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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Director, Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Mr Frank Nweke Jnr, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Enugu State, has promised to strip Enugu the toga of “civil service state” and make it a major economic hub if voted into power in 2023. The former Minister for Information who made the promise Wednesday night while featuring on Ikengaonline gubernatorial town hall meeting series, regretted that successive administrations in the state had failed to tap into the abundant economic potentials in the state. He said that if given the opportunity to preside over the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Women Information Network (WINET), in partnership with Mundo Cooperante of Spain, has given scholarship awards to 22 indigent female Junior Secondary School (JSS) students of Community Secondary School (CSS), Iva Valley, Enugu, in Enugu State. The NGO also gave the students several items including bags, dozen of exercise books each, writing materials and math-sets. The Executive Director of WINET, Mrs Miriam Menkiti, said the scholarship was in furtherance of the organization’s activities under “the right to be a girl – projects to end girl child marriage.” “We are here today to present one…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has disowned media reports claiming that it had dragged Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to deities over his controversial epistle against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization said the purported reports never emanated from it, and should be discountenanced. Ohanaeze in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, dismissed the fake media reports as “reckless.” The apex Igbo body said dragging people to deities is not part of Igbo culture. “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a bizarre and reckless…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Labour party, LP, has called for the urgent resetting of Imo State for good governance, peace and security. The party noted with deep concern that the festering insecurity in the state might not subside unless “there is a resetting of the state.” Gubernatorial aspirant of the party in Imo state, Maj Gen Lincoln Keonyemere Jack Ogunewe (retd.), who made the call in Owerri during a book presentation in honour of the presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi, said that until there was a paradigm shift on the modus operandi of the state, the woes of the state might persist. He…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The director general, Campaign Council of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Dr Longman Nwachukwu, has said that there would be a new Abia if Professor Greg Ibe emerged Governor in 2023. He said that the reason Abia was stagnated was due to bad leadership, but noted that time has come for Abians to take over their state. The former Commissioner for Lands, who stated this during a press conference in Umuahia expressed disappointment over the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration in the state. He said that “Abians are now ashamed to be…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has disclosed his plans to revitalise the Nigerian economy if he emerges as the president of the country. In two tweets he personally signed off on Tuesday via his verified Twitter handle, the Labour Party flag bearer gave a hint that his administration will set up a committee of economic experts to champion the revival of the country’s economy. “My administration will not embark on drafting a new economic plan, but I will set up a small national working committee of policy, planning and economic…
By Rudolf Okonkwo The day I read that journalist Kadaria Ahmed would interview Bola Tinubu, I felt sorry for her. All day, I wondered what she would do with the recently released US Court-certified copies of documents detailing Bola Tinubu’s drug dealing and money laundering case of 1993, for which he forfeited $460,000 to American authorities. My alter ego wondered if, on their first meeting, Kadaria would greet Tinubu, shake his tremor-filled hands, and whisper into his ears, “I know what you did in Chicago in the summer of 1993.” Of course, I knew that was not Kadaria’s style. Not even…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu “The then American President Barack Obama paid Chinua Achebe deserving tribute thusly: “A revolutionary author, educator, and cultural ambassador, Chinua shattered the conventions of literature and shaped the collective identity of Nigerians throughout the world. With a dream of taking on misperceptions of his homeland, he gave voice to perspectives that cultivated understanding and drew our world closer together. His legacy will endure in the hearts of all whose lives he touched with the everlasting power of his art.” Today, November 16, belongs to one man who conquered the world for Mother Africa. In the words…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was favored to win the 2023 governorship election in the state. He said this during the inauguration of Enugu State PDP Campaign Council for 2023 general election. The Governor said the team led Mr Ikeje Asogwa was populated with tested, competent and experienced politicians who would ensure that all the PDP candidates in the state achieve comfortable win in the 2023 polls. The Governor explained that, Enugu people had consistently voted for PDP in all the elections since the return of democracy…
By Lincoln Jack Ogunewe “The worsening insecurity in Imo State could be likened to a television that is frozen; you cannot change the channel, volume or any function on the remote until you reset it. It is my utmost belief that Imo State needs resetting, hence our motto “TEAM RESET IMO 4 OBIDATTI.” We will work tirelessly to actualize the Peter Obi presidency. Soon, we will be embarking on Town Hall Meetings in the 27 LGAs of Imo State vigorously sensitizing Imolites and selling Peter Obi and all our other candidates.” I consider it a great honour to be the…