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Bayo Onanuga joins the league of genocide enablers in Nigeria By Rudolf Okonkwo For now, forget about MC Oluomo. He is just a leader of the foot soldiers. The Spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, has taken his rightful place as one of the intellectuals who are midwifing Nigeria’s impending genocide. And on this list are people like Texas-based cardiologist Dr. Adeniran Abraham Ariyo. Eight years ago, Dr. Ariyo called for a xenophobic attack against the Igbo in Nigeria, the way South Africans were attacking foreigners in their country. When called out,…
Abia guber poll: AA candidate congratulates Otti, urges INEC to declare him winner By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Despite the logjam in the collation of the Abia State governorship election results, one of the candidates, Onyekwere Akym Uche (OAU) of the Action Alliance, has congratulated the candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Alex Otti who is so far leading in 16 out of 17 Local Government Area results so far declared. Otti polled a total of 171,747 votes in 16 LGAs, while his closest rival, Chief Okey Ahiwe of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scored 79,477 votes. INEC has suspended…
#EndSARS protests ‘ll be child’s play if INEC does wrong things in Abia, Enugu guber polls By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As anxiety continues to mount over the March 18 governorship election results in Abia and Enugu States, Igbo youths have cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to announce the wrong candidates winner as doing so could trigger protest worse than the #EndSARS protests. Igbo youths who spoke under the auspices of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, expressed worries over the delays by INEC to declare winners of the contests. COSEYL in a statement by its…
Enugu guber poll: PDP says INEC overreaching itself, should stick to mandate Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is over-reaching itself and should stick to its mandate of seeing through the completion of the electoral process. Mr Nana Ogbodo, Spokesperson of the Campaign Council of the Enugu State PDP, said this in a press conference. The press conference was held shortly after INEC suspended the collation of the final results and declaration of a victor in the March 18 Enugu State Governorship Poll. Ogbodo said that the PDP was…
78m Nigerian children risk contracting water related diseases, group warns Lawrence Nwimo, Awka No fewer that 78 million Nigeria children risk contracting water related diseases if nothing is done to combat escalating water crisis in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Rural Community Development Outreach (RCDO), a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) based in Nigeria with membership across the rural communities in the six geopolitical regions of Nigeria. The group said the Federal government of Nigeria must pay attention to the water crisis in Nigeria to save the Nigerian child and many more in the rural communities from the looming danger. A…
JUST IN: Collation of Abia guber poll to resume by 4 pm today By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As anxiety has continued to build over the suspension of collation of Abia governorship election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the electoral umpire has disclosed that the exercise will resume by 4:00 pm today ( Wednesday, March 22). at the Collation Centre located inside the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters Umuahia. Head, Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Rebecca Jim, who disclosed this to Ikengaonline, said that the exercise would continue at the Collation Centre located inside…
Abia may burn if you declare wrong candidate winner of guber poll, group warns INEC By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been advised to thread with caution and strictly abide by its ethos in handling the collation of Abia governorship election results as declaring the wrong candidate winner of the contest might set the state ablaze. Executive Director, Initiative For Ideal Development And Emancipatory Leadership In Nigeria (IDEAL-NIGERIA), Pastor Innocent Nwokocha, gave the caution in a press statement over the logjam in collation of the gubernatorial election results. “We charge the electoral umpire to…
So, the dead voted for PDP in Obingwa, returned to their graves during assembly poll? – Abia patriots By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A coalition of Abia Patriots and Youth Leaders, teased the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its claims that its governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, polled over 100,000 votes from Obingwa in the March 18 poll. The coalition which addressed a press conference Tuesday in Umuahia, argued that it could only be imaginary for Obingwa that recorded only 26,998 accredited voters during the election to turn around and give PDP over 100,000 votes. The Patriots and Youth Leaders…
Don’t set Abia on fire, declare guber poll result now, rights groups tell INEC By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State human rights and pro- democracy groups have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to save the state from avoidable crisis by resolving the logjam over the March 18 governorship election. The groups in a press statement, noted with dismay that INEC State Returning Officer, Resident Electoral Commissioner and other actors in the commission “are being pressured to admit the bloated results from Obingwa LGA of Abia state”. The statement was jointly signed by the State Coordinator Congress of…
It’s my turn to be senate president – Orji Kalu By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senate Chief Whip and Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has declared that it is his turn to become the Senate President. The Abia former Governor who stated this at a press conference in Abuja, argued that he is the most ranking senator from the South East, and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, hence, he is eminently qualified to hold the office. Senator Kalu urged his party to zone the number three position to be South East, expressing confidence…