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Ihedioha’s Vindictiveness, My Late Mother’s Murder And My Eternal Problem With Ihedioha. By: Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, April 23, 2024.

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12 months agoon
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I think this is the right time for me to tell my own side of the story as Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, the former Director General of Imo PDP New Media and whom some of you ignorantly refer to the boy whom Ihedioha made.
For over three (3) years now, I deliberately refused to tell my own side of the stories as I left many of the commentators to keep guessing.
Like I have always told close people around me that I will tell my own part of the story in my unpublished book which is yet to be published but I will I leave that to tell this stories in this piece while more elaborate details would be provided in the said unpublished book.
I feel very emotional right now as I type down this piece because of today’s events where Ihedioha himself has abandoned the same PDP like I did and all the venons of this world was unleashed on me.
Some time in February 2021, I dumped the PDP and joined the ruling party APC and that was the beginning of my problems.
Before I did, my then honorable member representing my state Constituency of Aboh Mbaise at Imo State House of Assembly Hon. Eddy Edward Obinna was the very first set of people who dumped the PDP in 2020 as the #PeoplesGovernor Hope Uzodimma was sworn in on January 14, 2020.
We dumped the PDP just like Ihedioha just did because the party could no longer protect our interests.
I told people close to me that I was never going to attack the PDP or Ihedioha for anything but what did I get in return?
Ihedioha thru his media hirelings unleashed a worst media campaigns never seen before against our reputation and persons.
Ihedioha sowed hate against me and had a well funded malicious indoctrination of our people of Mbaise and sold a dummy to our people that our political decisions were made against the entire Mbaise nation.
Few hours after I released my first post on Ihedioha today, the first person to call me was Hon. Eddy Obinna and as we dissected the recent political happenings regarding Ihedioha dumping of the PDP, we were both moved to tears as we recalled that this was exactly what we did that our brother sold a dummy to our people where they called for our heads.
Since after that call was the determination to put up this article to at least tell my own part of the story.
I had no personal problem with Ihedioha whatsoever but only because I dumped the PDP, he raised malicious campaigns against me rallying up the Mbaise sentiments that my personal political decision was against the Mbaise nation.
Ihedioha and his people made it to look like we commited a sacrilege against our people.
They made it look like we commited an unpardonable sin against the Mbaise nation just because we left the PDP to seek for better political opportunities elsewhere.
The hate campaigns was roundly funded as the only thing remaining was for the entire Mbaise Nation to come out and banish us for life only because we dumped PDP.
For many years, Ihedioha indoctrinated our people to see anything outside the PDP as a taboo.
They made it look like any one who is not of the PDP persuasion is seen as an outcast thereby denying our people the privileges of dividends of the ruling party.
For 8 uninterrupted years of Governor Rochas Okorocha, Ihedioha had Mbaise nation on locked down with the PDP against the ruling party as at then and for the whole 8 years, Mbaise nation suffered untold deprivation and that was why some of us said no, we have suffered for too long playing opposition with nothing to show for it, now is the time we must play politics of the centre and reunite with the ruling party but we were marked out by Ihedioha and his goons for hate and diabolic destruction.
I have received uncountable tags and mentions from different people on the social media proposing that I deserve apologies from Ihedioha and his goons if at the end of the day, they could dump PDP this way.
For over three years, I have been fighting a war of attrition against the lies sold to our people by Ihedioha.
And I have become emotionally down because I can no longer hold back my tears reading all these letters of resignation flying everywhere.
So if Ihedioha of all people could dump PDP like this, why were we persecuted by Ihedioha by sowing seeds of discords with our people?
For more than three years, Ihedioha’s hate campaigns against me before my brothers and sisters in Mbaise have deprived me of so many things, including some marital relationships because I have been out casted by Ihedioha’s hate campaigns against me before our people.
Those hate campaigns was spread consciously everywhere, among every facet of our Mbaise nationhood that pitched people who ordinarily I have done nothing against picking quarrells against me thus marking me out to be ostracised and done worst things against including the hate campaigns that extended to my family which caused the death of my mother. (I will provide full details of this in my book; and by then, the litigation would have been concluded by the court).
Ihedioha’s hate campaigns against me set me up for destruction and caused to be seen as public enemy of my own people only because I dumped the PDP.
Then tell me why I should be happy with such a man?
Some people are even insinuating that he may be coming to APC to join us and I have commented elsewhere that nothing will ever make me to be in the same political position with Ihedioha; should Ihedioha join APC today, I will promptly resign my membership of the party and go where I will oppose him.
This is beyond politics for me.
Ihedioha took the games of politics to a diabolical dimension and sort of occutism that those who were not of the same party with him were considered actual enemies, and not just that it would be his own personal enemies but he sold the hatred on a community scale and commercial level where he caused the entire community to hate you and see you as their enemy whilst it was only Ihedioha’s personal battles.
Ihedioha’s political life wire deserves extinction, as we pray that may such a malady ever befall Mbaise again.
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Plateau killings: Declare killer herdsmen terrorists – Ex-military administrator tells FG

