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By Sheddy Ozoene This is a season of political divorces, that strange separation of godsons from their godfathers and the end to political alliances between people of like interests. The events of the last two weeks were quite revealing, from the rift that blew open in the political relationship between Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos in Nigeria to collapse in the political romance between US President Donald Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk in the United States. The former is more of a godfather and godson relationship, while the later is/was…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has flagged off the distribution of 10,000 professional kits to midwives in the South-East states. The states include Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, and Enugu. While flagging off the distribution the First Lady said that the initiative complemented the Federal Government’s retraining exercise for 120,000 frontline health workers nationwide. She said over 60,000 health workers have completed their training under the programme. According to her, the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) was distributing 60,000 kits to midwives, nurses, and other health workers as an incentive to improve healthcare delivery. “Since January 2025, 50,000 kits have been…
By Stanley Ojah The humid night air hung heavy over Kaduna as Colonel Olusegun Oloruntoba was roused from sleep by an urgent pounding on his door. Before he could fully comprehend the situation, armed soldiers burst in, their faces obscured by the shadows of their berets. The date was March 1995, marking the beginning of a 1,460-day nightmare for one of Nigeria’s most distinguished military engineers. No warrant. No explanation. Just the cold, metallic click of handcuffs snapping shut around Oloruntoba’s wrists. “You are under arrest for treason.” Treason? The word echoed in his mind. As they roughly handcuffed him,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has declared continued support for President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, saying that his friendship with the President predates party politics. Otti who spoke on Sunday when he received in audience a former Governor of the state and Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu; and Senator Chris Adighije; said the President’s economic policies, though painful at the moment, “are necessary economic decisions to fix Nigeria.” The duo of Kalu and Adighije, are chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, while Otti is the only Labour Party Governor in Nigeria…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Following the ongoing investigations into the recent killing of Four siblings by a suspected Pastor in their neighborhood, a team of security operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, Enugu State, over the weekend, raided an ongoing church building and recovered a human skull and some ritual materials. The building still under construction with the name synagogue, was said to belong to a Prophet by the name, Chinedu Solomon Ezedike, who is allegedly linked to the murder crime. Ikengaonline reports that the Chairman of the Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, Barr…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A group known as Ndi Igbo Intellectual & Cultural Development Organization (NIDO), has faulted the recognition of June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria without extending same recognition to late Professor Humphrey Nwosu who conducted the June 12, 1993, presidential election which the Democracy Day commemorates. According to the group, it amounts to double standard for Nigeria Government to designate June 12 in memory of Moshood Abiola, the presumed winner of the presidential poll, while refusing to acknowledge the sacrifices of Professor Nwosu, who supervised the poll acclaimed to be credible both locally and internationally. NIDO, in…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka One person has reportedly lost his life in a road crash involving a Premium Motor Spirit-laden tanker that occurred at Umuike Echem community, Nnobi, close to Nnokwa junction, Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State. Eyewitnesses near the scene said the driver lost control of the PMS laden truck and hit a perimeter fencing as he was trying to navigate a sharp bend in the area. A source said the driver was navigating a sharp bend when he lost control of the vehicle and the petrol tanker tripped off and hit a wall perimeter fence. The content…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from Borno State, Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has told President Ahmed Bola Tinubu not to be carried away by the orgy of endorsements for his second term bid by Governors and some politicians, saying that they do not translate to victory at the poll. The vocal Senator who featured on Channels Television, Sunday night, quickly reminded Tinubu that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, was endorsed by 22 Governors in 2015 but still lost the election to the opposition. This is as Senator Ndume distanced himself from…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been urged to honour the presiding officers of the National Assembly in the Third Republic, for resisting an attempt by the military to use the legislature to legitimise the annulment of June 12 presidential election. A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Emma Nwaka, who represented Abia North district comprising part of today’s Ebonyi State in the Third Republic, made the advocacy in a statement he issued in Abuja. Senator Nwaka argued that the presiding officers and members of the Third Republic were the true heroes of Nigeria’s democracy,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Abdulahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured that the party will take over the governance of Enugu State in 2027. Ganduje said that the current Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state was in its last tenure as the APC had strategised to take over Enugu State, regarded as capital of the South-East. Ganduje, who was represented by the Deputy National Chairman of APC, South, Chief Emma Eneukwu, said this at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government Area at the reception for the member representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency,…