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The Supreme Court, on Monday, set-aside an interim order of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, which gave the All Progressives Congress, APC, the nod to conduct its Ward, Local Government and State Congresses in Rivers State. The apex court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Centus Nweze, faulted the appellate court for issuing an order for the stay of execution of a Rivers State High Court order that barred the APC from going ahead with its planned congress, pending the determination of a suit before it. It noted that the high court had on the basis…
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Nigeria did not go into recession because our foreign reserve was $29bn when Buhari took over Power in May 29, 2015 .(after all Nigeria’s foreign reserve was less than $5bn, with $3.2bn of this already encumbered, when Obasanjo took over in 1999 yet we never entered recession under Obj). Nigeria did not get into recession because crude oil prices fell to average of $42 per barrel within those periods with output at 2,356,000 barrel per day then. (After all the output when Obasanjo took over in 1999 was 1.67m barrels a day and crude prices was $17.39 per barrel yet…
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For the the first time since the advent of this republic, Restructuring is going to be the key issue on the ballot, especially, in Ala Igbo. No longer, will anyone come to us to tell us poppycock and lies of how he will make $1 to be equivalent to N1 or make Pms to sell for N45 a liter. If Buhari likes , let him wear ishi Agu Clothe on boxers, he will not get any vote in Ala Igbo under a free and fair election. Whatever or however, anyone may feel about MNK, he has brought something more forceful…
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I have gone through so many write-ups from some less informed and social media jobbers who have been commissioned to work on the dwindling image of Hon. Emeka Ihedioha after the conduct of the fraudulent October 1st Imo P.D.P. governorship primaries. He that goes to equity must go with clean hands, the reason for my choice of the caption of this write-up. If Imo P.D.P. delegates saw Ihedioha as the man fit for the job of liberating and governing Imo, there would have been no need for manipulating the process by smuggling in unaccredited people to cast their votes for…
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1. Nigeria today is the poverty capital of the world; 2. Nigerians are dying of both hunger and suicide of out depression 3. Unemployment rate worsening by the day; 4. Exchange rate still two times what they met; 5. Fuel price almost two times what they met; 6. Kerosene not affordable to the masses at N250 to N300/litre UP FROM N50/LITRE IN 2015, ABOUT 600% INCREASE!!! DID YOU HEAR THAT? 7. Ordinary bread has increased from N150 (in 2015) to N350 today; the last movement from N300 to N350 was in Septembers 2018; 8. Groundnut (even though it is without…
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Justice Othman Musa of Bwari High Court, FCT Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the case seeking to stop Senator Hope Uzodinma as the Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress for Imo State in the 2019 elections. This development was sequel to the resumed hearing of the consolidated suits over the Governorship candidacy of APC in Imo State at High Court 13 Bwari FCT. An eyewitness disclosed that Justice Othman Musa gave a bench ruling adjourning the matter indefinetly on strength of a petition against him by one Bisike Chinaka claiming to be State Deputy Chairman of the ruling APC in Imo…
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Hearing continues today 23rd October, 2018 in the case filled by Senator Hope Uzodinma restraining APC from announcing another person other than him as the flag bearer. While the Counsel to Mr. Uche Nwosu prayed the court to join him as APC candidate in the suit with regards to the second congress conducted which was granted. An Abuja High Court had earlier recognized Senator Hope Uzodinma as the candidate of the party for the 2019 Imo governorship election. The court, which was presided over by Justice O.A Musa said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must also recognize only…
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The Clear and Present Danger of power going back to the North because they simply believe they own Nigeria, and particularly the Greater Danger of power in the hands of Muhammadu Buhari a man of low intellect, limited education and fixed tribal and ethnic considerations, were all that I Harped upon from 2013 to 2015. Particularly the issue of a Buhari who never rose beyond a tiny aperture of world view that centered on Islam and Fulani irredentism.. I wrote in 2014, inter alia and many people would recollect on all of the antecedents of a Buhari, the mentally lazy…
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There is a predictable and foreseeable Tsunami that shall soon hit the Imo State political landscape , especially , the All Progressives Congress , APC Agburu camp of the governor , His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha ; aftermath his Friday’s visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa , Abuja , for the sole aim of beckoning on the Presidency to lend credence to the governorship aspiration of his son-inlaw , Ugwumba Uche Nwosu . 4thEstateReporters.com ‘ authoritatively ‘ gathered from a source close to the governor that while governor Okorocha had spent over 10 days in Abuja in…
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1. My administration would consider concessioning to private sector segments of the national grid under some form of PPP over a period of time. 2. We shall increase power generation by ensuring full participation of private sector. We shall issue licences to enable the private sector invest in mini-grid capabilities to service local communities or local govts, states, regions or target industrial clusters. 3. Our electricity generation plan shall be diversified to include clean energy – hydro, solar and nuclear – in addition to natural gas. As you may be aware, the transmission infrastructure of the power sector is ageing…
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The consumer price index, which measures inflation, stood at 11.28% in September from 11.28% recorded in August on a year-on-year basis, data from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. Going by the inflation report released by the bureau on Tuesday, this is the second consecutive month of inflation rise after 18 consecutive months of decline. “On a month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 0.84 percent in September 2018, down by 0.21 percent points from the rate recorded in August 2018 (1.05) percent,” the report read. “The urban inflation rate increased by 11.70 percent (year-on-year) in September 2018 from…
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Nigeria has a comprehensively developed Integrated Infrastructure Development Master Plan that require consistent investment/capital projects injection of over $3trillion/N915trillion over the next 20-30 years to bring her even to the level of the second world countries. A master plan that was abandoned by the Buhari government for a cronysm laden mediocre governance that foists poverty and misery on the populace. As currently structured, Nigeria cannot muster the critical funding requirements to execute her huge huge infrastructure deficit through the fiscal revenue mobilization sources available to the three tiers of government. Her inability to mobilize the needed non-fiscal capital is directly…
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“…..History never dies and the truth is always constant.” For the avoidance of doubt the following are the legacies of retired General Mohamadu Buhari as the maximum ruler of Nigeria between 1983 and 1985 and as the Executive President of Nigeria since 2015. All of these atrocities are in public domain, but it is important that once again, they are recorded for history. 1. Buhari’s overthrowing of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in 1983 was to checkmate the possible angst against the ruling oligarchy who are of his ethnic stock and keep the rest of Nigeria in bondage 2.…
