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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The police in Anambra State, on Sunday, said it killed two gunmen in different operations at Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state at the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the state capital. He said four automatic pump action guns, four vehicles, four motorcycles, and other items were recovered from the suspects, adding that police operatives in the state had intensified and improved operational positioning to respond to distress calls. According to the statement: ”Anambra State Security Forces comprising…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, an Ebonyi South Senatorial District aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied allegations that she accepted a Toyota Prado Jeep, house, cash and landed property to step down for Governor David Umahi. She described the allegations as baseless, unfounded and diversionary. A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, had on Friday ordered for a rerun primaries for Ebonyi South Zone with Mr Agom-Eze included in the list of contestants. The judgement followed a suit by Governor Umahi through his counsel, Roy Nweze Umahi, who had dragged the Independent National…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has appointed Mr Chooks Oko as his new Special Assistant on Media and Strategy. Mr Oko was until the appointment the Special Assistant to the governor on Strategy. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by Ugbala Kenneth Igwe, Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner on Sunday. The new media aide replaces the former Special Assistant on Media, Mr Francis Nwaze. Oko’s appointment as spokesman to the Governor was the fifth since Umahi became Governor in 2015. Ugbala said that the Governor re-designated his former Media Aide as Special Assistant…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has commended the United Nations, UN, for requesting the immediate and unconditional release of its detained Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Ikengaonline had yesterday, reported that the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, had asked Nigeria to not only release Kanu but compensate him for the violation of his fundamental rights. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, commended the UN Working Group for the position, saying it has vindicated Kanu who is a victim of political persecution. The statement also commended Kanu’s lawyer, Bruce…

By Hassan Gimba There was an outcry last week when Ebubeagu Operatives, a security outfit formed by the Imo State Government killed some suspected gunmen. Some people came out to say they were innocent youths who attended a traditional marriage in Awo-Omamma in Oru East Local Government area of the state. Such things will continue and this is why I see the need to repeat this epistle published on June 6, 2021 with the hope that reason will prevail in the South-East. Nwanne m, ndewo. My Igbo brothers, I find it necessary to send you this epistle – from a…

By Jude Eze “When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” – Euripides “You will find Nigeria a very interesting country” wrote P. Nwadike, “if you have the right mix of narcissism, sarcasm and sadism.” The unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming 2023 general election threw up yet another scathing cocktail of sarcasm and sadism. Some great men of letters in sacred science like Thomas Aquinas had argued that no sin of lying exists alone. It has multiple subsets…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As political activities for the 2023 general election gradually gather momentum, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has urged everybody to support the efforts to enthrone the right leadership in the country. He warned that Nigeria might not survive the aftermath of another bad leadership, saying that things may go out to control if the leadership of the country falls into the wrong hands. Obi who spoke Saturday at a function in Umuahia, Abia State, urged Nigerians to join in the ongoing efforts to rescue the country from political hijackers and corrupt politicians.…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The story is told of a former governor of a state in North-Central Nigeria who approached his friend, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), for advice on a very pressing matter. The governor wanted this senior lawyer to advise him on whom among the candidates running to be president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the then ruling party should support. Mind you, the governor was not a member of the NBA nor was his party led by one. Somewhat perplexed, the lawyer asked the governor what his interest was in an association in which he…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said that within two years under his watch as President, Aba and Port Harcourt will become one city. Obi who declared this on Saturday while speaking at a function at the Mater Dei Catholic Cathedral Umuahia, said he had already told Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu how Aba, the economic honey pot of Abia would be transformed to join its neighbouring Port Harcourt. “I told Ikpeazu today that if I become President, within two years, Aba will join Port Harcourt and they will become one city. “Those things…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Bishop Sunday Onuoha, has decried the deplorable condition of Abia State, saying that “the state is stinking and needs cleansing.” The cleric said that “Abia is known as God’s Own State,” but regretted that evil leaders had corrupted the state and driven away God’s presence. The former Presidential Assistant on Privatisation who said the era of timidity had passed, urged Abians to stand up for their rights and accountability from Government. “Our place is stinking and needs cleansing. God is crying for Abia State, and he wants it cleaned up. We have people with moral deficit. “We better…