was pleased with the gesture, said that the best way to develop the state was through Public Community Private Partnership, (PCPP), and not through government funding alone. In a related development, the Governor also flagged-off the rehabilitation of the popular Mmili John road, Ojoto, in Idemili South…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nine lawyers and another person, have approached a Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the Labour Party, LP, its candidates, and supporters from conducting a pro-Peter Obi rally in Lagos. The plaintiffs include: Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, OgunbonaAkinpelu, Owolabi Oluwasegun, Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel, Kolawole Salami, and Wale Lawrence. Ikengaonline checks revealed that the rally tagged “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally,” is scheduled for October 1, 2022. But the plaintiffs prayed the Court to stop the rally from holding on October 1 or any other date, in Lagos State, alleging that it was an…
By Nadia Hassan In this investigative report conducted by Gender Strategy Advancement International (GSAI), staff and patients of primary healthcare centres in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) decry the poor state of the Primary HealthCare Centres, insufficient skilled and non-skilled personnel, dilapidated structure and lack of equipment and drugs amongst many other issues. Nigeria accounts for over 34 percent of global maternal deaths, the prevalence of maternal mortality in Nigeria is very much connected to the state of primary healthcare centres in the country and its service delivery, as primary healthcare is the first level of contact of individuals, families…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Young Progressive Party (YPP) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District, Dr Anthony Umeadi, has disclosed a major reason he joined the race. During a media chat with journalists at the Godwin Ezeemo International Press Centre, Awka, Anambra State capital, Thursday, the YPP candidate said his intention is to offer the people an effective representation that is different from the normal. Umeadi who is a medical expert said the people of Anambra Central have not had quality representation at the National Assembly due to the recycling of same politicians in the zone. “What we have done is recycling of the same…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka There is tension in Anambra State as a high court sitting in the state may dethrone no fewer than 48 traditional rulers. The dethronement followed an application to do so by a plaintiff named Chinedu Tagbo. Tabo averred that the State Government had issued the monarchs certificates of recognition from 20I4 to 2022 without following due process of the extant laws. The presiding Judge had adjourned the matter for hearing in the interlocutory injunction seeking the stoppage and recovery of their salaries, as well as other entitlements. Tagbo, who sued for himself and on behalf of the people…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denied any duplicity in the voters’ register contrary to allegations by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP). INEC in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, urged members of the public to disregard CUPP. The electoral umpire restated its commitment to conduct a credible election in 2023. Below is a full text of the statement entitled,”Further Update On The Cleaning Up Of The Voters’ Register,” and made available to Ikengaonline: “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a report…
Our Reporter, Abuja Roger Federer has officially announced his retirement from tennis bringing what has been a glittering tennis career to an end. The Swiss maestro Thursday in a statement said he will retire from tennis after the Laver Cup next week. Federer will bow out as one of greatest and most successful in his sport for all times having won 20 grand slams titles in a professional career spanning 24 years. The statement read: “To my tennis family and beyond, of all the gifts that tennis has given me over the years, the greatest, without a doubt, has been the people…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Police in Ebonyi have rescued a 4-year-old boy, identified as Testimony, who was sold last year to an unidentified man in Enugu State. The victim was stolen from the mother, one Theresa Nweke, who lives in Omuma community in Etche Local Government of Rivers State. Spokesperson of the Police in Ebonyi, Chris Anyanwu, told journalists on Thursday that the suspect, one Precious and her cohort who abducted the boy were arrested and they confessed to the crime. “We paraded a syndicate that specializes in kidnapping, stealing and selling children. One of them happens to be a little…