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I’m frankly not excited about an Atiku Abubakar presidency. In a previous widely shared Facebook status update, which I developed into a full-length article titled “There Must be an Alternative to Buhari and Atiku” for my December 16, 2017 column, I dismissed Atiku as a cancerous old stager who is indistinguishable from Buhari. I also advocated a third force that is neither Atiku nor Buhari, which former president Olusegun Obasanjo quoted in his famous public letter to President Buhari. Nevertheless, if I have to choose between Atiku and Buhari, I’d choose Atiku with a lot of hesitation. There is no…
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In what appears to be a direct response to the feeble opposition of the Ebonyi State governor, Chief Dave Umahi, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked Ndigbo to accept the choice of Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, as running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in order not to upset the political arrangements ahead of the 2019 general elections. President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo body, Chief John Nwodo, made the appeal in a telephone interview with Sunday Vanguard, yesterday. He spoke against the backdrop of…
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We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) find it beneath contempt that a failed governor and a stooge of the northern cabal in the person of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu will callously seek to endear himself to the traumatised Afaraukwu community by mouthing what amounts to gibberish before a rented crowd of hungry individuals as part of his efforts to get re-elected in 2019. Not only is Okezie Ikpeazu a congenital liar and coward, he is criminal in receipt of stolen goods from the palace of Eze Israel Okwu Kanu. IPOB Intelligence Unit is in receipt of incontrovertible photo and video…
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South East leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have nothing against the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election, this paper has reliably gathered. They are said to be peeved, instead, by the role of the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in Obi’s emergence. The Governor was alleged to have insulted the South East and threatened to deal with the party leaders in the region for allegedly betraying an understanding he allegedly reached with them to vote for the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal,…
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Shortly after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar became the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 6, party members and other stakeholders began to recommend running mates for him and a short list began to feature on the front pages of Nigerian newspapers. Some of the names that were mentioned included former Governor Peter Obi, former CEO/Managing Director, Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) – Mustapha Chike-Obi, former Minister of Agriculture and AfDB President – Akin Adesina, former Minister of Finance and Supervising Minister of the Economy – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former CBN Governor -Charles Soludo, and Deputy Senate…
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he will wholeheartedly support PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to electoral victory in 2019. Speaking at the Government House Port Harcourt on Sunday during a Special Thanksgiving Service for the successful hosting of 2018 PDP National Convention, Governor Wike declared that at the convention he promoted the candidature of Sokoto State Governor, Rt Hon Aminu Tambuwal , but accepts the choice of the party as the way forward. He said: “I supported the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal fully. I have no regrets for my support for Tambuwal. “But the…
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Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, is rallying south-east leaders to back the choice of Peter Obi as the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), TheCable understands. Both men were top favourites considered by Atiku Abubakar as running mate in the 2019 presidential election, with Obi getting the nod. However, south-east political leaders, comprising the zone’s PDP governors, national assembly caucus, board of trustee members and other party leaders, rose from a meeting on Saturday complaining that they were not consulted over the choice of Obi, a former governor of Anambra state. An insider at the meeting said Ekweremadu…
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When I encountered the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, in Abuja about three weeks ago at his hotel room, he was discussing with an estate agent who was trying to secure for him accommodation to rent at his personal expense. Coming at a period in which many of his colleagues have bastardised section 124 (subsection 5) of the 1999 Constitution which deals with the remunerations (including gratuity) of governors and deputy governors, Obi has proved to be refreshingly different. And on a day such as this, he provides a ready example of the kind of moderation…
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An Abuja High Court has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting the name of any other person except Senator Hope Uzodimma as winner of the Imo State Governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which held on October 1, 2018. Justice O. A. Musa who gave the restraining order on Tuesday, also restrained INEC (2nd Respondent) in the case from processing or publishing the “name of any other person other than Senator Hope Uzodimma from the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the gubernatorial candidate for Imo State Governorship election for 2019” pending the determination of the…
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•Why presidency took action – top source •PDP, ex-Minister Fani-Kayode kick, fault ban A former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), 13 former governors and seven ex- ministers have been barred from travelling out of the country under Executive Order 6 (EO6) issued yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The restriction followed the judicial affirmation of the constitutionality and legality of the Executive Order 6 (EO6). The watch-list and restriction were put in place pending the conclusion of the cases against those affected. Also on the watch list seen last night by The Nation are: ex-governors Saminu Turaki (Jigawa), Murtala…
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Anthony NZ. Sani is the Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). In this interview with NOAH EBIJE in Kaduna, Sani said it was not surprising that Northern elders are not in support of the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2019, pointing out that Northerners have never spoken with one voice on partisan politics since in the first republic. The ACF scribe also spoke on other national issues. 2019 politics is heating up the polity as more presidential aspirants are embarking on nationwide consultations with stakeholders. What do you have to tell the aspirants as a concerned…
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It is no longer news that the 1st October PDP IMO state gubernatorial primary election that produced Rt hon. Emeka Ihedioha as winner, is now subject to litigation. I am of the firm opinion that, often, the problem is not necessarily from the leaders, but as a result of the sycophantic, eye service and ego tripping traits of the followers and media tigers. This is why we are where we are today. Inasmuch as it is incumbent on Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha as the declared winner to be magnanimous in victory and carry everybody along, Atiku’s victory and leadership style…
