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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…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The current crisis rocking Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may cost it the opportunity to field candidates for Senatorial, House of Representatives, and State House of Assembly seats in the forthcoming elections. This came after Anambra Ward congress panel of the PDP, led by Jibrin Ahmed, was on Sunday, held hostage by the party’s aspirants and stakeholders over its inability to present the original result sheets. The scenario almost resulted into a free-for-all fight at the party’s Secretariat at Udoka Estate, when the Panel members reportedly claimed they left the original result sheets…
By Azu Ishiekwene The statement by the leader of the Yoruba Cultural Group, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, that the South-East should get the next turn at the presidency has ruffled quite some feathers. This comes at a time when nearly half a dozen of his kinsmen have shown interest and almost nothing seems certain anymore because the two major political parties, having just discovered the virtue in merit, are now disposed to an open race. The only thing that is certain is where the presidency may not go: the South-East. When you hear top politicians talking about power shift, and insisting that the…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo If democracy were a straightforward process, abides by any given logic, follows a particular standard or pattern, the 2023 presidential election would be a battle between the former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, for the PDP and the current vice president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for the APC. Flawed candidates Obi and Osinbajo are, but probably the only two chances that the crooked, ragtag, oil-leaking, wiper-missing, axle-broken Nigerian vehicle with its deflated front and back tyres can still be on the road a little bit longer. Unfortunately, irrespective of the climate, democracy is…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Barely two weeks after an explosion occurred in Abaezi community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, killing over a hundred and ten persons, on Wednesday, another explosion occurred around an oil flow station managed by Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited. Ikengaonline gathered the incident happened at Izombe, Oguta LGA. The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, confirmed the explosion and the killing of two persons in it. “The two people were the ones carrying the bomb to destroy the oil facility and on their way the bomb exploded and killed them,” he said.…
By MacHarry Confidence In a bid to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 about a week ago, the Senate criminalised the payment of ransom to abductors and imposed a jail term of 15 years for paying kidnappers and terrorists for the release of any person wrongfully confined, imprisoned or kidnapped. The amendment also prescribes death penalty for the crime of abduction in cases where victims die and life imprisonment in other cases. The bill was passed following the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, under the chairmanship of Senator Opeyemi Bamidele who…