Three Killed, Others Injured As Gunmen Attack Imo Community
AT LEAST THREE PERSONS HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED IN AN ATTACK IN ORLU, IMO STATE.
THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER IN THE STATE, MICHEAL ABATTAM, CONFIRMED THE ATTACK ON SUNDAY, SAYING THAT THE COMMAND RECEIVED A DISTRESS CALL THAT GUNMEN, WHO WERE OPERATING IN A RED TOYOTA SIENNA VEHICLE WITHOUT A REGISTRATION NUMBER, SPED OFF TO UMUEBELE OKPORO COMMUNITY IN ORLU.
ABATTAM SAYS THE GUNMEN STORMED THE AREA, SHOT AT SOME RESIDENTS WHO WERE HAVING A MEETING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, KILLING THREE PERSONS ON THE SPOT WHILE TWO OTHERS SUSTAINED VARIOUS DEGREES OF BULLET WOUNDS AND WERE RUSHED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
THE POLICE SPOKESMAN HOWEVER ASSURED THAT THE COMMAND IS WORKING WITH OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THE PERPETRATORS OF THE DASTARDLY ACT ARE ARRESTED AND MADE TO FACE THE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW.
ON HIS PART, THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MOHAMMED BARDE, APPEALED TO IMO RESIDENTS TO GO ABOUT THEIR LAWFUL BUSINESSES WITHOUT FEAR OR MOLESTATION AS CALM HAS BEEN RESTORED IN THE COMMUNITY.
MBAKA’S PROTEST: Police barricades entrances of Enugu Catholic cathedral, residence of Bishop
SECURITY OPERATIVES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ENTRANCES OF HOLY GHOST CATHEDRAL, ENUGU AND RESIDENCE OF BISHOP CALLISTUS ONAGA AT INDEPENDENCE LAYOUT, ENUGU OVER PROTEST BY SUPPORTERS OF REV FR EJIKE MBAKA.
THE PROTEST FOLLOWED THE BAN ON CATHOLIC FAITHFUL FROM WORSHIPPING AT THE ADORATION MINISTRY OF MBAKA IN ENUGU.
THE DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY OPERATIVES TO THE TWO PREMISES WAS TO AVOID A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR’S INCIDENT.
HUNDREDS OF THE FOLLOWERS OF FR MBAKA LAST YEAR STORMED THE HOLY GHOST CATHEDRAL, ENUGU AND DESTROYED VALUABLES WORTH MILLIONS.
PRESENTLY THREE PATROL VANS FULLY LOADED WITH POLICE OPERATIVES BARRICADED THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE STREET.
AT THE OLD MARKET ROAD, ENUGU WHERE HOLY GHOST CATHEDRAL IS SITUATED, SECURITY OPERATIVES WERE STATIONED AT VARIOUS ENTRANCES TO THE CHURCH.
THEY ARE AT THE VENUE TO FORESTALL ANY BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER
AS MEMBERS OF MBAKA’S ADORATION MINISTRY ON SUNDAY HAD TROOPED TO THE STREETS OF UMUCHIGBO TO PROTEST THE BAN ON THE ADORATION MINISTRY ENUGU, HEADED BY THE PRIEST.
THE BISHOP OF ENUGU CATHOLIC DIOCESE, MOST. REV. CALLISTUS ONAGA ON SATURDAY BANNED ALL PRIESTS AND CATHOLIC FAITHFUL FROM ATTENDING MBAKA’S ADORATION MINISTRY, FOLLOWING THE PRIEST’S SCATHING REMARKS ON LABOUR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, PETER OBI.
USAID-IHP engages Ebonyi govt on mass COVID-19 …
THE UNITED STATES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT-INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (USAID-IHP) HAS SAID IT HAS CONCLUDED PLANS TO BEGIN MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION IN EBONYI STATE
USAID-IHP MADE THIS KNOWN IN A MEETING HELD IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL, ALONG WITH THE NEW MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM, SYDANI INITIATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH EBONYI STATE DR. DANIEL UMEZURIKE.
THE PROGRAMME OFFICERS CHUKWUEMEKA NEBE AND EZINNE OBETA SAID THAT THE VACCINATION WILL USE TWO STRATEGIC APPROACHES WHICH INCLUDE MASS VACCINATION, AND MOBILE/BUS OUTREACH.
CHUKWUEMEKA SAID THAT THE MASS VACCINATION TEAM WILL CONDUCT FIVE MASS VACCINATION SESSIONS PER DAY, AND 20 MASS VACCINATION SESSIONS WEEKLY FOR 5 AND A HALF MONTHS, WHILE THE MOBILE VACCINATION TEAM WILL VISIT 2 SETTLEMENTS PER DAY FOR FIVE WORKING DAYS IN THE SAME PERIOD.