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Delivering judgement against the APC, Justice Chinwendu Nwogu declared that the ward congresses of Rivers State APC were illegal. A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, yesterday, nullified the nomination of Tonye Cole as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on the ground that his nomination was a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts. The court also quashed the state APC senatorial, House of Representatives and House of Assembly primary elections on the premise of the illegal ward congresses. It further nullified the elections of Rivers APC ward executives, local government executives and…
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I was in a seminar in May this year where Atiku was present. He was asked to tell Nigerians how he planned restructuring Nigeria in the first one year in practical ways not just rhetorics. I was marvelled how Atiku responded. Atiku said that restructuring Nigeria is not rocket science. He made it categorically clear that the first major step at restructuring the country is to DECONGEST THE EXCLUSIVE LIST—handing over some of federal government responsibilities to states through constitutional amendment. He went further by saying that through the same constitutional amendment, some of the states responsibilities will be given…
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When you hear any of the closet BMC apostles lament…. “Ohhh they are now all Atikulating , just like Nigerians got carried away by Saint Buhari lies in 2015”.. Please don’t mind them. Don’t ever listen to such manipulations. No good student of History, who was an adult and experienced the havoc Buhari wrecked on Nigeria between December 1983 to August 1985 as Head of State, would have spared a thought of electing the Daura disaster to Preside over a 21st Century Nigeria in 2015. I was a young boy, leaving primary school and heading to secondary school when the…
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There has been this beautiful argument on why ndigbo should allow the southwest have a double header as VP for both the APC and the PDP. It is the sort of argument that many would dismiss as a beautiful nonsense. Yet, it is gaining traction and should not be denied access to publicity anymore. One must confess, the argument is fairly compelling. But it certainly falls short of some critical benchmarks. After the 2015 Presidential Election, which the PDP lost, the Party (PDP) set up a postmortem and reorganising committee headed by the Deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. That…
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Godfather of Lagos State politics, has every reason to give Buhari “an Ambode treatment.” The Atiku Challenge is real and bankable. The only option available to the incumbent is rigging! There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as its flagbearer, with a curious vote tally of 14.8 million.…
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..NASARAWA LAWMAKER, KASIMU, GTC SAMUEL, JEFF NWOHA TO MOBILIZE “YAN” MEMBERS ACROSS IMO, NORTH CENTRAL IN ABUJA. There is a strong indication that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has mobilized hired youths from Imo and north central to protest in Abuja against the removal of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu as Governorship candidate of APC for Imo State. An insider source who disclosed this said that a lawmaker in the Nasarawa state House of Assembly and member of Uche Nwosu’s “Youth Ambassadors of Nigeria (YAN)”, Hon Kasimu Muhummed Kasimu is leading youths from the North Central while one GTC Samuel…
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An Abuja High Court has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting the name of any other person except Senator Hope Uzodimma as winner of the Imo State Governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which held on October 1, 2018. Justice O. A. Musa who gave the restraining order on Tuesday, also restrained INEC (2nd Respondent) in the case from processing or publishing the “name of any other person other than Senator Hope Uzodimma from the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the gubernatorial candidate for Imo State Governorship election for 2019” pending the determination of the…
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JUSTICE Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole be served with an application brought before the court by an anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei seeking an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and commence criminal proceedings against Oshiomhole over allegations of financial fraud. The Judge, who also ordered that the anti-graft agency be also served with the court process, stressed that the service be done within five days from October 9, 2018, when the order was made. Bishop Ochei’s…
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I have not lost the steam, I am currently dissecting issues thru surgical means to eliminate polluted areas. It is not over until it is truly over. Whenever a man lives in absolute denial, he tends to overlook the warnings of the gods. The spirit that mingles amongst the living, is either a victim of accident or household enemy. I have said this times without number, that Imo state must be rescued. But that can only be achieved thru concerted and popular efforts. The political situation in Imo today, portends great danger and a direct threat to our collective existence.…
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Welcome to a new Legislative Day in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria! Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, led the Principal Officers into the chambers; took the official prayers; and began the day’s proceedings at 11:05am. *EXECUTIVE SESSION* Senate moved into an Executive Session at 11:09am and resumed at 11:25am. Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki reported that at the Executive Session the Senate deliberated on the workings of the Nigerian Senate in particular and the National Assembly in general. Senator Babajide Omoworare moved for the approval of votes and proceedings II of Tuesday, 24th July, 2018.…
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Photo: Ahmad Lawan, leader of the APC caucus in the senate, with Saraki during a meeting at the senate president’s office on Tuesday Although the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed its members in the senate to oust Senate President Bukola Saraki, OblongMedia understands that the senators are more interested in restoring peace to the upper legislative chamber than doing the party’s bidding. Saraki has been under pressure to step down since he defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the APC. Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the APC, had asked senators of the ruling…
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There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as its flagbearer, with a curious vote tally of 14. 8 million. President Buhari and his supporters have continuously left no one in doubt that they intend to have a second shot at power and office. The number of party members across Nigeria…
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This is the 26th year since Atiku Abubakar first tried to be President. In those all those years, he has already tried four times. Only once, in 2007, did he ever get his party’s ticket. In February 2019, he will be a party’s presidential candidate for only the second time ever. By election date, Atiku would have clocked 72. Were he to contest and lose again, he would be 76 by the peak of the next election cycle. No Nigerian that old can ever be freshly elected into the country’s highest ever office. So, this is his last chance. This…
