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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told Leaders of the South-East that the fate of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, would be decided by the courts. He stated this during a meeting with leaders from the zone at the New Government House Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. Mr. Buhari is in the state for a two-day working visit. The President was reacting to a demand by leaders of the region who pleaded with him to grant amnesty to Kanu and other youths from the region in detention across the country. They…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Industrialist and Professor of Entrepreneurship, Greg Ibe, has expressed displeasure that Nigeria’s only seaport with the shortest nautical miles to the Atlantic Ocean was relocated for reasons yet to be explained. The sea port originally located at Obuaku, Abia State, was the old seaport from where slaves were ferried overseas but later relocated to Onne in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Federal Government for reasons unexplained. Professor Ibe, a frontline governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, who stated this while addressing APGA Council Chairmen and members of the State Executive…

By Owei Lakemfa The tours through Europe and Africa from April 26, 2022, by Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, raised once again the powers, importance and relevance of the world body. The tours reinforced my analysis that the UN scribe is basically a funambulist, an acrobat walking a tightrope or slack on the world stage. He has to be faithful to many masters with conflicting interests, especially the five permanent members of the UN Security Council each of whom, at will, can veto whatever he does or deny him a second term in office as was done to Boutros…

Ahead of next week’s deadline for sale of nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), there is growing apprehension in the ruling party over a controversial Form 18 “Letter of Withdrawal” attached to the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms sold to aspirants to fill and submit along with other forms and their credentials, The Guardian reports. The withdrawal letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, must also be signed before a Commissioner of Oath/Public Notary before submission. Tagged Form 18, it states that: “I hereby voluntarily withdraw my candidacy from the contest. My…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, commended Governor David Umahi on the quality of projects in Ebonyi State, saying he is not surprised at the standard of work because the two-time governor is an engineer of repute. The President commenced his two-day visit to the State with the commissioning of projects at the state-owned King David University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, including a twin flyover, 12-kilometre dualised Federal Road from Mpu, Enugu State, to Uburu; the University Building and the University Medical Hospital, Facilities and Equipment. At his first stop in the State for the inauguration of the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ebonyi State again failed to hold its three-man delegate congress on Wednesday. This is the third time the congress will fail to hold. The congress was initially slated to hold on Saturday May 30, but it was shifted due to the leadership issues surrounding the sack of the former state Chairman, Tochukwu Okorie. The court had sacked Mr Okorie and ordered that Silas Onu be installed as the Chairman. Mr. Ọnụ could not immediately take over the leadership of the party as the National Working Committee of the party needed to ratify the decision. Mr. Silas later took over the…

Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka Human Rights Liberty Access and Peace Defenders Foundation (HURIDE) in Anambra State has demanded that justice prevails on the reported case of a nursing mother who was allegedly tortured  by a Naval team based in Onitsha, Anambra State. Reports on social media have it that the nursing mother fainted after Naval personnel compelled her to climb a pedestrian bridge 30 times and confiscated her N1, 000 over purported traffic violation. The nursing mother named, Esther Obiechina, had narrated that some Naval  personnel at Uga junction, Onitsha, Anambra State, forced her to climb the pedestrian bridge  at Uga Junction…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A 26-year-old lady, Miss Ugochukwu Nworie, has been raped to death by a gang of rapists in Ebonyi State. The incident, it was gathered, happened at Hope-in Hotel, No. 9, Ngbowo Street, Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. Investigations reveal that the victim arrived in the hotel in the company of a group of young men late in the night for lodging accommodation. Sources familiar with the incident explained that the lady was, however, found dead in the hotel room after the door was opened in the day time with her legs, hands and mouth tied up. The…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki President Muhammadu Buhari has touched down at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu, enroute to Ebonyi State. The President’s jet arrived Enugu around 10:30 pm. He was received by the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, and other officials of Government. The President is on a two-day working visit to Ebonyi State where he is expected to commission numerous projects executed by the Umahi administration. He is also billed to have a meeting with select Leaders from the South-East. Though no details of the agenda for the meeting was disclosed, it is,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A leading House of Representatives aspirant for Ikwuano-Umuahia Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election, Hon. Obilo Ogbonna, has claimed that the Ohuhu clan of the late Premier of the Eastern region, Dr. Michael Okpara, has been politically excluded despite the huge contributions and sacrifices of their son towards the development of the former region. The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain said the development was the wrong way political stakeholders in the constituency would reciprocate the heroic efforts of the late Premier. He argued that Ohuhu clan remained the only clan in Umuahia North that had not…