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By Ken Ugbechie It’s 2022, deep into the 21st Century, Nigeria has no regular electricity. Healthcare, education, primary sector, are all decrepit. Nigeria simply needs a Leader. And Nigerians think Peter Obi is that leader. They think the former Governor of Anambra state has the Oriental mojo, the Victorian genteel mien and the American entrepreneurial spunk to conjure a mix of positive leadership for the nation. For this, Obi is trending on social media. In worship centres, marketplaces, in the streets, even in pubs, Obi pops up with pleasant plumes. In discourses, he takes a huge swathe in blogosphere. He…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, on Sunday allegedly put the figure of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the South-East region to eight thousand persons and blamed the security forces, Eastern Security Network, ESN, criminals for being responsible. They stated this in their report titled, Intersociety’s Special Report which was signed by Board Chair/Lead-Researcher, Emeka Umeagbalasi; Barr Obianuju Joy Igboeli, Head of Civil Liberties and Rule of Law; Head, Campaign and Publicity, Chidimma Evangeline Udegbunam; and Head, Field Data Documentation, Comrade Samuel Kamanyaoku. They said the number of IDPs resulted from the alleged…
By Hassan Gimba I should have come with the second and, most likely, concluding part of the article, “Of banditry and shared sovereignty,” but Nigeria nowadays is a country where incidents, foreseen and unforeseen, are tumbling over each other by the minute, competing for attention in the public space. One of the burning issues has been the cost of party nomination forms. I can vividly recall President Muhammadu Buhari complaining about their exorbitance in 2015 when the presidential nomination form was N27.5 million, confessing that he had to take a bank loan to purchase it. We need to look at…
Our Reporter, Abuja Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Anambra State Governor, on Friday, took another step in fulfilling one of his campaign promises, to dialogue with IPOB in the search for peace in Igboland, as he visited Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in detention. The governor had posted pictures of the meeting on his Facebook page on Saturday. Soludo said they discussed the sit-at-home protests and killings in the South-East. “I visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, (Friday, 13th May, 2022) to felicitate with him and also as part of the wider consultations with critical stakeholders in search of…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Cordelia Ego Ejiofor died like no one should, clobbered to death by her employer. Her dead body was never found. Around 3 December 1972, Alhaji Rauph Gaji, a senior lawyer in Kaduna beat Cordelia to death in his own house. He drove her remains to the outskirts of the city and disposed of it on a location along Kachia Road, where, months later, scanty human remains were located after Alhaji Rauph led Police to where he said he disposed of her body. Mamman Nasir, like Alhaji Rauph, a Muslim, prosecuted the case to conclusion, securing a conviction…
A combined team of security men, led by Sokoto State’s Police Commissioner, Mr. Kamaludden Okunlola were deployed to the palace of the Sultan of Sultan to avoid breakdown of law and order while protesters threw stones and attempted to burn it down. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Aminu Tambuwal had in a broadcast, called on the people to remain indoors as security operatives were being deployed to safeguard lives and properties. The protests were caused by an alleged religious blasphemy made by a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, against Islamic religion through a…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Following public complaints over brutality by the police and other security agencies, youths in Anambra State, have received training and mentoring on the methods for tracking and defending incidences of human rights violations and abuse in the state. The training held Saturday in Awka, the state capital. It was organized by the Centre for Social Awareness, Advocacy and Ethics (CSAAE) in collaboration with the Youth Empowerment Solutions Project Initiative (YES-P); and the Centre for Health Education & Vulnerable Support (CHEVS) and powered by VOICE. The trainees were drawn from the 21 Local Government Areas of the state…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo youths have asked Governor Aminu Tambuwal to halt the on-going barbaric and unprovoked attacks and massive destruction of Igbo property in Sokoto State. The youths who spoke under the auspices of Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, expressed furry that Ndigbo living in Sokoto were made scapegoats of the senseless killing of Deborah Yakubu, a female student of Sokoto College of Education, killed for alleged blasphemy. COSEYL in a press statement Saturday evening, warned Sokoto indigenes to immediately halt the onslaught against innocent Igbo living in their state. The statement signed by the President General of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Results of the just-concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have been released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. The 2022 UTME began on Friday, May 6, 2022, and ended on Friday, May 13, 2022. This was contained in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday in Abuja. JAMB in the statement, outlined the process of checking the results by the candidates. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read: “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The family of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed shock over the pointing of fingers at the former Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, Senator representing Abia Central; his son and Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji; the Deputy Governor, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu; and former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, as sponsors of insecurity in the state. Kanu’s family said nobody should be indicted for any crime “until thorough investigations and verifiable evidence are established.” Ikengaonline reports that…