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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Ike Oye, has predicted that APGA would claim all the states in the South-East come 2023. Oye who made the prediction Friday in Umuahia while inaugurating the APGA Campaign Council in the state, said that both the All Progressives Congress, APC; and the the Peoples Democratic Party, PDD, had failed the zone. Citing Anambra which has been ruled by APGA governor as a model, Chief Oye said the intention of APGA was to make the entire South-East zone a referral zone for modern development in Nigeria. Commenting on…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command has confirmed that hoodlums suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, attacked with explosives the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Orlu office in the state, on Friday evening.   The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. However, he said the hoodlums’ explosives only affected the security post and as they tried to gain entry into the main building they were repelled by the officers on duty who engaged them in a gun battle and overpowered the hoodlums…

By Owei Lakemfa Ethiopia, which along with Liberia were the only two African countries Europe was unable to colonise, has been bathed in blood many times in the last six decades until a bloody peace was written on November 2, 2022. A civil war with Eritrea which was then part of Ethiopia, exacerbated the 1983-85 Ethiopian Famine resulting in 1.4 million deaths. The continuous wars against the Amhara-backed Menghistu Haile Mariam regime which ended on May 28, 1991, saw a loose front of Eritrean, Tigrayan and Oromo rebels gain victory. However, the Eritreans, the senior partners, decided to leave the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, says the newly recruited five thousand teachers in Anambra State will receive their December salaries. Governor Soludo made the pledge during the ceremonial presentation of appointment letters to the newly recruited five thousand teachers for the primary and secondary schools in Anambra State. Governor Soludo while addressing the five thousand successful teachers noted that teaching is not just a job but a vocation and insisted that no other condition other than merit should be the consideration for the recruitment. Governor Soludo further stated that recruitments under his watch must be free,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has shown love and passion to disabilities community in Anambra State. The intervention is in line with the 2022 World Disability Day tagged: “Transformative Solutions for Inclusive Development: The Role of Innovation in Fuelling an Accessible and Equitable World.” The event is celebrated December 3 of every year. Ikengaonline gathered that the senator doled out over 500 pieces of motorised tricycles, 1000 pieces of motorised and manual wheelchairs, clutches, braille machines, laptops, special phones and other materials. Speaking at the event, Comrade Amobi Okonkwo, a Senior…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Students of University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), have embarked on protests inside the campus against the school Management’s decision to hike school fees. Ikengaonline learned that the protest which is in its second day saw students march round the campus singing solidarity songs with some placards denouncing the school Authority’s decision. The students are protesting a 100 per cent increase in school fees which will see a final year student coughing out N92,000 as against N42,000 being paid previously. The increase also means that, a 300-level student now pays N95,000 as against N47,000; the same as 200-level students, while a 100-level student now pays…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The senatorial candidate of Labour Party (LP) for Enugu North district, Barr. Okey Ezea has accused Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, also a senatorial candidate of the PDP for Enugu North, of trading off Nsukka opportunities. He said this in Nsukka while featuring on Voice FM 96.7 programme, “Voice Connect,” monitored by Ikengaonline. Ezea, fondly called, Ideke, x-rayed the failure of his PDP opponent, to care for the people of Nsukka zone both as a member of House of Representatives, for Udenu/Igbo-eze North Federal Constituency for 12 years and Governor for seven and half years. He said that, having represented Nsukka…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ohanaeze Ndigbo World wide elders council on Thursday expressed anger over the reported killings in some parts of Ebonyi and Enugu states, last week. The Ohanaeze Chairman Elders Forum, Chief Emmanuel Iwuayanwu, stated this to newsmen in Owerri. Iwuayanwu described it as unprovoked attacks and an invasion of Igbo communities. However, to address the situation of insecurity in the affected areas, Chief Iwuanyanwu called on the Governor of Ebonyi State and the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo World wide, Professor George Obiozor, to convene a South-East summit of political, religious, traditional and business leaders, to find a solution to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has called for the immediate removal of the Minister for Labour and Productivity, accusing him of “divide and rule and  pro-rata payment of salaries.” ASUU, further accused Ngige of paying politics with the demands of ASUU which led to the protracted strike that crippled the education sector. The union which held its rally Thursday at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU, accused Ngige of “Divide and rule and  pro-rata payment of salaries.” The lecturers who carried placards with various inscriptions marched round the campus chanting solidarity songs. Some of…

By Okey Ndibe Here’s a modest proposal to Ahmed Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC): quit. My suggestion is bound to strike some as quixotic, perhaps even as sheer political theater. But be assured I’m in deadly earnest. In the long run – and perhaps in the short run as well – it serves Tinubu (and Nigeria) to exit the stage. To be clear, I’m not saying that the man is incapable of pulling off a victory in next February’s election. Going by some permutations, his prospects look as good as any other candidate’s. My proposal does…