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Unwu-Ekumenyi Youths Deny Alleged Protests Against Relocation Of Ebonyi Election Petitions Tribunal. Threaten Court Action Against Members Of Ebonyi State APC Youth Wing For Impersonation The youth wing of the aforementioned socio-organization in Ebonyi state, the Unwu Ekumenyi Youths movement, has denied the report that she protested against the relocation of the Ebonyi election petition tribunal to Abuja by the President of the Court of Appeal Hon. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen; and demanded a public apology from the director of youths mobilization of APC Governorship campaign organization in the 2023 general election, Mr. Uche Ega who allegedly gave the false information. The youths charged the general public and the Nigerian Judiciary to ignore the fake report and threaten legal action for impersonation against Mr. Uche Ega. The group also stated that as a sociocultural organization, Unwu Ekumenyi was not partisan and therefore would not interfere with the internal affa...

RELOCATING EBONYI PETITION TRIBUNAL TO ABUJA, EBONYI APGA CALLS ON THE LORDSHIP TO BE FIRM AND INSIST ON JUSTICE FOR ALL.  The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in Ebonyi State has expressed unsatisfaction with the recent move of Ebonyi election tribunal to Abuja. From the press release signed by the Party Publicity Secretary, Mr. Nwanchor Chibuike. Nwanchor disclosed that the party received the news with mixed feelings of Appeal Court CJ ordered immediate Relocation Of the Ebonyi Election Petition Tribunal to Abuja. He added "Ebonyi APGA being unsatisfied with the recent developments as the reason for such a move was undisclosed by the Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla on Wednesday, 26th April 2023. As the directive has forced the shutdown of the election petition Tribunal office at the Ebonyi State Judiciary Headquarters in Abakaliki" The party therefore, call and charge Their Lordships to be impartial and unbiased in the discharge of their duti...

The Ebonyi State Election Petition Tribunal has been ordered to immediately relocate to the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal, Monica Mensem. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the directive has forced the shutdown of the election petition Tribunal office at the Ebonyi State Judiciary Headquarters in Abakaliki, as announced by the Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla on Wednesday. All procedures relating to matters before the Tribunal will continue in Abuja, according to Mr. Sekulla. He said: “The Honourable Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, President Court of Appeal – HPCA has through the Deputy Chief Registrar, Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) Headquarters Abuja, directed the relocation of EPT sitting here to FCT Abuja” “Therefore, in compliance with the HPCA directives, the petitioners, counsel to parties and general public is hereby informed via this medium that, the EPT sitting here in Abakaliki thereby cease to operate in A...

Dear Business Owners, It is a SMART choice for all businesses, service providers, and entrepreneurs to register their businesses. We incorporate your Business with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as this gives you the legal ownership and right to carry out your business operations. WHY YOU SHOULD REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS? 1. Avoidance of Personal Liabilities and Risks: Incorporating your business eliminates most of your personal liability and risks. 2. Separate Legal Entity. Your incorporated business is deemed by law to be a separate legal entity. It has rights and privileges as a human person. 3. Equity Financing. Your ability to attract investors and raise money for your business will be easier. Investors are likely to invest in a registered company rather than an unregistered business that has no formal structure in place. 4. Reputation and Prestige. Your business reputation and prestige is enhanced. The incorporation of your business can suggest that the b...

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has won the rescheduled election in the Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State. The  candidate of APGA for Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Nwobashi Joseph was declared the winner by the INEC Declaration Officer, Prof. A.O. Ibegbu, in the April 15, 2023 Rerun electio,n in the Constituency. APGA candidate polled a total of  11,890 votes to defeat his closest rival - the candidate of PDP - who got 11,150 votes. Labour Party garnered 8,076 votes. The Constituency is where the APGA Governorship candidate, Prof. Bernard Odo comes from. Congratulations to all APGA members. Better days ahead.

