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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, admitted in evidence, additional 319 exhibits tendered before it by Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The exhibits tendered by Professor Paul Ananaba, SAN, on behalf of Obi comprised certified true copies of Form EC8C collated electoral results from 13 states. The affected states included Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Ekiti and Delta. The results from Bayelsa were from eight LGAs; Benue from 23 LGAs; Cross River from 18 LGAs; Ebonyi from 10 LGAs; Edo…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Parents of four year-old toddler, Clair Chinasa Okwara, have called for justice over the stabbing to death of their daughter, by one Vivian Solomon Benson, at Nwosu Estate, Works layout in Owerri, Imo State. The parents, yesterday, spoke to newsmen in Owerri, on the incident that happened on May 27, 2023. The suspect, Vivian, was said to have entered the compound and pretended to be playing with the victim and suddenly brought out a knife and stabbed the baby four times. After the attack, Vivan, was arrested by the residents, and was seen saying that she should…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has perfected clandestine moves to secretly inaugurate the 8th House of Assembly in the State. The move by the government was in contravention of the current constitutional amendment which states that for any state assembly to be successfully inaugurated, no less than two third of the members of the Assembly must be present. A credible source revealed that the Clerk of the House, Dr. Emma Udaya, had a meeting with Mr Peter Mbah with a view to hatching a secret module that will see the inauguration of 10 Members-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Pledges support for Otti Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The former Director General, National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Chief Chuku Wachuku, has said that the era of patronising sycophants and touts with political appointments in Abia Government was over. Wachuku who was reacting to the recent appointments by the newly-inaugurated Governor Alex Otti, said that Otti had demonstrated that it would no longer be business as usual for quacks and political urchins in the state. He said that the choice of appointees so far by Otti had shown that he was out to change the narrative. According to the Small and Medium Enterprises,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Another leadership crisis have erupted in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) following a recent High court judgement against the current party national leader, Sly Ezeokenwa Jr. Ikengaonline reports that Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, Tuesday, sacked Barr Sly Ezeokenwa Jr. as the National Chairman of the party. Justice Mohammed Madugu who delivered the judgment nullified all actions taken by Chief Victor Ikechukwu Oye since the Supreme Court, in a March 24, 2023, judgment removed him as APGA National Chairman. According to the Court, Oye and INEC are bound to obey the judgment of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu There is palpable tension in Lejja community, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, as the administrator of Nsukka South development center, Mr. Chijioke Ugwuoke has allegedly attempted killing a Security personnel, Mr. Onyebuchi Nweze, of the same community. Ugwuoke was alleged to have sent his boys to kidnap and possibly kill Nweze who hails from Umuakpo village of Lejja. According to a reliable source the administrator allegedly sent his thugs with weapons to kill and bury the security agent. Sources told Ikengaonline that the bone of contention between the two was some illegal buildings the administrator was constructing…
Our Reporter, New York The American Diabetes Association last month held its Research Dinner at the Garden City Hotel in New York, where it bestowed prestigious research awards on three researchers in the field of diabetology. One of the recipients was Nigeria’s own Dr. Benjamin Udoka Nwosu, the Chief of Endocrinology at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Professor Nwosu presented a lecture on his seminal work on the use of vitamin D to prolong the honeymoon phase of type 1 diabetes. The honeymoon phase…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given reasons for shelving its planned nationwide strike over petrol subsidy removal initially scheduled to begin today, Wednesday, June 7. NLC said it decided to back down on the proposed industrial action because the Federal Government “demonstrated willingness to hold dialogue and provide reasonable palliatives to cushion the effect of its policies.” This was contained in a communique issued at the end of NLC’s emergency National Executive Council on Tuesday, and signed by NLC, President, Comrade Joe Ajaero; and General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja. The communique obtained by Ikengaonline read in part: “Considering the mood…
By Uche Ugboajah What is likely to hit you at first encounter with Fred Onyeoziri is his personable nature. Yes, he was such a pleasant person – full of life; charming; calm; and always unassuming. He even gets more amiable when he speaks. What comes out was always a disarming logic and brilliance too hot to be concealed, not even by an unparalleled humility and a quiet mien that often ensconced his innate being, the Essential Fred Onyeoziri. A master debater in his secondary school days, he initially wanted to study English but got to Ibadan and changed his mind. He…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The House of Representatives has told the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the organised labour that made the union leaders shelve their planned nationwide strike over removal of fuel subsidy. According to the House of Representatives, it will amount to breach of trust for the Federal Government to renege from fulfilling its promises to labour before the strike was put off. This is as the green chamber commended the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its proposed strike action originally billed for Wednesday. The commendation was due to a motion by Hon. Idem Unyime at…