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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo youths have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, or lose their support for his re-election bid in 2027. The youths who addressed a press conference Tuesday in Umuahia the Abia State capital, vowed to vote against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if Kanu remains in detention till 2027. Members of the forum numbering over 300 from different states in the South’East gathered at Awka Hall Unuahia where they addressed a press conference before proceeding on a jubilant march on the streets to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Rangers International Football Club Foundation (RIFC Foundation) says it has concluded arrangements to organise community football match to honour departed Nigeria football legend, Christian Chukwu. The Chairman of Rangers Foundation, Coach Ebere Amaraizu, told newsmen in Enugu that the community football match would be held by 4p.m. on July 17. Amaraizu said that in the match the Ex-Rangers International Football Club legendary players would be locking horns with Nigeria Breweries PLC Staff Team (Football). He said that the match would take place at the Nigeria Breweries PLC Football Pitch, Ama, near 9th Mile Corner, Enugu. Amaraizu…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State says it has commenced investigations over the murder of a young woman in an hotel in Nsukka, Enugu State. The incident occurred at the Madoka Hotel on Ibagwa Road, Nsukka, with the suspect said to be on the run. The victim reportedly checked in with a young man who claimed she had left early in the morning. However, the hotel staff discovered the lady’s body later, and reported to the police. However, in a statement the spokesman, of the command, SP Daniel Ndukwe, has debunked claims of ritual murder and body…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged stronger and more united after its 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, according to Senator Bukola Saraki, who is leading the PDP reconciliation. In a statement via his X handle on Monday, Saraki described the meeting as a “symbolic gathering” that could have been a breaking point but instead became a turning point for the party. “The winner today is the PDP. Another winner is Nigeria’s democracy because, without a vibrant opposition, democracy dies,” the former senate president, said. He attributed the success of the meeting to the leaders’ resolve…
Our Reporter, Abuja The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, has revealed that the reinstatement of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the PDP was not without conditions at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which finally held on Monday at the Wadata Plaza in Abuja. Speaking to Channels Television on Tuesday, Ologbondiyan confirmed that Senator Anyanwu was indeed reinstated as the National Secretary on conditions that include: that he would not victimise any staff of the party; and must immediately write the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in respect to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The leadership tussle that has rocked the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for months may have been laid to rest following the reinstatement of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. This is one of the major highlights of the party’s 100th NEC meeting which held June 30, 2025, in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the NEC meeting, PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, announced that “Anyanwu has been officially reinstated.” He revealed that the 101st NEC meeting has been scheduled for July 23 to finalise…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Three Fulani cattle rustlers were Monday arrested in Umuahia Abia State, while attempting to rustle cows at Ohiya Community in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia. They were arrested by the operatives of a special security team codenamed ‘Operation Crush,” following a tip-off. Briefing newsmen on the matter at the Government House, Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Navy Commander Macdonald Uba (retd.), said the arrest of the rustlers had averted the crisis that would have ensued between the cow owners and the host communities. “We all know what would have happened if those…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A major crisis is looming in the Ndufu-Alike axis of Ikwo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, as indigenes of Enyim Agalegu Edukwu Opeke community have raised the alarm over alleged illegal underground mining activities being carried out by a Chinese firm in connivance with some local collaborators. They made the allegation in a strongly worded petition addressed to the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru. The community youths in the petition accused four individuals of colluding with the foreign company to conduct unauthorized underground mining on sacred community land, including the revered ancestral…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ebonyi State Council, has called on the state government to urgently check the excesses of revenue agents and traffic enforcement taskforces operating within the state. The Union noted the growing cases of harassment, road accidents, and deaths allegedly linked to the activities of the taskforce. This was part of the resolutions reached during an emergency Congress of the Union held on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the Dr. Sam Egwu Press Centre, Abakaliki. The well-attended meeting was presided over by the NUJ State Chairman, Comrade Samson Nwafor. In a communiqué issued…
Our Reporter, Abuja There has been a heavy deployment of the police at Wadata Plaza, the national secretariat of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), apparently to stop the holding of its 100th National Executive Committee, NEC, scheduled to hold today by a faction of the party against the national chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum. Recall that Damagum had announced the postponement of the NEC after a meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but yesterday Ikengaonline reported that Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, after meeting with his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde; the Boart of Trustees (BoT)…