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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has asked President Bola Tinubu to address Nigerians on his true identity. Tinubu’s academic credentials and actual identity, became a matter of controversy following the recent suit against the President by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, at the US court. Obi who addressed a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, on the heels of Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate scandal, said the sad development had adversely affected Nigeria’s global image. The LP presidential candidate said he was personally disturbed over the certificate scandal involving the President. Obi…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Ahead of the November 11 Governorship elections in Imo State, the Coalition of Owerri Zone Socio-cultural Organisations and professional bodies, have called on candidates from Owerri zone to come together and unite behind a single candidate among them, for a stronger and successful outing. This was contained in a communiqué endorsed by the socio-cultural group and signed by Chief Mike Ahamba, SAN; Sir Martin Opara, Secretary/Planning Committee/President, Olu Owerri; and eight other leaders against the political marginalisation of the people of Owerri zone. They described the Imo Charter of Equity as an imposition by Governor Hope Uzodimma, whose…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State has smashed a car snatching and stealing syndicate while arresting one suspect, Sunday Ogwa (27), within Enugu metropolis. The police also recovered a light blue-coloured Lexus 330 Jeep from the syndicate. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday in Enugu. According to Ndukwe, acting on credible information, police operatives serving in the Enugu State Police Command’s Awkunanaw Police Division on Oct. 2, 2023 at about 9.45 PM, smashed a car snatching and stealing syndicate. “The police operatives also recovered a Lexus 330…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Body of lawyers of Igbo extraction based in Lagos State, Otu Oka-Iwu Nigeria, has decried the devastating effects of the Monday sit-at-home on the South-East economy. The legal practitioners accused elected Leaders of abandoning residents of the zone to their fate as the Mondays sit-at-home being enforced by some people seeking the release of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, take a toll on the residents. They challenged South-East Governors to synergise and come up with a solution to the menace. President of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Unegbu, in a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE). According to NECO, 61.60 per cent of candidates scored five credits and above including English and Mathematics. NECO, however, said that 93 schools were involved in mass cheating while 52 Supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding, and abetting of exam malpractice during the examinations. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, who announced the release of the results on Tuesday, said the exam body had zero tolerance for malpractices. The NECO…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Rangers International Football Club and Afrinvest Limited have signed a one-year official football jersey sponsorship agreement worth N50 million per football season. The agreement has a renewal clause for the next two football seasons after the run of the current football season thus, making it a total of three consecutive seasons if the current initial season runs through. Speaking on the signing in Enugu on Tuesday, Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State said that the signing was his vision to catalyse private sector investment and bring about the needed financial flow into the state. Mbah,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to effect the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from the DSS custody the same way Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was released from detention by Beninese Government. Recall that Kanu was abducted in Kenya and rendered to Nigeria in June 2021, and has since then remained incarcerated in the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, despite court orders for his unconditional release. COSEYL in a statement issued…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State has condemned Monday’s approval of N170 million loan request from Enugu State Governor, Mr Peter Mbah, by the State House of Assembly. In a press release signed by the State Chairman of the party, Barrister Casmir Agbo, on Tuesday, the party described Mbah’s request as shocking and unbelievable. The statement reads: “Labour Party Enugu State wishes to formally draw the attention of the general public, particularly the good people of Enugu State, to the approval granted by the State House of Assembly following a request for loan by the interim…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia In a renewed bid to revive the tourism industry and make it a revenue yielding sector sector, the Abia State Government, has moved to collaborate with the Federal Government to revamp the popular Ojukwu Bunker and other monuments across the state. The move is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA), on Tourism and Entertainment to the Governor, Dr Martins Justice, made available to Ikengaonline. The SSA popularly known as J. Martins who issued the statement after a visit to the Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Professor Abba Tijani, in Abuja,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (RPCN), has urged the Federal Government to muster political will and courage to end the festering state of insecurity in Nigeria. This was contained in a ten-point communiqué issued by the Church at the end of its 4th General Assembly meeting on Sunday, October 8th 2023, at the All Saints RPCN Parish, Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area in Ebonyi State. The communiqué was signed by the Moderator-General of the Church, Rt. Rev. Chima Uduma and the Secretary-General, The Rev. Cornelius Eke. The Church declared that “the Federal Government of Nigeria should…