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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Chairman of the Labour Party in Anambra State, Hon Ugochukwu Emeh, has said that his position as the party’s chairman in the state is still intact and never in dispute. Hon Emeh was reacting to claims that a new Labour Party chairman in the person of Hon Peter Okoye emerged in the State. Okoye, during a press briefing in Awka, the state capital,had said Hon Julius Abure  remains a former national chairman, and that Hon Ugochukwu Emeh has also ceased to be the state chairman of LP in Anambra. He said Emeh has been removed and…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Gunmen on Saturday killed two police officers and injured one of them, at Okpala junction in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okafor, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri. He said: “Two of our men paid the supreme price, one of them was injured. We recovered one of the operational vehicles of the hoodlums. “There were piercing of bullets and stains of blood in the vehicle of the hoodlums which shows that our men gave them a battle. We are currently trailing the hoodlums who are on the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ad hoc staff members  of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who worked in Anambra during the just concluded general election have threatened to occupy the Commission’s offices in the state if they are not paid their allowances before Tuesday. The notice came barely three days after the ad hoc staff thronged the INEC Headquarters in Awka, with placards, demanding for the immediate payment of their allowances. A fresh statement which was seen by Ikengaonline flying around in different social media platforms stating that their one week ultimatum will expire next week, after which they would proceed to the commission’s…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, has alleged that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Abia State Government, were behind his purported sack by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano. Otti who addressed a press conference in Umuahia in the wake of the controversial court ruling, said that the ruling party was desperately looking for ways to perpetuate itself in power. The governor-elect who spoke through his Media Adviser, Ferdinand Ekeoma, said that contrary to sponsored media propaganda by the ruling party, the court never made any order sacking him or any Labour Party candidate in Abia.…

By Owei Lakemfa The United States of America, US, this Monday placed visa restrictions on some Nigerians who allegedly undermined the February and March 2023 general elections. The US in a statement by its Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said it took the decision as part of its commitment to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world. The restrictions, he said, affect those “believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy. These individuals have been involved in intimidation of voters through threats and physical violence, the manipulation of vote results, and other activity that undermines…

Says no true friend of Nigeria ‘ll ignore obvious manipulations of  presidential poll Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has told the United States of America, that the manipulations of the February 25 presidential poll results, were too glaring to be ignored by a true friend of Nigeria. Obi who was reacting to the recent phone conversation between the US Secretary of States, Antony Blinken, and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who was declare winner of the presidential poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Atiku…

It’s exercise in futility – Labour party Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, has dismissed his purported sack by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, as baseless  and of no moment. Similarly, the Abia State chapter of the Labour Party, has dismissed the judgment as an exercise in futility. Justice M. N Yunusa of Kano High Court, had in the controversial judgment, voided the candidature of the Labour Party’s governorship candidate, saying the party did not comply with the provisions of the 2023 Electoral Act in his nomination. The suit marked FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 was filed by Mr…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Football Association has elected the incumbent Chairman, Mr Tony Ugwu, for another four years in office while Mr Monday Nnonah was elected vice chairman. In the election held in the Nsukka Sports Club, Nsukka Local Government Council Secretariat, the chairman, vice chairman were voted in by the accredited 27 members of the association. It would be recalled that Ugwu rose to the position of the ENSFA substantive chairman following the demise  of Chidi Ofo-Okenwa in May 2020. Two Representatives from Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Joshua Onoja, and Chinedu Oha, attended the election. In his…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka As part of plans to support farmers in the state, the Anambra State Government has given its assurance of the supply of specialised farm inputs. The State  Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Forster Ihejiofor, gave the assurance while addressing journalists in Awka, Anambra State capital on Thursday. He said farmers in the state are going to receive subsidised inputs to boost their outputs and food production at the end of the 2023 farming season. The commissioner emphasised that the government has the intention to develop a good system that produces healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. The goal, he…

Our Reporter, New York The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the February 25 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has argued that the failure of the electoral body, INEC, to adhere to its own guidelines in the conduct of the presidential election may be considered irrelevant by the Supreme Court in their determination of whether the election was properly conducted or not, going by the precedents already laid down in the judgments of the Ekiti and Osun States governorship election petition cases. Prince Adebayo made the remarks during a discussion on the events of the post-2023 election in…