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APGA , Anambra Progressive Grand Alliance? Some fast talking Swift acting guy men from Anambra State came into Owerri and ripped off the purses of our own. Billions of naira left Owerri for Awka. Each male from Awka got a fair share. 19 aspirants bought nomination forms at 22million naira each. Do the calculation. You will get over 400mn More than 120 contested for the 27 slots in HOA. They coughed out a million naira each. Just add this up. You have 120mn 66 forms were sold for the available 10 seats of HOR. Each form was sold at 5million…
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At about 1 am. on Sunday morning, as voting by delegates at the PDP primaries was about to start, Retired General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau arrived at the stadium. Immediately many people saw him, they knew something was going to shift in one of the candidates favour. Lt General Gusau (retired) is not one of the Five Generals but he’s regarded as the core Man Friday of those Generals and one of the most important and feared power brokers in Nigeria. Perhaps, you won’t be wrong in calling him the sixth General. He was Chief of Army Staff during General Abacha’s…
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One of the biggest mistakes this country ever made was to allow APC to come into power in Nigeria. It must be sent packing in 2019. The PDP dodged a bullet; a bomb even with the conduct of its presidential primaries a few days ago. This was conducted in a calm, serene and collected manner. There were no riots. No bombs went off to mark the process as “do or die.” Nobody got killed, maimed or injured. The party did not find it necessary to insult the intelligence of Nigerians by boasting that it now has millions upon millions of…
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IF THE BIBLE WERE TO BE WRITTEN IN OUR TIME, THE STORY OF ATIKU COULD HAVE BEEN THUS 1. In the seventh year that king Obasanjo reigned over the kingdom, a great trouble broke out in the land. For when his time was come nigh that he may descend from the throne that he called unto himself noble men in the land. 2. And he declared unto them saying: “Now that my days on the throne are few, allow me therefore to rule over thee for another four years”. 3. And he gathered together of them that maketh laws in…
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I have to come to the point like a woman who had lost it all. A woman who lost her husband and all her kids in a gruesome fire, decided to end it all by choosing a better poison. She had the choice to choose the one that kills faster or the one that kills slow, or to just commit suicide; by either jumping to her death or by hanging . Like this woman , we Nigerians are faced with the option to choose our poison between Buhari and Atiku . This poison is not of death but of a…
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A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asserted that Nigeria needs people like former vice president, Atiku Abubakar to make life more meaningful for Nigerians. In a letter to felicitate with the former vice president on his 70th birthday, Tinubu described the Turakin Adamawa as a man of faith, saying faith has kept him going and waxing strong. In the letter he personally signed, the former Lagos governor urged Atiku to accept that “there is a tide in the affairs of men”. b]Tinubu wrote: “I write to felicitate with you on the attainment of…
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Outgoing Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has regretted the failure of Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, to emerge as the PDP presidential candidate at the party’s national convention held in Port Harcourt on Saturday. He also threatened to leave the party. Mr Fayose, in a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, said he supported his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike, to ensure the emergence of Mr Tambuwal. Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku picked the PDP ticket for the presidential race after scoring 1,532 votes to floor Mr Tambuwal who got 693 votes. Mr Fayose, while reacting to the outcome of the primary…
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…says he ‘ll restructure Nigeria first year in office South East Coordinator Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organization, Hon Greg Egu says he wouldn’t have stayed put with the PDP presidential candidate for twenty years if he is an ethnic or religious extremist, impervious to other people’s sensibilities, feelings, aspirations and interests. On the contrary, Alhaji Atiku he said is a humane, kind hearted, sensitive responsive and detribalized leader filled with milk of human kindness who sees Nigerians as one people and treats everyone equally irrespective of religion or ethnicity. Hon Egu who spoke during a media parley in his…
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Senator Hope Uzodinma has been reaffirmed by the APC national as the authentic Imo State flag-bearer for the 2019 general election for the All progressives Congress (APC). Senator Uzodinma was winner of the Oct 1st Ahmed Gulak chaired primary election in Owerri where he scored the maximum 423, 895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Prince Eze Madumere who scored 128,325 votes. Governor Rochas Okorocha’s annointed successor and son-in-law, Hon. Uche Nwosu came a distant with 10,329 votes out of the nine contestants. Governor Okorocha went ahead to conduct his own kangaroo primaries in which he declared his son in inlaw…
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The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has taken exception to the result of the purported governorship primary election rerun, where the unknown persons parading themselves as committee apportioned votes to him, describing same as monumental fraud. He described the action of Governor Rochas Okorocha led election committee as not only mischievous but morally unacceptable. Prince Madumere reminded the purported committee of the resolution of Imo All Progressives Congress Stakeholders (Coalition) not to go into any repeat of primary elections owing to the fact that the leadership, aspirants and members of the our great party were never consulted…
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The Convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday congratulated Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate. According to Bakare, Atiku’s victory would make the 2019 election keen and interesting. Bakare, Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, spoke to newsmen in Ikeja after making a speech on Nigeria’s 58th Independence anniversary in his church. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Atiku, a former vice-president, was declared winner at his party’s convention in Port-Harcourt early Sunday. He polled 1,532 votes to defeat his closest rival, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State (693 votes) and…
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WIFE of the president, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has lamented over what she described as impunity of the highest order in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the conduct of the parties primaries. Mrs Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President delivering her vote of thanks after being conferred with Doctor of Philosophy at Sun Moon University, South Korea. Mrs Buhari has specifically accused the National Chairman of the APC Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of allegedly being behind the impunity in the party and called on Nigerians to resist it. The First Lady who has expressed her anger on the way…
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara expressed confidence former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to provide the right leadership that would revive Nigeria and stimulate growth. Recall that Atiku on Sunday emerged the Presidential flag bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2019 general election. In a congratulation message, the Speaker charged the Presidential hopeful to ensure that unite other aspirants towards the success of the party. Dogara in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan said that with proper strategies and consensus, the PDP will win…
