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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Barr. Chijioke Edeoga, Labour Party Governorship candidate for Enugu State in the forthcoming 2023 election, has debunked the rumours of his removal from the race by the Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. In a statement, he personally signed, and made available to Ikengaonline in Enugu, Edeoga said that, the trending story over the Court judgment, was a misrepresentation of facts aimed at distracting him. He added that the rumours were designed by his political enemies to distort the facts of the matter with the view to distracting him and his large supporters. “This story is trending all…
By Owei Lakemfa President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was in Washington, where, in a speech to the American Congress on December 21, 2022, he rehearsed some of his daily speeches back home. One thread I picked were his claims that the war with Russia is about democracy and that its outcome will determine whether humanity lives in a world of “democracy” or not. He said the American expenditure in the Ukrainian War is not charity, but an “investment in global security and democracy.” The deception that the war is about democracy has been picked up in social media, where we…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor David Umahi has condoled with the Obiozor family, the people of Imo State, the Igbo nation and Nigeria in general over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor. He said Obiozor’s death hit him with a rude shock and surprise, describing it as a great national loss. He stated this in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Chooks Oko. Umahi stressed that the demise of the elder statesman has created a huge vacuum difficult to fill in the affairs of the South-East in particular, and Nigerian nation as a whole. “I received news…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Board of Trustees of foremost Ebonyi Youth Group, the Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum, has adopted the state governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Edward Nkwegu, as their consensus candidate for the 2023 gubernatorial election. The Board which is made up of past Chairmen of the Forum also dissociated themselves from the purported endorsement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ogbonnaya Nwifuru, by some members of the Forum. Chairman Board of Trustees, Maurice Mbam, stated this while briefing the media on the outcome of the Board’s meeting in Abakaliki, capital of the state. Other members of the board who attended…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Following the death of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador George Obiozor, on Friday, the leadership of Ohanaeze announced February 4, 2023, as the burial date, for the Deputy President General, Joel Kroham, who died last August. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Secretary General, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. He said they decided to announce it after an emergency meeting they had regarding Obiozor’s death. According to the apex Igbo group, “We just concluded an emergency meeting of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, it was on the passing on of our President General Ambassador George Obiozor. “The official announcement…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the death of Professor George Obiozor, the President-General of Ohanézè Ndígbo, is a great loss to Ndigbo and Nigeria. The Governor made the remark in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime. Prof. Obiozor, a foremost Igbo leader and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, was announced dead aged 80 on December 26, 2022. Expressing his sadness over the passage of Obiozor, Soludo said “Prof. Obiozor’s death is a big loss to the people of Imo State, Ndigbo, the Nigerian nation…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Motorists and commuters mourn as petrol sells for N400 per liter in most petrol stations in Umuahia the capital of Abia State. Although in some petrol stations a liter sells for N380 there is scarcity of the product in the capital city as most stations were not attending to customers. In the few stations where the product was available, there were long queues of vehicles. Transport fare has since doubled as Umuahia to Ohafia which was N1000 before December now goes for N2000. Umuahia to Aba which was going for N700 before now is charged for N1000. A…
By Azu Ishiekwene The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be shaken to its foundations, but it will survive. The most problematic question for the party of course is who carries its presidential flag in the 2023 election, when President Muhammadu Buhari will step down…If Tinubu survives the ambush of the wolves in his party, the race is over – My precipitations, December 31, 2021 In the last three years, I have formed the dangerous habit of forecasting what the new year might bring, roughly speaking. The quote above was extracted from the piece I wrote on New Year’s Eve of 2022,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed sadness over the death of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador George Obiozor. Ikpeazu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka, said the demise of the former diplomat was a huge loss to Ndigbo. This is as Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has described Ambassador Obiozor’s death as a colossal loss to Ndigbo. The former Leader ECOWAS Parliament who spoke with Ikengaonline said the late Obiozor was a personal friend and a colossus. “I flew with him in the aircraft few weeks ago and we discussed issues regarding Igbo interest. He had…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Women Aid Collective (WACOL), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has condemned in strong terms the killing of Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, a pregnant mother, and lawyer by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, attached to Ajiwe Police Station, Lagos State. The Executive Director of WACOL, Prof. Joy Ezeilo, said the killing was coming barely two years after the #ENDSARS saga that brought to light the “despicable acts and atrocities of some members of the Nigerian Police Force.” She accused the police of “turning from protecting the lives of the citizenry to taking the same arbitrarily.” This…