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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Rev. Fr. Christian Oji, Parish Priest of the Holy Family Parish, Ologo, Enugu, Enugu State, has urged Christians in Nigeria to use the 2023 Ash Wednesday to pray for peaceful elections in the country. Oji gave the advice on Wednesday in Enugu on the commemoration of the Ash Wednesday by Christians around the world. He urged Nigerians to use the period of Lent which began with Ash Wednesday, to pray for peaceful elections in Nigeria and for God to have a place in their hearts. He said it was the period Nigerians should be concerned about the…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Two days before the Presidential/National Assembly elections, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Southern Youths Wing, on Wednesday rejected the same-faith ticket. The Chairman of the Southern CAN, youths, Barr. Oluchukwu Nnabugwu, stated this to newsmen in Owerri, regarding the February 25, 2023, general elections. He said they believed that at the moment because of the religious crises in the country, Nigeria deserves a government that would uphold rules of religious tolerance. According to Nnabugwu, “This decision was made after due consultations with the Mother-body of the Southern Christian Association of Nigeria ably led by Bishop Maxwell…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Coalition of Support Groups for Atiku Abubakar says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, stands better chances of winning the Presidential election by virtue of his pedigree, exposure and experience. Dr Ejikeme Odumegwu, National Coordinator of Coalition of Support Groups for Atiku Abubakar, told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that Atiku had the edge of age-long international and local connections ahead of other candidates in the race. Odumegwu said that as a unifier, Atiku had built bridges of unity across the length and breadth of the county; thus, “there is no axis of…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has established a hotline for journalists who come under attack during the 2023 elections, the organisation announced Wednesday, saying the facility would enable such journalists to receive support, guidance about their rights and available safety mechanisms, as well as litigation assistance, should that become necessary to enforce their rights. In a statement issued in Lagos, MRA’s Programme Officer, Mr. John Gbadamosi, explained that the hotline was necessitated by the increasing level of attacks against media practitioners and organizations, particularly during the last several months leading up to the elections. He said: “Besides the immediate effects of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that sensitive election materials meant for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections have been received. The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), INEC Enugu, Mr Rex Achumie, confirmed this in Enugu. He said that the materials would be distributed to various Local Government Areas on Thursday after thorough inspection by relevant Agencies. “INEC will be distributing the result sheets in full glare of heads of security agencies, political parties, media, observers and other stakeholders on Thursday, February 23, from the CBN.” Ikengaonline observed the presence of about…
By Rudolf Okonkwo Dear Nigerians, My country people, una well done, oh. Yes. I can see that day don break for all of us. Yes, last last, every Nigerian don dey chop breakfast. The great Nigerian Mama Put restaurant’s sign is out – “Food is ready.” A long time ago, many prophets were screaming at the top of their voices that greed would swallow us all. You know that desire to acquire more than our great-grandchildren will ever exhaust. Yes, that kind of greed. Nobody paid them any mind. They came, they cried, and they died. A long time ago, another…
By Obinali S. Duru The week comes, Nigerian presidential election calls, against debilitating background – a bruised, battered and groaning citizenry, instigated, instituted and supervised by blindfold eyes- a mostly deal-for-deal governance across the country; turned flowering landscape into stifling abyss – of warring jihadists and armed rampaging herdsmen, exacerbated by sundry counterforces- of freedom fighters and territorial warlords; the economy long plunged into comatose- littered with systemic decayed infrastructure, of notorious incapacities and inefficiencies, spewing youth joblessness, disempowerment and capricious order. Down with this brutish lost era- of exasperating infamy and avoidable death-match. In a twinkle yet distilled insight, a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has debunked claims by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu that he, along with other members of the G-5 Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is supporting the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ikpeazu who dismissed the claims as “mere speculations and wishful thinking,” said the Senate Chief Whip spoke for himself. Gov. Ikpeazu, however, did not disclose his preferred presidential candidate unlike Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State who last week endorsed Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Ortom had declared that he preferred losing his senatorial ambition…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), headed by a former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, and other elder statesmen, has called on Nigerians to seek a new dimension and think new in electing the President that will lead the country. The group made the call after they endorsed Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) as their choice presidential candidate in the election. In a statement titled “Resolutions towards 2023 elections: Think new,” signed by its chairman, Dr. Samuel Gani and Secretary, Pastor Bosun Emmanuel, the NCEF also called on Nigerians to vote…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Three days before the Presidential/National Assembly elections in Imo State, unidentified gunmen have burnt houses and shot sporadically, especially at the night in Okigwe area of Imo State. According to reports, the incident started last weekend in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. The latest incident was said to have happened in the early hours of Tuesday in Amagu, Ihube community in Okigwe LGA in the house belonging to the Imo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Emeka Okonkwo, whose house was set ablaze by gunmen. The arson to a larger extent has been linked to the “no-election gunmen,” who have been on a rampage in…