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Stephen Ukandu, News & Features Editor Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022 has been declared unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja made the declaration Wednesday following an appeal marked: CA/OW/87/2022, which was filed by the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP. According to the appellate court, the controversial section was declared unconstitutional “because it violates Section 42 (1)(a) of the Constitution and denies a class of Nigerian citizens their right to participate in elections.” The appeal court, however, set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the same provision of Section 84(12)…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The quest for power shift to the South -in 2023 has received a major boost as former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Secretary to Federal Government, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, have both thrown their weights behind it. Obasanjo who spoke when members of Political Action Committee, PAC, of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, visited him at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, to seek his support for the project said it would help foster national unity. In a separate incident, Chief Falae said the South-East should be supported to produce the next President in 2023. The former SFG argued that…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State Council will partner Life International Hospital, an ultra-modern fertility centre in Awka, in hosting a Bloggers’ Summit in Awka. The NUJ sought the agreement when it paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman Board of Directors of the fertility hospital, Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu at his office in Awka, the State capital on Tuesday. Speaking during the visit, NUJ Chairman, Anambra State Council, Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, said the IVF awareness will be rolled out in the upcoming one-day NUJ’s 2022 Health Week and later during the Online/Bloggers Summit to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Alleged attempt by a desperate governorship aspirant to hijack the three-man delegate election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State was on Tuesday aborted. A party source told Ikengaonline that a desperate governorship aspirant had wanted to use undemocratic means to influence the outcome of the exercise but was vigorously resisted. According to the source, a fake returning officer allegedly hired by the said aspirant was arrested in Bende Local Government Area with fake result sheets, unauthorized APGA stamp and stamp pad. The suspect was reportedly detained at the Central Police Station Umuahia for…

By Alphonsus Isidiho The political setting of Nigeria continues to raise dust as to the best way to drive politics, governance and development to the grassroots. Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) and the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) are mandated to determine sharing formula for Federal Revenue. However, despite the good work done by these committees by carving out direct allocation to each of the local governments in Nigeria, the local governments still look dirty, dejected, unattended and undeveloped. This raises the question of where are the federal government allocations to the local governments. Who receives these monthly allocations and what are they used for? There…

Our Reporter, Vancouver Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement and founder of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore has taken a swipe at those who accuse him of playing a role in bringing President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015. Sowore made the rebuttal during his appearance as a guest in the first of the series of Presidential Aspirants Interviews put together by the online Talk show 90MinutesAfrica hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah on Sunday. Goodluck Jonathan became the first incumbent president in Nigeria to lose a re-election when his party lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo youths have furiously reacted to the rumoured defection of former President Goodluck Jonathan to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with an eye on the party’s presidential flag in 2023. The youths under the aegis of Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, said it amounted to political treachery and paying Ndigbo with the wrong coin should Jonathan join the presidential race instead of supporting the bid for the South-East to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023. COSEYL said it was shameful that Jonathan could contemplate offering himself to be used by the North to ruin the chances…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A rights group, Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders Foundation (HURIDE) has urged the police in Anambra State to prosecute a commercial driver who allegedly crushed to death a female road-side beggar in the State. Ikengaonline learnt that the commercial bus driver was on top speed when he knocked down the 15 years old teenager, injuring five others before his attempt to escape was resisted by traffic officers on duty. The group in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Dede Uzor A. Uzor, in Onitsha condemned the killing of the teenager and urged that the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye, has debunked reports circulating on social media that he has been sacked by the Supreme Court as National Chairman of APGA. The APGA Chairman who responded to enquires made to ascertain the veracity of the information published on Facebook site called APGA Interactive Forum (AIF), simply said reports of his removal are fake news. The report, which was published on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, claimed that the Supreme Court had sacked Oye as the National Chairman of APGA. It read: “The Supreme Court of Nigeria…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday declared the controversial Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law No 12 of 2021 “unconstitutional, null and void.” The Court ruling followed a suit by one Pascal Etu who had sued the State Governor, David Umahi, over the controversial law. Ebonyi State Government had in September 2021 enacted the controversial law in equally controversial circumstances. Apart from the House of Assembly members, no Journalist was present when the law was enacted even as there was no proof of the law going through public hearing before being passed. It was…