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Saraki has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will not disintegrate following former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as the Presidential flag bearer of the party, at the just concluded national convention of the party held in Port Harcourt. Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu, and made availabe to DAILY POST on Monday morning, said that those hoping that the opposition party will be rocked by crisis had already miscalculated, vowing to do all within his power to ensure PDP’s victory in 2019. The lawmaker also commended the delegates to…
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Ibrahim Babangida, former military ruler, has stated why he is now supporting the candidature of Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Mr Babangida, fondly called IBB, declared his support for Mr Abubakar after the latter emerged victorious at the elective presidential primary of the PDP in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Abubakar, popularly known as Atiku, defeated 11 aspirants of the party to clinch the ticket. He will then have to slug it out with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari who is seeking a second term in office in the 2019 general elections. Babangida who had…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to give return tickets to three of the losers from Sunday’s presidential primary. They are: Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso. Vanguard reports the three men have been gifted tickets for the Sokoto governorship, Kwara Central and Kano Central Senatorial positions respectively. The tickets were given to them, after the names previously listed for the above positions were dropped. Atiku Abubakar emerged winner of the primary conducted in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The former vice-president won by a landslide, garnering 1,532 votes. Saraki…
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Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not fair to aspirants who partook in its primaries across the country. President Buhari emerged unopposed in a direct primary election, but the exercise in some states was marred by controversies. Commenting via Twitter on Sunday, the president’s wife expressed her disappointment over the way APC, led by Adams Oshiomhole, conducted the primaries. “It is disheartening to note that some aspirants used their hard earned money to purchase nomination forms, got screened, cleared and campaigned vigorously yet found their names omitted on Election Day, these forms…
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A nightmare for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has emerged the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general elections. •1st – He emerged after the National Convention ended in Port Harcourt on Sunday October 7, 2018, polling 1,532 votes. •2nd – Governor of Sokoto State and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal gave a good fight, but polled 693 votes to finish second. •3rd – Third position went to Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki -with 317 votes. •4th – Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso finished…
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It was a Super Saturday and Sunday…The Peoples Democratic Party has just concluded the Presidential Primaries for the 2019 elections….The Victor has emerged, the Wazirin Adamawa has just won a very tight three horse race…. This is the First for the former Vice President to be given the PDP presidential ticket and as one of its founding members, save the many defections he became notorious for, he now has a very formidable structure through which he can pursue his Presidential Ambition….. Now we have a perspective, it would be a straight battle between the Incumbent, President Buhari and a former…
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I’m frankly not excited about an Atiku presidency. In a previous widely shared Facebook status update, which I developed into a full-length column (see link in comment section), I dismissed Atiku as a cancerous old stager. I also advocated for a third force that is neither Atiku nor Buhari, which Obasanjo quoted in his last public letter to Buhari. Nevertheless, if I have to choose between Atiku and Buhari, I’d choose Atiku with a lot of hesitation. There is no question that Buhari is the absolute worst president Nigeria has ever had the misfortune to be burdened with. He is…
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This report explains why the crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, may not be about to abate, especially as leaders of the party accuse the national headquarters of meddlesomeness. As of yesterday, the party was battling to resolve the crisis it created. It was perhaps reflective of the critical pressure facing the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the party leadership recently directed its administrative staff not to acknowledge letters or petitions sent to the national secretariat by protesting aspirants in the party. Strange? Wait for more. A PROGRESSING CRISIS “We understand that they were told…
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The Red Dragons, Tigers and Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) – these are just some of the armed groups which have sprung up to fight for independence in English-speaking parts of Cameroon, posing a major security threat to Sunday’s elections, in which President Paul Biya, 85, is seeking to extend his 36-year rule. In the absence of reliable opinion polls, it is impossible to gauge the level of their support but the authorities’ brutal crackdown has only pushed more of the local population into the arms of the separatists, analysts say. The militias, formed in the past 12 months, have made…
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For Twelve years, PDP has not been able to win governorship election in Imo State, and this has been because of interference from certain quarters. Ihedioha as the Former deputy speaker who worked behind with Tambuwal (APC) against Goodluck Jonthan was given the ticket in 2014 and he wasted it even with all the paraphernalia of office. With all the federal might as No 6 man in Nigeria, he could only win 4 LGAs out of 27. Imo people have continued to reject his arrogance and repulsive personality, even within the Mbaise Nation. PDP is about to lose its favour…
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…When in 2014, he was asked about his successor, Fashola said he was not worried yet at the same time expressed concern. “I hope, firstly, that the next person is a lot better than me. I hope that he can do in four years what we did in eight years, and that can only be beneficial to all of us. We want somebody who can do these things in a shorter time and make all of the things we have done child’s play. That is why I said I don’t want to be the best governor of Lagos State. The…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the bastion of hope for Nigerians to achieve economic growth; the only party with national clout and capacity to defeat the All Progressive Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. The odds are in favour of the PDP which has been tipped to win the 2019 presidential election, however its choice of presidential flag bearer is crucial. The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU), the consulting arm of The Economist magazine (which endorsed President Buhari in 2015) and a global bank HSBC released reports which categorically stated that that Mr Buhari would…
