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Our Reporter, Abuja Veteran entertainer and activist, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy says the task of saving Nigeria is in the hands of the youths. Charly Boy, also known as “Area Fada” spoke Sunday when he appeared as guest on 90MinutesAfrica, the online interview programme hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. He said he was happy to be alive to witness the conscious political movements that have been championed by Nigerian youths in recent times. “I am glad that in my lifetime I am witnessing what is about to turn into a full-blown revolution,” the septuagenarian…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Tragedy struck in Afikpo Town of Ebonyi State in the late hours of Tuesday as fire completely razed down a section of the popular Eke Market. Goods worth millions of naira including shops were destroyed by the fire outbreak though no life was lost. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained but the traders who were taken unawares made frantic efforts to save their goods without success because of the intensity of the fire. It was learnt that the Ebonyi State Fire Service station in Afikpo could not mobilize to quench the raging inferno…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged Christians in the country to vote based on the competence of candidates and not based on tribal sentiments. Obi who stated this Wednesday in a remark at the on-going National Convention of the Assemblies of God Nigeria at Okpoto, Ebonyi State, said time had come to vote for “a human being who has conscience and trust” to lead the country. The presidential hopeful urged Nigerians to look beyond tribe and vote for candidates based on their antecedents and what they could offer. According to him: “Put all…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has come under fire “for proposing and promoting” Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is as some of his constituents have renewed call for his recall from the Senate, describing his action as embarrassing and a betrayal to the people. The first time moves were made for the recall of the Senate Chief Whip from the red chamber was last year when he spent over 100 days in prison following his incarceration over alleged financial impropriety while he held…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election, Mr Joseph Nwobashi, has dispelled the rumor making the rounds that he had withdrawn from the race Nwobashi, a former Majority leader in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, spoke to Journalists on Wednesday in Abakaliki. He said he had no plans to withdraw for someone as being speculated in some quarters. He called on his supporters to remain calm and law abiding as there was no truth in the rumour of his withdrawal from the race. He, however, acknowledged…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Today is the great man’s 88th birthday. Given all the battles he fought over the years, hardly any prophet could have prophesied that Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka would live to the age of 88. The towering writer who stunned the world as the very first black man to win the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 is still in good shape. Talking of prophecies, back in time, my crystal ball did not hide anything when it revealed to me that Soyinka would win the Nobel, a first for Africa, in the year 1985. I told…
By Osmund Agbo On May 1,1954, an eccentric South Korean by the name of Sun-Myung Moon founded a religious group he called the Unification Church. Though his teachings were controversial and some would label it a cult, it soon gained followership in South Korea, Japan and many other Asian countries. In fact, by the late 50’s to early 60’s, the Church had established branches in not just Asia, but most of Europe and many cities across the United States. By a weird twist of fate, however, Japan lost her longest serving Prime Minister in the hands of a man who…
By Cheta Nwanze In an ideal situation, a Muslim-Muslim ticket or a Christian-Christian ticket should not be a problem if the two candidates on the ticket are good. But having said that, Nigeria is far from ideal, and the current Nigeria is very different from the Nigeria of 1993 where Abiola and Kingibe were clearly heads and shoulders above Tofa and Ugoh. That Nigeria was also a more forgiving place when you consider that the said Sylvester Ugoh was, just over a quarter of a century before, the Governor of the Bank of Biafra, but that is a digression. The…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Chairman, Gender Based Violence Taskforce Team, Barr. Faithvin Nwanchor on Tuesday insisted that the team will ensure justice for the 12 year old victim allegedly defiled by a lawyer in the state. Nwanchor, a Lawyer who spoke in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital said that investigation into the matter has commenced and the taskforce will follow the matter to a logical conclusion. She noted that the Gender desk office of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has already taken the victim to hospital for medical examination and treatment adding that the outcome…
Stephen Ukandu, News / Features Editor As reactions continue to trail the decision of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pick a fellow Muslim, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, as his running mate, his political ally and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has described the action as “satanic and a disastrous error.” Lawal who did not hide his condemnation of the action said he saw it coming and had made his reservations known to the proponents long before the announcement was made, but regretted that they brushed aside his wise counsel. The former SFG, a…