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By Osmund Agbo On May 1,1954, an eccentric South Korean by the name of Sun-Myung Moon founded a religious group he called the Unification Church. Though his teachings were controversial and some would label it a cult, it soon gained followership in South Korea, Japan and many other Asian countries. In fact, by the late 50’s to early 60’s, the Church had established branches in not just Asia, but most of Europe and many cities across the United States. By a weird twist of fate, however, Japan lost her longest serving Prime Minister in the hands of a man who…
By Cheta Nwanze In an ideal situation, a Muslim-Muslim ticket or a Christian-Christian ticket should not be a problem if the two candidates on the ticket are good. But having said that, Nigeria is far from ideal, and the current Nigeria is very different from the Nigeria of 1993 where Abiola and Kingibe were clearly heads and shoulders above Tofa and Ugoh. That Nigeria was also a more forgiving place when you consider that the said Sylvester Ugoh was, just over a quarter of a century before, the Governor of the Bank of Biafra, but that is a digression. The…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Chairman, Gender Based Violence Taskforce Team, Barr. Faithvin Nwanchor on Tuesday insisted that the team will ensure justice for the 12 year old victim allegedly defiled by a lawyer in the state. Nwanchor, a Lawyer who spoke in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital said that investigation into the matter has commenced and the taskforce will follow the matter to a logical conclusion. She noted that the Gender desk office of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has already taken the victim to hospital for medical examination and treatment adding that the outcome…
Stephen Ukandu, News / Features Editor As reactions continue to trail the decision of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pick a fellow Muslim, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, as his running mate, his political ally and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has described the action as “satanic and a disastrous error.” Lawal who did not hide his condemnation of the action said he saw it coming and had made his reservations known to the proponents long before the announcement was made, but regretted that they brushed aside his wise counsel. The former SFG, a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pick a fellow Muslim, Alhaji Kashim Shettima as his running mate, continues to generate reactions, northern Christians in APC, have pulled out of Tinubu’s campaign team. They said their conscience would no longer allow them to continue to campaign for the APC candidate as the party had shown it had little or no regard for Christians. The northern APC Christians who met Tuesday in Abuja, warned that if the selection of Shettima as the party’s vice presidential candidate were not…
By Ade Olu At no time in the past had it been clearer that most political gladiators in the country have no interest of the country at heart, than now. Happenings within the political space speak volumes of the measure of disdain the political elite have for the peace and unity of Nigeria. Recent events point to the bitter and condemnable truth that an average Nigerian politician is on a desperate search for daily bread and will do anything unthinkable to protect his interest and that of his family. To start with, it must be established that religion and ethnicity…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu A young Nigerian girl, Covenant Onyebuchi Okereke on Tuesday gifted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, an undisclosed sum of money as her support for his presidential election. Okereke said she was led by God to bless Obi with her ‘widows mite’ which she had saved over time. Ikengaonline reports that Obi was in Enugu State for a live interview on Urban Radio, located off Presidential Road, Independence Layout, Enugu. The Labour Party presidential candidate was besieged by some of his supporters after the radio programme during which the young girl approached him to make the…
Stephen Oko, Umuahia Women leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, have intervened in the legal fireworks against the governorship candidate of the party, Professor Greg Ibe. Three governorship aspirants who lost to Ibe at the May 29 primaries – Etigwe Uwa (SAN), Gen. Ijioma. N Ijioma, and Chief Chikwe Udensi, have respectively approached the Federal High Court Umuahia, to challenge Ibe’s victory. But displeased with the legal tussle over the governorship ticket of the party, the women leaders passionately appealed to all the litigants to sheath their swords and join hands with Ibe in his bid to rescue…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abia State Council, has urged the Abia State Government, to as a matter of urgency, come to the rescue of hapless motorists especially those plying Umuahia-Bende Route who are daily subjected to extortion by security operatives. NUJ demanded immediate end to the extortion of motorists at a police checkpoint in front of the office of the Commissioner of Police at the state headquarters, Bende Road Umuahia. The demand was contained in a communique by NUJ after its monthly congress in Umuahia. According to the communique jointly signed by the NUJ Chairman, Comrade Victor…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Medical Doctors in Abia State who have been on “every Tuesday strike” since three weeks ago, to register their displeasure over the backlog of salary arrears owed some of their colleagues, have threatened to escalate the action if after seven days Government failed to meet their demands. Doctors in the Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba, ABSUTH have been owed salary arrears of 25 months while their counterparts in the State Hospital Management Board, HMB, are owed for 11 months according to the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA. NMA expressed dissatisfaction that despite several negotiations with Government, the…