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Stephen Ukandu News/ Features Editor Leader of the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, has said that he has only one blessing for presidential aspirants, and that he has given it to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Uwazuruike, had on Saturday, led some South-East youths in a solidarity march in Owerri, Imo State, in support of the 2023 presidential bid of Bello. The MASSOB Leader reportedly said he did not believe in the Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, arguing that the contest should be thrown open. Speaking with Ikengaonline on Monday, Uwazurike reinforced his…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abia State, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has asked Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, to emulate developmental strides of the former Premier of Eastern region, Dr. Michael Okpara; and former Governor of Old Imo State, Sam Mbakwe, who he said, were also products of god-fatherism like him. Ogbonnaya who said this in an interview with Ikengaonline, expressed disappointment that Ikpeazu, failed to post the needed achievements that could enable the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, easily win election in 2023. He said that although he was instrumental to Ikpeazu’s emergence, he should not…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Following last Saturday’s controversial Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ward congresses, that allegedly was inconclusive, the PDP, on Monday said it had handed over 25 out of 27 result sheets to the Department of State Services, DSS, in the state until the issues are resolved. The State Chairman of the Party, Engr. Charles Ugwuh, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. The party chairman said the action was in agreement with leaders of the party since the panel sent from Abuja to conduct the ward congress failed to provide the complete 27 result…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As part of efforts to have a crash-free Eid-el-Fitr, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says it has deployed 304 regular Marshalls, 266 Special Marshalls, patrol vehicles and ambulances for effective patrol of roads within the three urban cities of Umuahia, Aba and Ohafia as well as all the entry/exit points to the state. Abia State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr. Paul Ugwu, who disclosed this in an interview with our Correspondent, said the Corps would take all the necessary measures to ensure an accident-free Sallah celebration. The FRSC boss identified overspending, route violation (driving against traffic),…
By Owei Lakemfa We may never know what happened. But let me tell you what we know. On Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, there was a traffic snarl and unfortunately, officers of two Federal security agencies, the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were caught in it. Given the age-long rivalry among the armed security services, there was an altercation on who will get off the road for the other. Forcing other motorists off the road in traffic is a way the military and security services terrorise the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As activities gradually gather momentum for the 2023 polls, major stakeholders in the media have frowned at the concentration of media coverage on only the big political parties and politicians at the expense of the smaller ones. The stakeholders argued that it is a disservice to the country if media attention is only focused on the ruling party and the major opposition parties without giving the minor parties opportunity to be heard. They equally charged media practitioners on objective reporting and investigative journalism, which according to them are very key in strengthening democracy. The stakeholders spoke Sunday…
By Osmund Agbo Two years prior to the 1976 US election, a Gallup poll listing 31 candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination did not include a little-known governor of Georgia named Jimmy Carter. Even a year later and after he emerged from a crowded race to win his party’s primary and later the general election with a narrow margin, Mr. Carter’s support among Democrats was abysmally low. But Jimmy Carter was even a better presidential candidate than he was a president, and Ronald Reagan defeated him in a landslide, winning 489 out of 538 electoral votes, ending his one-term colorless…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka A newly established hospital in Anambra State, Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital, has given hope to Nigerians suffering from heart-related ailments as it rolled out programmes for life-changing and life-saving medical interventions. This is coming at a time when the people are gasping for breath over the excruciating cost of obtaining high-profile medical surgeries and treatments abroad. The hospital, built by Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation is located at Oraifite community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the management, the hospital will offer free open-heart surgery and treatments to people with heart-related ailments. The…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the Federal Government to address the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in order to halt the collapse of public universities in the country. The main opposition party in the country made the appeal in its Workers’ Day goodwill message signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Debo Ologunagba. Ologunagba said that it was sad that instead of improving on the welfare of the people, the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government had continued to renege on its promises for improved workers’ welfare. “The…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu Workers in Enugu State government parastatals, agencies and departments were on all-black attire on Sunday during the Workers’ Day celebration in the state. Ikengaonline reports that the workers marched with a banner captioned ‘Black May Day for Parastatals in Enugu: Nonpayment of new minimum wage, Long Denials of Retirement Benefits’ in protest of the nonpayment of the N30, 000 minimum wage to them. Recall that the state government had in February 2020 begun the implementation of the new wage. However, only workers in core ministries are receiving the minimum wage, leaving out their counterparts in government agencies…