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PRESS RELEASE South East businessmen donate N1billion to support Tinubu's Presidential bid, says Governor Uzodimma Two thousand South eastern businessmen have contributed N1 billion to support the campaign of Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Governor Hope Uzodimma made this known Thursday at the Town Hall meeting between Tinubu and business leaders in the region. He said membership of the group was drawn from the five states of the region. "I am happy to say our people are fully in support of our Presidential candidate who has come to share his vision and plan…

MY CAMPAIGN WILL BE ISSUE BASED AND I WILL BRING DEVELOPMENT TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF AROCHUKWU/OHAFIA , IF ELECTED. As the campaign for the next general elections gather momentum across the Nation, the Arochukwu/Ohafia House of Representatives Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) High Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke Phd, has said that his entire movement will be completely issue-based and devoid of partisan frivolities. He noted that part of the bane of our political engineering are the unnecessary attacks and backstabbing of political opponents while critical issues of development are relegated to the background. High Chief Daniel…

Igbo elders tackle Soludo over comments on Peter Obi Sequel to sustained hostile verbal attacks from Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, on the presidential ambition of the Labour Party standard-bearer, Mr. Peter Obi, top Igbo Elders yesterday, took Soludo to the cleaners, urging him to shut up and stop embarrassing himself and Ndigbo through his utterances. Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Prof ABC Nwosu, Achike Udenwa, Chekwas Okorie, and Prof Fabian Osuji, yesterday, expressed shock at the level Soludo would stoop in expressing his hostility towards Peter Obi who has never done any thing to provoke him. Expressing his dismay, Prof.…

2023 Presidency: List of Demands CAN Leaders Present to Tinubu during Abuja Meeting. Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja. CAN had initially stood against Tinubu for fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket after choosing Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno state, as his running mate. Tinubu, Shettima and other APC stakeholders meet with CAN leaders in Abuja on Wednesday, November 16. @OfficialAPCNg Source: Twitter However, during his meeting with the leadership of CAN under the…

2023: No Need To Campaign In Ebonyi - Umahi Tells Atiku, Obi, Others The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has advised the presidential candidates of opposition parties not to bother to campaign in the South-East state.The governor said the state will vote massively for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general elections, adding that he will take care of South-East people. Umahi advised Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and other opposition parties should just surrender in Ebonyi state to Tinubu He asserted…

Why INEC is adamant on use of BVAs, IReV for 2023 elections -Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed that it would not succumb to pressures to drop the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for the 2023 election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in his message titled “100 Days To The 2023 General Election“ issued on Wednesday in Abuja. He added that the the deployment of modern technology would promote free, fair, credible and verifiable elections. He said Nigerians want free, fair, credible and…

Forum of PDP state assembly candidates seek truce to Atiku, Wike feud The Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for state House of Assemblies has called for peace between the aggrieved G-5 governors and the leadership of the party. National Chairman of the Forum, Salahudeen Lukman, in a statement at the weekend, said the forum has begun moves to appease the party leadership towards ensuring the rift between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar was resolved for the sake of Nigerians. “The Forum shall commence moves to appease the party leaders towards…

POLITICS 2023: ACF warns politicians against hate speech, violence during campaigns The Pan-Northern socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Sunday warned politicians against unleashing thugs against opponents ahead of the 2023 elections. The group made the call in a statement issued by its General Secretary, Murtala Aliyu, in Kaduna. The ACF warned politicians to stop using foul language and violence during the electioneering process and urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take action by punishing such politicians. The pockets of violence recorded in many parts of the country since the campaign kicked off in September have heightened fears…