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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has said that efforts of his political opponents to demarket and delegitimise his support group, ‘the OBI-dient’ Movement, will fail. Obi was congratulating Christians on their Easter celebration and Moslems on their forthcoming 2023 Eid El Fitr, when he lamented that his supporters are unnecessarily being attacked. He regretted that such attacks come in form of fighting words surprisingly from those supposed to be civic leaders of the country. Taking to his Twitter on Monday, the former Anambra State governor, however, encouraged the people to endure towards…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo I will chop Professor Wole Soyinka’s $1000. I am ready to lead him to the underground caves where my fellow “unlettered and uncultured” people who write all the fake news about him reside. The question now is, will the Nobel Prize winner come with me? For people like me who go far to collect quotable quotes, apart from the indomitable Robert Mugabe, Wole Soyinka has emerged as the leading African who dishes out words of wisdom daily. I don’t know how he does it, but I am delighted whenever I see another of his great saying…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that Nigeria’s critical need is not infrastructure but security, social justice and respect for human rights. Archbishop Kukah who stated this in his Easter message, urged the incoming administration to guarantee the security of, and social justice for Nigerians whom he regretted, are still frustrated by the outcome of the general election. The cleric further regretted that never in the history of Nigeria was the country so divided along ethnic and religious lines as currently witnessed. He, therefore, urged the incoming Government to as a matter of urgent priority, strive…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Popular Nigerian UK-based Pastor and founder of RIG Nation and Pioneer Church, Prophet Tomi Arayomi, has fled Nigeria with his family after his ordeal with the Department of State Services, DSS, which quizzed him on Friday. The cleric and his wife were on Good Friday, picked up at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, upon their arrival to Nigeria for a preaching engagement in one of their local branches. They were taken to the DSS headquarters where they were detained along with one of their aides. But the Pastor and his wife were later released apparently following pressures from…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Catholic Bishop of Umuahia, Bishop Michael Ukpong, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of crucifying the hope of Nigerians for a new country following the failure of the electoral umpire to conduct a credible poll at the just-concluded general elections. Bishop Ukpong who made the allegation in his Easter message, however, urged Nigerians not to give up, expressing hope that as Jesus resurrected from death three days after his burial against the wishes and opposition of Jewish leaders and Roman soldiers, justice will ultimately prevail over falsehood. “That Jesus rose again from death on…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Sports, Obinna Ogba, has explained that it will be difficult for first-timers to become Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives in the country. Ogba who represents Ebonyi Central said the two chambers of the National Assembly have their rules on how Senate President and Speaker can emerge which favour ranking members. He noted that if green horns emerge as the new leaders of the National Assembly, they will not be able to know the rules of the Assembly and apply them after their emergence.…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Aremo Segun Osoba, Ogun State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako–Oyedele, Chief Justice of the State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu and Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola, were among dignitaries who paid the last respects to former Attorney–General of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola. Ajibola, also a former jurist of International Court at the Hague, Netherlands, died on Saturday night following age-related ailments. After Janazah prayer led by Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola, the remains of Ajibola were interred within the sprawling Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) premises, a centre he…
Our Reporter, Abuja The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government and all stakeholders to take extraordinary measures to address the menace of violent killings going on in Benue State and Zamfara State. Obi reacted to the reports of the killing of no fewer than 43 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in a late-night attack on LGEA Primary School, Mgban, Nyiev Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, by suspected armed herdsmen; and the reported killings that took place across two other local governments in the state. According to…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested six members of a notorious criminal gang that has been terrorising Eziowelle community and its environs. Ikengaonline gathered that members of the notorious gang have been involved in kidnapping, robbing, intimidating and harassing people of the community. They were also alleged to have broken into homes of prominent individuals to steal properties, rape female members of their families and kidnapped others who were later forced to part with huge sums of money as ransom. Sources said they made the town so hot that indigenes of the town ran away from their homes…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Macky Sall, Senegal’s president since the beginning of April 2012, has had somewhat of a charmed life. Born in December 1961, he has lived at the cutting edge of his country’s political leadership for over a quarter of a century as city mayor, cabinet minister, prime minister, president of the National Assembly, and president. Over this period, he has been a leader in the opposition Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS), protégé and later opponent to President Abdoulaye Wade, and since 2008, founder of a party political start-up, Alliance for the Republic (APR). To become president in 2012,…