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Michael Onwuka (Enugu) Reactions have continued to trail the cost of presidential and governorship expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of the 2023 general elections. A governorship aspirant in Enugu State on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr Chukwunonso Ogbe, says the high cost of nomination forms by political parties will lead to political monopoly. Ogbe said this on Thursday in an interview with Ikengaonline in Enugu. Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had pegged its presidential expression of interest and nomination forms at N100 million while that of governorship is N50 million. The Peoples…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A leading presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has decried the rate of poverty in Nigeria, saying that Nigeria has more people living under poverty than China and India put together. The former Anambra State Governor who said this when he came to Abia to consult with the leadership of PDP ahead of the party primaries, said that unless something urgent was done to change the narrative, insecurity would continue to worsen in the country. “Nigeria has more people living under poverty than the two biggest countries in the world – China…
By Azu Ishiekwene Most parents like to think that their generation’s burden was the heaviest. And that today’s children are too soft and spoilt by the easy life to be up to any good. Well, I disagree. Or let me put that a bit differently: I don’t agree completely. The debate about just how far astray today’s children have gone was sparked afresh by the juvenile sex video of students of Chrisland School, VGC, Lagos, who had gone for the World Schools Games in Dubai between March 8 and 14. Since that video was leaked a few days ago, the…
Stephen Ukandu (News/Features Editor) The war of words between Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale, and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, over his anti-Igbo comment has continued with the monarch telling Ohanaeze that “no monarch in Nigeria feels the pains of the Igbo” more than he does. Trouble started when the monarch reportedly said in a public function that Ndigbo could not be trusted with the Nigerian Presidency in 2023, a remark he has flatly denied. Ohanaeze Ndigbo had descended on him asking him to learn from more intelligent and cosmopolitan monarchs. “We will therefore restrain from hoisting…
By Osita Chidoka 2015 election data at a glance. Registered Voters: 67,422,005 Voter turnout: 31,746,490 Percentage turnout: 42% Valid Votes: 28,587,564 Invalid Votes: 3,158,926 APC Vote Share: 15,424,921 PDP Vote Share: 12,853,162 APC Winning Margin: 2,571,759 In 2015, voters countrywide cast 8,103,011 votes with “No PVC, No Biometrics.” In plain words, these votes were “manufactured” as there were no records of PVC validation with the Card Reader; there was also logically no match of the biometric data. Interestingly 60% of the 8.1M votes with “No PVC, No biometrics” were cast in the South-East and South-South, while 40% of the “No…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Pandemonium broke out over the weekend at Item in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State as a stray bullet allegedly fired by a security guard hit and killed a Primary School teacher simply identified as Mercy. According to a local source, Mercy had gone for a funeral service of a relation being held at the community when she met her untimely death. The source said the deceased highly reputed for her enterprising spirit and obedience was busy serving at the funeral function when the stray bullet hit and pierced her chest region. According to the source,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has restated his total support for full financial autonomy for Local Government Areas in the country. The former Leader, ECOWAS Parliament, who made the call while addressing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stakeholders from the Arochukwu Local Government Council, lamented the precarious state of LGAs across the country due to inadequate funds. He argued that if LGAs were allowed to manage their allocations from Abuja without unnecessary tampering by the states, more developments would have been recorded in council areas. On the future of the party in the area, Ohuabunwa regretted that Arochukwu, a stronghold…
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…