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By Jude Eze No counter argument was more baseless on the road to 2023 general election than the “religion shouldn’t matter” shenanigans by APC and Tinubu supporters. Pardon me for using separately, two words that should be synonymous. Ordinarily, whoever is supporting APC is a Tinubu supporter. But it is not so in today’s reality of the ruling party. Their insensitivity to the countenance of millions of Nigerian Christians that made them allow (or pressure) their Muslim flag bearer choose another Muslim as running mate has sharply divided the party into two lateral halves. In APC at the moment, there exists…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Anti-Ebubeage protest, Tuesday, broke out in Aba the commercial nerve centre of  Abia State as thousands of Igbo youths took to the streets to protest the excesses of the operatives of the Ebubeagu regional security outfit. The irate youths demanded the immediate resignation of Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo State who they accused of “using Ebubeagu as a militia group to eliminate perceived enemies.” The protesters who came under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, said they were protesting  what they called the over-zealousness of the Ebubeagu  in extrajudicial killing of innocent Igbo…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu I had an extravagance of laughter when a dear friend of mine showed me a so-called column written by Sam Omatseye. To give him his due, Sam Omatseye has been somebody I always wanted to encourage; for instance, agreeing to serve as the official reviewer of his novel at its launch in Lagos barely a week after burying my father in the East. I had my hilarious laughter upon seeing Sam Omatseye’s column because when you already know the end of a writing after reading just the first sentence, there’s no doubt that the writer is…

By Ade Olu Understandably, the topic of this write up raises curiosity in an average reader. He is triggered to understand why and how leaders probably elected or appointed to head various institutions of government within a country will be referred to as strangers. Yes, that is what average leaders in Nigeria are – non-Nigerians. While their paternity or citizenship by birth is not queried, but physical, spiritual and emotional connect with the struggles and sufferings which characterize the daily life of an average Nigerian, undoubtedly deserves scrutiny. Over the years, Nigeria has bred leaders, who by blood and birth…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group, Anaocha Stakeholders, made up of elders from Anaocha Local Government Area, Anambra State, has disclosed plans to begin a victory grassroots mobilisation and campaign for the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi and other candidates of the party in Anambra State. The elders vowed that they will do everything political and spiritually possible to ensure that their son, Obi, the Senatorial candidate of Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Victor Umeh, the party candidate for Anaocha 1 State Constituency, Hon.Nkechi Ogbuefi and others contesting under the LP platform in the state emergence victorious in the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Archbishop Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Grace Most Revd Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, has predicted that Nigeria is likely to witness the emergence of  Christian-Muslim leadership in the 2023 election. Though the Anglican Prelate failed to disclosed which among the contesting presidential candidates in the country he feels may clinch the seat of the presidency, he said the winner will boast a Christian-Muslim combination. The archbishop made the prediction during a press briefing in Awka, Monday, as part of the preparations to mark his 60th birthday anniversary which comes up on Friday.…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka. Stakeholders have tasked young people to key into the Smart Mega City and digital economy plan of Governor Chukwuma Soludo to transform Anambra State. They spoke at the election of the Chuchu Nwalusi-led Amawbia Youth Vanguard whose officers were presented with  Certificates of Return by the Deputy President-General of Amawbia Town Union, Hon. Nnamdi Onwuzuligbo at Ezi-Okpaligwe Town Hall.                           Speaking at the occasion, the Acting National President of ASATU, Onwughalu Nkwado, urged the Nwalusi-led team to develop policies akin to the manifesto of the Soludo administration for easy integration in the blueprint.    Nkwado who hailed the election…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has asked South-East politicians based in Abuja, the federal capital territory to pressure the Federal Government to release its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, or forget returning to the East. Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and is standing trial for treasonable felony in a federal high court in Abuja. In a statement issued on Monday, IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Igbo politicians and elders would not be spared if they return home without its leader. The statement read: “As terrorists and insecurity are gradually…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Professor of Political Economy and Management expert, Professor Patrick Okedinachi Utomi, will be the Keynote Speaker at the second edition of the Ikengaonline virtual town hall meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 25, 2022. Professor Utomi is the founder of Centre for Value in Leadership and the African Democratic Congress. According to the organisers, the Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a former presidential candidate, will be speaking on the theme: “Handshake Across the Niger: The imperatives of Southern Unity Now and Beyond.” A release signed by Dr Chido Onumah on behalf of the Management of…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential running mate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Dr Enyinna Kasarachi, has lampooned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the party is a colossal failure, and incapable of fixing the country’s security and socio-economic woes. He noted with regrets that instead of generating ideas to navigate Nigeria out of the woods, APC is rather compounding the woes of the country. Dr Kasarachi who accused APC of taking Nigeria 50 years backwards, said that the party was not only overwhelmed but bereft of ideas to tackle the festering insecurity and biting economic hardship in the country. The…