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 Ahead of the Presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) coming up in Port-Harcourt the capital of Rivers State this Saturday, the aspiration of the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki is rated to be far above those of the 12 other contestants in the race . The rating of Saraki’s chances in the race above others as explained in a book titled : ” Saraki… man wey sabi the way” , hinge on his hybridity as a person with biological links to the two divides of the country i. e , the North and South and…
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“The Caliphate Operated Unitary Nigeria under the Rogue 1999 Constitution, is an adverse Suzerainty and Occupation, forcefully suppressing the Sovereignty of the Indigenous Peoples of Nigeria, just as the British Suzerainty did, during the nearly 100 Years of British Colonization between the 1860s and 1960” – LNC, July 4, 2011. As the distressed Constituent Component Nationalities of Nigeria, Entrapped in a Union of Death and Attrition, struggle to extricate their Peoples and Territories from the failed Lugardian Experiment of 1914 that goes codename “Nigeria”, it is pertinent to beam the searchlight into the true nature of the monster they are…
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• “Aku ruo uno principle – Come Let’s Build Our Home” By a stroke of luck, you Igbos barely escaped being drowned by the Oba of Lagos in 2015. It was by the special mercy of God that all of you in Lagos survived that ‘near miss’ incident. Immediately after the 2015 elections and as soon as Buhari was ‘elected’, in their phone chat leaked to the public, Alhaji Faruk and Kunle told you Igbos everything they will do to you and how they will build a super powerful north-west and south-west co-economy, to the exclusion of you Igbos. Earlier,…
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The presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said Nigerians who voted President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 had been shortchanged because instead of the President, a few people who constituted themselves as a cabal had been ruling them. Saraki, who is also the Senate President, spoke while addressing PDP delegates in Oyo State during a meeting where he solicited their votes. He argued that a few influential world Presidents who had visited Nigeria under the present administration did not stay beyond a few hours because they were convinced that their host did not understand their mission…
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Twenty-one senators currently receiving pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors. The current senators who once served as governors are Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Kabiru Gaya of Kano, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa, Sam Egwu of Ebonyi, Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara, Joshua Dariye of Plateau Jonah Jang of Plateau, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ahmed Sani Yarima of Zamfara, Danjuma Goje of Gombe, Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe, Adamu Aliero of Kebbi, George Akume of Benue and Isiaka Adeleke of Osun. The former deputy governors in…
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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as the country has become more divided due to leadership failure that has polarised the citizens along ethnic, religious and political lines. Dickson made the assertion while speaking on the 58th independence of Nigeria and the 22nd anniversary of the creation of the state in a media chat at the Government House in Yenagoa on Monday evening. The governor, who described the current state of affairs in the country as unfortunate, expressed regret that Nigeria was still contending with basic issues of unity, justice…
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Senator Dino Melaye was on Tuesday affirmed as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flagbearer for Kogi West senatorial district for the 2019 general election. There was a twist in the primary as four other contenders in the race were not cleared by the party screening committee while two others stepped down for the Senator who just returned from the APC to the party. Those who stepped down for Melaye were former commissioner of local government and chieftaincy affairs, Tolorunjuwon Faniyi and the current Reps member representing Kabba/bunu/ ijumu federal constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf. Those not cleared for the primary included…
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Senator Hope Uzodinma has defeated Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son in-law, Uche Nwosu to win the All Progressive Party’s gubernatorial ticket for next year’s election. Senator Uzodinma polled 423,895 votes to pick the party’s ticket in the election conducted on Tuesday. Nwosu came seventh with just 10, 329 votes. The result was signed by the returning officer, Ahmed Ali Gulak. Meanwhile, It was widely reported that Gulak has disappeared after declaring the winner of the primary election in the state. This was after he had addressed newsmen about 11.30 Monday night, where he announced the postponement of the election to Tuesday.…
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Nigerian Christians in Diaspora, under the umbrella of Coalition for Godly Change (CGC), have said they will no longer standby and do nothing to stop Nigeria from degenerating into a banana republic. They said this on Monday while briefing the press at the end of a meeting with leaders of various local Christian groups in Abuja. According to Prof. Adeniyi Ojitiku, Convener of CGC, Nigeria has experienced setbacks in its state of internal security and cannot afford to continue doing ‘business as usual.’ He also said ethnic partisanship and sycophancy in the distribution of political power and in the observance…
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What is the point of being richer than a State if you have not used your wealth to eradicate extreme poverty around you. Bill Gates is “richer” than Nigeria, he is paying for vaccines and polio eradication in Nigeria. Show me the free school you have built for the poor masses of Lagos State? Show me any research into any life killing menace like Malaria or Tuberculosis you Tinubu is funding? Yet you boost, you are richer than Osun State. ….you should see these, A. Stanford University was built by Laland Stanford, a railroad magnate, U.S. Senator & former California…
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•Insists on his Declared Result Chairman of APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Ahmed Ali Gulak has said it was inappropriate to suspend an election whose results have been declared and a wimner declared. Reacting to the decision of the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Tuesday to suspend the election, Gulak said the only option available in the circumstance was for anyone who is aggrieved with the result he announced channel such grievances through appeals and the party’s internal mechanism. Gulak insists that elections held in Imo State and having collated the results,…
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•DIRECT CULT BOYS TO SHOOT UZODINMA, MADUMERE, IMO VOTERS ON SIGHT. The last may not have been heared as violence was said to have erupted in various Wards in the state over the conduct of APC governorship primary. This followed a matching order issued by Governor Rochas Okorocha and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu respectively to kill, maim and destroy any person that will vote against them in the ongoing exercise. In a telephone chatt with a former Commissioner in the state, who is a factional APC state Organizing Secretary (names withheld), he regretted that Governor Okorocha crossed bounds by ordering…
