The Court of appeal in Abuja has struck out the motion for an accelerated hearing filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
- Details later…
Ekweremadu’s Daughter Appeals to the Public for a Kidney Donation
Sonia Ekweremadu, the ailing daughter of the detained former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has appealed to members of the public to donate a kidney to save her life.
The PUNCH had reported that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested by the Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, for bringing a child into the country to allegedly harvest his organs.
They were arrested in June 2022 at the Heathrow Airport in London and arraigned before a UK Magistrate’s Court.
While Ekweremadu’s wife was granted bail by a criminal court in London, the Senator was denied the same and had been in the custody of UK authorities since June 23.
Checks by The PUNCH revealed that Ekweremadu had spent no fewer than 82 days in prison custody since his arrest in the UK. The case against him was recently adjourned till October 31, 2022.
However, as the politician continues to languish in prison, his ailing daughter, who expressed worry over her father’s health, in an emotional post on Instagram on Monday, appealed to members of the public to save her with a kidney donation.
Chronicling her ordeal using her Instagram handle, @soniaekw, Sonia, a graduate of Media and Communications, University of Coventry, said she dropped out of postgraduate studies after she was diagnosed with rare kidney disease.
In the statement titled, “Appeal for Kidney Donation by Sonia Ekweremadu,” the 25-year-old wrote, “I, Sonia Ekweremadu, hereby appeal to the general public to come to my aid and save my life. I was diagnosed with rare kidney disease, FSGS Nephrotic Syndrome.
My family has battled to save my life and has taken me to various hospitals but the illness persisted and kept degenerating. I am alive today by the special grace of God. I am presently in London, UK, receiving five hours of dialysis 3-4 times a week. This is at the expense of my family as I am not qualified for the NHS due to my immigration status.
“The last three years have been extremely challenging. The charges being faced by my parents in London presently are directly connected to my illness and have complicated matters for me and my family.
I do not intend to delve into details of this unfortunate development as the matter is still in court. I am however optimistic that the truth will prevail and it will end in praise to God. In the circumstance above, I am appealing to anybody whom it may please to assist me willingly with a kidney donation in the name of God.”
Sonia, who said her family members were eager to donate their kidneys knowing that she would do the same for them, explained that a comprehensive medical examination had shown that her case of nephrotic syndrome was a genetic illness and doctors advised against donation from any of her family members, noting that it would likely reoccur.
She said, “In the time that my father has been incarcerated, he has been diagnosed with acute kidney damage. Anybody that is moved by this appeal and wishes to donate his or her kidney to me may send an email to helpsonialive@gmail.com and include his or her name, phone number, email address and place of residence.
“Please, note that under the laws of England and Wales, organ donation must be purely driven by compassion and therefore no reward is involved.
“Finally, I have decided to commit and dedicate myself to helping people with the challenges of kidney disease, upon my full recovery. Thank you and God bless you.”
(punch)
Breaking: Court of Appeal Reserves Judgement on Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Against FG
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved Judgment in the appeal filed by the leader of outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu challenging the seven charges against him by the Federal Government.
Kanu had filed the appeal through his lawyer Mike Ozekhome. He is facing charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony.
(Journalist101)
Identities Of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s Convoy Attack Casualties Revealed
Some of the casualties of the attack on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah have been identified. More than 6 persons reportedly lost their lives during the attack.
The convoy of the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District came under heavy attack by gunmen suspected to be assassins at Nkwo Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
Though the police is yet to give further details of the Sunday evening attack, unconfirmed reports said 10 persons died in the attack.
According to our Reporter, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah lost his personal treasurer, Mr Ikechukwu Odum who is his most trusted aide. He also lost his personal assistant, Mr Goodness Mathias.
“Another man killed, who was not in the convoy of the Senator was identified as Onowu Agu-Ukwu Nri. He is said to be a titled chief in neighbouring Nri community, and had just driven to Enugwu-Ukwu to drop someone who visited him, who would be traveling to Lagos this morning, and he was unlucky to be at that point at the time when Senator Ubah was going to be attacked.
“He was driving a big SUV, so the assassins may have thought he was in the same convoy with the senator, and he was gunned down.”
Other people identified to have been killed were six Mobile Police Men who were riding in the convoy of the Senator, and a driver, who was said to be driving one of Ubah’s cars.
The attack has been described as an assassination attempt on the senator, as eyewitnesses said the gunmen targeted every car in his convoy, especially his security men, and riddled them with bullets.
