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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The victory of Gov Alex Otti of Abia State (Labour Party) at the March 18 governorship poll was Friday validated by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia. The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Okey Ahiwe; and his All Progressives Congress, APC counterpart, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, had approached the tribunal to challenge Otti’s victory. But the Justice H.T.D Gwadah-led thre-man tribunal in its judgment, dismissed all the motions and applications by the Petitioners, saying they lacked merit. Other members of the panel were Justice Omolora Adeyemi, and Justice Boniface Ngyou. The PDP…

 By Owei Lakemfa The United Kingdom,UK, and Rwanda who conspired to have hapless migrants flown from London to open prison in Kigali, are trying hard to keep their unholy alliance on track. Ironically, the main driver of this criminal anti-immigration conspiracy, 43-year-old British Attorney General Suella Braverman, is of Indian origin whose parents, Uma and Christie Fernandes, migrated from Mauritius and Kenya. Her boss, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s grandparents were Indians born in Pakistan, while his parents migrated from East Africa. The amiable King Charles III is a descendant of William the Conqueror who migrated from Normandy in France and…

 Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has appealed to the clergy to use the pulpit to mobilise the electorate to turn out en masse in the November 11, governorship election in Imo State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Professor Sylvia Agu, gave the charge in Owerri during a meeting with religious leaders and leaders of faith-based organisations in preparation for the election. Professor Agu said the religious bodies are strategic in shaping the opinion of the people hence the need for them to encourage their members to shun voter apathy and participate in the November 11 poll. She called on…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has distributed cheques worth one billion, five hundred and twenty four  million naira (N1,524,000,000)  to support four mission public schools in the state. Governor Soludo performed the function at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia in Awka. One of the benefiting schools, Salvation Army, got a cheque of sixteen million naira; Pentecostal Churches got forty million naira; five hundred and fifty million naira went to the Anglican Communion; while nine hundred and eighteen million naira went to the Catholic Church. Leaders of the respective denominations were handed the cheques by the Governor.

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri In a bid to provide affordable healthcare facilities in the state, the Imo State Government has inaugurated the third hospital for oil producing areas of the state. Inaugurating the world class General Hospital Omuma, in Oru East Local Government Area, Governor Uzodimma maintained that the aim of building numerous hospitals in the state is to ensure easy accessibility to affordable health care services According to him, the hospital, which was named  Michael Uzodimma Memorial hospital after the governor’s father and handed over to the Catholic Diocese of Orlu, was built and equipped with world class facilities  to handle cases, and has…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Friday struck out two of the motions in the application by High Chief Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against the election of Gov. Alex Otti of the Labour Party. According to tribunal the relief sought by Emenike to set aside Otti’s victory based on the ruling of the Kano high Court that the Labour Party did not conduct primaries, amounted to an attempt to amend his original application. The tribunal therefore, struck out the motion for lacking in merit. Details later….

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Friday, threw away all petitions by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Okey Ahiwe, against the victory of Gov. Alex Otti of the Labour Party. Ahiwe and his party had approached the court, seeking the nullification of Otti’s victory on the following grounds: non-qualification of the Respondent to run, failure to win majority of lawful votes, and irregularities at the poll. Meanwhile, the Tribunal dismissed all three grounds of the petitions for lack of merit, and subsequently resolved the matters in favour of Otti. The Tribunal…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has appointed two new commissioners to fill two vacant positions in the state. The new commissioners are Mr Izuchukwu Moses Okafor and Mrs Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche as Commissioners for Finance and Special Duties, respectively. The new commissioners were confirmed during Thursday plenary. The confirmation followed the motion moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Ikenna Ofodeme, seconded by Mr. Akaegbobi Johnbosco, representing Nnewi South 11 Constituency after the Chairman, House Committee on Screening and Election Matters, Mr. Patrick Okafor, had presented the report of the committee on the floor of…

Heavy security around court premises Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State has been enveloped with anxiety as the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia is set to deliver judgment on the petition filed against Gov. Alex Otti by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Okey Ahiwe; and High Chief Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Meanwhile, there is heavy security presence at the premises for the Federal High Court, Umuahia, where the tribunal has been holding its sittings. Entry point and access roads to the premises were manned by heavily armed security operatives who subjected…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu It was drama in Enugu on Thursday when two cabinet members of Governor Peter Mbah showed up to represent him at the 2023 World Teachers Day celebration at the Okpara Square Enugu. Ikengaonline reports that the drama started when the Master of Ceremony (MC) first announced that the governor was approaching the event venue. After some time the MC announced that the governor had sent the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Chidiebere Onyia to stand-in for him. But shortly after the announcement of Onyia as the governor’s representative, the Commissioner of Education, Professor Ndubueze Mbah, came in…