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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Babachir Lawal, has made a stunning claim that the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, actually won the 2023 election, but had his mandate “stolen” by the APC. Lawal, who recently dumped the APC for the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the revelation on Monday night during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Tonight. According to him, based on the facts available, it was Obi—not President Bola Tinubu—who won the presidential poll. He insisted that the results…
Our Reporter, Abuja Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has again criticised the handling of the recent altercation involving a female passenger on an Ibom Air flight, describing the airline’s lifetime ban on the passenger as “systemically wrong and unjust.” In an X post on Tuesday, Obi, who hinted that he had earlier apologised to the airline and its crew over the incident, said he was shocked to learn that the passenger, identified as Ms. Comfort Emmanson, a woman in her twenties, had been barred from flying with the airline for life. “This morning, I woke up to…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been great at expressing appreciation to those who taught, mentored, or inspired me. It’s something I carry quietly—and sometimes with regret. I’m especially ashamed that I’ve lost touch with some teachers who helped shape the person I’ve become. The current pattern of waiting to scream, “Eayeah, O’ my God, she was a nice woman, he was a great teacher,” and then type RIP whenever the news of a teacher’s transition reaches me is agonizing, for lack of a better word. It always feels like an insufficient gesture of…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Government will on Saturday launch a three-month intensive vocational training programme for 100 young people in the state, focusing on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), construction, building, and production. According to the Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Leo Ekene Oketa, the programme is part of Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru’s drive to promote vocational and technical education as a key strategy for revamping the state’s education sector and tackling youth unemployment. Oketa said the training, to be implemented by the State Ministry of Skill Development and Job Creation, will cover areas such…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has commenced the training of no fewer than 1,000 science, technical, and vocational teachers to improve standards and introduce the latest educational innovations in classrooms. Dr. Amaka Ngene, Chairman of the Science, Technical and Vocational Schools Management Board (STVSMB), disclosed this in Enugu while officially declaring the training open. The programme, tagged “21st Century Pedagogy in Science, Technical and Vocational Education”, began on August 1 and will run until September 12, 2025. Ngene said the training, alongside future sessions, would reposition learning and improve academic outcomes for students in science, technical, and vocational…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Federal Government has ordered a service-wide verification of federal civil servants recruited between 2013 and 2020. This comes about six years after a whistleblower in the Ministry of Works, Mr. Martins Atijegbe, raised the alarm over an alleged fraudulent employment racket involving forged appointment letters and the unlawful inclusion of unqualified persons on the federal payroll through the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Atijegbe claimed that after raising the alarm, he was rendered redundant, denied promotions, and barred from sitting for promotion exams for three consecutive years. According to a statement signed by the…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday condemned what he described as “double standards” in Nigeria’s justice system, citing the handling of the recent Ibom Air incident compared to a separate case involving a popular musician, K1 the Ultimate. In a post on his verified X handle, Obi apologised to the Ibom Air crew allegedly assaulted by Miss Comfort Emmanson but criticised security operatives for the manner in which the young woman was treated. “I must equally strongly condemn the dehumanising treatment meted out to this young woman. Stripping her publicly was not only unnecessary…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The people of Ikem in Enugu State on Monday stormed the headquarters of the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area to protest the proposed conversion of part of the council secretariat premises into a housing estate. The protesters, made up of different age groups from the community, said the land was donated to the then Isi-Uzo County Council in 1974 strictly for local government administrative purposes, not for private residential development. According to them, the land should be developed for public interest rather than private gain. Some of the placards carried by the protesters read: “Develop our land for…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nsukka Educational Zone has emerged overall champions of the Governor Peter Mbah Secondary School Sports Festival held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu. The competition, organised by the state Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in collaboration with the Post Primary School Management Board (PPSMB), was aimed at preparing and selecting athletes for the forthcoming National Youth Games scheduled for Asaba, Delta State. The championship featured six educational zones of the state: Agbani, Awgu, Enugu, Nsukka, Obollo Afor, and Udi. At the end of the four-day event, Nsukka Zone topped the medals table with a total…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Mr. Felix Nwamini Ukpo, father of David Ukpo Nwamini — the young man at the centre of the alleged illegal kidney transplant saga involving former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu — is dead. His death, which occurred on Sunday, was confirmed by one of his sons and David’s sibling, Boniface Nwamini Ukpo. Background In 2022, David was allegedly taken to the United Kingdom to donate his kidney to one of Ekweremadu’s daughters, Sonia. Mr. Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a Nigerian doctor, Obinna Obeta, were later arrested after David reportedly had a change of…