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2 days agoon
April 12, 2025By
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A former military administrator of Plateau State, Real Admiral Bitrus Atukum (rtd) has called on the Federal Government to declare the Fulani herdsmen attacking communities in the state as terrorists.
He said the target of the assailants is to keep the citizenry under perpetual poverty.
Atukum equally accused the killer herdsmen of “economic sabotage”, noting that they attack mostly when the planting and harvest seasons are approaching.
He equally observed that another reason for the attacks is purely land grabbing.
The retired army officer lamented that government is fighting insecurity on the Plateau with kid gloves.
Atukum’s comments followed recent killings in Bokkos LGA of Plateau State.
Ekwutosblog recalls that over 50 people were recently killed, thousands displaced and their means of livelihood destroyed in some communities of Bokkos LGA.
“The endless attacks on villages by the Fulani is a strategic act of terrorism, as such government should note this and label them as terrorists who are not only at war with armless and harmless civilians, but the country as a whole,” he said.
Atukum called on the citizens to defend themselves against the aggressors to protect their ancestral lands.
The former military administrator also decried last Tuesday’s press briefing held in Kaduna by one Garba Abdullahi Mohammed, a leader of Fulani groups.
“All these details given at that press briefing can be verified; government has relevant information as to where it can start the investigation.
“You cannot allow people under the pretext of the freedom of speech to be making this kind of statements, few days after the killings in Bokkos. These are unprovoked attacks!
“In the past, they used to say farmer-herder clash. How can you have clash in someone’s bedroom?
“Government is fighting this insecurity on the Plateau with kid gloves.
“I would have expected that on the Plateau, where you have hills and small mountains that are being inhibited by these Fulani herdsmen; what is the difficulty in ordering the army to and fish them out there?
“These people come down from these hills, commit havoc and disappear, and that is where they hide their weapons.
“So I just believe in addition to what the government is doing, they can do more,” he stressed.
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Montreal police arrested seven people who are believed to have ties to an Italian Mafia clan on Wednesday morning.

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3 days agoon
April 11, 2025By
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Six men, ages 34 to 59, and a 44-year-old woman were arrested, said the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). Around 40 officers were involved in the operation.
The arrests, which mark the final phase of the Americano Project, were made in the boroughs of LaSalle and Verdun, as well as in Brossard.
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“It’s going to hurt traditional Italian organized crime in this area,” Francis Renaud, head of the SPVM’s organized crime unit, told reporters on Wednesday morning.
“We’re used to seeing traditional Italian organized crime in the Saint-Léonard area … but in LaSalle, it’s a well-hidden stronghold.”
Who are the suspects
The seven individuals, whom Renaud believes to be the “most influential people” in LaSalle, operated under the radar, he said. They were very well-known by the LaSalle community and some of them owned businesses.
Large-scale drug trafficking of cocaine was their specialty, said Renaud, and their team would sell drugs to resellers. Their clients were from all over the province.
Francis Renaud
Francis Renaud is the head of Montreal police’s organized crime unit. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)
Renaud added that the individuals collaborated with other known criminal organizations, groups that would’ve previously been considered “enemies.”
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“In LaSalle, it’s pretty special,” said Renaud.
“The Italian organized crime [there] are not afraid to mix with other organized crime that we know, the bikers, the Irish, to make their business go on. And they’re getting along. That’s the special effect of LaSalle.”
Various charges
The suspects will appear at the Montreal courthouse by the end of the day.
Five of them are facing charges of committing an offence for the benefit of a criminal organization, drug trafficking and possession of substances for the purpose of trafficking, according to the SPVM.
Previous phases of the criminal investigation, which began in August 2023, led to the seizure in January and May 2024 of more than 32 kilograms of cocaine, over $2.2 million in cash, four kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 12 firearms and several other items of evidence, said the police.
Three individuals who were previously arrested as part of the investigation have already appeared in court and were released. Renaud said they will appear again in court “probably with slightly more severe charges” than the initial charges they were facing.He explained that Wednesday’s operation included wiretaps, video surveillance and investigators working day and night for two years.
Renaud said “of course” the organization will find replacements for those arrested, which will force his unit to launch another investigation.
“It’s our job to monitor the intel and to see [who] is coming in to take the place and do the exact same thing again, and see you guys in a year or two,” said Renaud with a smile.
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Scores forced to leave US as Trump administration revokes student visas

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3 days agoon
April 10, 2025By
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The administration of President Donald Trump has revoked the visas of hundreds of international students, forcing many to exit the US within days.
Some students reportedly received unexpected texts or emails, while others discovered their cancellations through the Federal Student Exchange and Visitor Information System.
Universities across states like California, Colorado, Ohio, and Florida reported cases, though many declined to share details due to student privacy.
According to immigration experts, the scale is unprecedented
“I’ve been doing this for 25 years and I’ve never seen 300 students lose their visas. It’s all political,” immigration attorney Len Saunders said.
Ekwutosblog reports that some visa cancellations appear linked to minor issues like traffic violations or roommate disputes, while others may be tied to participation in pro-Palestinian protests.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed responsibility for revoking no fewer than 300 visas, calling the students “lunatics” for their activism.
“Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas,” he said.
The students affected are not being detained but told to leave the country within seven days.
This development has sparked protests, including at the University of Arizona and Tufts University, where Turkish student Rumeysa Öztürk was detained despite holding a valid visa.
Colorado State University confirmed six student visa revocations, while the University of Massachusetts-Amherst said five students were affected.

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