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By Owei Lakemfa Mahdi Shehu, one of the supporters of the bloodthirsty Abacha military regime, runs around today in the outfit of a ‘human rights activist.’ I don’t have any problem with that; anybody can call himself anything he wants. He trashes the Buhari presidency when he has the opportunity. As a Nigerian citizen, he has a right to his opinion and in any case, I do not hold the Buhari administration in high esteem. Besides, when the Abacha regime was sending innocent Nigerians to early graves, forcing some into exile, looting our commonwealth and employing terror, including bomb blasts…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A coalition of support groups in Anambra State on Saturday held a solidarity march in support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election. The groups, marched from Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka along popular Arroma to Eke-Awka Road to the U-turn linking Kwata along Enugu/Awka Expressway. The Solidarity March was organised by the Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO), in conjunction with about 60 other support groups and they were carrying several inscriptions which indicated their support for Obi. Some of the inscriptions read: “Obi-Datti for Presidency 2023,″ Obi…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Sunday raised an alarm over the burning of ancestral market, shops and houses of the people of Orsu Ihiteukwa community in the Orsu Council Area of Imo State, allegedly carried out by men of the state-owned Ebubeagu Security Outfit, Saturday night. Ejiofor disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, while condemning the alleged act by Ebubeagu. He described it as an obvious crime against humanity and impoverishment of the people by destroying their economic activities. However, he called on the international community to intervene to…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Indeed, it can be claimed with a large measure of truth, that rigging of elections has become part of our political culture.” Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO), 1979-1983, Main Report, Paragraph 10:10 (1986) The electoral landslide of President Shehu Shagari’s National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in 1983 unfolded in installments over different sites of improbable magic across Nigeria. This did not occur in one day. It involved the manipulation of the entire value chain of election administration over the cycle of four years from 1979 to…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Imo West caucus of the state Assembly led by the Deputy Speaker, Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu, on Saturday said the allegation by the spokesperson of the Coalition of the United Political Parties, CUPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, over alleged fictitious names in the voter register in Omuma, Oru East Council Area of the State came because the plan to scuttle the Continuous Voter Registration, CRV, in the area with violence was unsuccessful. The Deputy Speaker stated this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on the allegation made by Ugochinyere, who is also the 2023 candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The South-East Zonal leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has hailed the expulsion of the suspended presidential candidate of the party, Dumebi Kachikwu, by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party over “gross misconduct and anti-party activities and reckless breach of the ADC constitution.” This was contained in the text of a press conference addressed by the National Vice Chairman of ADC, South-East, Chilos Godsent; and the Zonal Secretary, Pastor Agumadu Frank, at a press conference Saturday in Umuahia. The party expressed deep worry over the rising insecurity in the zone which it blamed on lack…
By Cheta Nwanze It has been well acknowledged that primary school education is the foundation of individual and national development. The skills learned at that level are the base on which the capacity for future economic productivity is built. Primary School Education takes up the first six years of Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education Curriculum which seeks to give every child resident in Nigeria an adequate foundation for a successful and productive life. The nine-year Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) covers ten subjects: Mathematics; Basic Science and Technology; English Studies; Religion and National Values; Cultural and Creative Arts; Business Studies; Nigerian Languages;…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Umuahia, the Abia State was literally locked down, Saturday as supporters and fans of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, staged a one million-man march for him. The mammoth crowd of supporters mainly youths marched through the major streets in the state capital. They carried placards with various inscriptions and chanted solidarity songs for Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti-Ahmed. The rally tagged “#1 million Man-March For Peter Obi and Datti-Ahmed,” began from the Abia Tower Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway through the Bank Road, Aba Road before terminating at ShopRite…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Rights activist and former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for only expelling its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu. ADC in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Ralphs Nwosu, announced Kachikwu’s expulsion along with eight others for gross anti-party activities. Odinkalu who took to his Twitter handle described the action of the party as “a poor judgment.” “This #ADC saga is a poor reflection on the judgment of the party leadership. It is not enough for them to expel the man who gave them fake dollars. The…