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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A former Chairman of Edda Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Dr. Eni Uduma Chima, who had contested for House of Representatives two times, has vowed to continue running for the position. Chima  said he will keep contesting  until he wins the position. The former House of Assembly member contested for House of Representatives in 2015 under Labour Party and 2023 under All Progressives Congress (APC), and lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iduma Igariwey, who has now held the position for over 10 years. He stated this in his Ekoli Edda, Edda Local…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Members of the House of Representatives from Enugu, South-East Nigeria, have backed Federal Government’s plan to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. In a statement made available to newsmen on Monday, the Enugu caucus members led by Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, representing Nkanu East/West Federal Constituency, said the move would boost the South-East economy. The caucus further commended the Federal Government for the initiative and urged it to hasten the concession process for the benefit the people of the South-East and Nigeria in general. They also called on the people of the region to support the concessioning…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Eight persons, including four women lost their lives while six others got injured in a ghastly motor accident along Nteje-Awka route, near New Terminal, close to Ukpo Junction, Anambra state. The crash occured around 9pm on Sunday and involved a Mack tanker without registration number and a Toyota Hiace bus, registered as EKP375XM.  An eyewitness account said the bus, heading to Onitsha, collided with the tanker while overtaking another vehicle on a single carriageway, leaving many passengers dead and others injured. “The bus, traveling from Abakaliki to Onitsha, was speeding and overtook dangerously before colliding with the…

Agency Report Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, has dismissed the no-case submission filed by Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja on Monday sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging. Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased (his wife) on April 8, 2022. The judge held that the prosecution had proven the burden of proof placed on it by the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  One person has been shot dead, two injured and many others missing in Ndiagu Amagu, Ikwo,  in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, following a leadership tussle in the community. The deceased, Nwoyika Ugbaloke and Thomas Ngaragu were attacked by a gun wielding group but Ugbaloke couldn’t survive the attack. Many people are said to be missing in the attack. Trouble started when a faction in the community imposed N40,000 levy on all the adults in Nduche Umuomara in the community which did not go down well with another faction in the area. It was also…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government says a whopping N10 billion has been earmarked to support startups in technology,  agriculture and entrepreneurship in the state. Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Abia Small & Medium Microfinance Bank, Mr Isaac Chimeremeze Okigbo, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ sensitisation engagement on the Abia State adoption of the Nigeria Start-Up Act, said the fund had been warehoused in the bank. Okigbo who was a former Special Adviser to the Governor on Internally Generated Revenue, challenged start-ups in the tech industry, Agric sector and entrepreneurship to take advantage of the largesse and realise…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Onochie Anyachebelu, has launched an appeal to the public and legal practitioners to reduce the number of petitions filed against judicial officers. Speaking at the 27th Law Week in Awka, the state capital, Justice Anyachebelu urged Nigerians to pursue legal avenues in seeking justice.  He emphasized the importance of obeying court orders, stressing that this is crucial for maintaining order and preventing societal anarchy.  The judge appealed for a reduction in the number of petitions filed against judicial officers particularly the Chief Judges, noting that such petitions can impede the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Finally, the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Udaughan, has satirically apologised to the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, over the controversial sexual harassment allegation she levelled against him. The suspended Senator in the said letter of apology further mocked Akpabio over the controversy, emphasizing how she had ‘mistakenly’ valued competence and dignity over mediocrity and favouritism. Recall that Natasha was suspended on March 6 following a heated argument with the Senate President over a new seating arrangement, which she alleged was designed to punish her. Natasha later  accused Akpabio  of persecuting her for rejecting his purported…

…Says killer herdsmen, not IPOB distabilising S’East Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo women under the aegis of Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, have tackled the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, over his recent warning to South-Easterners against promoting the activities of IPOB and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), particularly through social media. IWA disagreed with the CDS over the distabilising force in the South-East, saying that the killer herdsmen, and not IPOB, is responsible for the insecurity in the zone. The women told the CDS to mobilise his men against the rampaging herders distabilising communities and raping…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 13 December 1972, Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, signed into law the Constitution (Amendment) Acts, numbers 3,4 and 5 ending the country’s First Republic and ushering in a new constitution for the country, which promised a “One-Party Participatory Democracy” under “one and only one party…., namely, the United National Independence Party (UNIP).” All of this was to be realized under an official ideology of “Humanism.” The previous day, Zambia’s Court of Appeal had thrown out the case brought by veteran nationalist, Harry Nkumbula, in his appeal from the decision of the High Court dismissing his case against the establishment…