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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Athan Achonu, on Wednesday, said that ordinary residents in Imo North Senatorial district can never endorse Governor Hope Uzodimma for a second term. Achonu who is from Imo North, made this known to newsmen in Owerri, through his Media Director, Emeka Ihejirika, while reacting to a report of some stakeholders who endorsed Uzodimma for Imo North. He described it as a gathering of Uzodimma’s appointees and some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who came together to endorse their APC, governorship candidate. It was his…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Election Petition Tribunal has been directed to relocate to Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with immediate effect. The directive was issued by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban Mensem. Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla announced this in Abakaliki on Wednesday. He said that following the directive, the Election Petition Tribunal office at the Ebonyi State Judiciary Headquarters in Abakaliki has shut down from today. According to him, all processes relating to matters before the Tribunal will continue at Abuja. He said: “The Honourable Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, President Court of Appeal, HPCA, has…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President, Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), and former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, will be the Guest Speaker at this month’s Ikengaonline Town Hall meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 27. According to a press release by the Editor-in-Chief of Ikengaonline, Uche Ugboajah, the former deputy boss of the apex bank will be speaking on the theme: “Improving Regional Economy in the Homestead. The two-hour virtual meeting scheduled for 7:00 pm West African Time (WAT), will be co-anchored by Dr Osmund Agbo; and Dr Chido Onumah. The release gave the zoom link as: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82923203820?pwd=eU8xcS9Ka1FlZkZBeDA0cTlaUmRNdz09 It also…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Minister for Education, and global advocate for good governance, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, is to mark her 60th birthday in style. An invitation by her husband, Pastor Chinedu Ezekwesili, said a number of activities had been scheduled for Thursday April 27, and Friday, 28 for the event. According to the invitation entitled: “Invitation to My Baby’s 60th birthday,” a symposium with the theme “Living a Life of Purpose and Impact,” is scheduled for April 27 at Merit House, 22 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja, by 1:00pm. The pre-birthday symposium is jointly organised by the SPPG.org Nigeria; Vital Voices…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, Most Rev. Dr Chibuzo Raphael Opoko, has said that contrary to misconceptions in some quarters, the ‘ Obidients’ are not members of the Labour Party but progressive Nigerians who are disenchanted with bad governance and corruption in the country. This is as the Archbishop vowed never to recognise anyone as Nigeria’s President-elect until the petitions surrounding the February 25 Presidential election were discharged. The Archbishop who spoke in Umuahia, expressed shock over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to electronically transmit the results of the presidential poll from polling units…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Two aircraft belonging to Air Peace will be the first to land at the new Ebonyi International Airport for its maiden test-flight scheduled for Thursday. This is as the State Government on Tuesday, said “all is now set” for the test flight of the state-of-the-art airport located in Onueke, Ezza South Local Government Area. Governor David Umahi stated this while speaking with Journalists after the State Executive Council Meeting on Tuesday. The Governor noted that the two flights of 80 persons capacity each would take off from Abuja and Lagos to land in the airport. The Governor…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a man for strangling to death his friend and burying him in a shallow grave within an Enugu community. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Monday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that the incident happened in Amori community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state on April 1, 2023. He said the suspect, one Agbo Onuabuchi, 24, a native of Ebonyi State, but resident at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, had been arraigned…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman of Enugu State Taekwondo Association, Ebere Amaraizu, says taekwondo is a sports with high moral value to transform characters of the youth and build them to be future champions. Amaraizu said this after his official Black Belt decoration ceremony in Taekwondo at the indoor sports hall of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu on Tuesday. According to him, taekwondo is not just a sports but a game with high moral code, values relevant for propagation of moral rebirth among youths and children. Amaraizu, who is also the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other…
By Nnamdi Elekwachi Thousands of Nigerians are trapped in troubled Sudan where a war is fiercely raging between two factions led by the military and the militia. Problem is, there is no comprehensive list of Nigerians in Sudan available anywhere, from what could be deduced. While some sources say 4,000 Nigerians are facing severe humanitarian condition occasioned by the conflict, according to Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, 5,500 Nigerians were caught up in conflict in the Northeast African state, including students and other citizens. While countries like the US, UK, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and others had begun…
By Ugonna Agu In this Report, Ugonna Agu delved into the silent and vulnerable world of the widows in Imo to amplify their hushed voices of agony, maltreatment and rejection. “My husband’s brother came and saw my husband’s corpse, and accused me of giving his brother poison. He took my husband’s body to the mortuary and did not give my son the tally, rather he seized it up till now. I don’t know if they have buried him or if my husband is still in the mortuary. Give me the tally, let me go and bury my husband, they said No.” This was…