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Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Labour Party (LP) has said that the two separate attacks on its members in Enugu State are politically motivated. The party also exonerated members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the state from the acts. Recall that LP members in Awgu and Aninri Local Government Areas of the state were on August 21, and August 31, respectively, attacked by gunmen during their meetings. Ikengaonline reports that the attack left several of them injured while some property, including cars, chairs and canopies were destroyed by the hoodlums. The LP Chairman in Awgu LGA, Mr Ikechukwu Igweokolo, told Ikengaonline on Tuesday…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Labour Party, LP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of hatching plots to assassinate its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. According to LP, the recent diatribe by Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, accusing Obi of plotting to fake his own assassination, is a smokescreen by APC to kill Obi and blame it on the false alarm. National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Mr Arabambi Abayomi, said that the desperation by APC to hold on to power beyond 2023 was driving the party to resort to unholy acts. Abayomi wondered why the APC Presidential Campaign…
By Ike Okonta Sonala Olumhense, the distinguished journalist, attended an event in New York last week where Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, gave a speech. According to Olumhense, the presidential candidate was brilliant, articulate, and on top of the key economic and political problems afflicting Nigeria. Even more important, Nigerians living in the United States who attended the talk came from diverse ethnic backgrounds, illustrating the fact that the Obi phenomenon currently sweeping across the country is pan-national and not restricted to the Igbo as some mischievous critics of the candidate would have Nigerians believe. Another observation which Sonala Olumhense…
By Owei Lakemfa As a child growing up on Lagos Island, I frequently walked through the Race Course to school. The premises of the old House of Representatives building was in that complex. Sitting outsize in a regal flowing gown was the huge bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II. Sculptured by Nigerian artist, Ben Chukwukadibia Enwonwu, it was commissioned in 1956 by the Queen during her visit to Nigeria. She was the Nigerian Head of State because the country was a British colony. I loved the sculpture, more so when hanging on the wall of my home was a photograph of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka More stakeholders have continued to salute Governor Charles Soludo over his directive which banned factional traditional ruler of Awka kingdom, Obi Austin Ndigwe and factional President General, Chief Emeka Anagor. The traditional stool of the Awka kingdom had been a source of tussle for a few years now after some influential members of the community claimed to have dethroned the monarch, Eze Uzu II, Igwe Gibson Nwosu. In his place, they crowned Chief Austin Ndigwe popularly known as Uzu Awka, who immediately assumed the position of the monarch of the kingdom, causing the entire kingdom to be…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Markets, shops and banks were Tuesday shut down in compliance with the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as President Muhammadu Buhari visited Imo State to inaugurate some projects. The sit-at-home order issued by IPOB was in solidarity with their detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who appeared in court on Tuesday. Ikengaonline observed that key streets including Wethedral Road, Tetlow, Egbu, Akwakuma and Amakohia roads were empty. Similarly, Owerri-Port Harcourt Road, Owerri-Aba, and Owerri-Onitsha roads among others, were also deserted. However, the President who visited the state was to inaugurate three projects namely, Owerri-Orlu Road; phase 1…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Labour Party governorship flag bearer in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has raised the alarm that agents of the Abia State Government, are illegally removing his campaign billboards and that of other candidates of the party despite collecting N10M million signage fee from them. The former banker who raised the alarm in a a press release by the Spokesman of his Campaign Organisation, Ferdinand Ekeoma, demanded immediate restoration of the removed billboards. Otti said that Government had continued with the illegality despite earlier alarm he had raised over a similar action. He warned the State Government not…
By Osmund Agbo “But while young Igbo and young people from other tribes are enthused by his emergence as a presidential candidate and rally round him (Peter Obi), some prominent Igbo politicians treat him as a huge joke; something of a Charlie-Charlie on the national political stage. They dismiss his quest in prose that shocks me.” The above is an excerpt from the article titled “Ndigbo and 2023,” written by Dan Agbese. In this piece, he challenged the people to own their blame for as he stated, failing to “parley their business acumen into political wisdom.” When it comes to accurately diagnosing the root cause of Ndigbo’s political…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Umuahia the Abia State capital was completely locked down Tuesday as the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, makes an appearance in Abuja Court. The streets were virtually empty as motorists and commuters kept their distance from the roads. When Ikengaonline went round some of the streets, it was observed that the city was calm and peaceful. Apart from occasional movement of few vehicles perhaps on essential duties, the roads within the capital city were totally dry. IPOB had declared a total lockdown of the South-East in solidarity with Kanu who has been held by…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 150 participants from North East geo-political zone of Nigeria have graduated from three weeks intensive training program on Digital Vehicular Diagnostics and Maintenance sponsored by the North-East Development Commission, NEDC and implemented by the Digital Bridge Institute at its Yola Campus, Fufore Adamawa State. Speaking over the weekend at the graduation ceremony, President/CEO of DBI, Prof. Muhammed Ajiya, noted that this flagship training was symbolic in many folds as the DBI Yola Campus was adequately utilized for the first time since it was built about 10 years ago. According to him: “The NEDC through the…