“In the confusion yesterday, all the cars were just hitting each other. Since the vehicle the senator was driving in was a bullet proof car, his driver managed to manoeuvre out of the damaged cars and drive away, even as it was being shot at,” the source narrated.
Breaking: Many Feared Dead As Gunmen Attacked Senator Ifeanyi Ubah Convoy
An unspecified number of police operatives have been killed at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area as unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.
Sources said the gunmen opened fire on the convoy, and police operatives in the convoyed responded, but about six policemen were gunned down.
The source said the gunmen may have been after the senator, but there are no evidence to prove this.
A Blogger reported that Sen Ifeanyi Ubah was attacked today by Hired killers in Enugwu Ukwu. It was a calculated attempt. It wasn’t an impromptu stuff.
“Information was gathered about the time of movement and takeoff. The policemen were about four in numbers and they were attacked.
“All their arms were collected.The boys that spearheaded that attack were about nine in numbers.”
But another source who begged not to be named said six policemen were killed in the attack.
We could not reach Senator Ubah for confirmation as his line remained busy all through.
The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga confirmed that there was an attack on men of the command at Enugwu-Ukwu, but insisted that the casualty figure remained unknown.
He said: “Yes, there was an attack at Enugwu-Ukwu today, but the casualty figure is not clear. As I speak to you, the CP has personally led a team of men to the scene, and normalcy has been restored.”
He promised that brief journalists on the findings of the command.
Priest Resigns, Supports Polygamy, says It’s ordained by God
Anglican Diocese of Anambra State, Rev. Barr. Ogbuchukwu Makuo Lotanna has just resigned from being a priest in the Anglican Diocese, with plans to kick off a movement that supports Polygamy.
To Reverend Ogbuchukwu, Polygamy is not bad. He said he has taken his time to discover the truth about Polygamy, which the Church has been hiding for a very long time. He claimed that he has received a divine mandate from God to kick off a movement in support of Polygamy called ‘Gideonites’ and that their place of worship will be called ‘Gideonites temple’.
Reverend Ogbuchukwu who is a legal practitioner has also advised men to marry their side chicks, instead of sleeping around with women who they’re not married to. He said that it will help in reducing sexual sins.
Reverend Ogbuchukwu also said that what God hates is unnecessary divorce, and not Polygamy. – Ndi Igbo page……..
Ozo Austin Ndigwe Is an Imposter, not Recognized by Anambra Govt- Soludo
Information reaching Citypost revealed that Gov Charles Soludo of Anambra state has described Ozo Austin Ndigwe as an impostor that is not recognized by the state government as the Eze Uzu of Awka.
Also Soludo has warned Ndigwe to stop parading himself as the monarch of Awka people stating that the recognized traditional ruler of Awka town is Obi Gibson Nwosu.
According to a release signed by the Commissioner for Information Mr Paul Nwosu;
“It has come to the attention of Anambra state government that one Chukwuezube Ndigwe aka Uzu Awka is still parading himself as the authentic traditional ruler of Awka..
“Not only that, he is also taking steps to perform one of the major harvest season traditional rites known as New Yam Festival or Iwa ji of Awka people and there by threatening the peace and tranquility of the town.
“The state government will not tolerate this.
‘For the avoidance of doubt the state government wishes to state emphatically that the only recognized traditional ruler of Awka is His Royal Highness Igwe Obi Gibson Nwosu the Eze Uzu 2nd of Awka whose recognized by state government has not been withdrawn and he is the only one empowered by section 15 of the Traditional Ruler’s law of Anambra state 2007 to preside over such festival or carry out any of the functions of traditional ruler in Awka.
It is a criminal offence for any other person to do so by virtue of section 20 of the Traditional Ruler’s law of Anambra state 2007.
The said Austin Ndigwe is not recognized traditional ruler of Awka and should henceforth desist from parading himself and portraying himself as the traditional ruler of Awka or attempting to usurp the right of legitimate and duely recognized traditional ruler His Royal Highness Igwe Obi Gibson Nwosu.
“Any such unlawful act in any part of Anambra state will not be condoned by the Anambra state government and the state will not hesitate to sanction such an imposture according to the relevant law of Anambra state’he said.”
(citypost)
Ojukwu University: 3 Found Dead Inside Hostel Room
Three Female Students of Anambra Varsity Discovered Dead in Hostel
Three students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam campus, have been reported dead.
It was gathered from sources in the campus that the students were found dead in their hostel.
The student were identified to be 200 level students of the institution from various departments.
