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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Armed youths suspected to be thugs of one of the governorship candidates from Old Aba division, Sunday disrupted the on-going free medical outreach by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Professor Greg Ibe. The fierce-looking violent youths armed with weapons, prevented the 50-man team of medics sent by Prof. Ibe from gaining entry into the Abayi Council Hall, venue of the free medical and surgical outreach. They claimed that they had earlier booked the venue for a celebration of New Yam festival but upon inquiries, it was gathered that the said event by the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As intrigues and political re-alignments over the 2023 polls continue across the country, the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that he has no preferred candidate but national agenda to push. The ex-President who stated this in Minna on Sunday when he visited former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, said he is concerned about pushing an agenda that would benefit Nigeria most. According to him, “I don’t have a special candidate, I have a national agenda.” On why he was in Minna, Obasanjo said he came to visit the former Head of State who had been indisposed. Obasanjo…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Monarchs in Anambra State have declared their commitment to eradicating norms and practices encouraging violence against women and the girl child in the state. Their resolution was made known in a communique they issued at the end of a one-day multi-stakeholder strategic conference organised by Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL) in collaboration with the Anambra State Ministry of Local Government Area and Chieftaincy Affairs. The communique signed by the Secretary of the Council on behalf of the Council Members condemned violence against women and the girl child in the various communities and assured their hard-work and collaboration in eliminating the harmful practices. The…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Suspected gunman have invaded a hotel, popularly known as “Galaxy” in Isu community, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed three persons. Mr Igwe Nwaokorie, a resident in the area, told reporters on Sunday in Abakaliki that the incident happened on Thursday Night. Nwaokorie said that among the three persons killed were the owner of the hotel, Ogbonnaya Nwadibia, also known as “Galaxy” and two others. “The incident occurred in the night of Thursday, August 25. The suspect came with motorcycles armed, and about three of them and entered the hotel. “Before we could know what was…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Mrs Ukamaka Ejezie, popularly known as Mama Biafra, who was arrested in May 2022 has regained her freedom from detention by the Directorate of State Services, DSS. Ikengaonline gathered on Sunday from the counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, that she was freed last Saturday evening. He added that “she was arrested on the 18th day of May 2022 outside the court premises, after hearing on Nnamdi Kanu case was concluded on that day in Abuja.” According to Ejiofor, “I am very delighted to inform you all that Mrs Ukamaka Ejezie (Mama Biafra) has…
By Hassan Gimba I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion – Alexander The Great A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way – John C. Maxwell A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves – Lao Tzu, Laozi A kingdom (nation) can endure with unbelief, but it cannot endure with injustice – Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio Alexander III…
By Gabriel Agbo “Peter Obi is somebody… as I was telling Doyin about six weeks ago, I said that even if Peter did not become the vice president of this country, from what I know of Peter’s capacity, whatever government that comes, if it is the PDP, he must be in charge of the economy because that is where he is good at. I listened to him, not once, not twice and not three times, he knows his onions and I think that his approach will bring solutions to this country, economic solutions. He is worthy of praise. But the…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “There was a time when the church was very powerful… Things are different now. The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church’s often vocal sanction of things as they are.” — Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail, (April 1963) Two days before Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled to take place on 28 March 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan…
Our Reporter, Abuja In a rare display of civic responsibility, a coalition of supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, popularly known as the ‘Obidients,’ Saturday embarked on a sanitation exercise in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State. The environmental sanitation exercise which was undertaken by volunteers from the Peter Obi support group started at the popular Control Post, described as the “eye of the city” and spread to the environs. As early as 7: am, an eye witness account said the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate from all walks of…
Gabriel Magalhaes ensured Arsenal’s perfect start to the season continued by scoring a comeback 2-1 winner against a Fulham side who he’d gifted the lead to reports talkSport. The Brazilian defender bundled in from an 86th minute corner to make it four wins from four just when it looked like he might have been the man to burst the Gunners’ bubble. Gabriel had given the away side a shocking gift at the start of the second half when he casually tried to dribble out of his own box, only for Aleksandar Mitrovic to punish him. The Serbian striker bullied his…