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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka There was pandemonium at the Anambra State House of Assembly after armed men believed to be operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) attempted to arrest the lawmaker-elect for Nnewi North constituency, Mr Onyekachukwu Ike. Ikengaonline learned that the armed men drove into the Assembly complex and grabbed the member-elect who was said to have participated in a valedictory service for the Seventh Assembly. An eyewitness said, “They bundled the member-elect into their vehicle and were trying to drive out of the Assembly complex when security personnel quickly blocked and locked the exit gate of the chamber. The…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu has given the State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Three working days to reply on the petition against, Mr. Peter Mba concerning his alleged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Certificate forgery. The court gave the directive on Thursday after declining the request by the party seeking to strike out the petition. It would be recall that the party had last week asked the court to strike out the NYSC certificate forgery petition against her candidate in the March 18 Governorship election on the grounds that the…
Benson Ezechime, Enugu The Clerk of Enugu State House of Assembly, Dr Emma Udaya, has denied any secret plot by him to inaugurate the State Assembly. He said that at no time did he meet with anybody to hatch such plot and wondered where and how such news emanated. It would be recalled that there was widespread rumours on the social media and reports on plots by the the assembly clerk and the governor to inaugurate the assembly secretly with only 10 members of PDP elected members excluding the majority 14 LP members. “There was nothing like that. There was no meeting…
By Osmund Agbo Allow me to burden you with two remarkable stories that unfolded before my very eyes in the course of this past week. The lessons learned resonates deep within my soul and it’s my hope they will awaken your true essence. It was June 3, and a busy Saturday prior to Memorial Day here in the US. The atmosphere at home was brimming with excitement as we celebrated my wife’s birthday. After a nice little family dinner, we agreed to accompany the birthday girl to her favorite mall on the outskirts of town. Unbeknownst to us, our plans would…
By Azu Ishiekwene I’m getting ahead of myself. Father’s Day is still next Sunday. But after the Executive Editor of LeVogue, LEADERSHIP’s Fashion and Lifestyle magazine, Nikki Odu-Khiran, asked me if I could write a piece to mark the day, it got me thinking. If my father, who passed on May 28, 2000, ever had to write on Father’s Day, what would he have written? Of course, he wouldn’t have written anything. A pensioner who worked as a storekeeper at the Apapa (Lagos) Quays of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) before he retired in 1996, Robert could barely write. But my, oh,…
By Rudolf Okonkwo Don’t think I did not see the horror on your face from the moment you read the title of this column. Yeah! As if death will never happen to you. I will never die. You will never die. I hear you. Did you say God forbid? Did you pronounce that it is not your portion? “Come down, Holy Ghost fire,” you prayed. “Send it back to the sender,” you charged. Are you done? The question is not if but when. The hope is that it is later than sooner. But the truth is that we do not know.…
By Benjamin U. Nwosu, Jr. Lagos metropolis, popularly known as Africa’s “Big Apple” is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. But Africa’s Big Apple faces many challenges spurred by this runaway growth. One of its most critical problems is access to clean water and sanitation. Nigeria as a nation has failed to meet its goal of providing clean potable water to half of its population by 2015! This infrastructural failure has dire consequences for a heavily populated city such as Lagos. Lagos is the largest populated city in Nigeria. It is home to 25 million people, with 600,000 new…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Former senator who represented Anambra Central senatorial zone at the National Assembly, Senator Clement Annie Okonkwo has reportedly died. Ikengaonline learned that Okonkwo died after a long battle with a terminal illness. The ex-senator was said to have celebrated his 63 years birthday on 23 May 2023 before he gave up the ghost on Wednesday. Okonkwo was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and once represented Anambra Central in the Senate. He also vied more than once for the position of Anambra State Governor during his active days. He was last seen in public glare, when his…
Agency Report The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); President Bola Tinubu; and the All Progressives Congress, (APC); on Wednesday in Abuja, opposed the appearance of subpoenaed witnesses of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) to testify. The respondents appeared unsettled when the petitioners called the first subpoenaed witness saying they were not prepared to cross examine the witness having been served the witness statement only on Wednesday. The respondents, through their counsel, objected to the taking of the evidence of the witness who was said to be an Ad hoc staff of INEC during the Feb.…
Our Reporter, Abuja The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has felicitated with legal luminary and foremost human rights activist, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, on his seventieth birthday. The former governor of Anambra State took to his official Twitter handle to celebrate the former leader of the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, for always speaking out “against abuse of office, disregard for the rule of law, judicial contempt and other societal ills that pervade our nation.” Obi further said that as a human rights activist, Agbakoba has used his position to advance the cause of humanity, and wished…