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LP lampoons Soyinka over derogatory remarks on Obi . Says Nobel laureate ‘double faced’ By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Labour Party has lampooned Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, over his “double-faced” position and “jaundiced assessment” of the 2023 presidential poll. LP also tongue -lashed the octogenarian for accusing the party of attempting to deceive Nigerians into believing that its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, won the February 25 poll. Labour party’s bashing is coming on the heels of a recent comment by Soyinka at an event in South Africa, that LP knew that its candidate did not win the presidential…

Says APC pushing Nigerians to the wall Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced its rejection of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court, PEPC, which affirmed the declaration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll. Rising from the 75th meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, former Senate President and the Acting Chairman of the BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, said the judgment was fraught with fundamental errors. Senator Wabara who read a communique after the meeting on Thursday, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police operatives in Anambra State have smashed a kidnap gang in Nnewichi, a town in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state. A statement signed by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of the Anambra Police Command, said the anti kidnap squad of the Police was on patrol Wednesday with vigilante men when it got information about the kidnappers’ hideout and stormed the place. According to Ikenga, a kidnapped victim found in the hideout was rescued and conveyed to a hospital at Nnewi for treatment. He equally said that the suspected kidnappers were…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Police have confirmed the beheading of a 70-year old man in Abia State. The deceased, Hon. Zachary Maduka, was until his gruesome murder, the Campaign Director of the ruling Labour Party, at Isuikwuato Local Government Area, during the 2023 general polls. Police in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abia State, Maureen Chinaka said the victim was violently attacked, and I beheaded by a yet-to-be identified armed men. The PPRO who said that investigations into the dastardly act had begun. The statement read: “On September 13, 2023, at approximately 8:30 PM, the DPO Uturu…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has appealed to the International Funds for Agricultural Development (IFAD), to expand its areas of coverage in the state to boost agricultural production. Governor Peter Mbah made the appeal when he received the delegation of IFAD officials led by the Country Director of IFAD, Dede Ekoue and her team, who paid him a courtesy visit at Government House Enugu. The governor said that Enugu State was working closely with IFAD on value chain development, adding that his administration would ensure enhancement of income for the rural dwellers and create food security. “Beyond food…

Agency Report The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, set aside the judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba which declared Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Feb. 25 election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State. The appellate court, in two judgments, declared Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) as winner of the election. The Appeal Court faulted the tribunal for voiding Okolie’s election and proceeded to dismiss the petition filed by Elumelu before the trial tribunal on which the voided judgment was given. It…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nearly 19 hours after the collapse of National electricity grid, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced that power supply has been restored nationwide. The power restoration was contained in a statement by the Eko Disco on X, announcing that the national electricity grid has been fixed and power supply restored nationwide. The statement obtained by Ikengaonline read: “Dear valued customer, kindly be informed that power supply has been restored from the grid. Thank you for your patience.” Ikengaonline, however, reports that at the time of filing this story, the power outage still persists in many…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has called on those living in the riverine communities to start now to relocate upland where they will be safe to avoid being taken unawares by flood. The Governor who spoke in the last edition of his Radio and Television Programme, “Chat with Mr Governor,” noted that his government has already made provisions for their safety and upkeep should any flood disaster take place. He said that it is not their fault that they are affected by floods, especially since the Federal Government has not built any dam yet, but it will…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has flaged-off the distribution of palliatives with Governor Peter Mbah ordering the immediate delivery of 52,000 bags of rice and 52,000 bags of maize to the urban and rural poor in the state. The palliatives include 200 bags of rice and 200 bags of maize to each of the 260 wards in the state. Mbah, however, said the palliatives were part of the short-term strategies to fighting poverty, saying the medium and long-term plans of his administration remained to eradicate poverty in the state in line with his manifesto. While flagging-off the distribution…

By Ike Abonyi “Whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’ will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations. But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.” – Proverbs 24:24-25 The widely reported outburst of Mary Odili ahead of the questionable verdict of the presidential election tribunal comes away as uncalled for, especially her status as a supposed carrier of dignity. Her comments were worrisome because, as it turned out, they were an omen of the darkness befalling our nation the following day. An Igbo adage says that when…