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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, Labour Party (LP) Governorship candidate for Enugu State has promised to address issues of marginalization, maladministration, intimidation and corruption which characterised the previous governments in the state. He said this at Ugwuogo Nike, Enugu East Local Government, as he concludes his ‘ward to ward’ tour of the Local Government Area. Edeoga said that if he becomes governor of the state in 2023, issues of maladministration, oppression, marginalisation, intimidation and corruption would be over. “I want to assure you that, I will lead Enugu State with zero tolerance on corruption, empathy and with fear of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Chief Press Secretary to Anambra State Governor, Mr. Christian Aburime, has said his principal, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, is not guilty of the recent Federal Government allegations that the state governors were responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. It could be recall that the Federal Government through the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, while briefing Journalists in the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President Muhammadu Buhari, said state governors were responsible for the rising rate of…
By Owei Lakemfa It is against the run of play for the powerful in office to be convicted for misdeeds, especially in a reign of virtual lawlessness and impunity. But it happened thrice in the past five weeks with the courts convicting for contempt of the Chairman of the powerful Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa; the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba and the Chief of the entire Nigeria Army, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya. Who knows, we may end the year with the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, being hauled before a judge for…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the controversy over the sustainability or removal of petrol subsidy continues to rage, the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has submitted that Nigeria should have subsidised the health sector instead of plunging billions of Naira into oil subsidy. The former Anambra State Governor who made the submission during a presidential Town Hall organised by Arise TV, criticised the Federal Government for the billions of dollar flushed down the drain under the guise of petrol subsidy while the health sector is deteriorating. Obi argued that if one third of what Nigeria spent on oil subsidy…
By Hassan Gimba Now that we’ve found love, what are we gonna do with it? – The O’Jays. While the title of this work might have been spurred by the above verse from The O’Jays R&B group’s 1973 hit, the title of the year 2000 film, Finding Forrester, was an inspiration. Finding Forrester, an American drama written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant, featured a black teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), who was invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery), through whom he refined his…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has commended the Enugu State Government for its efficient implementation of the FGN/IFAD-Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). The IFAD Team Lead, Prof. Lemchi Jones, gave the commendation during the IFAD VCDP-AF (additional financing) in Enugu during the Mid-term Review mission at various Local Government Areas of the five intervention areas of Aninri, Enugu East, Isi-Uzo, Nkanu East and Udenu. He said that the VCDP beneficiaries put in their best and managed the resources within their disposal well. “Based on what we saw during our visit to the processing centres and the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Coordinator, South-East Para-Sports Forum, Mr Silver Ezeikpe, says the South-East region of Nigeria will continue to be the bedrock of Para-Sports in the country. He said this at an awards ceremony, organised by the forum at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Indoor Sports Hall, Enugu. He said the zone has been doing the country proud in Para-Games but regretted that athletes and officials from the zone have always faced marginalisation, nepotism, negligence and non-inclusion. Ezeikpe said the awards were giving to sports men and personalities from the zone, who have contributed to the growth of Para-Sports in the South-East.…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command has said hoodlums suspected to be armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday attacked with explosives the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Oru West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, confirmed the attack to newsmen in Owerri. He said the hoodlums attacked the INEC office by throwing an explosive over the fence and it destroyed the conference hall of the INEC building, damaging other facilities. This is coming days after the Orlu office of the INEC was…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Politics in Nigeria is largely of the transhumant variety. It is not defined by any big ideas. With the exception of perhaps the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politicians have been largely devoid of clear ideological moorings. Freed as such from the forces of ideological gravity, the only impetus that they respond to for the most part is from the stomach. Gravity in Nigerian politics tends to be a force defined by the imperative of human grazing. An opposition may be essential for democracy to thrive but no Nigerian politician or party wants to linger in that…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia After months of curiosity and waiting, the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi; and his running mate, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed; Saturday night, released their manifesto for the 2023 presidential poll. The 62-page document entitled, “Pact with Nigeria,” has seven key priority areas that Obi’s administration would pursue, if voted into power. A perusal of the manifesto by Ikengaonline showed that restructuring, transformation of the Nigerian economy from consuming to producing country, and sincere war against corruption ranked among the top priorities of Obi’s eventual Government. Other areas of focus in the seven-point agenda include: infrastructural revolution, war against…