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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo youths under the guise of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has strongly condemned the gruesome murder of Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, the member representing Aguata 2 State Constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye. The late lawmaker who was abducted last weekend by unknown gunmen, represented Governor Charles Soludo’s constituency. COSEYL in a statement by its President, Goodluck Ibem, described the incident as abominable and very strange to the custom of Igbos. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “The killing of the young man in his prime by…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki House of Assembly aspirants under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, have alleged plots by the screening committee to disqualify them from participating in the forthcoming primary election of the party. The aspirants numbering 27, made the allegation at a press conference in Abakaliki on Sunday. They alleged that the Chairman of the House of Assembly Screening Committee in the state, Mr. Ideato Ideato, had told them shortly after the screening exercise in Abakaliki that they were not cleared on the grounds that they did not pay party dues. The 27 aspirants…
By Howard W. French When I landed at the international airport in Lomé, Togo, in late February 1986, the first thing I did, even before clearing immigration, was turn on the tiny Sony shortwave radio that I carried with me everywhere to catch the start of a BBC world news bulletin. I was a freelance reporter in Africa at the time, but the story I was so eager to receive an update about was from another continent, then still completely unfamiliar to me: Asia. There, in the Philippines, unfolding dramatically throughout that month, a popular movement built around gigantic street…
By Stephen Obidike With the 2023 national elections gradually approaching, there has been numerous predictions and expectations. However, one of the most baffling occurrences is the number and variety of people picking the presidential nomination form under the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). At a hundred million naira, it is the most expensive presidential nomination form of all the parties. Despite that more than twenty politicians with majority having roles in the current administration have purchased the form. A prominent political figure from the North recently joked that he prays God will bless a certain state in Nigeria with as…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu My ill-fated country, those you have affronted with them you must be equalized by sharing the same affront. Those you have denied human rights, Allowed to stand before you but never invited in – with all of them you must be equalized by sharing the same affront Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali (Song Offerings) 108 (1910) Nigeria is a country of pious people and sacred cows. On Fridays, its mosques are filled with prayer and Tafsir. On Sundays, the churches take over with song offerings and evocative homilies. The illegitimate child of the ménage à trois between George Taubman Goldie,…
Our Reporter, Abuja, Michael Onwuka, Enugu, and Steve Ukandu, Umuahia Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other individuals in Enugu under the auspices of Coalition for Peter Obi on Saturday joined their counterparts across the country for the #1MillionManMarch4PeterObi. The march was in solidarity for the presidential aspiration of the former Anambra State governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ikengaonline reports that members of the coalition who were mostly volunteers converged on Okpara Square, Independence Layout from where they marched to Presidential Road. The group then connected Bissalla Road and then moved to Abakaliki Road…
The Peoples Democratic Party has said only three elected ad hoc delegates per ward and one elected national delegate per local government will vote at its forthcoming primaries and national convention. The party made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature. Bature stated that the decision was taken in consonance with Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 as amended by the National Assembly. The sub-section states that delegates to vote at indirect primaries and National Convention of political parties to elect candidates for elections shall be those democratically elected…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia South-East youths have urged the General Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi to ignore the security advice by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and proceed with his proposed gospel crusade in Aba. The youths who spoke under the aegis of Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, said the safety of Kumuyi and participants at the said crusade should not be the headache of IPOB. Pastor Kumuyi in partnership with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has scheduled a three-day gospel crusade in Aba from May 29 but IPOB advised him to shelve the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Gunmen, Saturday, kidnapped a politician, Hon Uzozie Chukwujekwu, in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums also left the politician’s only son critically wounded after he was reportedly shot in the stomach during the attack. The kidnapped politician was a Special Adviser to former Chairman of Nnewi South LGA. Ikengaonline gathered that the hoodlums stormed the Umudiji Umuohama village in their numbers in the early hours of Saturday. A source from the community said the incident occurred a little after midnight, adding that the rampaging gunmen shot their way into the compound. The source…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka People of Omor community in Ayamelum Local Government Area, Anambra State, have asked the State House of Assembly Speaker, Honourable Uche Okafor, to perish his third term ambition in the interest of peace and fairness in the area. The community also threatened that if the Speaker refused to shelve his third term agenda, respects and abides by the zoning arrangement instituted earlier by stakeholders from Ayamelum State Constituency for various political offices, where the Speaker represents, it could result to political violence during the election. This development followed the endorsement of the Speaker by some people of…