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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)…
By Owei Lakemfa President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in commemoration of Democracy Day 2025, conferred posthumous national honours on famous writer and environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogonis hanged in 1995. I attended part of their trial in Port Harcourt and had no doubt that the Tribunal was working towards a pre-conceived conclusion. Doubtlessly, by this conferment, the Tinubu administration was trying to bring to a closure, a case that bitterly divided the Ogoni people and brought our country to international ridicule and condemnation. I think the national honours are well intentioned. However, the government was not well advised on…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Imo State Police Command, has arrested one 42 years old Ann Ngozi Enyenwa, of Umudim Ohekelem in Ngor-Okpala LGA, and rescued twelve suspected stolen children. The arrest also led to the uncovering of a child trafficking syndicate that exploits minors for street begging in Aba, Abia State. Upon her arrest along the Owerri-Aba Express Road, the suspect was found with several children whose appearance and condition immediately aroused suspicion. Consequently, the case was referred to the IGP X-Squad Unit for discreet investigation and the suspect confessed to trafficking children from Ngor-Okpala LGA to Aba, where they…
…Supports holding of Monday NEC meeting Our Reporter, Abuja Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has reiterated his support for the South-East zone’s position on the National Secretaryship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), amid growing crisis within the party. The governor stated this in a post Sunday via his official X handle after a meeting with key PDP leaders, including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; the BoT Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara; Chief Ali Odefa, the National Vice Chairman (South-East); East Zonal Chairman, Chief Ali Odefa, former National Chairman and BOT member, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo; Senator Sam Egwu; Iyom…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki As part of his administration’s drive toward industrialization, Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has inaugurated a 15-member committee to spearhead the reactivation of the moribund Nigeria Cement Company (NIGERCEM) located in Nkalagu, Ishielu Local Government Area. Governor Nwifuru made the announcement during a church service at the Government House Chapel, Abakaliki, capital of the state. He reaffirmed his commitment to reviving the once-thriving cement factory, which has remained dormant for decades. The committee, he said, is tasked with liaising with core investors and shareholders to work out modalities for the immediate commencement of operations…