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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday declared the controversial Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law No 12 of 2021 “unconstitutional, null and void.” The Court ruling followed a suit by one Pascal Etu who had sued the State Governor, David Umahi, over the controversial law. Ebonyi State Government had in September 2021 enacted the controversial law in equally controversial circumstances. Apart from the House of Assembly members, no Journalist was present when the law was enacted even as there was no proof of the law going through public hearing before being passed. It was…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has said that the spate of insecurity in the South-East zone is not targeted at herders. The South-East Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen in Enugu. Siddiki spoke on the sideline of the burning of a truckload of cattle along Uga-Ezinifite-Igboukwu Road in Anambra on May 8, 2022. Ikengaonline reports that since the incident, there has been war of words between another herders’ association called Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. However, the…
By Ken Ugbechie Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was Nigeria’s fortuitous President from 2010 to 2015. He failed to get his mandate renewed in 2015. He failed largely because he was both gutless and betrayed the trust of the people including his party members. Jonathan promised to do only one term of four years (2011 to 2015), but he reneged. He showed he could not be trusted. All through his political life, he epitomized a man of peace. A man only helped by God. A man of humble background but thrust to the summit of public life by Providence. For his meekness,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Member representing Aba South state Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Obinna Ichita, has decried the deplorable condition of the health sector in the state, alleging that “Abia has more mortuaries than functional hospitals.” The lawmaker who made the claims while addressing Local Government and Ward Chairmen of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA at the party’s state secretariat Umuahia, ahead of their three-man congress, said that “Abia is under the bondage of bad governance.” He accused the State Government of abandoning the health care sector, a development, he said, posed existential threats to…
Our Reporter, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday declared that it would be difficult for it to win the presidential election next year with a southern presidential candidate. A member of the Board of Trustees of the party, Amb. Sam Nkire, who led members of the National Assembly to collect the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan in Abuja, stated this. According to him, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was pushing them to consider a northern presidential candidate after President Muhammadu Buhari. Asked why they were collecting forms for the Senate…
By Sam Amadi Maybe with the increasing collapse of ‘democracies’ in the African region, it may not be wise to bewail the quality of democracy in the continent. As we see Africa’s democracies crumbling, shouldn’t we be grateful we have democracy in Nigeria and not fret so much about its poor quality? But the recent move by the Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to fix nomination fees for all elective offices for its members, raises worries about not just the quality of the country’s democracy but also its rationality. The party outraged even itself by asking aspirants…
By Our Reporter, Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan is not vying for the office of the President of the Federal Republic in 2023 says his Special Assistant on the Media, Ikechukwu Eze. This is coming as a Fulani pastoral group last night purportedly purchased the APC nomination forms for the former President claiming he was the best choice for the country in 2023. Ikengaonline reported the leader of the Group, Ibrahim Abdullahi, as justifying their decision to purchase the forms for Jonathan. “You may recall ladies and gentlemen of the press that during Goodluck Jonathan’s era he was the first…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has mocked the legal team of the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for not including the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the suit by the CBN boss seeking an injunction against alleged moves to stop him from contesting in the APC presidential primaries. Emefiele’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to the Federal High Court, Abuja, claiming that they were plotting to disqualify Emefiele. Professor Odinkalu wondered why a senior lawyer in…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has obtained the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential ticket. Jonathan obtained the forms few hours after the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, obtained his. Jonathan and Sylva, who are former governors of Bayelsa State are political rivals. Just like Sylva, Jonathan’s nomination forms were obtained by a group, making him the fourth APC presidential aspirant whose forms would be obtained by a group. Speaking on Jonathan, the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, said: “We are open to accept…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu Some stakeholders in the education sector in the South-East have reacted to the three months extension of the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The stakeholders made the reactions in separate interviews with Ikengaonline. Ikengaonline reports that ASUU had embarked on a nationwide warning strike on Feb. 14, 2022. The industrial action was aimed at pressing home its demands which include revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances and the deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution for payment of university lecturers. However, at a time Nigerians expected ASUU to call off…