The source identified them as; Obidiaso Chidera, a 200 level Political Science student, Mercy, a 200 level Pharmacy student, and Emmanuella, a 200 level Business Administration student.
It is not clear the cause of death of the students, as some people within the campus have attributed it to murder, as they were locked in their room from outside.
The sources said: “The students were locked up in the apartment. When we got access to the apartment, we found them lifeless with two of them on their beds in the room, while the third lifeless body was found in the kitchen.”
Meanwhile, the management of the institution has confirmed the incident, saying that the death of the students came as a shock to it.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Dr Harrison Madubueze in a press statement said: “The university management received with rude shock the news of the death of three of our students. At the moment, the date, time and manner of their death are still uncertain.
“However, the security operatives are investigating the matter and at the appropriate time, they will make the findings public.”
Madubueze stated that the university was not in any way aware that any of her students in the second year class and above were still within the University environment.
He said: “This is because the institution closed on Wednesday 24th August 2022 after the second semester examination and will resume on October 1st, 2022.”
The Queen Aided the Massacre of Biafrans- Uju Anya blows hot Again
She Posted “I am very happy over the awareness I’ve created 48 hours ago. The likes of Jeff Bezos and many others have reacted. Questions are now been asked about the “British Empire”.
Factually, Ojukwu and Gowon had a meeting in Ghana, to avert this sad history. But because the British empire which is now under the leadership of King Charles lll were paranoia, they influenced Gowon to go ahead simply because they don’t want another Japan in Africa.”
” The history books are there. “There was a country” by Chinua Achebe is there for facts!. “The Biafra story” by Frederick Forsyth and many others.”
” Let me also state it once again that my family was a victim. There is no family in Igbo land who did not had a share of this sad history. Till this day, there’s no apology!!.”
” Again, I only dropped a tweet. The Irish people celebrated it with fireworks. You can check #Irishtwitter hashtag on twitter for emphasis.”
” We must speak up! The Igbo needs justice!. Africa needs justice!”
” The 56 commonwealth countries needs justice!”
It is Criminal to Operate Unapproved School in Anambra- Commissioner for Education
It is criminal to operate unapproved schools in Anambra State-Education Commissioner Chuma-Udeh
The Commissioner for Education, Prof.Ngozi Chuma-Udeh has stated unequivocally that it is criminal for a school proprietor to operate unapproved school in the state
The Commissioner, stated this while interacting with private school proprietors at the maiden edition of the Anambra academic retreat for private school owners held at Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Agu- Awka
Addressing the over 1000 proprietors in attendance, Prof.Ngozi Chuma Udeh expressed displeasure at the number of unapproved schools in the state, adding that it is criminal for one to indulge in such activity.
The Commissioners charged the proprietors to establish schools that are condusive to learning.
She further charged the proprietors to read up on the rules and regulations guiding the establishment of schools as directed by the Federal Ministry of Education.
“Observe the rule of establishing a school.
“Ensure your schools are condusive for human habitation. This is the children’s lives we are talking about”.
Ensure you met at least 75% of the requirements needed for establishing a school”.
She further stated that the state would work with schools that have been approved and their details captured and uploaded to the state’s biometrics portal.
Schools that fail to beat the deadline set for the biometric capturing would be termed unapproved and would not benefit from State and Federal government palliatives, she disclosed.
The Commissioner frowned at the issue of multiple taxations raised by the proprietors, adding that government-approved fees come with designated government accounts.
” You are not under compulsion to give gifts to officers who are in your schools for inspection, ensure you met the requirement needed for the school’s approval and your school would be approved.
Prof.Chuma Udeh urged the participants to use government-approved textbooks in their schools as the administration is working towards creating a unified system, with the private and public schools working in tandem.
In togetherness we will build a progressive homeland, lifting the educational sector to the next level, she opined.
Earlier, the Director of schools, Mrs Chioma Unachukwu called on school proprietors to collaborate with the government for a better educational system.
She stated that the present administration has their interest at heart and wants to know their strengths, pains and drawbacks.
In his remarks, the Chairman of Owners of Private Schools Association of Nigeria, Prof Uzochukwu Nwanonyu of Susu College, Nkpor expressed confidence in the ability of this administration to steer the sector to a high level.
He called on the Commissioner to use her office to put an end to the issues of multiple taxations, imposition of levies and dues, incessant inspection and illegal collection of dues plaguing the sector.
The academic retreat for private school owners is the first ever to be organised by the Ministry of Education.
