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Apr
22
2022
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2023 Presidency: Osinbajo, Tinubu, Amaechi are liabilities – Arewa youths

2023 Presidency: Osinbajo, Tinubu, Amaechi are liabilities – Arewa youths

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The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has downplayed the chances of Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and Rotimi Amaechi emerging as the Presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC. National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, said Osinbajo, Tinubu, and Amaechi are liabilities that should not be taken seriously. Shettima said the APC chieftains are unpopular candidates, contrary to some Nigerians’ beliefs. Shettima said Nigerians were yearning for a new breed of politicians, and not the likes of Osinbajo, Tinubu, and Amaechi. According to Shettima: “Tinubu, Osinbajo, and Amaechi are the most unpopular candidates as far as I’m concerned.…
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Apr
22
2022
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2023 Presidency: Wike rubbishes consensus, says only death will make him quit race

2023 Presidency: Wike rubbishes consensus, says only death will make him quit race

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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed not to step down for any consensus candidate of the party ahead of its presidential primary. The Governor said only death will make him quit his ambition to become the President of Nigeria. “The only thing that will make me to quit is death; if I’m alive, we will finish it on 28/29 of May (date for PDP presidential primaries).” He made the assertion in an interview with BBC pidgin in Port Harcourt on Friday. Wike, who spoke in pidgin English, said “I have been a local government chairman which is the grassroots,…
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Apr
21
2022
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Why Okamu need to test elective position in Ohafia to break a jinx – Ebin Kalu

Why Okamu need to test elective position in Ohafia to break a jinx – Ebin Kalu

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By Comr Amos Kalu As the 2023 general election approaches, Hon. Ebin Kalu (a.k.a Chief Obia), a strong contender for the Ohafia South State Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, has continued to make case for the need for Ohafia to, in the spirit of equity, unity and Fairplay, support the election of a candidate from Okamu ward to break the jinx of the long drought of the impossible test of elective positions. To buttress his argument, Ebin Kalu, who is contesting on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took time to chronicle the political history…
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Apr
21
2022
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Ibe Okwara Osonwa greets Sen. Orji Kalu at 62

Ibe Okwara Osonwa greets Sen. Orji Kalu at 62

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A frontline House of Representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa has congratulated the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on the occasion of his 62nd birthday. Osonwa in a birthday message signed by him on Thursday morning said the former Abia State Governor has made outstanding contributions to the unity of Nigeria. He described Kalu as an Elderstatesman and detribalised Nigerian for always promoting the unity of Nigeria. He said, "Attaining a milestone of 62 in good health is not a joke. You have distinguished yourself through your contributions to nation building." The…
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Apr
21
2022
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RDIF Celebrates Senator Orji Uzor Kalu On His Birthday.

RDIF Celebrates Senator Orji Uzor Kalu On His Birthday.

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In marking of the birthday of the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial Zone, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the formost contender for the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Rev. Daniel Imo and his RDI Foundation, have joined numerous  admirers, friends and well-wishers to celebrate the notable achiever who has turned the tide of representation in a very short period. "You mean so many things to many people, but we at Rev. Daniel Imo Foundation; you are the quintessential politician, a leader, and an employer of labour. "Your leadership style is unequalled, It is such that provides direction,  implementing plans and motivating people. "As…
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Apr
21
2022
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2023 presidency: ‘Blame IPOB, not me’ – Oluwo tells Ohanaeze, demands apology

2023 presidency: ‘Blame IPOB, not me’ – Oluwo tells Ohanaeze, demands apology

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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has again accused the South-East of engaging in self-inflicted punishment in a united Nigeria. This is as the monarch also called on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to sheath their sword and embrace one Nigeria. The Iwo monarch, who was reacting to the response of Ohaneze Ndigbo to his earlier statement on why he would not support an Igbo presidency, demanded that the Pan Igbo group should tender an apology to the throne of the Oluwo. The reason for the apology, Oba Akanbi explained, was because the conclusion of Ohaneze Ndigbo…
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Apr
21
2022
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Igbo Presidency: Ohanaeze tells Oluwo of Iwo to grow up, learn from experienced monarchs

Igbo Presidency: Ohanaeze tells Oluwo of Iwo to grow up, learn from experienced monarchs

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide, on Tuesday, hit back at Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, advising him (Akanbi) to learn from experienced traditional rulers in the country how to be civilized in conducting himself as a traditional ruler. Ohanaeze through the National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, made this statement to newsmen in Owerri, while replying to the Oba, who said that the “Igbos cannot be trusted with power.” According to the Apex Igbo group, “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a comment by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi to the effect that…
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Apr
21
2022
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Zoning arrangement and Enugu State governorship

Zoning arrangement and Enugu State governorship

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DEMOCRACY which has over the years become the most beautiful bride for humanity largely due to its appeal of a greater good for a greater number of people still suffers from some lacerations in terms of accurate definitions. These lacerations and bruises are basically not due to lapses in the form of government itself but mainly as a result of the humans who practice it.https://ca7d3c9457de6328990e0ee34b15dedc.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Even from the times of its cradle in ancient Greece human frailties have dogged it just like other forms of government. At the center of these bruises on democracies is the struggle for power. In…
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Apr
20
2022
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Drop your presidential bid, Afenifere leader tells Tinubu, Osinbajo

Drop your presidential bid, Afenifere leader tells Tinubu, Osinbajo

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Kayode Oyero and Victor Ayeni Leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said that presidential aspirants from the South-West geopolitical zone including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, should forget their presidential ambitions. He said it was the turn of the South-East to produce Nigeria’s next President after the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in May 2023. The elder statesman made his position known in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday. According to him, it is an injustice for a South-West President to emerge in 2023 after ex-President…
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Apr
20
2022
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BREAKING: APC settles for indirect primary, rules out consensus

BREAKING: APC settles for indirect primary, rules out consensus

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The All Progressives Congress will choose its presidential candidate through an indirect primary election. The decision was reached at the party’s 11th National Executive Committee meeting held at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja. Also, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other leaders of the party transmitted their powers to the National Working Committee of the APC to make decisions for a period of 90 days. Among those who will be contesting the APC Presidential primary are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi; and Governor…
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