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By Osmund Agbo Thankfully, life possesses a remarkable ability to shatter our meticulously designed plans, often for our own benefit, even if its wisdom eludes us in the immediate moment. This is what led Woody Allen to humorously remark, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” Last year marked a personal milestone: the 20th anniversary of what I like to call my odyssey in the United States. Truth be told, my heart was filled with gratitude as I reminisced about this remarkable journey called life over the past several years. Despite the numerous hurdles and trials…
Nonsochukwu Uwa,Owerri Residents of Imo State, under the aegis of concerned Imo Indigenes, on Tuesday protested against the state government’s Imo State Social Benefit Number scheme. The protest led by Comrade Uchechukwu Okoronkwo, took place at front of the Imo government house in Owerri. Their grievance, was that the government of governor Hope Uzodimma allegedly collected from residents the details of their Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVC, before people can be registered in the scheme. And they alleged it would be used to rig November 2023 Imo governorship election. According to them, “We are here to peacefully demonstrate against the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo and his Imo State counterpart, Governor Hope Uzodimma, have lauded President Muhammadu Buhari, following the completion of the Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha. The second Niger bridge was officially commissioned by President Buhari on Tuesday. He also commissioned the Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke Federal Secretariat Awka, drawing the presence of political leaders and other key stakeholders from the South-East. Soludo who spoke during the event said Nigerians will remember President Muhammadu Buhari legacies including the newly commissioned projects when he leaves office on May 29, 2023. The governor said the Second Niger…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Presidential Election Petitions Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has hinted that it would bar lawyers, newsmen and others from accessing the courtroom with their mobile phones. Chairman of the five-man panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani gave the warning Tuesday during the resumed hearing in the petition by Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, against Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is as the court overruled Tinubu, and consolidated different petitions by Obi and Atiku seeking to nullify Tinubu’s election. The panel in a unanimous decision, dismissed objections and APC opposing the merger of the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday dismissed the application seeking to stop the inauguration of Peter Mbah as the Governor of the state on May 29th. The Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its governorship candidate in the March 18th Governorship election, Mr Nnamdi Omeje, had prayed the Tribunal to stop the inauguration and/or swearing in of Mbah as the Executive Governor of Enugu State. The Petitioners through their motion, urged the tribunal to make an interlocutory order of injunction restraining the governor-elect Peter Mbah from presenting himself, for the purposes of being sworn in or…
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…