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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Independence Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has rated the Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze, Anambra State high in its evaluation exercise of Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the year 2022. The Commission scored the College 77.38% and commended the institution for the structures and processes put in place to promote efficiency. In a letter signed by the Director, System Study and Review Department, A. Udofia, on behalf of the ICPC Chairman, the Commission expressed satisfaction with the performance of the College. The letter, titled ‘Deployment of Ethics and Integrity Compliance…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been badly hit by his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, who cast doubts over the physical, mental and moral fitness of the APC candidate to preside over the affairs of a nation. Atiku claimed that Tinubu is suffering from Parkinson disease and cannot walk erect unaided. The former Vice President was responding to an earlier comment credited to Tinubu that Nigerians should worry over Atiku’s health and not his (Tinubu’s). Atiku in a statement by the Spokesman of Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council,…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Elderly men, women and youths of Arondizuogu, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, on Wednesday continued to protest over the alleged killings and burning of vehicles by suspected hoodlums in their communities. The youths were seen on a video that went viral on social media as they marched around the Ideato North communities demanding no further delays for government intervention in their situation. At the time of filing this report, some of the villagers who could not give reasons for the attacks described some of the killings as “strange happenings” and linked to politics. The latest was the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ninety three million, five hundred and twenty two thousand, two hundred and seventy two registered voters will decide the fate of candidates in the forthcoming general election, including the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; his Labour Party counterpart, Mr Peter Obi; Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and others. The list of the eligible candidates were contained in the Voters’ Register presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to the Chairmen of the 18 registered political parties in Abuja on Wednesday. Presenting the register, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said that…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Polytechnic, Iwollo, Ezeagu Local Government Area, says it has established a Business and Innovation School (EBIS), offering executive training on business management and leadership, technical, vocational and digital skills. The Executive Director of EBIS, Mr Roland Ediawe, said this in a statement issued in Enugu. He said EBIS would be run as a public private partnership initiative. According to him, being executive certificate programmes, the trainings will prepare participants to succeed in any business and career advancement. “We are aware of the demands of our contemporary knowledge-based economy. “So, EBIS programmes are carefully designed to fill in…

Benson Ezechime, Enugu Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdulahi, Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has cautioned Journalists against carrying fake news while reporting the forthcoming general election. He said this on Wednesday while declaring open a one-day digital journalism and fact-checking workshop organised by NITDA in collaboration with NUJ and PRNigeria in Enugu. Represented by, Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head of Communication and External Affairs, he said the workshop was designed to reawaken journalists on the dangers of fake news, especially before, during and after elections. “The Theme of this workshop: “Imperatives of Digital news Verifications for 2023 Election,”…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu President Muhammadu Buhari, former governor, Sullivan Chime, and former senate president, Ken Nnamani, were the big names that were absent at the presidential campaign of APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Enugu. Tinubu was at the Michael Okpara Square Enugu to solicit for votes in the February 25th, presidential election and the presentation of flag to the Governorship candidate of the party, Engr. Uche Nnaji. Ikengaonline investigation reveals that the absence of notable members of the party was not unconnected with the alleged fraud rocking the party in the state. It was reported that some party members hijacked the…

Our Reporter, New York The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said that the endorsement of Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo shouldn’t come as a surprise as it is merely a public confirmation of a scheme that the retired General himself planned and executed ab-initio. On January 1, the former president released an eight-paged letter where he endorsed the presidential aspiration of the Labour Party candidate and called on Nigerian youths to vote for the former Anambra State Governor ahead of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Bola Ahmed…

By Hassan Gimba Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up – Mahatma Gandhi I wrote this on 22/10/2018. The only change is in the headline where I changed 2019 to 2023. Now that the primaries are over with about 99% of the registered political parties having concluded their primary elections and names of candidates that emerged finding their way to the Independent National Electoral Commission, all eyes are on the two major parties – the ruling All…

By Okey Ndibe For the last week or two, it often appeared as if former President Olusegun Obasanjo were a candidate in this year’s presidential race. Obasanjo orchestrated that impression. His endorsement of Peter Obi, the Labor Party candidate for president, bore the peculiar signature of the man whose moniker, OBJ, inspires varied emotions in Nigerians. Since his reluctant exit from the presidential office in 2007, Obasanjo has burnished his reputation as a drafter of public letters. His epistles have served two broad purposes. He has deployed them during election cycles, as a means of championing a ticket. Outside of…