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Stephen Ukandu (News/Features Editor) At last, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has fixed the expression of interest and nomination forms for its presidential ticket at N100m. This was announced by the leadership of the party today in Abuja. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), sells both forms for N40 million while the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), pegged its own at N25 million. Details later…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator representing Abia Central Senator Theodore Orji, has said that free and fair primaries are sacrosanct for good governance. Senator Orji who made the remarks when one of the PDP governorship aspirants, Mayor Lucky Igbokwe, came to consult with him in his Umuahia country home, argued that if the processes that produced candidates for election were not credible, the products of such processes would also not be credible. According to the former Governor, free and fair primaries remained the incubator for good governance. He promised not to renege on his responsibility as an elder statesman to ensure…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, Tuesday, announced the appointment of popular actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu along with seven others into key offices in the state. The names of the fresh appointees were contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment, Sir Paul Nwosu. According to the statement, the new appointees are : Mr Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata – MD/CEO ICT Agency; Mr Chike Anyaonu – MD/CEO Anambra State Housing Development Corporation; and Mr Joe Anatune – MD/CEO Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency and Arch. Others are: Okey Ezeobi – GM/CEO Anambra…
By Wole Soyinka “It is finished!” Easter greetings to you, Reverend Mathew Kukah and to all your followers. All has been said, I think. I am impelled however not to miss an opportunity to add my own Easter drop to the overflowing vessel of pietistic sentiments, if only to reassure Christians – and also Moslems in turn – that even we, non-believers, do partake of that same ethical communion to which most humanity aspire. Also, your Easter sermon opens up yet again those sluices of juridical hypocrisy to which we dare not cease to draw attention. Such, in the immediate,…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka Barely 48 hours after unknown gunmen reportedly attempted to strike the residence of Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, the hoodlums had again invaded the area and kidnapped about five individuals at gunpoint. Ikengaonline gathered that the five persons kidnapped by the arm-wielding hoodlums were returning from a traditional marriage ceremony of a cousin to the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Sly Ezeokenwa. A source said the victims were kidnapped around Akpo community in Aguata LGA at about 10pm on Monday, and that no contact has been established with them…
Stephen Ukandu (News/Features Editor) A military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Tuesday, crashed in Kaduna State with unspecified number of people on board. The incident occurred when a Super Mushak aircraft which is a trainer aircraft crashed inside the Nigerian Air Force facility while on a training mission. It is feared that all aboard the aircraft may have died. This is coming barely one year after a military aircraft conveying the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others crashed also in Kaduna killing all the officers onboard. The cause of the crash is yet…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Imo state branch of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, on Tuesday, ended their state congress in a fight as a group of the SDP members accused the party’s national body of working for a few members in the state to favour a governorship aspirant. The Acting Imo State Chairman, of SDP, Mr Ben Anochie, alongside some members of the party, confirmed this to Ikengaonline in Owerri. According to Anochie, “The Problem was that some of the members of the SDP, who have been committed to this party for over ten years said they were marginalised. The national…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide, on Tuesday, said the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, needs to undergo some tutelage to be like other intelligent monarchs in the country. Ohanaeze through its National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, made this statement to newsmen in Owerri, while reacting to a comment credited to the monarch that “Igbos cannot be trusted with power.” The statement read in part: “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a comment by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, to the effect that the Igbo cannot be entrusted with the…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The Anambra Police Command has solicited for the support of the public in the fight against crime and criminality in the state. The command made the appeal in a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, yesterday. The PPRO in the statement appealed to the public to assist the command with relevant information that would help in fighting crime and criminality in the state. The appeal came on the heels of a reported attack on an eatery in Oko in Orumba North Local Government Area, where people were allegedly dispossessed of their valuables.…
Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The recent attack by the dreaded unknown gunmen in Isuofia, the home community of Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has been attributed to deployment of security posts in the area, a source told Ikengaonline. Gunmen had invaded Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area on Friday. The attack took place at a junction leading to the Governor’s house and claimed the life of one policeman. Our source said the gunmen stormed the junction where security operatives were stationed and attacked them. The source further said the gunmen may have been angered by the idea of stationing…