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Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Three arrested Oriokpa masquerades in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, identified as Emeka Eze (33), Omeke Uchechukwu (22), and Malachi Michael Nnaemeka (30), have been remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service. The three men who owned the masquerades were involved in the assault and molestation of some innocent residents and road users in Nsukka, inflicting bodily harm on members of the public under the guise of celebrating the Oriokpa Nsukka Masquerade.  Many residents of Nsukka were outraged and complained aloud about their activities which attracted the intervention of the state government and the security agents…

…Says leaders should be physically, mentally fit  Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigeria’s main face of the opposition and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has hailed the former Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, for his decision to resign his position as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on health grounds. Recall that Ganduje reportedly resigned on Friday, citing health reasons. However, multiple  sources linked his resignation with the rumoured search for Senator Kashim Shettima’s replacement as President Bola Tinubua’s running mate in 2027. There are insinuations that Tinubu might pick his…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Rights Activist, Professor Joy Ezeilo, SAN, has expressed shock and fury over the alleged removal of the legendary Things Fall Apart written by the late prolific writer, Professor Chinua Achebe from the school curriculum in Nigeria. The Professor of Public Law, who made the observation while making her contribution during the June edition of Ikengaonline monthly virtual town-hall meeting, described the development as astonishing. She wondered the rational behind the dropping of the iconic literary work from school curriculum even when many countries of the world are still cerebrating it. Professor Ezeilo who said her attention was drawn to the sad…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Public policy expert and Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr Sam Amadi, has described the South-East geopolitical zone as “the most poorly governed zone in Nigeria.” The former Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), also said the zone has the weakest citizenship in the country. Dr Amadi who made the remarks while featuring on the June edition of the Ikengaonline monthly townhall meeting Thursday night, lamented the lack of accountability as well as levity among political leaders in the zone. “South-East is the most poorly governed zone in the country. There’s no accountability; there…

Our Reporter, Abuja  In what looks like a bolt from the blue, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stepped down from his position, with immediate effect. Dr Ganduje, the immediate past Governor  of Kano State, said he resigned on health grounds to focus on his well-being. Ganduje has been enmeshed in several political controversies with the latest being the riotous North-East stakeholders meeting of the APC recently in Gombe, which ended in fiasco over the non-announcement of the endorsement of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, as President Tinubu’s running mate in 2027. Meanwhile…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has disclosed ongoing plans to institutionalize physical register for sex offenders to help combat sexual and gender-based violence in the state. The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Sylvia Ifemeje, gave the hint at a one-day stakeholders meeting organised by the Ministry of Justice with support from the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, RoLAC program 2, in Awka, the state capital. Ifemeje, represented by the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Barr Ngozi Iwuno, said the state is in the process of institutionalizing physical register at the Ministry to complement the digital…

Our Reporter, Abuja The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi, has decried the lack of effective leadership in South-East, citing a pattern where the leadership is often missing in national conversations, and the governors’ unresponsiveness to critical issues like security, economic development, and human rights abuses. Speaking on the topic, “South-East Governors, JAMB and Tertiary Education in Igboland,” at the June Ikenga monthly townhall, Dr. Amadi attributed this problem to a leadership recruitment process that often results in imposing governors who are not deeply connected to South-East issues.  He said: “Many of the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant for the 2023 election in Ebonyi State, Prof Augustine Nwazunku, is dead.  Nwazunku’s death came as a shock to the people of the state who have expressed sadness at his passing.  He was also a former caretaker Chairman of the State chapter of the party. The governorship candidate of the party in the said election, Ifeanyi Odii,  in a statement on Friday, described his death as devastating and a sad one for the state. He hailed the impact of the late Nwazunku in the party describing him as a man…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State High Court of Otuocha Judicial Division holding at Onitsha has sentenced two brothers to death by hanging or by firing squad until life completely goes out of them. The two brothers, Hyacinth Onwurah and Jerry Onwurah, were convicted of murdering their cousin, Mr Nnalue Onwurah. They were also convicted of attempted murder of the son of the said Nnalue, and setting the house of the said Nnalue on fire. Delivering judgment in a 4-count charge brought against the defendants which bordered on conspiracy to commit murder, murder, attempted murder and arson, the court presided…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A High Court sitting in Milimani, Nairobi, has ordered the Kenyan Government to pay 10 million Kenyan shillings to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The Court, which indicted Kenyan Government for its complicity in Kanu’s extraordinary rendition to Nigeria, declared the action illegal. Hon. Justice E. C Mwita, who presided over the matter, declared that “the abduction, incommunicado detention, torture, and illegal transfer of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 was unlawful, unconstitutional, and a gross violation of his fundamental human rights under Kenyan and international…