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Our Reporter, Abuja Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has given reason for his Sunday visit to Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka at his home. The former governor of Anambra State said he had to visit the legendary playwright against the background of misconceptions of the relationship between Soyinka and his (Obi’s) followers, the ‘Obidients.’ Obi made this known when he shared pictures of the visit accompanied with some posts on his Twitter handle, which he personally signed. The post read: “Today, I visited one of Nigeria’s most revered figures and an international literary icon, Prof…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ahead of today’s commencement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; and his party; have filed an application for an order to allow live coverage of day-to-day proceedings of the tribunal. A three-man panel of the PEPC, today (May 9), is due to begin a pre-hearing session on all petitions that were brought before it at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Atiku and the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, are currently challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress, as the…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On New Year’s Day in 1991, 81 year old Siad Barre, Somalia’s third (and last) president, fled the capital city, Mogadishu, under assault from the combined forces of a prolonged insurgency. 16 days later, in a supposedly unrelated development, President George Hubert Walker Bush of the United States of America launched Operation Desert Storm against the occupation of Kuwait’s oil fields by Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein. Four months later, in May 1991, Siad Barre went into exile in Nigeria where he lived until his death in 1995. Back home, the vacuum created by General Barre’s departure in 1991…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu On May 29, 2023, Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi, will cease to be the Governor of Enugu State popularly called “Coal City” state and by extension, the capital of South-East region of Nigeria. On that fateful day and from that day he will be wearing the toga of ex-governor, and by implication, all that he did while in office would be consigned to the dustbin of history. Whether history will remember him for good or bad, only time shall tell. However, for the people of both Amechi Uwani and Obeagu Communities in Awkunanaw, they are praying to God that…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The police station in crisis torn Effium Community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been razed down by hoodlums suspected to be Ezza warriors. The station was razed down at the weekend following an attack on security agencies stationed in the community as peace keeping force. The Effium and Ezza Effium people in the community have been engaged in war for about three years now in which thousands have been rendered homeless. Hundreds of lives have been lost in the crisis while many houses and properties worth millions have been destroyed. The state government have continuously stationed a joint…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Scores of passengers, Sunday afternoon, cheated death as a Max Air aircraft conveying them from Adamawa State crash-landed upon getting to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The incident caused panic at the airport. According to an eye witness, the tyre of the aircraft reportedly burst into flames. However, the situation was put under control as the Aerodrome Rescue and Fire-fighting Service operators at the airport were swiftly deployed to the scene. Former President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Dr Mike Ogirima, who gave an account of the incident to Daily Trust, was quoted as saying that the tyre burst…
By Owei Lakemfa We were gathered. Some intellectuals, social activists, journalists, serving and retired diplomats. The primary issue was democracy. Is it universal and is there just a single, or multiple roads to democracy? Is the British democracy which calls itself the Mother of Parliaments, superior to the American version; is the latter better than the Australian or the Chinese? Is Russian democracy superior to the Ukrainian? It was Thursday, April 27, 2023 and the venue was the Cuban Embassy on Diplomatic Drive, Abuja. The out-going Cuban Ambassador Clara Pulido Escandell was presenting the report of the April 19, 2023 general…
Says it ‘ll save those in his scholarship scheme Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The proprietor of Gregory University Uturu (GUU), Professor Greg Ibe, has pleaded with King Charles lll of England, to consider a royal pardon for Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, jailed in London over organ harvest plot. Ikengaonline had reported that Ekweremadu was Friday, sentenced to 10 years in prison by a London Court for facilitating the movement of a young man to the UK with the intention to have his kidney harvested and transplanted to his daughter, Sonia who is suffering from…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Residents of Ogbaru Local Government Area and other flood-prone areas in Anambra State have been told to prepare to relocate to higher grounds to avert effects of 2023 impending flood. The Executive Secretary, Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Paul Odenigbo, gave the advice while interacting with community stakeholders and religious organisations at the council’s headquarters at Atani, ahead of the predicted 2023 deluge. During the interaction, SEMA sensitised the people, especially youths on the need to care for the elderly, the physically challenged, the sick and pregnant women among others to ensure that no one is…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on collaboration and partnership with technological-innovative institutions, industries and individuals in order to improve on its platforms. Buhari, represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, gave the task at the ceremonial parade and aerial display marking the 59th Anniversary Celebration of NAF, otherwise known as NAF Day 2023 in Enugu on Saturday. He urged NAF to increase its local capacity building through practical and purposeful collaboration and partnership with technological-innovative institutions, industries and individuals in order to improve on its platforms to counter contemporary and emerging security challenges. According…