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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Anambra State chapter has called on the State Government to implement full minimum wage for the entire workforce in Anambra State. NLC state chairman, Comrade Chinwe Orizu, made the call during the 13th delegate conference of the NLC Anambra State Chapter held on Tuesday at the Teachers’ House, Awka, the state capital. Commending the governor for increasing workers’ salaries in the state by 10 percent across board and regular payment of workers in the state, Comrade Orizu implored him to implement full minimum wage for the state’s workforce. She said, “Mr Governor we…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Advocates of Good Leadership (AGL), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called on the youths of Enugu State to resist being used to perpetrate any form of violence before, during and after the March 11 Governorship/State Assembly Elections. In a statement signed by the President of the organisation, Mr Chinedu Agada, it said that “elections will come and go but Enugu State will remain.” Agada said that the call had become necessary following the worrisome surge of political violence in the hitherto peaceful state. The group condemned the rising cases of violence as well as inflammatory statements…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia All is yet to be heard about the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Abia State, South-East Nigeria, following a startling revelation by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in charge of the state, Professor Ike Uzochukwu, that he was forcefully abducted by officials of the Department of State Services, DSS; and the Police. The REC who made the revelation in a report he wrote about the polls, said he was yet to be told his offence. Professor Uzochukwu who also said that his security details were withdrawn and his Police orderly detained, raised alarm over his…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State chapter, on Tuesday revealed how results of the presidential and national assembly elections were allegedly manufactured in about eight local government areas of the state. PDP disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, in a statement issued through the State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor. Some of the local government areas mentioned were Okigwe, Aboh Mbaise, Oguta, Ehime Mbano, Orsu, Oru East, Orlu, Mbaitoli, and others. The party alleged that the state government used state power as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission,  INEC, to suppress and write results…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Less than four days to the governorship and house of assembly elections, the Labour Party, has dissolved its Rivers State Executive Council. The leadership of the Labour Party, on Tuesday, announced the dissolution of the executive council of its Rivers State branch.  The dissolution, according to a statement by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, is with immediate effect. According to the statement, the affected officials were allegedly involved in gross anti-party activities and corruption in the management of LP funds. The development is coming on the heels  of rumours that the state chapter of the LP had…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP) in the February 25, National Assembly election in Anambra State, Princess Helen Mbakwe, has rejected the outcome of the Anambra Central Senatorial District election. Princess Mbakwe during a press briefing at the NUJ Press Center in Awka, rejected the outcome of the polls, saying that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) denied her teeming supporters the opportunity to vote. She alleged that the logo of her political party was poorly printed on the ballot paper which according to her made it difficult for her supporters to identify and cast…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Coordinator of Peter Obi Campaign Council (PCC) Mr Emeka Mammah, has urged voters in the state to vote en masse for Labour Party candidates in Saturday’s Gubernatorial/House of Assembly elections in the state. Mammah said this in a statement made available in Enugu ahead of the elections. According to him, this was to consolidate on the overwhelming victory of the party during the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on Feb. 25. He said that a repeat of the party’s victory would mean that the state had chosen the way of liberation and freedom. Mammah further said…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Worried by the failing health of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, widows in Abia State, Tuesday, gathered at the Isiama Afaraukwu ancestral home of  Kanu  to pray for his urgent and unconditional release. The widows who converged under the aegis of ‘The Widows’ Cry,’ expressed deep concern over the IPOB Leader’s continued incarceration against court orders. The widows who were decked in black attires were hitting the ground with canes as they engaged in marathon prayers seeking divine intervention for the IPOB Leader to regain his freedom. Kanu has…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Enugu State governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Chijioke Edeoga, has urged voters in the state, to  vigorously defend their votes at the forthcoming March 11, governorship and House of Assembly polls against those he called ‘political robbers.’ He said this on the heels of growing fears over possible use of violence in the forthcoming elections. Edeoga  urged voters to defend their votes as a means of eliminating politicians that have turned the economic resources of the state into their private estate.  The LP candidate who spoke while addressing party leaders and supporters from Aninri and Awgu Local Government areas said…

By Wole Soyinka I feel compelled to intervene without further delay in this affair, having come across the following in Onyeka Nwelue’s efforts to “set the record straight” over his entanglement with the British university establishment. He revealed in his response that: The first message I received, when the article was published, was from my Canadian publisher….telling me, they will remove my book, The Strangers of Braamfontein from their list. It shocked me, honestly…. The South African publisher, who was supposed to publish The Strangers of Braamfontein since 2021, will no longer publish it. They have not communicated to me, but they have…