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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the race to replace the deceased governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia hots up, a business mogul, Eric Opah, has said that he is the most qualified to fly the ruling party’s flag. The founder, Fortune Global Shipping & Logistics Limited and Fortune Marine & Energy Services Limited, told Ikengaonline that he already has the nod of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to go for the PDP ticket. He said that the PDP “needs someone who has proven track record, capacity, integrity and vast network to be the candidate of the party.” “Based on these…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Hosts Rangers International Football Club of Enugu on Wednesday at Awka Township Stadium defeated Dakkada FC 1-0 to earn their first win in the ongoing abridged 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Flying Antelopes scored the only goal of the match through Hadi Mohammed in the 32nd minute. The win has now brought Rangers’ total points tally to five from five games having secured two earlier draws and two losses. Speaking after the match, Rangers Chief Coach, Abdul Maikaba, said while the result was a good one for the team it was also clear that things could only…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the collection of Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, expires on Sunday, February 5, registrants in Abia State as well as other parts of South-East, have been expressing frustrations over the hurdles they face at various collection centres. There have been complaints of un-seriousness leveled against INEC officials. Ikengaonline visited INEC office at Adelabu Street, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, and it was a tale of woes by enthusiastic registrants. Some of them said they had been coming to the centre for days but without success. Registrants were observed…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, is to visit Abia State, tomorrow, January 3, 2023, in continuation of his presidential rallies. According to a release by the Abia State Chairman of Labour Party, Ceekay Igara, Obi and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti-Ahmed, would hold town hall meeting with Aba business community at the Aba Sports Club. He will later hold another town hall meeting with residents of the state at the International Conference Centre Umuahia, after consulting with traditional rulers at their Council headquarters in Umuahia. The release read in part: The Leadership and…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has pleaded with media practitioners in the state to report professionally, the 2023 general election. Uzodimma stated this Tuesday in Owerri, at the training workshop for journalists in Imo State held at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Council, tagged “Upgrading Strategic Communication Competencies in the Digital Era.” Uzodimma who was represented by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said the training was to sharpen and upgrade the skills of journalists in the state for digital reporting. The governor said: “The training would afford the participants…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, has set aside the judgment of Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja division of the Court which nullified the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries of 28th and 29th May, 2022 in Ebonyi State, that produced Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii and other Candidates of the party. Recall that Justice Nyako had on December 8, 2022, nullified the primaries and directed the party to conduct a fresh one within 14 days. Nyako’s judgment followed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1319/2021 by Mr Okoroafor Tochukwu Okorie against the PDP and INEC. The Court…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Hoodlums believed to be the dreaded unknown gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked the office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State. A source said the hoodlums burnt the commission’s headquarters in the area, using Improvised Explosive Devise (IED). The gunmen also attacked a Police Station in Nnobi, and a residential building inside the station, where they killed a boy, and injured a girl. The level of damage in the police station was, however, not ascertained as at the time of filing this report. Confirming the incident in a statement, Spokesperson of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Professor Greg Ibe, in this interview with Ikengaonline, spoke on how he has been battling unseen forces after declaring his intention to govern the state. He equally spoke on the certificate forgery allegation against him, Abia Charter of Equity, and his vision for the state among others. There are claims by your opponents that you are not medically fit to govern the state. Is that true? There is no iota of truth in that at all. It’s unfortunate that Abia politics has left the main issues to become something else.…
Our Reporter, New York The presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 General Election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has warned against adopting any political settlement to the Nnamdi Kanu case, describing such a move as a recipe for more chaos in the South-East. He asserted this during an exclusive interview with the host of the online interview programme 90MinutesAfrica, Rudolf Okonkwo. Kachikwu said those who are advocating for a political settlement had not considered the grave implications that may result from such, pointing out that the thousands of people who had lost loved ones in the senseless violence…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Some 1,700 farmers in Enugu State have benefited from N3.4 billion grants from the World Bank’s Agro-Processing, Productivity, Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) projects. This was made known during the flag off of the implementation of “Women and Youths Empowerment Programme (WYEP)” by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Enugu. The APPEALS project is solely funded by the World Bank to improve livelihood of women and youths and it is supported by the Enugu State Government. Each of the beneficiaries was given a grant inputs of N2m totaling N3.4bn. Gov. Ugwuanyi represented by his Deputy, Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo, said the aim…