The Ebonyi APGA candidate for Ezza North/ Ishielu federal constituency, Hon. Joseph Nwobasi has been declared the winner of the Saturday supplementary election held in Ebonyi State. Hon. Nwobasi won with a total vote of 11,894 while the PDP candidate, Barr. Emmanuel Nwite get a total number of vote of 11, 114 while the APC candidate Mrs. Nora Alo scores a total number of 10, 383 votes. Hon. Nwobasi having certified the requirements of the law is hereby officially declared winner and returned elected as Honourable member Ezza North/ Ishielu federal constituency.

The preliminary results has shown that Hon. Nwobasi of APGA has emerge the winner of Ezza North/Ishielu seat. Final Result for Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency.  APGA. 11, 894 PDP.    11, 114 APC.    10, 383 LP.        9,  075.  INEC  rejected overvoting in some PU's meant to give APC victory. Though pressure is being mounted on INEC staff to either accept the overvoting or declare the election inconclusive again. Waiting for an official declaration from INEC!

Crisis appears to be brewing at the Ebonyi State House of Assembly following the demand by members to impeach the Speaker, Francis Nwifuru, if he refuses to resign. Nwifuru, who is also the governor-elect, has been the Speaker since 2015. A document, titled, ‘Ebonyi Speaker under fire to resign or risk impeachment,’ signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Mr Egede Sylvester, and obtained by our correspondent, said the members demanded the immediate resignation of Nwifuru and his deputy, Kingsley Ikoro, or they should face impeachment. The document quoted the Majority Leader of the House, Victor Chukwu, as having spoken on behalf of his colleagues, saying, “The members of the House are no longer satisfied with the leadership of the House under the administration of Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru and urge him to resign in his honour and for the betterment of the state Assembly and the state at large.” On his part, the Speaker, Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, sai...

Subsequent to complaints and findings on video evidence widely circulated on Friday 7th April, 2023, on social media of high-handedness, unprofessional conduct, and misuse of firearms against some policemen from Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano,  and a follow-up orderly room trial of the affected policemen by the Force Provost Marshal, three officers from the SPU Base 1 Kano have been dismissed for the offences of discreditable conduct to wit misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline, and wastage of live ammunition.  The trio, Inspr. Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sgt. Isah Danladi were attached to a musician in Kano on escort duties. In the course of their duty on Friday 7th April, 2023 at Kahutu Village, Katsina State, the officers repeatedly fired shots from their official firearms into the air despite police policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force Orders; and disregarding the possibl...

The Candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the just-concluded Governorship Election in Ebonyi State, Professor Benard Odoh has asked the Election Petition Tribunal in Abakaliki, the state capital to nullify the 2023 Governorship Election in the state. Prof. Odoh noted that the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as at the time the election was conducted in Ebonyi State. In the 37 pages of the election petition seen by our correspondent, Odoh further said that for a person to qualify to contest election for the office of Governor that he or she must be a member of a political party and be sponsored by that political party. He said the Electoral Act and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended do not permit any person who wishes or desires to contest election to the office of Governor of the States in Nigeria, including Ebonyi State, to be...

Odii, PDP Petition Tribunal, Demand Sack Of Ebonyi Governor-elect, Nwifuru The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the just-concluded 2023 general elections, Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, have asked the election petitions Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Capital, to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to the Governor-elect, Right Honourable Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, on the ground of non-qualification. They also asked the Tribunal to declare Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, the winner of the election and return him as the elected governor of Ebonyi State in the March 18, governorship election. These were some of the prayers in Petition Number: EPT/EB/02/2023 dated 6th April, 2023 and filed on 7th April, 2023, by Dr Odii and the PDP against the INEC, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru and the All Progressives Congress, a copy of which was obtained by our Reporter. The Petitioners, Mr Odii ...

