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By Biodun Jeyifo It was the strongly counter-intuitive nature of my initial interest in Peter Obi and the ‘Obidients’ that made me almost instantly a dedicated observer of the man and the movement. As the term implies, to be counter-intuitive is to go against intuition and normal expectations and yet be correct in so doing. In a typical counter-intuitive act, all the usual expectations and calculations prompt you to move ahead but you move back. Or you are prompted to ignore or pay little attention to an event but something tells you that it would be better for you to pay…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman of Presidential Campaign Council for Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State, Mr Emeka Mamah, has challenged Judges involved in the 2023 election cases to maintain high profile image of the Judiciary by being objective while delivering judgments in election cases before them. Mamah said this at the weekend when he received an award of “Excellence” from the South East Media Forum in Enugu. “I want to appeal to them, they are the last hope of the common man. “They should look at this cases on their merits and give judgment to the people that truly deserve…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The  ever busy Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, was Saturday, barricaded at Ofoeme Junction of the Umuahia-Okigwe axis by truck drivers protesting the alleged shooting of a driver and his assistant (‘conductor’) by security agents. As at the time of filing this report, it was not yet clear which of the security agencies fired the shots. This is coming less than 24 hours security agents also allegedly shot dead four unarmed Biafra agitators protesting the continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in Aba. Ikengaonline was told that the shooting of the driver…

By Richard Akinnola My dear Bayo, I hope you are now happy and satisfied, that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned CHANNELS with a N5 million fine, following your petition over the Datti Ahmed’s interview on CHANNELS. Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Dr Olu Onagoruwa (both of blessed memories) were the best of friends for several years but that friendship was truncated when the latter decided to join the Abacha junta as the Attorney-General, churning out despicable decrees. Their relationship ended and Gani publicly upbraided his erstwhile friend. You and l have been friends for several years, fought many battles together…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Eze Ndigbo in Ajao Estate, Lagos, Chief Frederick Nwajagu, has been quizzed by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly threatening to invite members of the  Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to help secure shops and other business interests of Ndigbo in Lagos State. Chief Nwajagu who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday in a joint operation by the DSS and the police, had in a viral video, expressed rage over the incessant burning of Igbo dominated markets in Lagos since after the 2023 polls, a threatened to invite IPOB members…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo-led Anambra State Government has launched the Anambra drainage desilting campaign and operation towards making Anambra the cleanest state in Nigeria. The campaign kicked-off at Ochanja Market in Onitsha South Local Government Council. Addressing the traders and residents who had gathered in large numbers to witness the event, Governor Soludo stated that his visit to Ochanja Market was to inspect the level of waste debris in the market. He recalled cleaning up the area last year, but regretted the waste reappeared after the rains. According to the Governor, Anambra and Ochanja must be clean. He…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Management of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), has sealed off the reception Hall of Bon Platinum Hotel Enugu following the pandemonium that occurred during the issuance of Certificates of Return to Dr Peter Mbah by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday. Ikengaonline recalls that during the event there was a loud crack and a big bang from the pillars of the hall which saw the governor-elect, his deputy, INEC Commissioner and other dignitaries dignitaries scampering to safety. Following the development it was later discovered that there was an alleged structural defect which caused a big bang midway…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Minister for Education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, is to deliver the first annual Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Impact & Legacy Lecture Series in partnership with CLEEN Foundation on May 10,  2023, in Abuja. Mrs Ezekwesili was a former Vice President of the World Bank, Africa Region; an economic policy expert; and an advocate for transparency, Accountability, Good Governance, Human Capital Development and Social Justice. The lecture according to a statement issued by the Executive Chair, Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Empowerment Foundation, ICCEF, Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, is part of the activities lined up in commemoration of the second anniversary of the demise of the civil…

By Owei Lakemfa Lagos, the most cosmopolitan and politically progressive state in Nigeria on March 18, 2023 engaged in the degenerative politics of exclusion. The debilitating disease of campaigning that a non-full-blooded native cannot be governor, is an incapacitating one. Ten days later, a different philosophy of politics evolved in Scotland where the parliament elected 38-year-old Humza Haroon Yousaf, son of first generation migrants from Punjab, Pakistan, as the country’s first minister, or de facto leader. The Scots were not interested in who Yousaf’s father is, where his wife comes from or the nationality of those he hangs out with; they…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Umucheke in Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of the State, Eze Ekene Obinali, Wednesday over the alleged sharing of a damaging report on the WhatsApp platform linking the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Owerri, said shortly that “the story of the arrest of the monarch is true but the police have commenced an investigation.” A source from the command said the reason for the arrest of the monarch was…