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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The whereabouts of the Abia State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Professor Uche Ikonne, has become a serious source of concern as a group known as Abia Transformation Agenda Network (TAN), has challenged the ruling party to come up with information about him. Ikonne, the immediate-past Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University Uturu, was last seen in public on November 22, 2022, after his formal presentation at the Umuahia Township Stadium. The group said that his continued absence and lack of information about his health status had started generating curiosity across the state.…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released guidelines on step by step voting procedures ahead of the forthcoming general election. According to the guidelines, poll opens from 8:00 to 200:pm for accreditation and  voting to go on simultaneously.  Below is a detail of the guidelines made available to Ikengaonline: “STEP BY STEP VOTING PROCEDURE “PLEASE NOTE that you are qualified to vote  if only you are a registered voter and your name appears on the register of voters at your polling unit, “OPENING OF THE POLLING UNITS: On each Election Day, polling stations will open for…

Nonschukwu Uwa, Owerri The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Wednesday warned residents, market women and leaders not to pay charges while depositing the old naira notes to their respective commercial banks in Imo State. The CBN, Branch Controller, Mrs,  Oyoburuoma Boma, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, at the CBN sensitisation programme at the Relief Market in the state. The branch controller said Section 17 of the CBN Act 2007 gives the CBN the sole right to issue naira notes and coins. However, the CBN urged the citizens to make use of alternative methods of deposit of the old…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command has sued for greater synergy and collaboration with the Nigerian Army in tackling security challenges in Anambra State. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Commandant Chikere Isidore, made the appeal, Wednesday, during a visit to Col. M. B. Abubakar, the Commander, 302 Artillery Regiment (302 AR) Nigerian Army, Onitsha. The NSCDC Boss said the visit to the Army formation was to strengthen the existing relationship between the NSCDC and the Nigerian Army, adding that he desired to explore the partnership and cooperation that had existed between the two security…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia After months of protests and warnings, doctors in Abia State Wednesday, proceeded on indefinite strike action. The actions was as a result of the failure of the State Government to clear the 24 months of salary arrears owed doctors and other staff of the Abia State Teaching Hospital, Aba ABSUTH; and 13 months owed their counterparts at the Health Management Board, HMB. The shutdown affecting both public and private hospitals, according to the doctors is indefinite. Ikengaonline had reported that doctors in the state had last Thursday, blocked the entrance gate to the Government House Umuahia, demanding immediate…

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…