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In a shocking development, the distinguished Senator Samuel Anyanwu has rejected the outcome of the PDP governorship primaries which held on Monday. Addressing his supporters, Anyanwu alleged the issue of over voting. A statement signed by the Senator Anyanwu reads: “Thank you immensely for your unflinching support before and during the just concluded Governorship primary election. Though the election may have come and gone, but my reservation about the issue of over voting which made it impossible for your vote to count will remain in the front bunner of my political steps. I therefore, urge you all to remain calm…
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When will Lagos State be free of one man’s messianic mentality? Who will liberate the state from Bola Tinubu’s suffocating grip? Who will free Lagos, our dear Lagos, and its people from this modern-day slavery by one individual who is playing God? Is there no man courageous enough to fight the fight of his life to free Lagos from this imprisonment? Is every Lagosian a frightened coward, or just an impotent enabler of Tinubu’s overreach? Is there no one man enough to tell Tinubu that enough is enough? Why are Lagosians sheepishly following this man whose moral standing and character…
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With the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) a few days away, signs are beginning to emerge about the chances of the 12 aspirants locked in the race for the ticket. The front runners appear to be Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Senate President Bukola Saraki. Also in the race are Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki (SAN), Senator David Mark, Senator Jonah Jang and Dr. Datti Baba Ahmed. Atiku Abubakar Atiku who has assembled a formidable campaign team, …
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Dear Delegates, I write to you at this auspicious time in the history of our great party and dear State with a heart full of thanks to Almighty God. History has provided us with an opportunity to be agents of change in bringing our State back back on track after a horrible and excruciating experience in the hands of the present APC led government. I have traversed the nooks and crannies of the State to meet with you and other party members, leaders and stakeholders on my desire and commitment to present myself for the service of our great party…
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You are a Nigerian with a university exposure. You read how Muhammadu Buhari executed a military coup against a democratically elected govt on 31st December 1983, locked up the Christian-Igbo born vice president, late Dr Alex Ekwueme in Kirikiri prison but left the main President, Shehu Shagari, a Fulani Muslim like himself, in a palatial apartment in the name of house arrest. You’ve heard and read how the same Buhari jailed journalists back then simply for publishing stories his govt considered embarrassing, made life a living hell to the point that Nigerians had to que to buy ordinary bread and…
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The announcement by INEC,that the Osun state election conducted on Saturday, 22nd September 2018, was inconclusive and the fixing of 27th of September for a so called rerun, is a dangerous subversion and travesty of the electoral process, a blow to our hard earned constitutional democracy and an ominous sign of the farce to expect in 2019-subversion of the people’s will. INEC has earned for itself the inglorious reputation of holding inconclusive elections (Kogi, Bayelsa,et al); and working in cahoot with the ruling APC party, always eager to do its dirty electoral bidding, to commit daylight robbery of votes. This…
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The tinge of drama characterizing the political hemisphere in Imo State took another shape on Tuesday when the much awaited judgment to decide the fate of the embattled Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere was delivered. After hearing parties involved in the case, two weeks ago, the judge reserved date for the judgment. Recall that few months ago, after a battle to survive impeachment failed, Madumere was removed by the members of the Imo State House of Assembly. His position was about to be taken over by Callistus Ekenze, who until his nomination as the Deputy Governor designate,…
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Afro Beat Maestro and Music Legend, our own FELA (Abami Eda), in one of his numerous classics dropped a song titled “Double Wahala for Dead Body”. In the song, he said that when a dead body is being conveyed for burial and on the way the Ambulance had an accident, it is “Double Wahala” for that Dead Body “and the owner of Dead Body”. In Imo State, what could be said to be “Double Wahala” hit the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha within Forty Eight hours. For his insistence to foist his son in-law, Chief Uche Nwosu as his…
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Every year, 3 million young Nigerians are thrown into the labour market, without any tangible plan or enterprise platform to absorb them or keep them productively employed. Imo state, as one of the leading states that churn out employable graduates contributes about 6% (180,000) of this number of young Nigerians annually pushed into the employment market. Over 113million Nigerians (69% of Nigeria’s population) live in abject poverty. In Imo state, the poverty rate is 20% of her 3.9m population (780,000 Imolites). The current economic outlook of Nigeria is not looking bright. The GDP growth of Nigeria has declined from a…
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Ohaneze Ndigbo has left a destructive trail of blood, betrayal and sabotage of wider Igbo interest, to the extent that nobody in Nigeria has regard for the honour and dignity of a once proud race. Only those born with a deep sense of betrayal, Lagos-Abuja domiciled traitors and fellow collaborators will have respect for Ohaneze as presently constituted. To date we are yet to come across one person who can confidently point to one tangible achievement of Ohanaeze Ndigbo that benefited the entire people. The truth is, there is none. They work for their pockets and well-being of their children…
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While the 2018 Osun governorship poll subjects the Nigeria’s fledging democracy to another critical test, its inherent lessons are abound as preparations for nomination of candidates gather momentum in the ranks of competing political parties. The lessons are indeed useful to states with transiting governors as well as opposition parties that are democratically disposed to grab power relying on popular and acceptable candidates. It is no longer a news that the exiting governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbeshola, through his performance, offered a good example of how a leader and custodian of people’s mandate can assume notoriety…
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Intersociety Warns INEC. Intersociety: 26th September 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must not repeat the armada of electoral roguery and brigandage that characterized the recently held Ekiti and Osun States’ staggered governorship elections during which the scared electoral wishes of the People of Ekiti and Osun States were threatened, undermined and truncated. The Prof Mahmood Yakubu led INEC risks plunging the entire country into short term and long term crises of intractable and disastrous magnitude, if such armada of electoral fraud and pen-violence are repeated in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. The present leadership of INEC must…
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THE erstwhile main opposition party, the All Progressives Party (APC), actually plotted to form a parallel government in 2015, if it was not declared winner of the then presidential election. The National Peace Committee led by former military head of state, General Abdulsalam Abubakar made the startling revelation in its report unveiled yesterday in Abuja. According to the 51 page report, 2015 General Elections: The Untold Story, the immediate past president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Dr Goodluck Jonathan got wind of the alleged sinister motive of the key actors in the erstwhile main opposition party prior to…
