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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  The Labour Party’s House of Representatives candidate for Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency in the 2023 elections, Dr. Emmanuel Eze, has rejected his appointment by Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State into the newly constituted Economic Advisory Committee. Governor Nwifuru had named Eze as a member of the 15-man committee, chaired by Nigeria’s former Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji. Appointment The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Grace Umezurike, in a letter dated August 29, 2025, informed Dr. Eze that the State Executive Council, at its meeting of July 14, approved the constitution of the Economic Advisory…

…I have no hand in it – Lawmaker Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Survivors of a deadly clash between operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and policemen in Ebonyi State have recounted how they narrowly escaped death during the incident. The clash, which occurred last week at a mining pit in Amaeze community, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area, left one policeman dead and several others injured. Chukwu Ajah, one of the victims, blamed the crisis on what he described as the “overzealousness and Gestapo-style operation” of the police. According to him, the police team displayed unprofessional conduct and…

…Says judiciary bound by precedent Our Reporter, Abuja Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Monday Ubani, has dismissed speculations over the eligibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election, insisting that judicial precedents and constitutional provisions clearly support his qualification. Speaking on Arise Television on Monday, Ubani maintained that fears of political influence on the judiciary were unfounded, stressing that Nigerian courts have consistently upheld the principle that laws are to be applied prospectively unless explicitly stated otherwise. “Our judiciary still respects judicial precedent,” Ubani said. “There are several Supreme Court authorities that have laid this matter…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The lawmaker representing Ohaozara, Onicha, and Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkemkanma Kama, has formally resigned from the Labour Party (LP). In a letter dated July 16, 2025, and addressed to the party’s ward chairman in Amaeze, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area, Kama said his decision followed “extensive consultations with my immediate family, political associates, and well-wishers.” A copy of the resignation letter, which surfaced on social media Tuesday, expressed gratitude to the Labour Party for the platform that secured his election into the Green Chamber. “I wish to express my sincere gratitude…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, in Abia State, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has dissociated himself from “a misrepresented communique” which said developments in Abia are not commensurate to funds accruing to the state from the Federal Government. The said communique was purportedly issued after a meeting of Abia North PDP stakeholders held Saturday in his Arochukwu country home. Senator Ohuabunwa in a statement by his Media Office, on Monday, dismissed the said communique as misleading and mischievous. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “The attention of the Media…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Goodwill Ambassador Foundation (SAGA) has donated free hospital equipment and medical supplies to the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUT), Enugu. The donation included hospital beds, consumables, theatre tables, mattresses, scanners, ultrasound machines, and various other medical tools and equipment. Founder of the foundation, Dr. Shola Agboola, said he established SAGA to improve healthcare in Nigeria and Africa after losing his father to tetanus in an ill-equipped facility at the age of 13. He noted that in its 10 years of existence, the foundation had donated medical equipment to about 10 states in Nigeria and three…

By Owei Lakemfa The clans gathered. The intellectual clan surpassed the academic. The former flowed into the radical. The radicals bowed to the revolutionary. The revolutionary clan flowed into the Pan-Africanist. The Pan-Africanist made way for the traditional. We did not cry. It is not our culture to mourn the elderly who paddles to yonder sea. Rather, we rejoice for we have gained one more ancestor to watch over us. Before Okello was 82, and decided to leave without fuss, he had spent the last 48 years in Nigeria. This Nigerian ancestor began his earthly journey in Dokolo, Northern Uganda.…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen have killed one David Anoke, popularly known as Davido, in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. According to reports, Anoke was attacked and shot dead by unidentified assailants at the Court Area of Okposi, sparking fear and tension in the community. Chairperson of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Ajah Chinonso, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday. Ajah, who said the killing occurred on Friday, described the act as “barbaric and unacceptable.” He stressed that Ohaozara has always been a land of peace and unity, vowing that the local government would not allow…

Our Reporter The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has disowned Finland-based self-acclaimed Biafra Auto Pilot, Mazi Simon Ekpa, saying he has never been its member. IPoB, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said any attempt to link Ekpa with IPoB was a ploy to indict its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently standing trial in Nigeria. The statement came a few hours after Ekpa was sentenced to six years in prison by a Finnish court on Monday for terrorism-related activities. IPoB argued that “the question of Simon Ekpa’s non-membership of IPOB is already judicially…

Our Reporter, Abuja  The Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, BRGE, to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related offences. In a judgment delivered on Monday, the court ruled that Ekpa, a long-term resident of Lahti and former city councillor, participated in a terrorist organisation and incited crimes for terrorist purposes. The charges were linked to his alleged involvement with separatist groups in South-Eastern Nigeria. According to the court, Ekpa exploited his large social media following between August 2021 and November 2024 to…