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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Member representing Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2 in the House of Representatives, Dr Chinyere Igwe, was Friday morning, arrested with $498,100 cash, along Aba Road Port Harcourt. Confirming his arrest, the police said the lawmaker was arrested along with a list of people the monies were meant for. Speaking on behalf of the Police Command in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko said Igwe was nabbed during a stop and search operation by operatives deployed to the Independent National Electoral Commission office along Aba Road in Port Harcourt. He said the Assistant Inspector General of Police deployed to the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced the immediate suspension of the Senate Chief Whip, and Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over alleged anti-party activities and other offences. The suspension is coming less than 20 hours to the National Assembly election in which the Senate Chief Whip is seeking re-election for a second term in office. His suspension according to APC, is with immediate effect. Kalu has been having running battles with the leadership and members of Abia APC. He is being accused of undermining and sabotaging the party in the state. According to his…
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Saturday’s presidential election, as it is, from reasonable projections and analyses, promises to be the most intriguingly competitive contestation for power in the annals of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. For the first time, we have a four-horse race. Interestingly, the four candidates are from the two regional blocks – North and South of Nigeria – and four geopolitical zones, to wit: South-West (Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC), South-East (Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP), North-East (Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP) and North-West (Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Aminu Chinade, has warned troublemakers to steer clear of South-East zone in tomorrow’s (Saturday) Presidential and National Assembly election. He also assured South-East residents of adequate security before, during and after the general election. Chinade said that the Nigerian Army was “highly prepared and motivated to give them a bloody nose.” The GOC gave the assurance in Enugu while addressing troops deployed for election security in various parts of the South-East. He assured residents that the Army and other sister security agencies were prepared to provide…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to be patriotic and avoid actions capable of derailing the country’s democracy as is the case in some countries in West Africa. Jonathan who made the appeal in a post on his Twitter handle, urged Nigerians to exhibit maturity and tolerance as they go to the polls tomorrow and on March 11. The former President said that the peace and unity of Nigeria should be paramount to any primordial sentiments, hence the need for all to play according to the rules. He wrote: “Fellow…
By Agbo, Ochonu & Kperogi In the face of the existential challenges facing Nigeria and in the lead-up to the 2023 presidential election, three Nigerians in the Diaspora discuss the way forward for a nation in crisis. Osmund: I get a bit emotional and quite frankly frustrated, talking about the subject of restructuring Nigeria. It beggars belief that we have a system that is universally acknowledged as being faulty at its very core, yet successive administrations for whatever motivation or lack thereof, continue to drag their feet in addressing such an existential issue. This could be likened to someone suffering from…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Mazi Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based self-acclaimed disciple of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been released by the police in Finland. Ekpa was released hours after he was reportedly arrested and grilled by the Finish police for yet to be disclosed crime. But his arrest might not be unconnected with his threat to prevent elections in the South-East on Saturday and March 11. He was arrested and escorted by the police out of his apartment in Lahti earlier on Thursday. The Finnish Central Criminal Police confirmed Ekpa’s release on Thursday, according…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Minister for Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has urged Nigerians to reject both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC; and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the forthcoming polls, describing both parties as “siamese twins of bad governance.” The co-founder of Transparency International, and global advocate for good governance who made the call while featuring on Ikengaonline town-hall meeting, Thursday night, said APC and PDP have been responsible for Nigeria’s underdevelopment, and should not be allowed to hang on to power. According to her, the two dominant parties in the country are of one political umbilical cord without difference in their ideologies.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the intensification of the discreet investigations and manhunt of the subversive criminal elements in parts of Enugu State. He said some criminal elements suspected to be IPOB/ESN renegades in the night hours of 22/02/2023 at different locations, ambushed and simultaneously attacked and murdered Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) members, and also attempted to attack the convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate. The Spokesperson for the command, DSP, Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement released in Enugu on Thursday said the Commissioner stated…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies in Enugu State have assured of their readiness for a peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in the state. The INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Enugu State, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, gave the assurance shortly after the Inter-agency Consultation Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Enugu. “We are ready for the polls. We have deployed all non-sensitive materials to the INEC local government offices already. “All the sensitive materials for the poll are already on ground in Enugu and by the grace of God, we will start moving…