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Our Reporter, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the alleged killing of six Nigerien citizens and some security operatives in their duty posts in the South-East, describing it as “sad and unwelcome.” The President expressed his displeasure over the incidents in a series of tweets made by his Senior Special Assistant, Garba Shehu, via his verified Twitter handle  on Sunday. While sending his condolences to the families of the deceased security officers and the Government of Niger, President Buhari promised a  speedy investigation into the matter. He also restated his administration’s unwavering commitment to peace and stability in the South-East region and…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Democracy is a journey and the quality of the ride depends on what we collectively put into it. If we shut our ears and our eyes, the ship of state could derail….” – Dennis Odife, Without Money and Without Price: A Brief Autobiography, p.196 (2016) In court around 1 July, 2022, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State in South-South Nigeria, Ekaette Obot, repeatedly threatened to jail my good friend, Inibehe Effiong, for his diligence in representing an unknown client against two powerful men – the governor who appointed her into office and a Senator without whose influence she…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has lampooned the All Progressives Congress, APC-controlled Federal Government over  the menacing activities of bandits in Abia North. Ohuabunwa who was angry over the sad development, tasked Government to rise to its responsibility of protecting lives and property to avoid the people resorting to self defense. The former lawmaker was reacting to the recent blocking of Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway between Leru and Okigwe; and repeated attacks on Thursday around the same axis, as well as another isolated attack at Lomara in Umunneochi, accused Government of docility. “The rate of terrorist attacks on innocent people of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any responsibility for the gruesome murder of eight Northerners living in Orogwe, a suburb community in Owerri, Imo State. In a statement on Saturday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, alleged that security agencies are conniving with the Ebubeagu militia group to kill innocent people in order to blackmail the group. The group described the Nigeria Police and Ebubeagu as “partners in crime.”   IPOB dismissed as “laughable and fabricated,” claims that its members were responsible for the heinous act. The pro-Biafra movement said its members would never…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Saturday said hoodlums suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, armed group, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, attacked the Agwa Police Division, in Oguta Local Government Area, and allegedly killed four police officers and forced two suspects in custody to escape from detention. The command’s State Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. He said the hoodlums used a tipper truck to break the gate of the police station in order to gain entrance into the station before they threw  Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDS) and…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Gunmen on Friday night invaded Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State allegedly killing four police officers and setting ablaze the Agwa police station. A source who spoke to Ikengaonline from the community said the attack happened in the night when residents were still asleep. At the time of filing this report the reason for the attack was not known but some community leaders who did not want their names mentioned said the attackers were having their camps in the area and had issued threats to attack the Agwa police division for being a threat…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Archbishop Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, the Archbishop Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, has advised Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, to consider the plights of the masses in setting his policies to run a successful Government. The Bishop’s appeal came at a time the people are expressing displeasure over the recent changes in payment of taxes instituted by the new administration in the state. Addressing newsmen at Emmaus House, Awka, the Anambra State capital, the Anglican Prelate urged the Governor to consider the plights of the people especially those at the grassroots who may suffer to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Chief Justice of Abia State, Justice Onuoha Kalu Ogwe, has tasked the leadership of the Nigeria Bar Association on  transparency and accountability. The CJ who gave the charge  during the inauguration of the newly-elected officers of NBA,  Umuahia branch. Justice Ogwe described transparency and accountability as essential legacies any responsible leadership must strive to leave behind. He congratulated members of the new executive led by Barrister Jasper Ejimofor, and charged them to serve with integrity and to move the association to greater heights. The CJ  promised to give the new executive the necessary support that would need for a successful tenure.…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The immediate-past Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah, has accused the loyalists of Chief Ikechi Emenike of misrepresenting the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu in the media over comments credited to him when “they ambushed him”  in Abuja. Ogah who insisted that he is the authentic Leader of the APC in Abia, urged members of the public not to be deceived by the “misleading media reports.” The former Minister who spoke on the heels of a media report after a meeting in Abuja between  Adamu and APC stakeholders from Abia,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Advocating referendum as internationally recognised and a legitimate way of actualising self determination, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafran, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the demand for referendum by Biafra agitators is legitimate.  Ejimakor argued that without referendum, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubarkar, would not have been a Nigerian citizen. He said it was by referendum that Adamawa, Atiku’s home state which was originally in Cameroon became part of Nigeria. Ejimakor who took to his Twitter handle, argued that peaceful agitation…