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The Peoples Democratic Party has said only three elected ad hoc delegates per ward and one elected national delegate per local government will vote at its forthcoming primaries and national convention. The party made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature. Bature stated that the decision was taken in consonance with Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 as amended by the National Assembly. The sub-section states that delegates to vote at indirect primaries and National Convention of political parties to elect candidates for elections shall be those democratically elected…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia South-East youths have urged the General Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi to ignore the security advice by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and proceed with his proposed gospel crusade in Aba. The youths who spoke under the aegis of Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, said the safety of Kumuyi and participants at the said crusade should not be the headache of IPOB. Pastor Kumuyi in partnership with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has scheduled a three-day gospel crusade in Aba from May 29 but IPOB advised him to shelve the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Gunmen, Saturday, kidnapped a politician, Hon Uzozie Chukwujekwu, in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums also left the politician’s only son critically wounded after he was reportedly shot in the stomach during the attack. The kidnapped politician was a Special Adviser to former Chairman of Nnewi South LGA. Ikengaonline gathered that the hoodlums stormed the Umudiji Umuohama village in their numbers in the early hours of Saturday. A source from the community said the incident occurred a little after midnight, adding that the rampaging gunmen shot their way into the compound. The source…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka People of Omor community in Ayamelum Local Government Area, Anambra State, have asked the State House of Assembly Speaker, Honourable Uche Okafor, to perish his third term ambition in the interest of peace and fairness in the area. The community also threatened that if the Speaker refused to shelve his third term agenda, respects and abides by the zoning arrangement instituted earlier by stakeholders from Ayamelum State Constituency for various political offices, where the Speaker represents, it could result to political violence during the election. This development followed the endorsement of the Speaker by some people of…

Stephen Ukandu, News & Features Editor The agitation for power shift to South-EEast in 2023, has taken a sudden twist as Igbo youths under the umbrella of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have threatened a total boycott of the elections if the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deny South-East their presidential tickets. The youths also vowed to lock down the entire Igboland on February 25, 2023, and March 12, 2023, during the presidential and national assembly polls as well as governorship and house of assembly polls respectively, saying that both…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Mr. Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The appointment, according to a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Honourable Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Sufuyan Ojeifo, is with immediate effect. The appointment according to the statement made available to Ikengaonline, follows the demise of the former Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Simon Harry, on 13th April, 2022. The statement read in part: “Mr.Semiu Adeniran is a professional statistician of repute…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Professor Antonia Taiye Simbine as the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). The appointment according to a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Honourable Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Sufuyan Ojeifo, said the appointment would take effect from June 1, 2022. The statement made available to Ikengaonline said: “Professor Simbine will be succeeding the outgoing Director-General, Dr Folarin Gbadebo-Smith whose tenure expires on 31st May, 2022.” “She is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations and currently heads the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Frontline presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has said that members of the party who sabotaged its in 2015 should not be rewarded with the party’s presidential ticket in 2023. Wike said that all those involved in the formation of the New PDP which adversely affected the party’s fortunes should not be allowed to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 polls. Wike who spoke while addressing Abia PDP delegates and stakeholders at the Banquet Hall Umuahia, said PDP should look at the antecedents of all those jostling for…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) not use any other delegates list to conduct its primaries other than the one from the congresses conducted by a faction of the party in Ebonyi State. This followed a motion dated 17th of May but filed on the 18th of May by one Ogbonnaya Ene Odii in suit number FHC/AI/C5/61/2022. Mr. Odii is believed to belong to a faction of the party led by the State Chairman, Silas Onu, and an aspirant, IfeanyiChukwu Odii. Two factions had emerged in the state…

By Ike Okonta Last week, students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, laid their hands on one of their own, Deborah Samuel, and mobbed her to death. They alleged that Deborah had blasphemed against Islam, and instantly became prosecutor, judge and jury all at the same time. The next day, following the arrest and detention of two of the perpetrators of this heinous crime, the students took to the streets of Sokoto, assaulting Christians and vandalizing churches. The governor of the state had to impose a 24-hour curfew to prevent further breakdown of law and order. As usual,…