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By Azu Ishiekwene Former US President Donald Trump didn’t just happen to the United States. He hit the world like the climax of a horror movie. Scene after scene, act after act left the thoughtful in bewilderment, the reserved in shame, and even the incorrigible in doubt. Only the fantasts and ultra-right wing extremists were impressed by Trump’s macabre dance. It was a phase like no other when he freely abused the expression, “To make America great again.” Apart from his British double and ally, Boris Johnson, only clips from Uganda’s past, without their bloody trail, throw up a shadow…
By Rudolf Okonkwo You have only read the caption. And you have already said tufiakwa three times. Na wah for you. Abeg, wipe away that frown off your face. It is not your life, my friend. This is mine. So, indulge me. Don’t tell me not to be negative. Don’t preach to me about the power of the tongue – if I say it, it will happen. Yeah, if I don’t say it, it will still happen. All my friends and family that have long gone did not say it, but it happened to them. If it could happen to them,…
Our Reporter, New York Reactions to Umem Akpans charges in his novel, New York, My Village, that Biafran soldiers maltreated southern Minorities have continued unabated. During his appearance on 90MinutesAfrica on Sunday, Prof Obiwu Iwuanyanwu took issues with Uwem Akpan. “I’ve been keeping my quiet, trying to maintain civility, not to talk about Uwen Akpan, the writer. Our friend, Uwem Akpan, doesn’t know what he was talking about. Let him talk about things he knows. He shouldn’t talk about things he doesn’t know,” Professor Obiwu Iwuanyanwu said. Obiwu Iwuanyanwu, who teaches World History and Critical Theory at Central State University in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Supreme Court may soon be the next battle ground for the legal tussle over the Abia State governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as one of the aspirants, Chief Dan Eke, has rejected the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, which affirmed the candidacy of Chief Ikechi Emenike. Chief Eke, vowed to drag Emenike to the apex court, insisting that his emergence was in clear violation of the party’s directive. Ikengaonline had reported that Chief Emenike and Dr Uche Ogah who emerged in parallel primaries both laid claims to the party ticket but…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, has sacked Chief Emeka Atuma as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Abia Central senatorial district in the 2023 election. Justice Justice Rita Pemu, who presided over the court, held that Chief Sam Onuigbo is the authentic candidate of the party, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him as such. Chief Onuigbo who scored the highest number of votes in the primary was shortchanged by the party which did not submit his name to INEC, but instead, submitted the name of Atuma who…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Poets from all over the world today do not come any loftier than Nigeria’s Niyi Osundare. In my book, he is the next poet destined to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lovers of intellection are thrilled that on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Professor Niyi Osundare will deliver his Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA) Winners Lecture in Abuja. The lecture which is taking place within the context of the Annual Forum of NNOM Laureates is entitled “Poetry and the Human Voice”. The significant event that is happening physically and virtually calls for celebration because Niyi Osundare…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Attempt by one of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma (Rtd.), to stop the party’s flag bearer, Professor Greg Ibe from flying the APGA flag in 2023, has been quashed by the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia. The court presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike, Wednesday, dismissed the suit filed by the retired General, saying it lacked merit. Gen. Ijioma, had sought the relief of the court to cancel the May 29 APGA governorship primary that produced Professor Ibe alleging irregularities in his election. He claimed that the state Chairman of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A former police officer attached to the defunct State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) has been arrested by the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG) at Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect identified as Ejima was arrested over alleged serial defilement of minors in the state. The suspect, who hails from Ebonyi State, and now in police custody, is accused of defiling five under-aged children from four different parents and between the ages of five to eleven. Narrating their ordeal, one of the victims said the suspect had requested they come over to his house to rest…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The women of Eha-Amufu in Isi Uzo Local Government Area on Wednesday allegedly booed the Governorship candidate of PDP and his campaign team. Our source told Ikengaonline that Peter Mbah and his campaign team stormed the troubled community in a bid to campaign but the campaign ended abruptly when Mbah tried to plead for support. The PDP campaign train included Barr. Obiora Obeagu, Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Jideofor Ebeh, Chief Augustine Nnamani and other PDP stakeholders. Our source said that the people, particularly women in their numbers vehemently rejected and booed the campaign team inside the Eha-Amufu…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, has said that the potency of the dreaded HIV/AIDS has been subdued in the country to the extent that it is now just a chronic disease like diabetes and other regular diseases. He made the declaration Tuesday while fielding questions on Kakaaki, a breakfast show on African Independent Television (AIT). According to the NACA DG, in 2021, the records show that about seventy-four thousand new infections were reported compared to about one hundred and ten thousand new infections in 2019, saying that…