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By Jude Eze This is actually a wrong time to author any write-up on executive Governor of Anambra state — His Excellency, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, since he’s already enmeshed in a tussle, analogous to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, with the “Obidients.” And so, it is necessary to raise a caveat, that this piece was formally sketched to appraise Soludo’s six months in office, before his needless assault on Peter Obi’s probity and daylight disavowal of his presidential ambition. Earlier in April this year, when Soludo was barely three months in office, having seen the sweat beneath his armpits as he…

By Osmund Agbo One of the remarkable trends of the spring 2022 Paris fashion week that ended on Tuesday, October 4, and that of Milan that happened earlier in the year was not any particular silhouette or colour. Rather, it’s the idea that many designers, matter-of-factly defied convention to put both women and men on their runways in what would have been regarded as women’s attire. As someone who unabashedly professes love for fashion to the point of dabbling into the business side of it, I paid serious attention and have to say, I was a tad bemused. Seeing young men…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The political war between the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and the Governor Nyesom Wike-led G-5 Integrity Governors, is yet to be over, as the Governors who were in Umuahia, Abia State capital, Thursday to rally support for the party’s candidates in the state, failed to mention Atiku in their respective remarks. The G-5 Governors who took turns to address the mammoth crowd of supporters and party faithful at the Umuahia Township Stadium, venue of the rally, pledged their total support for all PDP candidates in the state. They tactfully…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Dan Ochi, Director General of Nsukka Chamber of Commerce (NCC), says there is high demand for yellow pepper, popularly known as “Nsukka Pepper” by companies within and outside Nigeria. He disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with Ikengaonline in Enugu. Ochi said that for farmers to meet the current demand for the crop, it requires funds and tools for mass production. “Until recently when the government placed a ban on exportation of fresh pepper, we have been exporting fresh pepper, but now we are into processing. “As, I speak with you now, we have an order to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As anti-Igbo comments by some Igbo political elite continue to spark controversy in certain quarters, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa who represented Abia North in the 8th Senate, has called for DNA test for Igbo political elite involved in anti-Igbo comments. The Abia North senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who made the call during a media chat with the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abia State, said time had come to ascertain  the authenticity of the Igbo ancestry of some self-acclaimed Igbo political elite. The former Leader ECOWAS Parliament, expressed disappointment that some…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Barely ten days after the Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, lashed out at the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the  two parties were all smiles as they were seen hugging each other on Thursday. The warm embrace took place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Awka during the Thanksgiving Mass organized in honour of the Bishop of the Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus C. Ezeokafor, who turned 70 recently. A statement from the Anambra State Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, said Soludo was the person who stood and went to where Obi was seated to greet and welcome…

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to demonstrate a commitment to transparent and accountable governance by ensuring that all Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are provided with resources in the 2023 National Budget for the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. In a statement issued in Lagos by its Programme Officer, Ms Maimuna Momoh, the organization said its analysis of the 2023 Federal Government budget proposals showed that out of over 500 Federal public institutions, only nine entities made specific allocations for freedom of information implementation in their proposals, indicating that the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has told Northern Elders Forum, that Ndigbo are firmly united behind the presidential bid of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Ohanaeze  was responding to a recent poser by NEF’s Spokesman that Ndigbo were to be held responsible if Obi failed to win the 2023 presidential poll following anti-Obi remarks by the Igbo elite. The apex Igbo body in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, said that Obi’s presidential bid “is a common project of Ndigbo,” adding that it is only a negligible self-overrated Igbo political…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo state Police command on Tuesday said one of the suspected hoodlums involved in snatching of motorcycles was shot dead and two others escaped in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mike Abattam, stated this at the police headquarters in Owerri, during the parade of the lifeless body of one of the suspects. He said the incident took place last Monday, at Ohi and Egbada junction in Owerri West council area of Imo State, where the suspects were carrying out a robbery operation. The Police said one of…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday at about 08:45 am, abducted the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Ahiazu Mbaise State Constituency in Imo State, Nduka Anyanwu. The Imo State Chairman of APGA, John Iwuala, confirmed the ugly development to newsmen in Owerri. However, Iwuala confirmed that Anyanwu was later freed by his captors after security surveillance was mounted on the abductors. According to APGA State Chairman, “He was kidnapped at Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state and the kidnappers drove him towards a thick forest in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area. He was…