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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), an umbrella body of town union leaders in Anambra State, has denied claims by the Anambra State Police Command that community leaders are shielding criminal elements in the state. The police in the state, last Monday, claimed that community leaders were shielding criminal elements in the state by not providing information to aid security agents in apprehending such disgruntled elements unleashing terror and mayhem in the state. The Police held an elaborate press conference where Commissioner accused communities of unwillingness to volunteer useful information about criminals in their localities. He…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Mass exodus has hit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State, following the recent resignation of former Governor Peter Obi from the party. Obi, a presidential aspirant, had on Wednesday resigned his membership of the PDP and also withdrew from the party’s presidential primary. Obi had cited irregularities in the processes leading to the party’s presidential primary election as reason for his resignation. His action was said to have dampened the zeal and aspiration of some of the party’s aspirants to national and state assemblies, as it is believed that Obi’s popularity in the state has…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ifeanyi Araraume Jr, on Thursday lost the battle to win the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for the Imo North Senatorial District. Araraume lost to Emma Okewulonu, at the Senatorial primaries of PDP, conducted at Aladimma mall in Owerri. Araraume got 61 votes trailing behind the winner, Emma Okewulonu, who polled 132 votes to win the Imo North Senatorial ticket, while Nwachukwu Ugochukwu got 1 vote. Okewulonu, was the Imo North Senatorial candidate of PDP, in 2020. At the same venue, on Thursday, the House of Representatives primaries, for the Okigwe North Federal Constituency, saw a former…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Development Economist, Chief Ikechi Emenike, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Abia State. He polled 672 votes out of 892 total votes cast to pick the APC ticket. However, his joy was short-lived as an Abia High Court sitting in Umuahia affirmed his suspension from the party. He was last year suspended by his ward for alleged anti-party activities. Chief Emenike contested with five other aspirants at the governorship primaries held at Chidiebere Park Umuahia. He was declared winner of the contest by the Chairman of the APC governorship…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A frontline governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Professor Greg Ibe, has expressed surprise that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which he had since dumped would be “allocating votes” to him during its primaries Wednesday in Umuahia. Describing the action as “mischievous and ridiculous” the Professor of Entrepreneur, asked PDP to keep its vote, saying he has since pursued his ambition in APGA. He mocked PDP for “awarding votes” to him, when in fact, he did not participate “in the said primaries which can only pass for a charade’. Professor…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The crisis in Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), worsened on Thursday as two parallel governorship primaries were held in the state by the two factions. While one faction elected Mr. Francis Nwifuru, the embattled Speaker of the State House of Assembly as its candidate, the other faction elected the former Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) as its candidate. Both events held in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. Mbam emerged as factional APC candidate in a parallel election conducted at his Campaign Office, Mile 50 in Abakaliki. Mr. Nwifuru emerged…
By Azu Ishiekwene Nigeria’s spectacular crises in almost every facet of its national life are inescapable. They cling like your skin. And for your sanity, you must detox from time to time. I hope this trip to Grenada, through Afghanistan, helps. Instead of writing about killings of the most bestial variety up and down the country, an economy on life support, insecurity, ASUU strike, men fighting for Allah and those defending them, the politics of 2023 that has left even politicians confused and enthroned delegates as royalty, I’ve decided to comment on a topic in which I recently renewed interest.…
Our Editor, Abuja; Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia; Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka; Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki & Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri As the 2023 general elections approach, the total number of registered voters in the South-East geo-political zone is worrying in comparative terms. With barely one month to the end of the on-going Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, South-East is yet to record an encouraging number of registered voters. Investigations by Ikengaonline revealed that as at May 16, 2022, only 517,826 voters have been captured in the entire South-East in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ongoing in the…
By Chido Onumah Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost At the end of this month, other things being equal, Nigeria’s major political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will select their presidential candidates for the February 2023 general election. By hook or by crook, one of these two candidates will emerge president next year. It will be asking for too much to request Nigeria’s dominant political class to spare a thought for the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has declared a curfew in the state. The governor made the declaration in a state broadcast on Wednesday evening in Awka. Soludo took the decision following reports of wanton killings, kidnappings and other insecurity issues affecting the state. The curfew, according to the governor, will commence on Thursday from 6:00pm to 6:00am. He said, “With effect from tomorrow, Thursday, 26th May, 2022, a 6pm to 6am curfew is hereby placed on motorcycles (okada), tricycles (keke), and shuttle buses in the Aguata, Ihiala, Ekwusigo, Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Ogbaru, Orumba North and…