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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The lawmaker representing Ohaozara, Onicha, and Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkemkanma Kama, has formally resigned from the Labour Party (LP). In a letter dated July 16, 2025, and addressed to the party’s ward chairman in Amaeze, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area, Kama said his decision followed “extensive consultations with my immediate family, political associates, and well-wishers.” A copy of the resignation letter, which surfaced on social media Tuesday, expressed gratitude to the Labour Party for the platform that secured his election into the Green Chamber. “I wish to express my sincere gratitude…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, in Abia State, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has dissociated himself from “a misrepresented communique” which said developments in Abia are not commensurate to funds accruing to the state from the Federal Government. The said communique was purportedly issued after a meeting of Abia North PDP stakeholders held Saturday in his Arochukwu country home. Senator Ohuabunwa in a statement by his Media Office, on Monday, dismissed the said communique as misleading and mischievous. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “The attention of the Media…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Goodwill Ambassador Foundation (SAGA) has donated free hospital equipment and medical supplies to the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUT), Enugu. The donation included hospital beds, consumables, theatre tables, mattresses, scanners, ultrasound machines, and various other medical tools and equipment. Founder of the foundation, Dr. Shola Agboola, said he established SAGA to improve healthcare in Nigeria and Africa after losing his father to tetanus in an ill-equipped facility at the age of 13. He noted that in its 10 years of existence, the foundation had donated medical equipment to about 10 states in Nigeria and three…
By Owei Lakemfa The clans gathered. The intellectual clan surpassed the academic. The former flowed into the radical. The radicals bowed to the revolutionary. The revolutionary clan flowed into the Pan-Africanist. The Pan-Africanist made way for the traditional. We did not cry. It is not our culture to mourn the elderly who paddles to yonder sea. Rather, we rejoice for we have gained one more ancestor to watch over us. Before Okello was 82, and decided to leave without fuss, he had spent the last 48 years in Nigeria. This Nigerian ancestor began his earthly journey in Dokolo, Northern Uganda.…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen have killed one David Anoke, popularly known as Davido, in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. According to reports, Anoke was attacked and shot dead by unidentified assailants at the Court Area of Okposi, sparking fear and tension in the community. Chairperson of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Ajah Chinonso, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday. Ajah, who said the killing occurred on Friday, described the act as “barbaric and unacceptable.” He stressed that Ohaozara has always been a land of peace and unity, vowing that the local government would not allow…
Our Reporter The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has disowned Finland-based self-acclaimed Biafra Auto Pilot, Mazi Simon Ekpa, saying he has never been its member. IPoB, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said any attempt to link Ekpa with IPoB was a ploy to indict its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently standing trial in Nigeria. The statement came a few hours after Ekpa was sentenced to six years in prison by a Finnish court on Monday for terrorism-related activities. IPoB argued that “the question of Simon Ekpa’s non-membership of IPOB is already judicially…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, BRGE, to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related offences. In a judgment delivered on Monday, the court ruled that Ekpa, a long-term resident of Lahti and former city councillor, participated in a terrorist organisation and incited crimes for terrorist purposes. The charges were linked to his alleged involvement with separatist groups in South-Eastern Nigeria. According to the court, Ekpa exploited his large social media following between August 2021 and November 2024 to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Osita Okechukwu, has recommended the Barcelona model to Ndigbo in their agitation for self-determination. The former VON boss, who made the recommendation while featuring on Ikengaonline’s town hall meeting, advised Ndigbo to be more tactful and diplomatic in advancing their cause in a complex entity like Nigeria. Okechukwu, who said he shared the late Nnamdi Azikiwe’s pan-Nigerian philosophy, argued that Ndigbo would still survive and prosper under one Nigeria. Recalling his encounter during a visit to Barcelona, which was…
By Press Release The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has hailed the court judgment ordering the immediate reinstatement of Olamide Thomas, a nurse at the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese Ijebu, who was dismissed for exposing corruption and other acts of misconduct in the institution. In addition to reinstating her, Justice Sanda Yelwa of the National Industrial Court, Lagos, also ordered the payment of all her salaries and allowances from the date of her dismissal, and awarded N5 million in damages. In a press statement signed by the Coordinator of AFRICMIL, Dr. Chido Onumah, the…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the conduct of the local government elections held in Rivers State on Saturday, describing the exercise as a “travesty to the very notion of elective democracy.” In a statement posted on his official X handle on Sunday, Atiku said the “shameful and shambolic manner” in which the polls were conducted exposed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party willing to “throw caution to the wind in order to achieve an inordinate political advantage.” He accused what he called…