BREAKING Abia State PDP Governorship Candidate, Professor Ikonne is Dead

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abia, Uchenna Ikonne, has died, according to a family statement.

Mr Ikonne, an ally of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu who clinched the party’s gubernatorial ticket in 2022, passed on, on Wednesday morning at the National Hospital, Abuja, following a cardiac arrest. 

He was 65 years old.

2023: Farmers In South East Mobilize Support For Obi

 

BY OKECHUKWU OBETA, Awka, 22/1/2023

Farmers in Anambra state have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the coming 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi and his running-mate, Dr. Yusuf Baba-Ahmed Datti.

The farmers who operate under the umbrella, Innoscofarms and allied farmers have also sent their members to other South East states, including Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo to sensitise and mobilise farmers in the areas to drum support for the victory of the LP presidential candidate.

APGA Candidate For Aguata Fed Constituency, Okafor Hands Over Completed Multi-Million Naira Water Project To Alma Mater

 

Kenechukwu Ofomah

Awka

An end has finally come for the water challenges faced by teachers and students of Boys’ Secondary School, Igboukwu, as the Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA for next month’s Aguata Federal Constituency Seat election, Engr Dom Okafor has handed over a completed water harvesting/ reticulation project to the school. 

2023: Obasanjo endorsed Peter Obi to rescue Nigeria from collapse — POSN

Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has welcomed the endorsement of Labour Party (LP) candidate for next month’s Presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, by respected former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, describing it as a patriotic move to rescue the country from collapse.

My Wife Deserves Better, Actor Says As Marriage Crashes

 

Nollywood actor, Yomi Gold, has said that his marriage to his wife, Amina, has crashed.

He got married to Amina in January 2022.

The actor revealed the marriage crash via his Instagram account on Tuesday, saying that his estranged wife is a good person, who deserves someone better than him.

Ondo community cries out over herdsmen attacks, destruction of farmlands

 

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the indigenes of the Ajowa community in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Monday, cried out over the continued criminal activities of herdsmen in their community.

Breaking: Enough! IPOB warns Igbo leaders working against Obi

The Youth wing of the Indegenous People of Biafra has condemn the activities of Igbo elders and politicians who have been busy castigating and working against the emergence of Peter Obi as President of Nigeria.

Governor Ugwuanyi Grants Amnesty To 41 Repentant Militants

Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has granted amnesty to 41 youths in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state, who renounced their militant activities in the area.

The youths surrendered their weapons to the government following the peace dialogues initiated by the state government to stem the several months of civil unrest and insecurity in the council area which had claimed many lives on both sides.

Gunmen kill four persons in Anambra Community

Sqome yet-to-be-identified  assailants killed four persons in a compound at Nodu Town Square, Nodu Okpuno, near Awka, Anambra State.

NdiIgbo, 2023 and the Looming Danger. Editor

 

By Segun Adeniyi

Nothing speaks better to a time like this than the message embedded in ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’. Particularly in the Southeast. I have deployed the 18th century poem by German writer and politician, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe several times on this page. It tells a compelling story that begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving an apprentice with chores to perform. The apprentice, who had apparently observed his master at work, enchants a broomstick to help him with the task of fetching water, deploying a magic he was not yet fully trained in.