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By Owei Lakemfa Harry Belafonte did not seek social justice; social justice sought him out. When they met, he was ready for a life-long struggle to bring justice to the United States or more correctly, to bring the United States to justice even when he knew this might cost him his lucrative career, if not his life. At first, he was contented writing cheques and funding the campaigns of the civil rights movement, but in 1964 he said Black Americans and a lot of the conscientious White Americans had gotten to the point they could no longer tolerate more lynching,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Election, Linus Okorie, has lauded the decision of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem to relocate the Election Petition Tribunal to Abuja from Abakaliki, capital of the state. He stressed that it will save lives and guarantee justice for all parties. Okorie, who spoke in Abakaliki, noted that Ebonyi State was not safe for candidates of the opposition parties to freely prosecute their petitions. “I wish to commend the President of the Court of Appeal for perceptively acting in the best interest of justice and Ebonyians…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State has generated over N6 billion in the first quarter of 2023 according to the state’s Board of Internal Revenue. Chairman, BIR Abia State, Chijioke Okoronka, who disclosed this in Umuahia, said the state had a projection of N24 billion as IGR for the year, adding that it also targets N3 billion monthly as IGR. The BIR boss acknowledged a significant improvement in the state’s IGR, and attributed the success to the introduction of technology in revenue drive in the state. “There were innovations and changes in modern system of doing things that propelled the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the proposal by the out-going Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, to conduct a fresh Local Government election has continued to general ripples, Abia State Elders Forum, has advised the Governor to perish the thought. According to the elders, it is suspicious for an outgoing government to hurriedly conduct council poll 10 days to the expiration of its tenure. The Elders’ forum in a press statement jointly signed by its National President, His Grace, Archbishop Professor Princewill Ariwodor; and National Secretary, the Rev. Dr Joseph Adiele, advised Ikpeazu to allow the incoming administration to conduct…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has advised the South-East zone not to approach the in-coming Nigerian government with a “victim mentality.” He gave the advice Thursday at the Ikengaonline monthly town-hall meeting. Moghalu who spoke on the theme: “Improving regional economy in the homestead,” noted that only strategic engagement with other regions would better the fate of Ndigbo in Nigeria. The 2019 presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, said the South-East region “should concentrate on the issues, focus on them and deal with them.” Moghalu who spoke on…
Expands Subsidy Removal Committee Against the backdrop of the story in some media that the Federal Government has suspended the removal of petrol subsidy, the government has said that it has not suspended the removal, but has rather expanded the subsidy removal committee to include teams from the incoming administration and the state governors. The Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zaniab Ahmed, stated this in Abuja on Thursday, shortly after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. She said that NEC deliberated on the issue extensively and came to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has urged South-East Governors to jettison party differences, unite and generate regional master plan for the economic development of the zone. The President, Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), made the advocacy while featuring on the April 2023 edition of the Ikengaonline town-hall meeting held on Thursday night. Professor Moghalu who spoke on the theme: Improving Regional Economy in the Homestead, said it was high time political leaders and stakeholders stopped allowing their individual and party interests to divide them, but came together to…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Protests on Thursday trailed the decision to relocate the Election Petition Tribunal from Abakaliki, the state capital, to Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and a youths group, Unwuekunenyi United Youths Forum, on Thursday, kicked against the relocation of the Tribunal. The two groups in separate statements described the decision as a ploy to subvert the course of justice. They called for the Tribunal to be returned back to Abakaliki, capital of the state. The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, had on Wednesday, announced that the office of the Ebonyi Elections Petition Tribunal, Abakaliki,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki What a beautiful sight it was when the first inaugural flight landed at the President Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Onueke, Ebonyi State. The Air Peace Hoper 5N-BXF landed safely with Ebonyi people coming from Abuja at 3:55 pm, local time. About 30imutes later the second Air Peace flight, this time from Lagos landed. The two flights elicited outpouring of joy and jubilation from the mammoth crowd at the stadium. Former Minister of Tourism, Frank Ogbuewu and wife were the first persons to land from the first aircraft followed by Comrade Chinedu Ogah, member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency.…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Nigerian minister of education and global advocate for good governance, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said that in all her work experiences she had canvassed for the inclusion of women in leadership positions because of her total belief in the ability of women to get things done. She made this remark Thursday in Abuja in a symposium to mark her 60th birthday, which took place at the auditorium of the National Universities Commission, NUC. While answering questions from a select panel made up of graduates of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG), which she founded,…