12 out of 14 passengers in a white shuttle bus with registration number EBJ 350 XA has been confirmed killed following a fatal accident between the bus and a truck. The Sector Commander Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi State Uche Chukwurah who noted that the accident occurred at the Ezzillo community along the Abakaliki-Enugu highway on Tuesday, told Journalists that Ten of the victims were women while the other two were male. According to Chukwurah, the victims charted a 14-seater EBSU bus from Abakaliki to Enugu State to attend a burial before they met their untimely death. She further disclosed that the two persons that survived the accident sustained a high degree of injuries. “The accident involved a shuttle bus and truck.14 passengers were involved. 12 died: 10 females and 2 males. The 2 injured are receiving treatment at the hospital,” the sector commander noted.

Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, was detained in London, United Kingdom, where he celebrated Easter, Head, Obi-Datti Media, Mr. Diran Onifade, has revealed. According to Onifade in a statement on Wednesday, Obi was harassed by London immigration officials and placed on detention. He said Obi arrived at the Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, and joined the queue for the necessary Airport protocols when he was accosted by immigration official who handed him a detention note and told him to step aside. He was questioned for a long time and it was very strange for a man who lived for over a decade in that country. “The high implication of the offense is that the impersonator could be committing all kinds of weighty crimes and other dubious acts and it would be recorded in Obi’s name,” Onifade said. He added that since the impersonator is still at large, the scenario is unimaginable as Obi could be implicated in a ser...

The information gathered by Nwaanacho Reporters had it that a bus conveying the students of Ebonyi State University had a terrible accident this morning along the Nkalagu Abakaliki/Enugu expressway where none of the passengers survived it. Another student of Ebsu, Nnamdi Ekechi Joebliss wrote on his Facebook page "My heart goes out to everyone whose bright Tuesday was sealed off by today's darkest cloud in Abakaliki, the Capital City of Ebonyi State". "However, the panic that the victims are Students of Ebonyi State University (EBSU) is rather misleading. A reliable source reports that while the Accident involved one of EBSU's Shuttle Buses on transit along Abakaliki/Enugu Expressway, the Passengers en route who are not Students of EBSU had hired the Bus for a separate (non-academic) trip when they collided with another vehicle" May their Souls through the mercies of God, find eternal rest, Amen! Follow us for more news and updates.

EBSU Commercial bus was involved in a tragic road mishap earlier today along Abakaliki-Enugu Express Way, All Occupants Feared Dead. According to the information gathered by Nwaanacho Reporters, the bus had a head-on collision with a trailer between the Ezillo and Nkalagu axis of Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi state. The occupants of the bus were said to be mainly women(NOT EBSU STUDENTS) going for burial and were said to have all lost their lives to the tragedy. 

The All Progressives Grand Alliance senatorial candidate for Ebonyi Central and former senator, Emmanuel Onwe, shares his thoughts on the elections in his state, why he lost and his next move. You contested the senatorial election for Ebonyi Central but you lost, how will you describe the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections in Ebonyi State? There are words I’m usually reluctant to use, like the election being a rape of democracy. The dishonesty and loss of credibility by the Independent National Electoral Commission have jointly taken this nation back more than 50 years. That is the best summation of what happened on February 25. It was not an election; it was a mockery of people’s expectations and the prospects of a better Nigeria and it will take time for Nigeria to recover from it. Prior to the elections, your party raised the alarm over threats of kidnapping, harassment and intimidation of opposition politicians and their supporters in your zone, co...

Dear Business Owners, It is a SMART choice for all businesses, service providers, and entrepreneurs to register their businesses. We incorporate your Business with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as this gives you the legal ownership and right to carry out your business operations. WHY YOU SHOULD REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS? 1. Avoidance of Personal Liabilities and Risks: Incorporating your business eliminates most of your personal liability and risks. 2. Separate Legal Entity. Your incorporated business is deemed by law to be a separate legal entity. It has rights and privileges as a human person. 3. Equity Financing. Your ability to attract investors and raise money for your business will be easier. Investors are likely to invest in a registered company rather than an unregistered business that has no formal structure in place. 4. Reputation and Prestige. Your business reputation and prestige are enhanced. The incorporation of your business can suggest that the ...

