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By Akin Ogunlade The recent launch of former military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s memoir, A Journey in Service, has once again sparked conversations about Nigeria’s political history, particularly the scars left by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election. For many Nigerians, Babangida’s attempt to recast his legacy in a more favorable light feels like an appeal to the wounded souls still grappling with the consequences of that fateful decision. It also raises a pertinent question: do Nigerians suffer from collective amnesia when it comes to their political past? The wound of June 12 The annulment of the June…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday, said its security team has recovered two riffles, live cartridges, matchete and other weapons hidden by unknown persons at drug market, Bridge Head, Onitsha, Anambra State amidst the ongoing clampdown on fake and counterfeit drugs. The agency, it would be recalled, has been at patent medicine sections of Onitsha bridge head market since February 10, 2025, as part of ongoing nationwide campaign to strengthening public health by ensuring that fake and counterfeit drugs being peddled by cartels were push out of markets.  The…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  The police in Ebonyi State has arrested a suspect, Ovuta Chigozie, from Okoffia community in Ezza South Local Government Area in possession of two human skulls and three locally made guns. Police spokesperson, Joshua Ukandu, stated this in Abakaliki, capital of the state on Wednesday.  Mr Ukandu said that Chigozie, confessed that the human skulls were given to him for the preparation of a spiritual concoction. “Authorities are actively pursuing the individual mentioned in connection with this case,” he said. The spokesperson also revealed that the Police in the state have recovered some stolen tricycles in the…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu  Its such a sad matter seeing supposedly sane Nigerians taking pride in abject stupidity.  Nigeria has become the laughing-stock of the world in our warped practice of what ought to be constitutional democracy.  There is no escaping the morbid reality that the benighted country has been turned into a near-death totalitarian state.  The executive, the legislature, the judiciary, and even the so-called fourth estate of the realm, the press, have all been yoked together as marooned servants of temporal power.  Everywhere you care to look, all aspects of democracy are operated in the breach, bordering…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Chief Michael Nwobu, a community leader in Awka, Anambra State capital, was reportedly killed after hoodlums believed to be hired assassins stormed his residence on Sunday. Ikengaonline learned that the deceased aged 83, from Umudioka village in Awka South LGA, was murdered in his residence at number 27, Okolobu Street, Umudioka Village. It was learnt that the incident occurred last Sunday when the hoodlums gained access to his residence after his family members had gone to church. Mr. Nnaemeka Nwobu, one of the sons of the deceased, narrated that his father was scheduled to testify in…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Obiozara, Ohaozara LGA, has dismissed a forgery and impersonation case leveled against members of the Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oguduokwor Ward in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State. The allegations were leveled against them by the embattled National Vice Chairman of the PDP in the South-East,  Mr. Ali Odefa, shortly after they announced his suspension from the party in October last year. After the allagtions by Mr. Odefa, some Police operatives in Ebonyi State abducted the trio of Sunday Ogbonnaya Idika, Njoku Nwagu and Obinna Chukwu alongside…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State has restated that money will not influence the choice of its flag bearer ahead of the party’s primary election in the state. This is coming as a certain governorship aspirant within the party was alleged to have attempted to subvert internal democracy by offering a staggering $3 million bribe to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. Ikengaonline learned that the said offer was in a bid to impose indirect primaries for the forthcoming gubernatorial election coming up November 8 in the state. The party, through the Anambra…

Agency Report The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed 16 directors effective March 3. The appointments were said to have been made to bolster the apex bank’s operations in a number of policy-driven, regulatory and supervisory capacities. The directors are Jide-Samuel Avbasowamen, director of the information technology department; Abdullahi Hamisu, director of the banking services department; Ojumu Adenike, director of the medical services department; and Makinde Olanrewaju, head of the procurement and support services department. In the financial department, CBN appointed Sike Ijeoma as director of the financial policy and regulation department; Isa-Olatinwo Aisha, director of consumer protection department;…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Enugu State Government, in collaboration with MTN Nigeria Communications PLC, has set up a taskforce on traffic and security management on Enugu-Onitsha Highway to mitigate accidents, insecurity and traffic congestion. The taskforce is saddled with ensuring lane integrity and drivers adhering to traffic rules/regulations along Enugu State section of the Highway. This was a fallout of fuel tanker accidents in which scores of persons were burnt to death on the road’s Ugwu-Onyeama axis. The Principal Consultant of Community Liaison Initiative (CLI) to MTN, Engr. Chris Okoye, told newsmen in Enugu on Tuesday after the Task-Force inaugural…

…As CHARS-Africa calls for more transparency, accountability in governance Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Legal luminary, Chief Ukpai Ukairo, has lamented the non-domestication of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, by many states in Nigeria despite the innumerable benefits of the legislative framework passed into law by the National Assembly since 2011. Chief Ukairo presented a paper during a Stakeholdes’ Meeting in Umuahia titled, “Support to Civil Society Advocacy Towards Strengthening New Legislative Frameworks for Increased Accountability and Good Governance.” The programme was organised by the African Centre for Human Advancement and Resource Support (CHARS-Africa), supported by the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption…