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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Senator representing Imo East Senatorial district, Ezenwa Onyewuchi, of the Labour Party, LP, Senator Osita Izunaso, All Progressives Congress, APC, (Imo West) have made the final list of the senatorial candidates of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2023 general election. The names appeared in the INEC’s final list for the candidates of the 2023 national elections, published on Tuesday by the commission. Also, top among the senatorial candidates, include a former House of Representatives member, Uche Onyeagocha, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  (Imo East); Alex Mbata of the (APC, Imo East); Jones Onyeriri (PDP Imo…

Our Reporter, Abuja There seems to be no end in sight to the crisis rocking the main opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  as Governor Nyesom Wike’s team Wednesday reportedly pulled out of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign Council. The decision was said to have been taken following a meeting early Wednesday morning in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Ikengaonline learned that members of Governor Wike’s team decided not to play any further role in Atiku’s campaign ahead of the 2023 general election. The Rivers State governor’s group said the only condition for them to be part…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has been linked to the ongoing row over the contamination of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, voter register  in the state. Hon. Uche Onyeagocha, a senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for Imo East in the 2023 election, made the disclosure when he spoke Tuesday on Arise TV’s The Morning Show. He said that the alleged contamination of the voter register may have been spearheaded by the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, in connivance with INEC officials. According to him, “It is the case of the owl crying at night and in…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has  finally made the final list of candidates for the 2023 senatorial election in Ebonyi State. Others who made the list include a former Governor of the state, Senator Sam Egwu and a former member of the House of Representatives, Linus Okorie. Gov.  Umahi’s name was earlier omitted from the list of candidates released  in June following the controversy which trailed his emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor had contested for the presidential primary of the party but stepped down for Bola Tinubu while his younger brother,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South; Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, All Progressives Congress, APC, Abia North; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia South; and Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, PDP, Abia North; are among the 33 candidates that made the final list of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2023 senatorial contest in Abia. Some of the other candidates who also made the list  are Col. Austin Akobundu, PDP (Abia Central); Chief Chuku Wachuku, YPP ( Abia Central); and Darlington Nwokocha, Labour Party (Abia Central) with “court order” remark against his…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Pioneer Director General of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, and the Young Progressives Party, YPP, senatorial candidate for Abia Central, Chief Chuku Wachuku, has said that it is stupid for any Igbo politician to work against the interest of the Labour Party presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, in 2023. Wachuku, who at a press conference in his Mbawsi country-home, said that it made no sense for any South-East politician to sacrifice Obi on the altar of party politics. He said that Obi had a national appeal, hence the growing  nation-wide clamour for him no minding his ethnic background.…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo state House of Assembly on Monday got a new Speaker, Emeka Nduka, of the All Progressives Congress ,APC, representing Ehime Mbano state constituency, following a resignation letter sent to the House by the former speaker, Kennedy Ibeh (APC) representing Obowo state constituency. This was confirmed to newsmen by the Deputy Speaker, Amara Chyna Iwuanyanwu, who presided at a closed-door special sitting, where he presented the letter of resignation by Ibeh to members of the House. When Iwuayanwu called for nomination, the Majority Leader, Mr Kanayo Onyemaechi (APC Owerri West) nominated Hon. Nduka and he was  seconded…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Monday said that the detained leader of, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s health condition has continued to deteriorate in the detention facility of the Directorate of State Services, DSS. Ejiofor stated this to newsmen in Owerri, after he visited Kanu, at the DSS, detention centre, in Abuja. He alleged that efforts made by Kanu’s doctor to address his medical issues were allegedly prevented by the DSS personnel. According to Ejiofor, “The court-ordered routine visit to our indefatigable client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has just been concluded at…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The management of the Imo State University, IMSU, on Monday pulled out from the ongoing seven months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and announced that it has opened the university for academic activities. The management made this known to newsmen in Owerri, through the IMSU, Public Relations Officer, PRO, Ralph Njoku. According to him, it was the decision taken by the management that should they continue to delay, the school would lose so many students who are desirous of education especially applicants who were yet to be matriculated. However, he said that the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State Police Command has paraded a dismissed personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, one Prosper Israel, along with nine other suspects for robbery. Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbade, who paraded them Monday at the Police headquarters Umuahia, said the suspects were part of the 14-man robbery gang that ambushed a bullion van near Ntigha Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on July 26, 2022.  Ikengaonline had earlier reported that the dare-devil gang, had during the robbery, shot dead the cash officer of a new generation bank escorting the bullion van before carting away unspecified amount of cash…