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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Yusuf Datti-Ahmed, has said that the rising profile of his boss, Mr Peter Obi, has become a bitter pill and a threat to anti-progressive political forces in the country, behind various propaganda against him. This is as he accused them of creating fake social media accounts in his name which they use to fabricate and spread falsehood with grave religious implications in their desperation to blackmail and pitch him against some religious groups and leaders. Datti- Ahmed who disclosed this in a press conference, denied ownership of such…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday quashed the substitution primary of the Labour Party which it held on Tuesday to replace its governorship candidate. It therefore sacked the new gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Edward Nkwagu, who was elected in the substitution primary on August 2nd, 2022. The sack of Nkwagu by the federal High court, followed a suit filed by Mr. Splendour Oko-Eze who was had emerged from the June 9th primary as the governorship candidate of the party. In his ruling, Justice Fatun Riman, said the party primary held earlier…
By Hassan Gimba Not to punish evil is like authorising it – Leonardo da Vinci …when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost – Baron de Montesquieu. A kingdom (nation) can endure with unbelief, but it cannot endure with injustice – Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci died on 2 May, 1519. He was an Italian with encyclopedic learning. There was no branch of knowledge that he didn’t touch. His achievements, diverse interests, personal life, and empirical thinking always spark…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday ordered investigation into the alleged killing of seven persons and injuring of others by hoodlums in Umuafom, Orogwe community last Monday. The command stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Owerri. The statement made available to Ikengaonline was signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam. However, the command described the hoodlums as kidnappers and linked the killing to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Eastern Security Network, ESN. The Police agreed it was seven people who lost their lives in that incident, adding…
By Chuks Iloegbunam Some have called you foolish, dear Sam Omatseye. Others insist that you are plain stupid. There are those who hold you to be beneath contempt. Their howls of execration upon you are in reaction to your August 1, 2022 article entitled Obi-tuary. For me, however, you are a dear friend. Our friendship started in the 1980s at Newswatch magazine where both of us practiced journalism before you travelled to the United States for further studies. It continued upon your return and strengthened to the point that, sometimes, you get the producers of your TV Continental programme to connect…
Stephen Ukandu, News/Features Editor Penultimate Sunday’s mindless killing of youths in Imo State allegedly by armed vigilante group suspected to be Ebubeagu security operatives, has once again brought to the fore the unending flow of blood on the streets of Imo State, and indeed South-East geo-political zone. The controversy trailing the dastardly act has further exposed the culpability of both the state actors and non-state actors in the on-going hemorrhage in the zone. Up till now, the actual casualty figures of the victims remain a subject of contention as some put it at 21, others 14, while Government only admitted 7.…
By Ugochukwu Uwaeke As it stands today, every doubt regarding Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s disastrous representation of the people of Abia North in the Red Chamber must have been cleared, and many of those from among the people of Isuikwuato/Umunneochi who are hitherto contemplating further support for his re-election are profoundly reconsidering their stand given his uninspiring outing and shameful posturing on burning national issues. When the Senator was campaigning in 2019, he exuded warmth and smiles, and came along with lots of grandiose promises and thus, got the buy-in of some of our people who were deceived into voting for him. But…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A former governorship Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Dr. Sunday Opoke, yesterday formally defected to Young Progressives Party (YPP). He said he was defecting to the YPP with his over 2,000 supporters. He spoke in Abakaiki, the state capital while briefing the supporters and said he has a 7-agenda for the state if he wins the 2023 governorship election. He alleged that the state civil service has collapsed in employment and engagement of service. He therefore promised to reform the civil service and observe the principle of engagement. “There is something very ugly in this state…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Chief Edward Nkwegu was yesterday elected Ebonyi Labour Party governorship candidate for the 2023 general election. He was elected unopposed at the party headquarters along Abakaiki Enugu Highway. The primary election was conducted by a national officer of the party, Mrs. Oluchi Okpara who was also the returning officer of the exercise. Nkwegu in his brief speech, thanked the delegates of the party for the confidence reposed in him. He boasted that Labour Party will win the state in 2023. Meanwhile, a former House of Reps member and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Linus…
Our Reporter, Abuja Maybe it is time to go behind and persuade the president, Muhammadu Buhari, to go on a sort of sick leave and allow another person to take over because clearly he is not well. This is the position of respected journalist and media entrepreneur, Kadaria Ahmed, while speaking Wednesday on Arise TV programme, The Morning Show. A visibly agitated Ahmed said President Muhammadu Buhari is a total failure when it comes to security. “When it comes to security, Buhari is a total failure, I mean a total failure,” she said. The journalist said that the insecurity as a result of banditry is…