HE SAID IT IS EXPECTED THAT WITHIN 22 WEEKS, THE TEAMS WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED 440 MASS VACCINATION AND 220 MOBILE OUTREACHES TARGETING A MINIMUM OF 50 PERSONS WITH COVID 19 AND 6 PERSONS, WITH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION DAILY.
33,000 PEOPLE WILL BE REACHED WITH COVID-19 AND 3960 WITH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION BY THE END OF THE EXERCISE.
RESPONDING, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, GATHERED THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH IN EBONYI STATE, DANIEL UMEZURIKE, URGED THE TEAM TO CARRY-OUT OUT THE ADVOCACY, TO THE CLERGY, TRADITIONAL RULERS, COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS, AND TOWN CRYERS AS THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO 60% OF OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY.
Imo police arrest woman suspected for child slavery
The police in Imo State have confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old woman, Victoria Nwosu, for allegedly abusing and enslaving her three stepchildren.
A video clip had gone viral on the Internet showing the three minors being chained and made to undergo mental and physical torture.
A concerned resident, who made the video, called on Nigerians to come to the rescue of the children.
Subsequently, the state chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers swung into action, which led to the arrest of the woman and her husband.
Confirming the arrest of the couple, the police spokesperson in the state, Micheal Abattam, said the children had been rescued and assured that the couple will be charged to court at the end of investigation.
Obi: Catholic church disowns Mbaka
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS DISOWNED THE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF ADORATION MINISTRY, ENUGU, NIGERIA (AMEN), REV. FR. EJIKE MBAKA, OVER STATEMENTS HE MADE AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF LABOUR PARTY, PETER OBI, ON WEDNESDAY.
MBAKA HAD AMONG OTHER COMMENTS DESCRIBED OBI AS A STINGY MAN AND A JOKER WHO IS UNWORTHY OF BECOMING PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA.
IN A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ENUGU DIOCESE, CALLISTUS ONAGA, CONDEMNED AND DISSOCIATED THE CHURCH FROM MBAKA’S COMMENTS DESCRIBING IT AS DIVISIVE AND UNBECOMING.
POLICE BURST BABY FACTORY, RESCUE 35 GIRLS IN ANAMBRA
POLICE OPERATIVES IN ANAMBRA STATE HAVE RESCUED 35 GIRLS FROM A BABY FACTORY IN THE NKPOR AREA OF ANAMBRA.
Soludo Bars Teachers Who Scored Below 50% In CBT From Recruitment
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has barred teachers who scored below 50 per cent in the Computer Based Test conducted for them from being recruited into the state’s school system.
The state Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, stated this saying the governor has approved 50 per cent as the cut-off mark for the examination with respect to the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise in the state.
She said those who scaled the 50 per cent benchmark would take another qualifying examination on Saturday.
Recall that no fewer than 31,000 teachers across the state sat for the test last Saturday in batches, out of which 5,000 will be employed by the state government.
GUNMEN KILL SS3 STUDENT IN BENUE
A FEMALE SS3 STUDENT OF ST. MONICA GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL IN OTUKPO HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY KILLED BY YET TO BE IDENTIFIED GUNMEN IN OTUKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE.
THE LOCALS SAY THE DECEASED WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS CHARITY EZE WAS SHOT DEAD ABOUT 10:30PM ON FRIDAY AT HER FATHER’S RESIDENCE ON NO. 38 IDIKWU ROAD IN OTUKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE TO REMOVE CLOTHES EARLIER DRY CLEANED IN THE COMPOUND WHEN TWO GUNMEN WHO CLIMBED THE FENCE SHOT HER ON THE FOREHEAD.
LOCALS ALSO SAY THE DECEASED YOUNGER SISTER WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT NARRATED THAT THE GUNMEN ON SIGHTING THEM WHERE THEY WERE REMOVING THE CLOTHES IMMEDIATELY SHOT AT CHARITY AND THEN SAID, THEY CAME FOR THEIR FATHER AND THIS IS THEIR MESSAGE TO HIM.
THE DECEASED HAD BEEN WRITING THE ONGOING WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (WASC) EXAMINATION AND WAS SUPPOSED TO ROUND OFF THIS TUESDAY, 14TH JUNE, 2022, BEFORE HER UNFORTUNATE DEATH.
Grid Collapse: Power has been restored in the South East – EEDC
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), has announced the restoration of electricity supply within all the states in the South-East.
UK University Appoints Ekweremadu Visiting Professor
A FORMER DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A VISITING PROFESSOR OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.