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Michael Onwuka, Enugu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Thursday in Enugu rescued five under-aged labourers and sealed a building under construction. The South-East Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs Nneka Ajie, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen after the agency raided the construction site. Ikengaonline reports that the construction site, located at No. 1 Dr. Alex Ekwueme Street, Independence Layout, Enugu, is a four- storey building. Ajie said that the early morning raid followed an intelligence gathered by the agency that some under-aged children were being exploited by their ‘principal.’ “We got a tip-off…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Political Economist, Professor Pat Okedinachi Utomi, will today, August 25, 2022, feature on the 2nd Ikengaonline town hall meeting. Professor Utomi according to a statement by the Editor-in-Chief, Ikengaonline, Uche Ugboajah, will speak on “Handshake Across the Niger: the Imperatives of Southern Unity, now and Beyond.” The virtual meeting scheduled for 7:00pm will be transmitted live on FLO FM Radio 94.9 FM Umuahia. It will also be streamed live via Ikengaonline Facebook page as well as FLO FM Radio Facebook page. The statement said the town hall event would hold every last Thursday of the month. Ugboajah said that the…
By Azu Ishiekwene One of the ironies of politics is how easily fiction becomes reality, and reality, precedent. Before our eyes, the president-elect of Kenya, William Ruto, who has played all sides of Kenya’s politics for at least three decades, has just won an election by claiming to be an outsider. Ruto’s electoral epic of “hustler vs. dynasty” appears to have wiped off all memory of his 30-year involvement in the good and bad of Kenya’s politics. This legend won him a razor-thin victory over Raila Odinga in the August 9 presidential election. Legends still work. Ruto is proof. It’s…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra government has restated that the ban on commercial motorcycles in major cities such as Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and Ekwulobia is still in force. The Commissioner for Information, Chief Paul Nwosu, stated this while briefing the press after the weekly executive council meeting of the government at the Government House, Awka. The Commissioner observed that some commercial motorcycle riders, popularly known as “Okada” have gradually found their ways back on roads in Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and Ekwulobia. He said that their recklessness owing to lack of riding training and ignorance of traffic signs are beginning to produce high rate…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Traders in Anambra State have expressed approval and commendations for the governor, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, for the decongestion exercise that has been going on in every market across the state. The accolades were recorded during the inauguration of interim caretaker committees of Building Materials International Market Zone 2/3 Ogidi/Ogbunike; Machete Line Association Main Market Onitsha; and Stationery, Paper and Computer Dealers Association Onitsha. Speaking during the occasion, the new chairman of Building Materials International Market Zone 2/3 Ogidi/Ogbunike, Mr Onyebuchi Adinu, applauded the efforts of the State government in making market environments clean and conducive for commercial activities to…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Chairman of Ishielu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Chief Sunday Eze, yesterday commenced construction of Egedegede/Nkalaha Road in the area to link Benue State and ease the evacuation of farm produce in the two communities to their markets. Egedegede, Nkalaha and Obegu communities were attacked by herdsmen last year during which many residents were killed. Also, many houses were burnt and other valuable properties destroyed by the attacking herdsmen. The three communities have suffered from bad roads which hinder free human and vehicular movement. Eze while flagging-off the construction of Egedegede/Nkalaha Road yesterday, said part of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group known as Idinotu Kanma Group, in Nkerehi/Umuchukwu community in Orumba South Local Government Area, Tuesday barricaded government house in Awka, Anambra state to protest attempt to impose a traditional ruler on the community. The protesters carried placards with different inscriptions, including: “we want peace in Nkerehi/Umuchukwu community, Soludo please come to our aide,” “we the youths of Nkerehi/Umuchukwu do not need Igwe for now, let’s get peace first before igweship election in our town,” among others. Members of the group who are also indigenes of the community were at the government house in Awka on a protest march. Leader of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Traders in Ajassa Market Onitsha have called on Anambra State Government to come and prevail over unidentified groups that continuously storm the market to collect inexplicable levies from them. The traders explained that the unknown persons claimed that they were sent by the State Government for collection of revenue. The traders told officials of the state Ministry of Commerce and Industry who were invited by the market Chairman, Mr Chima Ohia, also that people from Ose are claiming ownership of Ajassa area. “Traders of Ajassa have been in existence and have occupied the market since 1960 and…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The President, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Prof. Mohammed Ajiya, alongside other panelists, Tuesday, called for investments in capacity development as a way of building digital economy in Nigeria. The call was made at a workshop in Abuja with discussion on the development of digital skills and complementary capabilities in the country’s digital economy. A statement by the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Digital Bridge Institute, Akin Ogunlade, said the panelists unraveled facts beyond the surface of digital economy at International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Technical Workshop on Building Capabilities for Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Transformation…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra residents who benefited from the free Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) mass campaign by Malaria Consortium have called on government to adopt use of technological devices in distribution of resources in the state. Respondents bared their minds in separate interviews with Ikengaonline, during a visit to fast check how the ITNs distribution was executed across the 21 Local Government Areas in Anambra state. Malaria Consortium, an International Non-governmental Organisation, had embarked on free distribution of 3.8 million ITNs across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state, a measure aimed at eliminating the malaria scourge. The material was shared on…