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By Sufuyan Ojeifo Saturday’s presidential election, as it is, from reasonable projections and analyses, promises to be the most intriguingly competitive contestation for power in the annals of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. For the first time, we have a four-horse race. Interestingly, the four candidates are from the two regional blocks – North and South of Nigeria – and four geopolitical zones, to wit: South-West (Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC), South-East (Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP), North-East (Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP) and North-West (Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Aminu Chinade, has warned troublemakers to steer clear of South-East zone in tomorrow’s (Saturday) Presidential and National Assembly election. He also assured South-East residents of adequate security before, during and after the general election. Chinade said that the Nigerian Army was “highly prepared and motivated to give them a bloody nose.” The GOC gave the assurance in Enugu while addressing troops deployed for election security in various parts of the South-East. He assured residents that the Army and other sister security agencies were prepared to provide…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to be patriotic and avoid actions capable of derailing the country’s democracy as is the case in some countries in West Africa. Jonathan who made the appeal in a post on his Twitter handle, urged Nigerians to exhibit maturity and tolerance as they go to the polls tomorrow and on March 11. The former President said that the peace and unity of Nigeria should be paramount to any primordial sentiments, hence the need for all to play according to the rules. He wrote: “Fellow…
By Agbo, Ochonu & Kperogi In the face of the existential challenges facing Nigeria and in the lead-up to the 2023 presidential election, three Nigerians in the Diaspora discuss the way forward for a nation in crisis. Osmund: I get a bit emotional and quite frankly frustrated, talking about the subject of restructuring Nigeria. It beggars belief that we have a system that is universally acknowledged as being faulty at its very core, yet successive administrations for whatever motivation or lack thereof, continue to drag their feet in addressing such an existential issue. This could be likened to someone suffering from…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Mazi Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based self-acclaimed disciple of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been released by the police in Finland. Ekpa was released hours after he was reportedly arrested and grilled by the Finish police for yet to be disclosed crime. But his arrest might not be unconnected with his threat to prevent elections in the South-East on Saturday and March 11. He was arrested and escorted by the police out of his apartment in Lahti earlier on Thursday. The Finnish Central Criminal Police confirmed Ekpa’s release on Thursday, according…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Minister for Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has urged Nigerians to reject both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC; and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the forthcoming polls, describing both parties as “siamese twins of bad governance.” The co-founder of Transparency International, and global advocate for good governance who made the call while featuring on Ikengaonline town-hall meeting, Thursday night, said APC and PDP have been responsible for Nigeria’s underdevelopment, and should not be allowed to hang on to power. According to her, the two dominant parties in the country are of one political umbilical cord without difference in their ideologies.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the intensification of the discreet investigations and manhunt of the subversive criminal elements in parts of Enugu State. He said some criminal elements suspected to be IPOB/ESN renegades in the night hours of 22/02/2023 at different locations, ambushed and simultaneously attacked and murdered Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) members, and also attempted to attack the convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate. The Spokesperson for the command, DSP, Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement released in Enugu on Thursday said the Commissioner stated…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies in Enugu State have assured of their readiness for a peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in the state. The INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Enugu State, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, gave the assurance shortly after the Inter-agency Consultation Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Enugu. “We are ready for the polls. We have deployed all non-sensitive materials to the INEC local government offices already. “All the sensitive materials for the poll are already on ground in Enugu and by the grace of God, we will start moving…
Our Reporter, Abuja Nigerian separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been reportedly arrested in Lahti for questioning by Finnish authorities. A credible security source confirmed the arrest of the self acclaimed disciple of the IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to Ikengaonline on Thursday. A Finland-based newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, reported that Ekpa was arrested by police in his residence located at Lahti, Finland. Ekpa, the Leader of the Auto Pilot Group has been issuing and alleged to be enforcing the sit-home order in the South-East, which has resulted in the killing of many innocent people in the region, including law enforcement agents. He also…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the killing of the party’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East, Barrister Oyibo Chukwu, by unknown persons. Obi made the condemnation in series of posts he personally made Thursday, via his official Twitter handle while reacting to the gruesome murder of the renowned Lawyer. Obi tweeted: “I received with deep shock and sadness, the news of the painful killing of Barr Oyibo Chukwu, the Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party, for Enugu East Senatorial Zone. “I strongly condemn the killing of Barr Chukwu in all its entirety.…