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Our Reporter, Abuja The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has again dismissed  insinuations that the Presidential Candidate of the party, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is a spoiler in next year’s presidential election. The National Secretary, Dipo Olayoku, stated this in Abuja on Monday in a statement he issued after an emergency meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), where some publications against the party and its presidential candidate were reviewed. According to the statement, the NWC also reviewed the timetable for the kick-off of its presidential campaign. The statement quipped that after reviewing some reports against the party and its…

Our Reporter, Abuja Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to  Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the alleged abduction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria is not different from the failed abduction of Second Republic Minister of Transport, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, from Britain. He said the only difference is that one failed while the other succeeded. Ejimakor said this while speaking to Ikengaonline Correspondent ahead of delivery of judgment in a case he instituted at the Federal High Court in Umuahia challenging the legality of the extraordinary rendition of his client, Mazi Nnamdi…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri; Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There have been mixed reactions over the proposed dredging of Orashi River by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State. Since the Governor who is a strong ally of President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed the intention of the Federal Government to dredge the river down to the Atlantic ocean, Imolites are divided in their opinions about the real motive behind the gigantic project which is not captured in the 2022 budget. It will be a miracle for such a capital-intensive project not captured in the budget to be executed in a country where even projects well…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigeria’s former Minister for Information, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has traced the origin and ancestry of the Igbo tribe to Israel. According to the former President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who was the Keynote Speaker at the Ikengaonline Town Hall meeting, Ndigbo migrated from Gad the seventh tribe of Israel. The Ohanaeze chieftain maintained that apart from historical evidence, the Igbo tribe share a lot of similarities with the Jews. He said: “Available history indicate that the Igbos of Nigeria hailed from Gad, the seventh son of Jacob (Genesis 46vs 15-18).  Eri, the forebear…

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Fellow Nigerians, This is the last time you will see me speak to you on Nigeria’s Independence Day. In fact, I have one more national address to make before I return to my beloved Daura and rest, surrounded by my cows and concubines. That is when all of you will miss me. I am particular about those who blame me for everything wrong in your lives. If your wife is not pregnant, it must be Buhari’s fault. If your child fails WAEC & JAMB, Buhari’s refusal to share his long neck with your child caused it. If your soup…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The immediate-past President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, and former Minister for Information, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has registered his displeasure with the double standard of the Nigerian state in dealing with the rising agitation in the country as well as the festering insecurity. Chief Nwodo who spoke at the Ikengaonline monthly Town Hall meeting, described Nigeria as a country where freedom fighters are labeled terrorists while the real terrorists are shielded from prosecution. He said: “When you are a freedom fighter you are labeled a criminal. When you are a terrorist you are shielded from persecution.  When you want to be…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The World Bank has threatened to shut down its operations in Ebonyi State due to various alleged infractions and mismanagement of the programmes by the State Government. This is as it accused the State Government of misappropriation of funds from various donor agencies by government officials. Following the threats, the Federal Government through Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has written to Governor David Umahi to wade into the matter. This is as it noted that the alleged misappropriation could smear the image of the country and foreclose future interventions by the bank not only…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Amid rumours of death, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that he is still alive. Tinubu in a tweet on Sunday dismissed the rumour of his death as the handiwork of his detractors. He said that he is strong and healthy. Tinubu also dismissed claims that he had withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. He further expressed his readiness to lead Nigeria to greater heights if elected in 2023. Meanwhile Tinubu’s tweet was accompanied by a video showing him working out on a fitness bike. “Many have said I have died; others…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For all the talk of judicial independence, the reality of colonial and post-colonial Nigeria has been one long story of judicial subordination into subservience. Seven years into his presidency, Muhammadu Buhari is on his fourth Chief Justice of Nigeria, with the last two having departed office in rapid succession under a cloud. The story of how judicial independence in post-colonial Nigeria got to its present pass goes back to the very idea of colonialism. Students and graduates of law faculties and law schools all over the Commonwealth, including Nigeria, sooner or later learn to swear by the rule…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has dispelled the rumour about a sit-at-home order purportedly declared for Tuesday, October 4. IPOB said that it is true that the suit by its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government is coming up for hearing at the Federal High Court Umuahia, on Tuesday, but it has not declared any sit-at-home on that day. According to the pro-Biafra movement, the rumour about sit-at-home on Tuesday did not emanate from it but the handiwork of mischief makers. IPOB in a press statement Sunday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, urged…