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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The construction firm handling the reconstruction of Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road, Heartland Construction Company, has blamed the slow pace of work on the road on scarcity of bitumen and diesel. Project Manager of the company, Hisham Yassin, who disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen during an inspection tour of the project by the Member representing Ikwuano-Umuahia federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Sam Onuigbo, said that shortage of construction materials had been the major setback for the N13.3 billion project. Umuahia-Ikoto Ekpene federal road serves as the major link between Akwa Ibom and Cross River States…

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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia At last, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has admitted that its presidential candidate and the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, truly forfeited the sum of $460,000 to the Government of the United States of America, in 1993 following a drug trafficking allegation. The admittance was in response to the petition by Peter Obi of the Labour Party at the Election Petition Tribunal. Obi who came third at the February 25 presidential poll according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the contest,…

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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Igbo Apex sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, have expressed sadness over the demise of former Anambra State Governor, Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Mbadinuju, aged 78, was announced dead in a statement made available to newsmen by Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju. He was said to have died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement read: “With heavy hearts but utmost gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the passing of our father, grand father, uncle, friend and associate, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a former Governor of Anambra State and elder…

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Stephen Ukandu, with Agency Report The Super Falcons, Tuesday, walloped World Cup co-hosts of the upcoming FIFA Women World Cup, New Zealand, 3-0 in a friendly in Antalya, Turkey. Team captain Onome Ebi headed the Super Falcons in front after 34 minutes at the Mardan Sports Complex. The victory was the third win for the nine-time African champions. Team captain Onome Ebi headed the Super Falcons in front after 34 minutes at the Mardan Sports Complex. Her goal had turned the game around after the Football Ferns had put some pressure on the Nigerian defence in the first quarter of the hour. Spain-based forward…

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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The legal battle over the Lagos State governorship election has taken a different twist as the Peoples Democratic Party and its 2023 governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adeniran (Jandor), have filed a petition at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, seeking the nullification of the election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, accusing him  of possessing fake West African Examination Council, WAEC, result. “It was then discovered that a Statement of Result issued by Ijebu Ife Community Grammar School, Ijebu-Ife for May/June 1981 GCE O’ Level Examination with examination number 17624/118 which he submitted for his first term election as governor of…

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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Anambra State  Command has urged residents of the state to make security of life and property a priority in their respective communities. The state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, gave the charge at Nawgu in Dunukofia Local Government Area during the inauguration of a refurbished security Van donated to the community by the Anambra State Government. The Commissioner who was represented by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Dunukofia Local Government Area Mr Effiong Nda, described security of life and property as key to sustainable development. He commended the leadership…

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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced that its governorship primary will take place on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Collins Opuozor, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. Just as the State Leadership of the Labour Party, LP, under Festus Onyekwulisi, on Tuesday, announced that the LP, governorship primary will take place this week’s Saturday. According to PDP, “The 2023 Imo State Governorship Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), holds follow shows: Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Venue: Imo PDP Secretariat, 98…

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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Twelve persons, mostly women, have died in a fatal road accident which occurred on Tuesday in Ebonyi. The incident, it was gathered, happened along the Ezillo axis of the Enugu/Abakaliki Expressway. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed the fatal accident. According to its Sector Commander in Ebonyi, Uche Chukwurah, the accident involved a shuttle bus and a truck. She said 12 of the 14 passengers in the bus died while two injured persons were rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTHA) for treatment. “14 passengers were involved. 12 died: 10 females and 2…

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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said that nobody can stop, President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu from becoming the President of Nigeria. He advised those thinking they would rob Tinubu of his mandate to have a re-think, insisting that Tinubu can’t be stopped. The governor spoke in Abakaliki, capital of the state on Tuesday when the Speaker of Ebonyi State Assembly and Governor-Elect, Francis Nwifuru, visited him in his office. Nwifuru was in the Governor’s office to present to the Governor his INEC Certificate of Return and appreciate the Governor for his support which gave him…

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By LKJ Ogunewe I am not here to deliver a lecture as this has been done several times but to speak truth into sober reflections and action. I have no paper to circulate or give because such papers are rarely read or given a thought, thereafter. I am therefore here to agitate our minds and at the end of my talk, we should interact and look at ways of handling the insecurity that is threatening the peace and progress of Igboland and also, the 2023 elections. I want to ask, “Is a one-day summit sufficient enough to discuss the enormous…

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