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Our Reporter, Abuja All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, factional national chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku, has said that the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, appears to be helpless in the struggle for the leadership of the party. Chief Njoku made this assertion while fielding questions Tuesday on Arise TV programme, The Morning Show, monitored in Abuja. While insisting that he remains the authentic national chairman of APGA following the Supreme Court’s decision to correct its own error in an earlier judgment, and the recent judgment from a federal high court sitting in Abuja, which declared him (Edozie Njoku)…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has demanded an end to the senseless bloodletting going on in the South-East. The IPOB Leader who spoke from the Department of State Services, DSS, detention in Abuja where he is currently detained expressed fury over the spate of killings and destruction of property in the zone. He wondered why agents of doom would want to destroy South-East known for peace and stability. Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, who conveyed the IPOB’s position during an interview Monday evening, after visiting the brother in detention said…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Silas Onu, has said he remains the Chairman of the party despite a purported court ruling sacking him. This is as he clarified that the court of appeal decision which ordered a stay of execution of his swearing in as Chairman of the party cannot stand as the said action had already taken place and ratified by the party. He also noted that PDP has withdrawn from joint appeal it filed with the other applicant in the matter, Tochukwu Okorie, effectively rendering the matter dead. Reports…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Igbo National Council, INC, on Monday called on Igbos living in Sokoto state and other parts of the northern states to rise and defend themselves. INC made this call through the President, Chilos Godsent, in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, over the burning of properties said to belong to Igbos by some northern youths hours after Deborah Samuel had been beaten to death over alleged Islamic religious blasphemy in Sokoto state. According to INC, “The Igbo National Council (INC) condemn in its totality the Killing of Deborah Samuel and the wanton destruction and looting of…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Sunday attacked a farmer, Okeke Nkemjika, in Ebonyi State. The incident happened in a farm in Amaeze community, Ivo Local Government Area, it was gathered. The victim, Mr. Nkemjika, is from neighbouring Lokpa community in Abịa State but was based in the community. He was allegedly attacked at a palm plantation in the community where he was working as the plantation keeper. A source in the community, Egwu Chibueze, told our Correspondent that the herdsmen had been terrorising the community for some time now. He said that on that fateful day,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have accused indigenes of various communities in the state of reluctance to volunteer information about the activities of criminals in their areas. The command said frequent hoarding of vital security information by indigenes “is stalling fight against insecurity in the state.” The state police Commissioner, Echeng Echeng, who stated this in a press conference on Monday, said that there was nothing unknown about the gunmen terrorizing Anambra State, to warrant calling them ‘unknown Gunmen.’ He said: “We have been saying unknown gunmen are not the right name for these criminals. We are trying…
By Osmund Agbo Barely two weeks ago, precisely on Sunday, May 8, John Lee was elected the 5th Chief Executive of Hong Kong, as the leader of that Island territory of China is called. This was an election where Mr. Lee was the sole candidate and we were told he won over 99% of votes cast by members of the election committee in a secret ballot. But China is not fooling anyone. The caricature by Hong Kong’s largely pro-China election committee was only an elaborate scheme meant to present Beijing’s choice to the world. Mr. Lee’s pedigree made him an ideal…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing, Mr.Chukwunyere Anamekwe, the Acting Accountant General of the Federation. The appointment of Anamekwe who hails from Umuezeala Nsu, Ehime Mbano in Imo State, followed the suspension of the AGF, Ahmed Idris over his alleged involvement in N80 billion fraud. Idris is still under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The statement signed by the Director of Communications, of OYC, Comrade Emeka Onyema, read: “Mr Anamekwe has climbed the ropes and understands the professional requirements of this…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has called for a credible and transparent primary election for aspirants under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the State. Addressing the aspirants at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia on Sunday, the Governor expressed optimism that the party would win convincingly at the forthcoming elections; both at the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives and the Senate elections respectively. He reiterated that his aim was to help build APGA as a strong political party, founded on the strong philosophy of true federalism and…
By Jude Eze 2021 dusked in Enugu with unequivocal demand among the people for justice and equity in power-sharing formula of the state. All camps pitched tent with the governor’s body language — power should shift to Enugu East senatorial district. The delirious furore was rekindled by an undifferentiated ‘Ikeoha phobia’ that cascaded the coal city around July last year, when Distinguished Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (Ikeoha) reportedly threatened to swim against the tide of the entrenched power zoning formula and run for governorship of the state from Enugu West senatorial zone. The catchphrase then was “for justice and fairness, let…