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Ben Ezechime, Enugu A sting operation conducted by the Nigerian Army and joint security operatives in Ehamufu in the early hours of Sunday, March 12, 2023, has led to the arrest of 10 heavily armed thugs allegedly hired to militarise the March 18, 2023 elections in Enugu State. According to information from security sources, the thugs, numbering 20, were mostly hired from outside Enugu State for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, and possibly killing of perceived political enemies during the elections. The thugs were said to have been hired from Aguleri, in Anambra State, and were apprehended at the Governor’s Lodge,…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On World Teachers Day, 5 October, 2021, a collective of former students from different parts of the world congregated to pay homage to a former teacher. They included professors, army generals, senior judges, several Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), a Queens Counsel (QC, Queen Elizabeth was still alive then), and senior public servants. All of them had one thing in common: they were full of gratitude for the inspiration, motivation, and mentorship provided by the teacher. That teacher was Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo, the law professor and SAN, who became Nigeria’s fifth elected Vice-President on 29 May 2015.…

By Onwubiko Agozino The prosecutor, in the case of the Ekweremadus, opened on February 6, 2023 by saying that the donor must have been coached to call the defendants, cousins, uncles and aunties. Is that all they have got after more than 200 days in detention? It is completely normal for all younger people to call all older people uncles, aunties, daddies and mamas; and call one another brothers, sisters, cousins, in Africa and in the African Diaspora. The prosecutor should be forgiven for not knowing this basic cultural fact after months in detention but the lack of this awareness does…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Nine governorship aspirants of the Labour Party, LP, in Imo State, on Saturday, disagreed with the National leadership of the party over the setting up of a Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party in the state. They took this decision in a statement issued in Owerri and signed by all nine governorship aspirants among others. The governorship aspirants include Captain David Mbamara(retd); Ike Ibe; Kelechi Nwagwu; Charles Onyirimba; Humphrey Anumudu; T.J Ehirim; Martins Agbaso; General Lincoln Jack Ogunewe; and Chinedu Amadi. Other members of the party, are Senator Chris Anyanwu; Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie; Obinna Ibe; Nick Oparandudu; Frank Nneji; Paschal Odibo; Mike Ndubuaku; and Chinyere Okpara. Ikengaonline had reported that the Imo LP leadership under…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, on Saturday sacked his Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Ford Ozumba. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. However, Emelumba did not give any reason for the sack of the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity. But it was gathered that Ozumba’s sack, may not be unconnected with the ongoing statewide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, that has crippled the public power supply in Imo State, for the third day running. The strike in the state has caused a lot of controversies with…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The newly sworn-in Imo State chairman of Labour Party, LP, Festus Onyekwulisi, on Friday described the party as a movement to sweep away the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, out of power in the state. Onyekwulisi, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, while marshaling out the plans of the party to unseat APC, in Imo ahead of Saturday’s Governorship/House of Assembly elections. The chairman said that Labour Party has come to liberate Imo people and give them leadership, and that Imo is the Labour Party and Labour Party, Imo State. He also said that the party has started work…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Ebere Amaraizu, a renowned Sports Administrator has suggested concerted and collaborative efforts to check vices so as to achieve growth, development and excellence in sports in the country. Amaraizu, who is the Director of Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO), made the call while speaking to newsmen on Saturday on ways of improving Nigerian athletes’ performance. According to him, there were many sports vices which have militated against sports excellence, growth and development among athletes in competitions both within and outside the country. He said, if sports is truly a tool to prevent social vices for a functional and progressive…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu It turned out a near carnival at Amuri, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday when Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the just concluded Presidential/National Assembly election came to commiserate with the family of slain Senatorial candidate of the party, the Late Barrister Oyibo Chukwu. Obi was accompanied on the visit by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abule, and Senator Victor Umeh. The Governorship candidate of LP in Enugu State, Barrister Chijioke Edeoga also joined the entourage Midway at Eke Agbani from where they…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Supreme Court has sacked Hon. Victor Uzoma Chukwu, the Majority Leader of Ebonyi State House of Assembly as the All Progressives Congress, APC, Candidate for Ezza North West State Constituency of Ebonyi State, in the March 18, 2023 general election. The Apex Court declared Barr. Leonard Nweke Igboke as the duly nominated House of Assembly Candidate of APC in Ezza North West State Constituency of Ebonyi State Barr. Leonard Nweke Igboke had won the APC Primary election conducted on 26/5/2022 and was the nominated candidate of APC, but his name was wrongfully omitted in the lists of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has told Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo and other governors to not be afraid of being impeached from office as governors of their states. He gave the advice on Friday while addressing newsmen after a close-door meeting with the LP House of Assembly candidates in the state. Obi who called on Nigerians to vote Labour candidates in the forthcoming election, urged State Governors not to feel threatened or be afraid of impeachment. He noted that LP and its candidates are primarily out to…