The National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Ozonkpu Dr. Victor Ike Oye, has called on Nigerians to embrace peace and reconciliation to move the nation forward. In his Easter message, which was released in Abuja on Saturday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Tex Okechukwu, the APGA boss, expressed sadness at the lack of love among Nigerians, especially after the 2023 general election. Dr. Oye stated unequivocally that Nigeria, as it stood today, was greatly polarized along ethnic and religious lines, a situation he described as ' dire' for the country. He wondered why Nigeria's development "is still stalled when we have everything that would make it compete favorably with other nations of the world."   He, however, expressed optimism that our nation would make more meaningful progress if we could bury the hatchet and promote mutual coexistence, peace, and unity among our diverse ethnoreligious gro...

According to documents obtained by NwaanachoReporters, the travails being faced by Abure were self-inflicted. The embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Julius Abure ,and his national executive committee may be charged with forgery, conspiracy ,and perjury. This comes as they were indicted in a police investigation on the alleged forgery of signatures of candidates who won party primaries but had their tickets given to other persons. Abure who was suspended indefinitely by his Edo Labour Party Ward Executive for various offences such as forgery and perjury and subsequently removed as the national chairman of the party has attributed his travails to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to undermine the Labour Party Abure and his EXCO were alleged to have given the ticket of the Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde Edo federal constituency won by Imasuen Paul Murphy to former Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie. Also, the governorship ticket ...

My son, Prince Pharm. Obinna Emeka, registered pharmacist and writer was knocked down by a vehicle on April 1, 2023 at about 7.10pm at Kubwa. He was taken to Kubwa general hospital immediately and there was no medical doctor to attend to him for close to 3 hours before one doctor came and referred him to National Hospital. At National Hospital, the doctors insisted that he would not be attended to until they had his full body scan and x-ray. The body scan and x-rays Machines in the National Hospital were not working and have not been working for close to two years. He was taken to private hospital to obtain the full body scan and when my son, Pharmacist Obinna Emeka, was brought back to National hospital, it took the hospital medical team close to two hours for documentation before he was taken in for medical attention. At this time, his veins have collapsed. The medical team after watching my son gradually stopped breathing came out and announced to his friends and people ...

Ebonyi State is one of the states in the Southeastern region of Nigeria without a private radio station since its creation in 1996. However, the only radio station they have is Ebonyi State broadcasting corporation (EBBC) Salt FM 98.1mhz, and the radio Nigeria Unity FM 101.5mhz.  In the area of (EBBC) Salt FM, owned by the state government, its services have been anything that has to do with the government. The opposition has no right to advertise its services on the station. That's why during the 2023 general election, hardly you hear where EBBC is advertising opposition jiggles or any other advert. Radio Nigeria, Unity FM was doing well but not until they begin to lack maintenance, they had dilapidated structures, and the inability to fix some of those things caused more damage to the station as they lose many of their customers. Today, the joy of the people of Ebonyi state has been without bounds as they welcome the first private Radio Station in the state's Capi...

 International writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has slammed the US State Department for congratulating Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, despite a flawed electoral process. In an open letter to President of the United States, Joe Biden, Adichie referenced reports of widespread violence, ballot box snatching, voter’s intimidation, and other malpractices which marred the February 25 poll. The author also stated in The Atlantic article published on Thursday that the Independent National Electoral Commission failed to deliver on its promise to upload election results from polling units in real-time via its result viewing portal. Quoting Ned Price, the spokesperson for the US State Department, Chimamanda noted that the congratulatory statement itself mentioned that Nigerians were frustrated at the “manner in which the process was conducted and the shortcomings of technical elements that were used for the first time in a presidential election cycle”. She further ...

