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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Police in Ebonyi State says it has uncovered plots by some political parties and groups to stage a protest in the state on May 29 during the inauguration of governor-elect, Francis Nwifuru. It therefore warned aggrieved political parties and their supporters in the state against engaging in actions that may lead to a breach of public peace ahead of the May 29 inauguration. Spokesperson of the Police in the state, Onome Onovwakpoyeya stated this on Monday. She warned that police will deal decisively with any person(s) or group of persons that violate this order or deliberately cause the breakdown of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Labour Party has said that it had uncovered plots by some anti-democratic forces to scuttle the swearing in of the Abia Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, and set up an interim government in the state. According to the Labour Party which won the March 18 governorship poll in the state, masterminds of the plot are desperately shopping for a kangaroo court order to stop Otti’s inauguration on May 29. The party accused those behind last Friday’s purported voiding of Otti’s candidacy by a Kano federal high court, of also sponsoring the latest plot. LP in a press…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely one month after setting up his Transition Council, Abia Governor-Elect, Dr. Alex Otti has received the report of the Council. Speaking while receiving the report in his Isiala Ngwa South country home, Otti declared that his Inauguration on May 29 “is sacrosanct.” He urged Abians to disregard any rumour to the contrary, insisting that the mandate given to him by the people of Abia cannot be stolen by anti-democratic forces no matter their strategies. Otti described his purported sack by a Kano court as baseless and the antics of his detractors, who he said had…
By Rudolf Okonkwo Several weeks ago, in the heat of the 2023 campaign, I commissioned two social scientists conversant with Nigeria to help me map out the DNA of an Obidient. They went to work. Periodically, they sent me their findings. After stating that deep down, the ‘Obidient’ movement is not about Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Scientist #1 propounds that ‘Obidients’ are desolate, dejected, and dislocated hitchhikers who saw a shiny wagon on a muddy road and hopped on. Scientist #2, on the other hand, sees them as reluctant anarchists plotting destruction in the bushes, only to be distracted by the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, Monday, turned down the request by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, for the live coverage of the petitions against Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, declared winner of the February 25 presidential poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The five-man Panel headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, dismissed the request, saying it is lacked merit. According to the panel, no regulatory framework or policy direction, permitted it to grant such application. The panel ruled that “allowing…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Chairman, World Igbo Congress (WIC), Professor Anthony Ejiofor, will be the Keynote Speaker in this month’s Ikengaonline town-hall meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 25, 2023. He will be speaking on “Insecurity in the South-East: The Role of Nigeria Diaspora.” According to a press release by the Editor-in-Chief of the on-line newspaper, Uche Ugboajah, the two-hour virtual meeting scheduled for 7:00 pm West African Time (WAT), will be co-anchored by Dr Osmund Agbo; and Dr Chido Onumah. The release gave the zoom link as: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83642576462?pwd=blNRbzcxL1ZlSjl3MjVGWW1VSWhWZz09 It also gave the meeting ID as: 836 4257 6462; and passcode as:…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Funds meant for the 17 Local Government Areas of Enugu State under the Tree Maternal and Child Health programme are yet to be remitted since the inception of the present administration, Ikengaonline can authoritatively confirm. The special funding for maternal and child health programme was initiated by the former administration of Gov. Sullivan Chime to offer free maternal care to pregnant women and their new born babies. An official of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency in one of the LGAs told Ikengaonline in confidence that since the beginning of the present administration of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The House of Representatives has dismissed as “baseless and unfounded,” media reports that it received $15 million inducement from the Federal Government to restructure the N22.7 trillion Ways and Means taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The lower legislative chamber urged members of the public to disregard the misleading media reports planted by mischief makers to blackmail the House. Image maker of the House and lawmaker representing Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, in a press statement, said that such allegation was a figment of the imagination of the peddlers. Below is the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The outgoing Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has urged the Executive members of Enugu Sports Club and all members of the elite club to support the incoming administration of Peter Mbah. He said this at the weekend while inaugurating the 2023/2024 Executive Committee of the Enugu Sports Club under the chairmanship of Sir Nnanna Victor Atuonwu. Governor Ugwuanyi urged the new leadership of the club to continue to expand the frontiers of unity, peace and development through offering support and wise counsel to the incoming administration of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah. The governor who congratulated the chairman…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Many people may not know it but as powerful as they may seem, presidents can often be glorified prisoners. In this new VIP wing of the SHMC, President Buhari has chosen to invest in a glorified prison as his preferred legacy for his successor Having gone to London to watch the crowning of England’s King Charles III earlier this month, a friend joked last week, President Muhammadu Buhari extended his stay so his dentist could crown his teeth. That was how he read the line from the presidency that the General Buhari had stayed back in London…