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“Good evening father! I just called your two numbers after listening to your so called “prophetic” outbursts— prophesying about “Fulani herdsmen” with tribal marks invading government house Awka and having me running out in pool of blood as well as loudly complaining about the waste disposal. You called on me to pray as well as asked your congregation to pray for my life…. 1) As an orthodox Catholic, I was brought up not to join issues with any man of God. I have been in the public arena for two decades and I appreciate comments and criticisms from the citizens…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has written an open letter to the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Tinubu, advising him to tread with caution over his presidential ambition to avoid getting “Abiola or Awolowo” treatment from his opponents. Fayose said although he was not a member of APC, and would never be, he needed to ask the former Lagos State Governor to be cautious because both of them are of the Yoruba race. Below is a full text of the former Ekiti Governor’s open letter made available to Ikengaonline: “OPEN…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka No fewer than thirty-one thousand candidates that applied and sat for online teachers’ recruitment examination in Anambra State, last week, will repeat the exercise. The order came from Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo, who issued the directive following complaints by candidates that the system broke down even before they could log in for the examination as a result of network failure. A large outcry had visited the failure, with many believing it was arranged to shut them out of the exams, for preferred candidates to be picked. But in a press release on Tuesday, Soludo announced…

Our Reporter, Abuja The Southern Governors’ Forum has described the purported announcement of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, as the All Progressives Congress, APC, consensus presidential candidate, as an “expensive joke.” The APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi, Adamu had earlier announced Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate to members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party.  But in a swift reaction, the Southern Governors’ Forum has through a statement signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, rejected the announcement of Lawan calling it an expensive joke. “My attention has just been drawn…

By George Ehusani INTRODUCTION: Nigeria is Today Teetering on the Precipice Nigeria as a national entity is on the verge of collapse. All the indices of state failure are in place. There is an unprecedented level of impunity, and a never-before witnessed orgy of violence across the land. Criminal gangs are holding swathes of the Nigerian territory, bombing state infrastructures, collecting taxes, kidnapping travellers for ransom, sacking whole villages, burning down police stations, dislodging soldiers from their military outposts, abducting school children – transforming some into child soldiers and others into sex slaves, carrying out mass executions, and sending periodic threats…

Stephen Ukandu, News & Features Editor President Muhammadu Buhari, has said he has no “anointed candidate” ahead of the presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The President stated this while addressing Northern APC Governors at Aso Rock ahead of the primaries. Speaking at a meeting with the Governors at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari said “the party is important and its members must be respected, and made to feel they are important.” According to a release by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President also reiterated his resolve…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri No fewer than thirteen persons on Monday were rushed to the Specialists hospital Umuguma in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state after they were found lying unconscious in a room. About five of them were allegedly to be confirmed dead at the hospital.  Eyewitnesses gave different versions of the tragic story that took place in a room at Obokwu/Umuekpu village in Obinze, Owerri West LGA in the State. Among the victims, was said to be the Chief Driver of the Imo East Senatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Onyeagocha, whose name was…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police operatives in Anambra State have gunned down the leader of a kidnap gang and arrested five other gang members in Anambra State. Among the arrested criminals was a native doctor believed to be preparing charms for the suspected hoodlums causing havoc in the state. Ikengaonline learnt that the suspected kidnap leader was killed when his gang’s effort to kidnap someone was resisted by gallant security operatives on Sunday. Eyewitness account said the assailants, numbering about four, had stormed the Oko community in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of the state where they planned to execute the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Senator Obinna Ogba, representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone, has won the rescheduled governorship primary election of the Ebonyi Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The election was held on Sunday at the party’s secretariat in Abakaliki, capital of the State The accreditation of delegates and voting began around 8 pm on Sunday and ran into the early hours of Monday. Five hundred and thirteen delegates from the 171 wards of the 13 LGAs of the state took part in the primary election. Chief Chris Okolo, Chairman of the Electoral Panel, said that Ogba polled 253 votes to…

Our Reporter, Abuja Contrary to some reports making the rounds, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, was not involved in any accident today, Ikengaonline can confirm. According to a statement by Richard Akinnola, Chairman Pastor Yemi Osinbajo (PYO) Media Council, the Vice President was on his way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport enroute to Owo this morning over the terrorist attack yesterday when his convoy ran into an accident scene. The Vice President thereafter ordered his convoy to stop and his ambulance used to convey the victims to hospital. He was to continue to his journey after boarding his…