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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Tuesday insisted that the 2023 general election must hold in the South-East region. MASSOB made this declaration in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, and signed by the National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson, after their meeting held in Enugu State. The pro-Biafra group said it decided among other things to support the holding of election in Igboland because it has realised the importance of political and economic powers and their usefulness. However, MASSOB urged those against the election to stay at home on…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at a section of Garki Market, Enugu  South Local Government Area. Ikengaonline reports that about 15 shops were totally razed to the ground by the fire outbreak. A shopping plaza that housed electrical shops, hair saloons, phone accessories, cafeteria and motor/motorcycle parts, caught fire at about 11 pm on Tuesday. According to an eyewitness account, the entire building would have been completely razed but for the intervention of residents who raced to the area on time to help douse the ravaging inferno. Some eyewitnesses said the fire started from a refuse…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Civil rights and advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has said that the timely release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Pro-Biafra agitation group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will be vital for the conduct of peaceful election in Nigeria. The group also said constructive dialogue and not use of force by security agencies on separatists will be crucial to the success of the poll which comes in February and March in the country. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said it is insincere for the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia. Fear has griped  the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State as the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, has reserved judgment on the appeal by one of the party’s governorship aspirants, Hon. Sampson Orji. Orji, a former member of the Abia State House of Assembly is seeking the disqualification of the PDP governorship candidate, Professor Uche Ikonne, alleging irregularities in the process that produced him. The Abam, Arochukwu-born Consultant had dragged Ikonne, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, seeking the nullification of the primary which…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia, with Our Reporter, Abuja Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has rekindled hope for a new Nigeria, which will be investors-friendly and a country where citizens will proudly flaunt their green passports.  Obi who spoke Monday at the Chatham House in London, regretted that poor leadership has been the greatest bane of the Nation as iconic Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, articulated decades ago and promised to provide the exemplary leadership needed to turn the country around if elected in February. The Labour Party presidential hopeful promised that if elected, he would fight corruption to ensure that Nigeria becomes…

By Hassan Gimba Perhaps in the future, politicians, political analysts, strategists, scientists and consultants may want to look at one or two things here that make Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s campaign what it is, especially its tenacity, perseverance, astuteness and personal ties. Between 1993 and this year, that’s thirty years, Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, would have contested the presidential election eight times. Twice – in 2007 and 2019 – he was a candidate on the platform of two different parties, and thrice – in 1993, 2011 and 2015 – he was stopped at the…

By Owei Lakemfa A country wracked with corruption and impunity, cannot but be confronted by examination malpractices and admission rackets even by institutions. This was the conclusion I reached at the end of the January 8, 2023 Stakeholders Meeting between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and media executives. Another conclusion was that no matter how degenerate things become, we must never be short of men and women determined to fight the scourge. JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Olarewaju Oloyede narrated stories of the Board’s unending battles with fraudsters who try to beat the system. For example, during registration, some…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State says it has begun manhunt for suspected IPOB/ESN renegades who burnt the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office and killed a policeman on duty at Awkunanaw, in Enugu South Local Government Area. In this regard, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered a discreet investigation and manhunt to fish out the bandits, who in their numbers attacked and set ablaze a portion of INEC Office, at about 9.15pm Sunday. In a press statement made available to Ikengaonline through the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the CP said the hoodlums…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki There is anxiety in Ebonyi State following the delisting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the list of candidates for the governorship and National Assembly election. A check by our Correspondent on INEC’s website shows that the names of the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the party, Ifeanyi Ọdịi and Senator Igwe Nwagu were conspicuously missing in the updated list. Also the names of the three senatorial candidates of the party, Senator Sam Egwu (Ebonyi North), Lazy Ogbe (Ebonyi Central) and Senator Ama Nnachi(Ebonyi South) were also missing from the list. Five…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State has been burnt by unknown persons. A statement by the INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Festus Okoye, said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Enugu State, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, reported the incident to the Commission’s headquarters. He said the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday According to the statement, during the attack, the security gatehouse was razed. He, however, said that the hoodlums could not gain access to the main building before the arrival of…