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A leading Igbo socio-cultural group, Igbo Bu Igbo, IBI, has urged people of the southeast to elect only those with the track record of defending and promoting the Igbo cause without fear or favour if they must have a better deal in the socio-political and economic future of Nigeria. In a statement signed by Dr Law Mefor and Mr Chidi Omeje, Chancellor and Publicity Secretary respectively of the Group, IBI warned that unless the champions of the region across party lines are elected into strategic offices of national importance, their future in Nigeria remains precarious and may even get worse.…
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2019 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET: RESTRUCTURING CAMPAIGN BY SOME PDP ASPIRANTS MERE LIP SERVICE – GOV. WIKE.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that some of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirants do not have the interests of the people of the state and Niger Delta at heart. Wike said this while reacting to the alleged opposition of some of the aspirants to the October 5 and 6 national Convention in Port Harcourt. The Governor, who addressed reporters in Port Harcourt on Monday, said the aspirants are, by their actions, showing they are against the economic interest of the state and Niger Delta. He said such aspirants are also not living up to their campaign…
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“A weapon is defensive or offensive depending on which end is pointing at you.” Premier Aristide Briande, 1862-1932. By Dele Sobowale The recent invasion of the National Assembly, NASS, by officers of the Department of State Service, DSS, under Director General, Lawal Daura, was not the first since 1999. In 2014, under former President Jonathan, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, it was the Nigeria Police which assaulted the second arm of government in order to foster GEJ’s and PDP’s interests. Lawmakers of the PDP wanting to decamp to the All Progressives Congress, APC, had to scale the walls to…
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By Dele Sobowale “There are no desperate situations only desperate men.” Joseph Goebbels, 1897-1945. Hitler’s Chief of Propaganda knew a thing or two about desperate people. He made that statement when it was clear that Germany was facing defeat during World War II. The question was: what were extremely exposed people like himself supposed to do with their lives? Goebbels took the courageous or cowardly way out (depending on how you view suicide). He killed himself instead of being captured and disgraced. But, he came from a tradition of honourable public officials where integrity counted. It is becoming increasingly difficult…
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From every indication, most politicians in our country develop deaf ears to the masses voice and become unreachable after being elected into various offices. This has gone a long way to make the electorates lose hope and feel reluctant in participating actively in electoral processes, taking the campaign promises of prospective and sitting politicians to the bank, and consequently, larger percentage of the masses resort to either staying aloof or exchanging their votes for campaign peanuts and monetary incentives. However, among the crop of corrupt politicians are few who truly see politics as a call to service and not a…
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The relationship between God and man has always presented some intriguing and almost inexplicable dimensions beyond human understanding. Everyday, God uses some clear and demonstrable signs and events to teach humanity of His supremacy above all things, and directs even the movement of the cosmos the way He pleases. The wonders of creation alone, underscores the awesomeness of God. Certain stories of some individuals epitomize same in the most unique and profound manner. The life of Distinguished Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Sam Daddy), the leading PDP governorship aspirant in Imo State and the serving Senator representing Imo East in the…
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In 1960, John Kennedy exhorted his fellow Americans on his inauguration as president of the United States to: “ask not what your country can do for you: ask what you can do for your country.” Can you imagine a Nigerian leader asking the same question of Nigerians? He would be laughed out of court. The answer is likely to be a curt: “What has Nigeria done for me lately?” Nigerians are more likely to wax lyrical about what Nigeria has done against them than what Nigeria has done for them. Many Nigerians currently lying in our graveyards were roundly defeated…
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I suffered heartburn watching the presidential media chat. I missed the live transmission but decided to watch the chat on YouTube following a friend’s glowing review that President Muhammadu Buhari shone like a thousand stars. After watching excerpts, I fell numb with fear. I was traumatised and completely flabbergasted by his responses to questions. His lack of knowledge about his environment and events around the world in the past 30 years and his understanding of issues were frighteningly telling. His dictatorial visage was on full display as well as his ironclad contempt for the rule of law and the niceties…
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Mr President, I say no! The rule of law is not subordinate to national security. President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence at the conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) or should I say at the public presentation of his change manifesto that the rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of national security was an alarming preposition from a man who rode to power on the strength of the ballot box. Buhari’s assertion was a throwback to his infamous Decrees No. 2 and 4 of 1984. That he delivered such a repugnant speech at the NBA conference, without a…
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INEC says the Osun Governorship election is inconclusive because the difference in votes is less than the number of cancelled votes. They are probably relying on their 2015 guidelines which appears contrary to Constitutional provisions on this matter. It may make sense if the votes involved are in relation to centers were elections were not held due to no fault of the voters. However, were elections were held and votes are cancelled, they remain cancelled. They ought not to form part of the counting process and should not influence the outcome of the elections for any reason whatsoever. In Oshiomhole…
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“Lies never last, History never dies and the Truth is always constant.” – Author. Every political philosophy has a purpose. Or if you like, a vision that it fosters through governance. And one believes that we all agreed or is it just assumed, that the main purpose of any political group or philosophy is to advance the welfare of the governed through a selected method entirely unique to the group. It is a method that the group is known for and identified with. Critically examining the politics of the Jaggaban of Borgu, the man who claimed to be richer than…
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The much awaited governorship primary election of the People’s Democratic Party in Imo State is just days away. As a result, political aficionados and analysts are busy with calculations and permutations in attempts to ascertain where the pendulum will eventually swing. To this end, all eyes are on the delegates whose votes and voting pattern will surely determine the party’s governorship flag bearer for the 2019 polls. With the expectations of Imo people high on PDP to provide the formidable force needed to halt a disastrous 8 years of APC administration in the state, the party’s delegates must play a…
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