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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The race to the “LION BUILDING” the seat of power in Enugu State has become like the race to “Nikki” during the balkanisation of Africa by the colonial masters in the 18th century. Enugu State has never, in its history since its creation in 1991, been divided as it is today with all divisive tendencies, Religion, Ethnicity, Tribal, Creed, Class, Hatred etc, coming into play. It is very surprising that today in Enugu State, church denomination has become a criterion to vote for a candidate in a Governorship election. Ethnic association has become a yardstick to vote in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Less than 24 hours to the opening of polls in tomorrow’s governorship and house of assembly elections, Abians in the Diaspora, have strongly urged Abia voters not to sell their votes for any financial inducement. They also cautioned those behind the alleged plots to instigate violence during the polls to perish the thought as they would not be able to shoulder the consequences of such unpatriotic acts. They bared their minds in a statement jointly signed by Professors Chukwubuikem Anosike (US), and Udenwa Nnabuikem (UK), and said that they had already deployed their monitoring team across the state for on-the-spot…
By Owei Lakemfa AS we sleep, nature is ever awake, working. Even if we snore, it cannot be as loud as the rumbling Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo which this week, is threatening to blow out as it did on May 22, 2011. The tragic flood Freddy which is ripping through Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar claiming some 300 lives, is like a drop in the ocean compared to the new ocean nature is burrowing through the continent. The East African Rift System, EARS, elongating from the afar area of northern Ethiopia, splitting up countries like Kenya…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu There is no better way of introducing Odia Ofeimun than pointedly stressing that “Odia Ofeimun is Odia Ofeimun!” Enough said. Poet, publisher, editor, activist, polemicist, mentor, politician, columnist, factory worker, writer, dance-drama exponent, public intellectual, critic etc. Odia ofeimun has packed uncountable lifetimes into one tumultuous lifespan. Born on March 16, 1950, in Iruekpen, an Esan-speaking town in Ekpoma, in present-day Edo State, Odia missed an entire year at the start of his primary schooling because, as was the practice then, his right hand could not cross his head and touch his left ear! He eventually benefitted…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have denied reports linking security agents to a homicide in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. Reports trending in different media platforms alleged that security agents from Department of State Services (DSS) were responsible for the murder of a middle-aged man in Ogidi town on Thursday. It was gathered that the man (victim) whose wife was just delivered of a baby was preparing to go see his wife and new baby in the hospital, when he was shot, after a suspect pursued by security agents ran into his compound. It was also gathered…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Professor Greg Ibe, has dismissed as lie from the pit of hell, the report of his purported withdrawal for the younger brother of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and candidate of the Action Peoples Party, APP, Mr Mascot Uzor Kalu. Professor Ibe said the fake and misleading report was mischievous planted to possibly confuse and deceive his teeming supporters. The APGA governorship candidate said it was an insult to his person to step down for Kalu who by all standards, is not his match. He, however,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Cajetan Eze, the Governorship candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), for Enugu State has thrown his weight behind the candidacy of Dr Peter Mbah, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of March 18, elections. Eze stated this at a press briefing in Enugu, adding that his action becomes necessary in view of the track record of Mbah as a successful businessman. He also said that his decision was in consonance with the zoning formula being practiced in the state since the advent of democracy in 1999. “I am from Enugu West Senatorial zone…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Tochukwu Okorie, has endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Francis Nwifuru, in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. He gave the endorsement in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abakaliki, capital of the state. Mr Okorie, who has been having a running battle with the governorship candidate of the PDP, Ifeanyi Ọdịi, urged the people of the State to vote for Nwifuru. He noted that it is only fair that Ebonyi North where Mr Nwifuru comes from gets the ticket for the governorship. He argued…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, former deputy governor, Gerald Irona, and the House of Representatives member-elect for Ideato Federal Constituency, Ikenga Ugochinyere Imo, have pleaded with the Imo State police command to shift the date of earlier invitation from March 3, 2023, to March 21, 2023. It was gathered from the command on Thursday that Ihedioha and the two others made the request in a letter addressed to the Imo police headquarters in Owerri. A source from the command said some of the reasons surrounding the Ihedioha’s letter was to enable them prepare and…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the APC in power at the centre; and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, as different sides of the same coin which should never be trusted with power again. Apugo who is also a member of the national caucus of the APC, said both the APC and the PDP had failed woefully, and should not be considered for any vote in the forthcoming governorship and house of assembly elections. The APC chieftain, endorsed the candidacy of the Labour Party governorship flag bearer,…