WHAT THE MURDERED SWISS PARK HOTEL MANAGER TOLD ANAEDONLINE TV TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS WAS MURDERED.
WHAT THE MURDERED SWISS PARK HOTEL MANAGER TOLD ANAEDONLINE TV TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS WAS MURDERED.
Anaedoonline reports that an FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, presided over by Justice Ashi, Thursday, December 13, nullified the primary election that produced Prince Nicholas Chukwujekwu Ukachukwu as APGA’s senatorial candidate in Anambra South Senatorial District.
The court, in its ruling, said that the APGA primary election was inconsistent with the constitution of the party and electoral guideline.
The court also said that delegate lists used to elect Ukachukwu as flag bearer was fraudulent.
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One of the aspirants in the primary election, Dr Okey Chidolue, had approached the bench to nullify the said primary that produced Ukachukwu as the flagbearer; citing irregularities as his reason for a challenging the election.
With this judgement, APGA, presently, has no candidate in Anambra South senatorial zone.
ASUP COMMENCES STRIKE WITH FULL EFFECT
Following the commencement of nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Wednesday, our correspondent reports that different levels of compliance were observed in polytechnics across the country.
While there was full compliance in some polytechnics, the effect of the strike was mild in others.
In Osun, the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, and Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, the lecturers that were found on campus said they didn’t want to be seen as confrontational to the new administration in the state as they reached an understanding on some demands peculiar to lecturers in the state.
Speaking on the non-compliance, ASUP Chairman, Ospoly, Iree Chapter, Dr Jacob Adegbite, said, “We don’t want to disrupt the ongoing examinations of our part-time students. As soon as they complete their examinations, we will join the strike.”
The ASUP chapter Secretary in Esa Oke Polytechnic, Mr Goke Agbaje, said the institution would state its position on Friday as lecturers had not joined the strike.
Similarly, at the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, the lecturers were seen in classrooms as it was gathered that there was no union to mobilise members to join the nationwide strike.
The lecturers said their non-compliance was because of the court matter instituted against the former leadership by some aggrieved ASUP members.
In Lagos, students were seen taking examinations in the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos. The President of YABATECH chapter of ASUP, Nureni Yekini, stated that the examinations were being contacted by non-ASUP lecturers.
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Yekini said, “YABATECH is 99.99 per cent compliant with the directives of the national body. However, it will take effect gradually. Nonetheless, we have suspended all academic activities in the school. The exams that are in progress, of which two papers are remaining, would be concluded Thursday but those are the exams being invigilated by non-ASUP members.”
Similarly, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo in Ondo State and Kaduna Polytechnic students were also seen taking exams with promises from lecturers that the institution would join the strike as soon as exams were over.
Okoro Okechukwu Kizito of the Anaedoonline Kitchen has emerged the most experienced chef in a competition organized for selected students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka for the year, 2018.
The cooking competition held at the university’s main campus in Nsukka on Tuesday, December 11, was contested by 20 chefs, who were tested on their mastery of cooking art.
Anaedoonline reports that the competition which started with auditions commenced two weeks ago with 20 contestants. Out of the 20, 12 were selected after the first audition.
Eight contestants survived the second stage of auditioning among whom was Okoro Okechukwu Kizito, as the only male contestant.
At the grand finale of the contest which involved 8 contestants, they were given two hours to prepare two delicacies: a main dish and a dessert.
After the assessment by the judges, who were experienced cooks, Okoro Okechukwu Kizito was declared the winner to the delight of the audience gathered at the venue.
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Speaking after the exercise, Okoro Kizito expressed joy over the outcome of the result and thanked the organizers of the event for what he described as a heartwarming experience.
FULL DETAILS: GUNMEN KILL HOTEL MANAGER IN NNEWI (FULL DETAILS)
Tragedy struck Nnewi, the industrial city of Anambra State, as gunmen numbering about eight, invaded one Swizz Park Hotel and killed the assistant manager of Makossa Lounge of the hotel identified simply as Chukwunonso Igbokwe.
The incident occurred at the late hours of Wednesday, December 13; when unknown gunmen stormed the hotel.
Reliable source informed Anaedoonline that as soon as the gunman arrived the hotel, security man on duty went into hiding; while the gunmen went straight to the assistant manager of the hotel who was allegedly decorating the hotel with Christmas lights; and held him hostage.
It was learnt that the gunmen had demanded to see the security man; and threatened to kill the assistant manager if the security man failed to come. It was also gathered that at a point, when they could not see the security man, they shot the assistant manager and left him at the pool of his blood.
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The body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi.
As at the time of filling this report, the police authorities could not confirm the development as the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Haruma Mohammed, contacted by Anaedoonline demanded to be given time to verify.
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TEARS ROLL AS IKEDIFE WAS LOWERED TO THE GRAVE
Ikedife’s old-time associates, who converged to pay their last respect, wept visibly, and paid glowing tributes to the departed icon, describing his life and times as worthy of emulation.
Leading on the tribute was the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who described the late Ikedife as a firebrand, whose principles of leadership took Ohaneze Ndigbo to a very high pedestal within two years of his reign as Ohaneze Ndigbo president.
Represented by Ichie Damian Okeke Ogene, Anambra State chairman, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Nwodo described Ikedife as a mentor and a tutor; a nationalist par excellence, who believed in equity and fairness. He urged the present crop of leadership in Nigeria to copy his exemplary leadership style.
