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Party primaries: Ohanaeze president breaks silence, urges Igbos to lament no more. George ObiozorOhanaeze President General, Prof. George Obiozor The President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador Professor George Obiozor, has reacted to the presidential nominations of the ruling All Peoples Congress and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the 2023 elections. The South-East presidential aspirants in the two mainstream political parties had lost in the primaries with some not getting any vote despite the overwhelming agitation for the region to produce the next president based on equity, justice and fairness, and in the spirit of…

Tinubu, Atiku can’t fix Nigeria —  Ango Abdullahi •Regrets Nigerian elders’ silence  •Politicians have failed, let’s try technocrats •I don’t know Peter Obi At least, four major presidential candidates have emerged. Who do you think can fix this country? We still have not got the man who we think will fix Nigeria. What we have on the ground is not good enough. Even Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP? How can you look at Tinubu and Atiku, and say they are the ones who will fix…

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, rtd., the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, has given the reasons he wants to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The former military officer said he undertook massive researches both in and outside the country in the last seven years since he was freed from the prison. Al-Mustapha, who was the Chief Security Officer to late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, said his loyalty to Nigeria was one of the reasons he is again running for the position of president. The AA presidential candidate stated this on Friday when he appeared as a…

…As many northern APC members plan to work for him just as PDP northern members voted Buhari in 2015 By Charly Agwam, Bauchi; Umar Yusuf, Yola; Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos; Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano & Haruna Aliyu, Birnin KebbiIn the 2015 general election, a northerner, General Muhammadu Buhari, as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress defeated the incumbent, a southerner, Dr Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It was said that Buhari enjoyed the massive support of the northern electorate, including members of the opposition PDP because he was seen as one of them. Many PDP governors were…

One month after the victory of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, the party appears to be on a self-destruction path. It would be recalled that Atiku emerged as the candidate following the dramatic stepdown of Aminu Tambuwal, a move that angered Governor Nyesom Wike and his allies. “I just decided that this our party must not be destroyed. I would have left where I was sitting down and say this convention cannot go ahead except you allow me to talk. I would have flattened him,” Wike had said some days after…

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(APC, Delta North) has vowed to immediately challenge the Court of Appeal judgment at the Supreme Court. In a statement made available to Vanguard in Abuja by his media unit, Nwaoboshi said they are confident that the Supreme Court will subject the judgment to critical review accordingly. Read Also: Appeal Court jails Senator Nwaoboshi 7 years for money laundering The statement titled “COURT OF APPEAL JUDGMENT” read, “the attention of SPON Media has been drawn to the news making rounds about the judgement of the Court of Appeal, Lagos over a…

A viral report about a meeting in France between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Nyesom Wike is nothing but fake news, the Tinubu media office said on Friday night. The statement by Tunde Rahman dismissed the report, but said Tinubu is ready to meet “any important national leader when desirable”. Read the full statement: We have seen a viral social media post made by one of the chieftains of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State and media reports emanating from same about a supposed meeting in France between APC Presidential Standard-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and His Excellency, Governor…

CONSTITUTION OF ABIA NORTH SCREENING COMMITTEE IN PROGRESS Dear Compatriots, We are in advanced stage of setting up a committee that will recommend in consultation with our BOT and elders of Abia North who to Support for Governorship. It is obvious that we cannot as a people go for the Governorship Election in 2023 with over 8 candidates and expect to win or miracle to happen. The Screening committee will among other things consider the chances, capacity, Political party and individual contact network of the different candidates from Abia North and Select only one person. It is at that point,…

ABIA THINK TANK A RADIO PROGRAM OF ABIA NORTH POLITICAL PROJECTS 2023 WEEK: 34 Radio Station: Flo 94.9 FM. Date: Friday 1st July, 2022. Time: 5.30Pm GUESTProf. Greg Ibe Chancellor Gregory University, Uturu. Businessman, philanthropist and Astute politician. He is the APGA GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE for Abia State in the coming 2023 Election. Save the time and prepare to tune in. Thank you. Dr. Uduma Nnate.DG.