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By Osmund Agbo Gary Hart is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer, who represented the state of Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987. He came into national prominence in the way he ran the very long-shot but highly successful campaign of Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. Although McGovern was roundly defeated by Richard Nixon, taking only one state and the District of Columbia, no one blamed this on Hart who came to be regarded as a rising star in the Democratic Party. Two years later, he won a Colorado Senate…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Governor of Ekiti State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ayodele Fayose, has again, insisted that power must shift to southern Nigeria in 2023. Fayose who was one of the presidential aspirants at the PDP primary election that produced Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flag bearer, argued that it amounted to injustice against the South if the North which would be completing a two-term of eight years in 2023, to retain power after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. The PDP chieftain who took to his Twitter handle, said that Nigeria would…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Commissioner for Homeland Affairs, Chief Chikodi Anarah, has responded to allegations involving him with crisis in Isuanaocha, a community in Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State. Former President General of the community, Chief Tony Onyeagolu, had at a press briefing recently, questioned the appointment of Chikodi Anarah as a commissioner in the State. This is after the former PG had alleged that Chief Anarah was on the wanted list of the State Police Command for masterminding various crimes and criminal activities in his community. In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer Ministry…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it is better equipped for the crusade against illicit drug abuse and trafficking in Enugu State. The NDLEA boss in the state, Mr Anietie Bassey, disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during the grand finale of events to mark the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. Bassey said that the recent recruitment by the agency and enhanced logistics had paved the way for the agency to effectively spread its tentacles across the state. According to him, the agency can now move faster and better in…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has cleared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Chika Nwoba, following an investigation it launched over his ‘Biafran wedding cake’ saga. Mr Nwoba had last Saturday during his wedding unveiled a cake which was designed with Biafran insignia including the flag and coat or arms of the defunct Republic. The picture of the cake trended on social media at the weekend attracting wide spread attention including that of the DSS in the state which invited him to appear at its state headquarters yesterday (Tuesday). Mr Nwoba while announcing…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The joy of indigent patients at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC,Umuahia, Abia State, knew no bounds Wednesday, as the 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance Alliance, APGA, Professor Greg Ibe, defrayed their medical bills. The intervention is coming about two weeks after Ikengaonline report on a patient, one Chukwudi, at the hospital who appealed for public assistance to help him clear N70,000 balance to avoid being detained. One of the beneficiaries, Madam Comfort Okoro, from Arochukwu, said that but for Ibe’s intervention, her hope of returning to her house any time soon would have been…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo What the CIA does not know does not exist. In Luke 24:5-7, the angel said to the women who went to the tomb in search of Jesus, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?” For those looking for Bola Tinubu’s certificates, I ask, why do you seek from St. Paul’s School, Aroloya, Lagos, and Government College Ibadan, when you should be seeking them at Iragbiji? It wasn’t intentional when Bola Tinubu left blank in his INEC forms the names of the primary and secondary schools he attended. No, I mean, it was intentional,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The lawmaker representing Ezza South/Ikwo South Federal Constituency, Chinedu Ogah, has recounted his experiences in prison when he spent six months for an offence he knew nothing about. The lawmaker stated this when he visited the Abakaliki Correctional Centre where he underwent the ordeal. He however did not disclose the crime he was accused of or the year of his incarceration. Ogah, during the visit encouraged the inmates not to allow their current situation weigh them down. He said: ‘Being here does not mean that your own has finished. It is a moment of trial, it is…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential bid of the Labour Party flag bearer, Mr Peter Obi, received a major boost, Tuesday as the organised labour, declared total support for him. Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC; vowed to stop at nothing in ensuring that Obi emerges President in 2023. Both unions declared their support in a separate speech made by their Presidents at the 10th anniversary lecture in honour of the late labour leader, Comrade Pascal Bafyau in Abuja. In his remarks, NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said that “Mr Obi is among the finest…
The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper and one of the reporters, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the Police in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The ordeal of the two journalists began on Monday, June 27, 2022, when they honoured an invitation from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) following a petition by Mr. Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, a member of the House of Representatives representing Bauchi Federal Constituency concerning a Wikki Times report of May 18, 2022 on the sudden death of Chairman of…