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Elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, who, amid tears, discussed the very recent moments he shared with the deceased, described Ikedife as a great Igboman, a great Nigerian, and a great medical doctor.
Amaechi, second Republican Minister of Aviation, also said that Ikedife was a patriotic Igbo man, who believed in one Nigeria where no part would be treated as inferior.
Another prominent Igbo man, Prof. Elochukwu Amucheazi, who also attended the burial ceremony, described Ikedife’s death as very pathetic.
“Ikedife has been our leader. He was the soul of Ndigbo; he was a dogged Igbo man. There’s hardly anything one will discuss as regards Igbo history in contemporary Nigeria without recourse to the contributions of Ikedife,” he said.
In his own tribute, the founder of Otu Suwakwa Igbo, Prof. Pita Ejiofor, recalled with nostalgia how he came in close contact with Ikedife during the formative days of the Otu Suwakwa Igbo group. He said that Ikedife was among the ten individuals that started the organization on February 14, 2006.
Visibly grieved by the development, Ejiofor, the former Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, also said that Ikedife was the only President General of Ohaneze, who kept to the contract of a single term of two years, as stipulated by the constitution of Ohaneze Ndigbo.
The Chief Medical Director of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, Prof. Anthony Igwuegbe, who also expressed grief at the passing on of Ikedife, said that the deceased was an integral part of the NAUTH family; and that he contributed a great deal to the entity called Nigeria, and further called on the Federal Government to immortalize him. He also urged the immediate family of the deceased, and the Igbo nation to stop mourning as, according to him, Ikedife left a legacy everyone should be proud of.
A Nnewi chieftain, Uchenna Maneke, in his own tribute, said that Ikedife lived a life worthy of emulation; and that he will be remembered for his life of charity and forthrightness.
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On its own tribute, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, said it was pained on receiving the news about the transition of their colleague.
Speaking through Dr. Jide Onyekwelu, Vice Chairman of NMA in Anambra State, the body described Ikedife as a teacher of teachers and trainer of trainers; adding that he was instrumental to the setting up of O & G Department of NAUTH. He also disclosed that NMA has the intention of setting up a monument for the immortalization of Ikedife.
Also, former Secretary to Anambra State Government, SSG, Ichie Okwuchukwu Ezeaku, described the deceased as a man of honor and integrity.
Ezeaku, who served under military governors in Anambra: Mike Attah, Ukaegbu, and Rufai Garba, between 1994 and
1999, said Ikedife’s struggle for Igbo emancipation will go down to the annals of history.
Chief Dr. Dozie Ikedife died at the age of 86 (August 24, 1934 – November 11, 2018).
A motorcycle rider, whose identity is yet to be established, has been killed by a commercial vehicle along Nnewi-Oba Old Road, Anambra State.
Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the incident gathered that the commercial bus driver coming from Onitsha to Nnewi knocked down the motorcyclist and his passenger, who was a retired soldier.
An eyewitness informed that the commercial bus driver was sick and might have taken a substance that made him sleep while driving.
A source said, “While the motorcyclist was speeding, the bus driver lost control of his vehicle and rammed into the motorcyclist and his passenger, while the bus fell into a gutter. The motorcyclist died on the spot, while his passenger, who was a retired soldier, sustained life-threatening injuries; and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
The passengers on the bus were also said to have sustained various degrees of injuries.
GROUP ASKS BUHARI TO SIGN DISABILITY BILL
Persons living with disabilities in Anambra State have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the disability rights bill into law.
The Chairman Joint Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPWD, Comrade Ugochukwu Okeke, who made the appeal in Awka during a roundtable meeting between Civil Society Organisations and the Media on the rights of persons with disabilities, stressed that it is imperative to give them a sense of belonging and full inclusion in
governance.
Comrade Okeke said though Nigeria had signed the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, they are still unable to access full justice mainly due to absence of adequate laws and policies that protect them.
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On his part, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs, Mr. Azuka Ofomata, who incidentally is visually impaired, noted that the challenge they face in the society was not because of their physical impairments but environmental, institutional and attitudinal barriers.
A Civil Society Activist, Prince Chris Azor, while stressing the need for a disability rights law in the state, however commended Governor Willie Obiano’s administration for its effort in improving the welfare of persons living with disabilities in the state.
Biafra: MASSOB, IPOB BLAME POLICE OVER ARREST OF “JEWISH WORSHIPERS”
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the arrest of 51 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who held procession in Jewish regalia on some streets of Umuahia, the Abia State capital.
The suspects were 10 females and 41 males, who police said disguised as Jewish worshippers to confuse the people of the state.
The Abia State Police Command had claimed they were out to cause disorder and breach the peace in the state.
But in a swift reaction, the suspects maintained that they were Jewish adherents performing one of their religious obligations of end of year procession and was not out to cause any trouble.
A statement yesterday by the leader of MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Madu, described what the people did as being in conformity with the Jewish religion and deserved the support of his group.
He said: “They are Jewish faithful in solidarity with the Biafran cause. What they did was right. We support them.
“Even the other religious bodies such as Catholic and Anglican have their own periods when they hold their own procession ceremonies. They performed their religious obligation and they have sympathy for Biafra.
“We were not involved but we support what they did.”
Earlier, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has condemned what they called “the arrest and continued clampdown on Jewish worshipers, who were doing peaceful rally and sensitisation for Biafra referendum.”