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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State Council, and Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union, RATTAWU, Anambra State are set to lead the fight against bad leadership and representation in Anambra by organising public debates for the various party candidates in the state. The event which will be held in collaboration with Society for Equity, Justice and Peace (SEJUP) and Bring It Up Africa, was to save the state from the mistake of electing dubious and corrupt politicians who may be out to inflict misery and misfortune on the masses. Speaking during a press briefing in Awka, Anambra State capital, state…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the earlier judgments of the Abuja High Court and Appeal Court affirming Barrister Okey Ezea as the rightful candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Enugu North Senatorial district. The nation’s apex court affirmed Ezea as the valid winner of LP’s primary election held last year. With the latest Supreme Court’s judgment, Mr Ernest Ugwu, the placeholder who resigned to give way to Ideke, is now expected to work for the victory of LP, which he co-founded as a labour leader. Ikengaonline reports that some PDP chieftains in the State have…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The governorship candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), for Enugu State, Mr Chris Agu, says he will probe past administrations in the state and anyone found to have defrauded the state will be prosecuted accordingly. He said this in Enugu during a Town Hall meeting held with some other governorship candidates contesting the March 11 gubernatorial election. Agu lamented that past administrations in the state had destroyed what the founding fathers of the state built and fought for. According to him, insecurity, lack of drinking water, non-payment of pension and gratuities, teachers’ salaries among others had become…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Minister for Education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, has punctured claims by former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, that as Head of Economic Management Team while in office as Vice President, Nigeria’s economy witnessed a tremendous boom. Ezekwesili who took to her verified Twitter handle @obyezeks to dismantle the claims by Atiku, said that the former Vice President was never the Head of the Economic Management Team but only the Chairman of National Economic Council, which is entirely a different body. She asked Atiku to tell his Twitter…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government has exonerated the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Stanley Okoro Emegha and the party’s House of Representatives candidate, Eni Uduma Chima from the 2022 boxing day violence which led to the death of at least three persons. It said their exoneration followed confessions extracted by suspects arrested by the police after the crisis which happened in Ekoli Edda community in Afikpo South Local Government Area. Both APC stalwarts were accused of inciting violence which allegedly led to killings and the destruction of valuables in Ekoli Edda community. A youth leader, a Police…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Tuesday insisted that the 2023 general election must hold in the South-East region. MASSOB made this declaration in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, and signed by the National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson, after their meeting held in Enugu State. The pro-Biafra group said it decided among other things to support the holding of election in Igboland because it has realised the importance of political and economic powers and their usefulness. However, MASSOB urged those against the election to stay at home on…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at a section of Garki Market, Enugu  South Local Government Area. Ikengaonline reports that about 15 shops were totally razed to the ground by the fire outbreak. A shopping plaza that housed electrical shops, hair saloons, phone accessories, cafeteria and motor/motorcycle parts, caught fire at about 11 pm on Tuesday. According to an eyewitness account, the entire building would have been completely razed but for the intervention of residents who raced to the area on time to help douse the ravaging inferno. Some eyewitnesses said the fire started from a refuse…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Civil rights and advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has said that the timely release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Pro-Biafra agitation group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will be vital for the conduct of peaceful election in Nigeria. The group also said constructive dialogue and not use of force by security agencies on separatists will be crucial to the success of the poll which comes in February and March in the country. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said it is insincere for the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia. Fear has griped  the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State as the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, has reserved judgment on the appeal by one of the party’s governorship aspirants, Hon. Sampson Orji. Orji, a former member of the Abia State House of Assembly is seeking the disqualification of the PDP governorship candidate, Professor Uche Ikonne, alleging irregularities in the process that produced him. The Abam, Arochukwu-born Consultant had dragged Ikonne, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, seeking the nullification of the primary which…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia, with Our Reporter, Abuja Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has rekindled hope for a new Nigeria, which will be investors-friendly and a country where citizens will proudly flaunt their green passports.  Obi who spoke Monday at the Chatham House in London, regretted that poor leadership has been the greatest bane of the Nation as iconic Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, articulated decades ago and promised to provide the exemplary leadership needed to turn the country around if elected in February. The Labour Party presidential hopeful promised that if elected, he would fight corruption to ensure that Nigeria becomes…