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By Chimamanda Adichie I will never forget your kindness to my beloved parents. Thank you for the respect you showed them, for your many visits to Abba, where you gave to Daddy and Mummy the most precious gifts: your time and your attention. Thank you for walking this still-unbearable journey of grief with my siblings and me. I remember how you regaled Daddy and Mummy with your stories until we started joking about your obsession with the “GDP of Malaysia.” But your obsession spoke of hope: your hope for Nigeria, your belief in what Nigeria could be. A belief that has…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2023 general election in Enugu State, Mr Frank Nweke (Jnr.) on Tuesday in Enugu unveiled his running mate. Ikengaonline reports that Nweke announced Mrs Edith Ugwuanyi from Igboeze South Local Government Area of the state as his running mate. Ugwuanyi, was a former Senior Special Assistant of Mobilisation to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the state. Meanwhile, Nweke described his running mate as a politician who carried the unique attributes and ideals that were paramount to the party and overall vision for the state. According to the former…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Federal High Court, Abakaliki Division, has declared the rescheduled People Democratic Party’s (PDP), governorship primaries in Ebonyi invalid. The Court also said it recognized the earlier primaries of the party which produced Dr Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii as gubernatorial candidate of the party for the 2023 polls. The national Leadership of the party had conducted the parties primaries on May 28 and 29 that elected Odii as governorship candidate. It however announced the cancellation of the said primaries and went ahead to reschedule and conduct a fresh primaries on June 4 and 5. In the second primaries, Senator Obinna…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Members of Peter Obi support Network, POSN, one of the leading support groups of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, Tuesday, visited some destitute homes and motor parks in Umuahia the Abia State capital to mark his 61st birthday. The fans of Obi donated  relief materials to the homes including So-Said Motherless Babies Home Ubakala, and School of the Blind Afara, before storming the popular Isi-Gate Motor Park Umuahia where they cut Obi’s birthday cake and shared to the enthusiastic on-lookers and passersby. Addressing inmates of the School of the Blind, Abia State Cordinator of…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator Mao Ohuabunwa who represented Abia North in the 8th Senate,  has urged the Federal Government to direct the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to quickly come to the aid of the victims of flood disaster that sacked Agbaja, Okwoko and Ukwa Nkporo communities in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. The former Leader of ECOWAS Parliament noted that the affected communities stood the risk of disease outbreak if no urgent steps were taken to address their immediate challenges especially their source of potable water. Heavy flooding following a torrential rainfall over the weekend, wreaked havoc in the affected communities, sacking…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The five-month strike action by university lecturers may soon be over as President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the lingering issues raised by the four university-based unions and report back to him within 14 days. Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, downed tools on February 14 following the failure of the Federal Government to meet their various demands. Other university-based unions: Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions, NASU; and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, later joined them after…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Chidozie Ekesinachi, elder brother to the deceased two brothers, Chukwuemeka and Ifesinachi Ekesinachi, who were among those reportedly killed by the suspected members of the Ebubeagu security operatives last Sunday, has explained how his two brothers were allegedly murdered. They were reportedly attacked while returning from a traditional wedding ceremony at Awo-omamma in Oru East Local Government Area, to Otulu in Oru West Local Government area in the state. Chidozie Ekesinachi who narrated his story to newsmen in Owerri, also recalled how the Ebubeagu operatives arrested him on Sunday and detained him till Monday when he was set…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called for the arrest and trial of the Senate Committee Chairman on Foreign Affairs, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, who it accused of hate speech against the Igbo nation. Senator Bulkachuwa, according to IPOB made the hate speech while featuring on Arise Television when he reportedly said that the South-East rather deserved death than having the Presidency. IPOB in a press statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Bulkachuwa should be held responsible should any genocidal action be taken against Ndigbo as a result of his inciting remarks. The…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A former Leader in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Joseph Nwobasi, and the member representing Ezza North/Ishielu federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Anayo Nwonu are trading words over the federal constituency ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), for next year’s general election. Nwobashi contested the House of Reps  primary of APGA for Ebonyi Central and was declared the winner while Nwonu a two-term House of Representatives member contested for governorship primaries under the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and didn’t get the ticket. Top party officials of APGA wooed Nwonu and promised him the…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The road connecting several communities from Avu junction in Owerri West Local Government Area leading to the location of the Imo State Adapalm plantation in Ohaji/Egbema LGA, currently, has become a death trap for motorists, commuters, and residents daily plying the road, especially for agricultural purposes. Ikengaonline visited the road and gathered that three Imo State governors had awarded this road yet there has been no significant work on it. On a visit to the area from Avu Junction to the Adapalm plantation, it was observed that some of the agriculture-based communities that use this road include Avu, Obosima,…