The Peoples Democratic Party has screened the two governorship aspirants of the party for the April 15 governorship primary election of the party in Imo State. Emeka Ihedioha, a former deputy speaker of the House Of Representatives and the immediate past governor of the state and a former senator and the current national secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) were screened in Abuja on Tuesday. They are the only two persons who had shown interest in using the ticket of party to vie for the November 11 governorship election…
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Peter Obi’s Lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu Looses Daughter
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and a Lead Counsel in the legal team of Labour Party’s presidential candidate pursuing his petition against the result of the 2023 Presidential election, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN has lost his second daughter, Nwankie Ikpeazu to the cold hands of death, newsmen report. The daughter of the renowned legal luminary was said to have passed on last week after a brief illness and her funeral Mass has been fixed for the 24th of March, 2023 at their Onitsha hometown. As condolences continue to pour in,…
Read MoreSoyinka urges US, UK, others to deny advocates of religious violence visas
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on the United States, United Kingdom and other nations to deny visas to advocates of violence in name of religion and those alleged to have rigged elections. He condemned the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200-level student of Home Economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, last year by Islamic extremists after she advised her classmates against posting religious materials on their WhatsApp page. He also called attention to the plight of Leah Sharibu only Christian girl among the Dapchi…
Read MoreIgboland And Its Hidden Tributaries (Pathways) to Atlantic -Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer
By Aloy Ejimakor It’s often said that a lie told so many times, if unchallenged, may – in the course of time and generations – begin to pass for the truth. One of such is the terrible lie and brazen propaganda, institutionally purveyed (against the Igbo) since the end of the Civil War, to the effect that Igboland is landlocked or has no access to the Atlantic Ocean. The gaslighting is so successful that vast majorities of Nigerians, including Ndigbo have accepted it as a geographical truism. Just recently, this…
Read MoreAbia: I Will Pay All Civil Servants, Pensioners’ Salary, Pension Arrears – Alex Otti
“I wholeheartedly accept your mandate to be your chief servant for the next four years.” Alex Otti, Governor-elect of Abia State. Governor-elect Alex Otti of the Labour Party has assured Abia people that his administration will unite rather than divide the state and vows to pay salaries and pensions the incumbent administration owes civil servants and pensioners. Mr Otti gave the assurance in his acceptance speech on Wednesday after he was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election. He spoke at his campaign office,…
Read MoreEkweremadu, Wife Found Guilty Of Organ Trafficking In UK
A Nigerian politician, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice has been found guilty of organ trafficking in Britain in the first case of its kind. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, wife Beatrice, 56, and ‘middleman’ Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were all found guilty of conspiring to exploit a young man from Lagos for an organ. It is the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting conspiracy. Their daughter Sonia burst out in tears as the jury, which deliberated for nearly 14 hours, cleared…
Read MoreNaira crisis: CBN Releases Old Notes To Commercial Banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is set to release all N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in its custody to Deposit Money Banks. A source at the CBN disclosed this to media on Wednesday. According to him, the apex bank has concluded plans to disburse old notes to Deposit Money Banks across the country starting from Thursday (today). He added that the development would end the two-month-long Naira scarcity in Nigeria. This comes on the heels of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, planned nationwide strike and protests in CBN offices…
Read MoreNLC, Imo Government Must Pally to End Strike
The difficult times being experienced presently by Nigerians, has assumed a more serious dimension following the industrial action recently embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Imo State Council. Labour hinged its decision on the alleged action of Imo State Government whom it accused of using “thugs” to disrupt the delegates conference of the Imo State Council of NLC. The national leadership of NLC led by Joe Ajaero, further alleged that the Imo State Government resorted to the alleged use of thugs when it allegedly failed to “influence the…
Read MoreOrlu, Orsu, Oru East: Blood Results, Blood Victory
I only know how to campaign and win votes but i don’t know how to write and rig election results. This is my assertion. Since May 2022 that i voluntarily resigned from the APC government of Imo state led by Sen. Hope Uzodimma as Special Adviser Political Matters, i have dedicated 90% of my time to the campaigns of Chief Charles Ahize. The man Ahize had wanted to run as Senator in the APC but providence ported him into Labour party which later became the rave of politics in contemporary…
Read MoreImo Govt, NLC Fight: Strike Well Deserving To Halt Uzodinma’s Meddlesomeness
By Afam Echi Strike is a phenomenon that connotes many negative implications. It is a willful effort of workers to withdraw their services in protest against actions of employers in order to drive home a demand. Strike is an ill wind that blows none any good including those who institute it. It attracts all manner of negative comments especially from all those who are hurt by it. There are always the two sides of a coin. Looking at the flip side the Imo NLC strike has some positives that is…
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