A Nigerian man and his wife bagged a Doctorate Degree on the same day from the College of Medicine at the University of Nigeria. A Facebook user, Priscillia Ugbagba, disclosed this on Friday, Sharing the man’s testimony he wrote, "My testimony.  My greatest  achievement ever. 2 Phd's bagged in one day. "My wife and I successfully defended our Ph.d today at the Department of Anatomy, College of medicine, University of Nigeria. " It has been a very long journey that started  almost 5 years ago, in midst of it we got married and gave birth to our son. "Challenging and daring as the big dream of both couple pursing a phd is, we over came. I will leave the long story for tomorrow. I introduce to you Dr. and Dr. (Mrs). Oviosun. #TeamNeverGiveUp." Credit: Facebook | Priscillia Funkepere Ugbagba -- Follow us for more breaking news

AWARD-WINNING Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has criticised the United States and other members of the international community for endorsing Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), describing the process through which he emerged as unlawful. Nigeria held one of its most competitive presidential elections on February 25 across all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, after which Tinubu was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). However, the manner in which the elections were conducted has come under heavy scrutiny and criticism, with the opposition challenging the process and outcome in court. Although the country’s last presidential elections were arguably the most competitive, it also recorded the lowest turn-out – only about 25. 2 million total votes were cast, even though INEC said it had distributed 87 million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Many have attributed th...

A Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki on Tuesday refused to grant the bail application filed by a politician, Chukwuma John, who is charged with alleged possession of a firearm and attempted murder. The Prosecuting Counsel, Bassy Okon, told the court that the defendant, a native of Okposi community committed the offence on 2 March, in Okposi-Okwu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of  Ebonyi State . Mr Okon, a police inspector, said the offence is punishable under the Criminal Laws of Ebonyi State. Mr John pleaded not guilty. He said he was arrested and tortured “for what he knows nothing about”. “My hands are clean. I know nothing of what I am being accused of. Please allow me to go and attend to my family because my pregnant wife’s delivery date is fast approaching,” he pleaded with the court. The Magistrate, Ojemba Isu held that the court could not grant the bail request for want of jurisdiction, adjourned the matter to 3 May for further hearing. The defence counsel, Justus...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received over 450 human rights-related cases from the February 25 and March 18 elections in which 88 people died. The human rights adviser to the NHRC’s executive secretary, Hilary Ogbonna, announced this Monday at a media briefing. The NHRC inaugurated the Mobilising Voters for Election (MOVE) on October 17, 2022. MOVE is a multifaceted and multi-dimensional programme and human rights-based campaign that seeks to facilitate access and promote the electorate’s participation in the 2023 elections. MOVE’s broad goal is to promote access, participation, credibility and accountability in the 2023 elections in Nigeria. The NHRC said it set up a National Hate Speech Register in October 2022, recording 22 hate speech cases, with investigations launched on committed before, during and after the elections. The commission revealed that 88 people died during the elections. “The emerging external threats and fear existing are insecuri...

The  fate of thousands of students due for the May/June 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Ebonyi State is in the balance following the derecognition of 345 schools by the subregional examination body. Daily Sun gathered that at least 21 of the schools were private, while the rest were public schools. The WAEC board, late last year, slammed a N500,000 fine on each of the affected schools for alleged examination malpractices and another N250,000 for supervision of external exams, amounting to N750,000. It was further gathered that the Ebonyi State Government and the 345 secondary schools de-recognized byWAEC in the state have agreed to jointly offset the N95 million fine slammed on the schools in the state by the board. There were about 466 WAEC-recognised schools in Ebonyi State before the incident last year, but about 10 others have been recognised for this year’s examination. Head of the national office of the West African Examinations...

Ifeoma, wife of Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip of the senate, is dead. Kalu announced her demise in a Facebook post on Monday. She was 61. The former governor of Abia did not give details about her death. The senator said a memorial service would be held in her honour in the US. With a heavy heart and pain, we announce the passing on to eternal glory of Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu aged 61 years,” he said. “She was a woman of virtue who was committed to the service of God and humanity. A memorial service in her honour is scheduled to be held in the United States of America (USA). “Please remember her and loved ones in prayers at this difficult period. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen.”