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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has told people of Anambra State to expect nothing short of free, fair, transparent and credible Governorship election come November 8, 2025 in the state. Addressing journalists at the INEC state headquarters Awka, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Queen Elizabeth Agwu, said the commission is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that forthcoming elections in the state is free of any malpractice. She said the commission is ready to conduct the upcoming gubernatorial election, as well as the outstanding by-elections to fill the vacant seats resulting from the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, has commended Governor Peter Mbah for his efforts in ensuring the security of lives and property in Enugu State. Chukwuma gave the commendation while presenting four vehicles to the Enugu State Security Trust Fund at the Government House Enugu. The donation was sequel to a recent security trust fund launch organised by the state, where over N3 billion was realised. Chukwuma, who commended Mbah’s huge investments in the security sector, noted that the administration had made Enugu increasingly conducive for investment. He said that manufacturers…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti has expressed the willingness of his administration to partner Vietnam Republic in various areas of the economy to develop Abia State. Otti spoke while receiving in audience, a delegation led by the Vietnamese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Bui Quoc Hung, who paid him a working visit at his Umuehim, Nvosi Country home. According to Governor Otti, Abia State and Vietnam have many areas of partnership for mutual benefits. He said: “We are very happy to have you in Abia. We will be very happy to work with you. I see a lot of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As tension continues to build in Rivers State over the political crisis in the state, Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, August 9, 2025, for fresh council poll. This is following the nullification of the previous polls by the Supreme Court. The Chairman of RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), announced the new date on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt. Enebeli explained that the decision was in compliance with Friday’s Supreme Court judgment, which voided the October 5, 2024, local government elections conducted by the commission. He said: “In exercise of the…
By Akin Ogunlade The recent launch of former military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s memoir, A Journey in Service, has once again sparked conversations about Nigeria’s political history, particularly the scars left by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election. For many Nigerians, Babangida’s attempt to recast his legacy in a more favorable light feels like an appeal to the wounded souls still grappling with the consequences of that fateful decision. It also raises a pertinent question: do Nigerians suffer from collective amnesia when it comes to their political past? The wound of June 12 The annulment of the June…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday, said its security team has recovered two riffles, live cartridges, matchete and other weapons hidden by unknown persons at drug market, Bridge Head, Onitsha, Anambra State amidst the ongoing clampdown on fake and counterfeit drugs. The agency, it would be recalled, has been at patent medicine sections of Onitsha bridge head market since February 10, 2025, as part of ongoing nationwide campaign to strengthening public health by ensuring that fake and counterfeit drugs being peddled by cartels were push out of markets. The…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The police in Ebonyi State has arrested a suspect, Ovuta Chigozie, from Okoffia community in Ezza South Local Government Area in possession of two human skulls and three locally made guns. Police spokesperson, Joshua Ukandu, stated this in Abakaliki, capital of the state on Wednesday. Mr Ukandu said that Chigozie, confessed that the human skulls were given to him for the preparation of a spiritual concoction. “Authorities are actively pursuing the individual mentioned in connection with this case,” he said. The spokesperson also revealed that the Police in the state have recovered some stolen tricycles in the…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Its such a sad matter seeing supposedly sane Nigerians taking pride in abject stupidity. Nigeria has become the laughing-stock of the world in our warped practice of what ought to be constitutional democracy. There is no escaping the morbid reality that the benighted country has been turned into a near-death totalitarian state. The executive, the legislature, the judiciary, and even the so-called fourth estate of the realm, the press, have all been yoked together as marooned servants of temporal power. Everywhere you care to look, all aspects of democracy are operated in the breach, bordering…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Chief Michael Nwobu, a community leader in Awka, Anambra State capital, was reportedly killed after hoodlums believed to be hired assassins stormed his residence on Sunday. Ikengaonline learned that the deceased aged 83, from Umudioka village in Awka South LGA, was murdered in his residence at number 27, Okolobu Street, Umudioka Village. It was learnt that the incident occurred last Sunday when the hoodlums gained access to his residence after his family members had gone to church. Mr. Nnaemeka Nwobu, one of the sons of the deceased, narrated that his father was scheduled to testify in…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Obiozara, Ohaozara LGA, has dismissed a forgery and impersonation case leveled against members of the Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oguduokwor Ward in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State. The allegations were leveled against them by the embattled National Vice Chairman of the PDP in the South-East, Mr. Ali Odefa, shortly after they announced his suspension from the party in October last year. After the allagtions by Mr. Odefa, some Police operatives in Ebonyi State abducted the trio of Sunday Ogbonnaya Idika, Njoku Nwagu and Obinna Chukwu alongside…