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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

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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Communities, CSOs protest herdsmen attacks in Edo, barricade Benin-Lagos Road

Communities, CSOs protest herdsmen attacks in Edo, barricade Benin-Lagos Road

BENIN CITY – FIFTEEN communities and several Civil Society Organizations led by the former Attorney General of Edo State, Osagie Obayuwana on Wednesday barricaded the Lagos-Benin express road for several hours protesting the activities of herdsmen which they said have resulted in killings, destructions of farm produce and forceful evictions from their ancestral homes.https://214f8f2ef5ae588dd333ecac3277e969.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html    Some of the communities included Odiguetue, Afintebe, Igolo, Okokuo, Abumwenre I and II, Obarenren, Uhiere, Uyimo I and II.    Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Obayuwana, said, they were worried about the looming crisis brewing in the various communities in the state, orchestrated by…
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Zoning arrangement and Enugu State governorship

Zoning arrangement and Enugu State governorship

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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Drop your presidential bid, Afenifere leader tells Tinubu, Osinbajo

Drop your presidential bid, Afenifere leader tells Tinubu, Osinbajo

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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BREAKING: APC settles for indirect primary, rules out consensus

BREAKING: APC settles for indirect primary, rules out consensus

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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2023: APC fixes presidential nomination form for N100m

2023: APC fixes presidential nomination form for N100m

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has fixed N100 million for its presidential nomination and expression of interest forms. APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morgan, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday. Earlier, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the APC transferred its powers to the National Working Committee (NWC). APC’s NEC transferred its power to NWC under the leadership of its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu for the next 90 days. National Secretary of APC, Senator Iyiola Omisore told the gathering that Senate President, Ahmed Lawan moved the motion and was seconded by Governor Nasir El-rufai.
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Amuru Abam Youth Executive Endorses Prince Ike Okorafor For Assembly 2023

Amuru Abam Youth Executive Endorses Prince Ike Okorafor For Assembly 2023

The House of Assembly hopeful for Arochukwu State Constituency, Prince Ike Okorafor today being 17th April, 2022 received in audience the Executives of Amuru Abam Youth for a courtesy visit in his country home at Ozu Abam. The group was a composition of Past and current home and abroad Exco ably led by Mr. Ukansi Huoma and while addressing the APGA aspirant, the spokes-person of the group described the conquest as Abam project and pledged their unflinching support to ensure that Abam is not found missing in action in the scheme of politics come 2023. This decision according to the…
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2023: No Nigerian will vote for Igbo man as President, I can’t trust them – Oluwo

2023: No Nigerian will vote for Igbo man as President, I can’t trust them – Oluwo

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has declared that he can trust any Southeasterner to be the President of Nigeria. His stand is coming at a time the South-East is demanding a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, on the basis of equity. He noted that the sit-at-home order issued by the members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was not only inimical to their survival but also to the growth of the nation. Oba Abdulrosheed also advocated for a rethink by the South Easterners to their approach. The monarch held that no Nigerian will feel secure in the…
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Rev. Daniel Imo addresses the issue of commitment to growth of Ohafia

Rev. Daniel Imo addresses the issue of commitment to growth of Ohafia

The foremost contender for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in 2023, Reverend Daniel Imo, has taken time to address burning issues bothering on why he is the best candidate for the position of representing his people in the Green Chambers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when some questions arose as to the commitment of Ohafia Sons and daughters to the growth of Ohafia through people-focused efforts to uplift Ohafia. The case of emergency philanthropy during election has continued to be the bane of development. The question of Ohafia General Hospital as dead trap is a topic that every well meaning son/daughter…
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Zamfara PDP gets boost as Yari, Mafara defect from APC

Zamfara PDP gets boost as Yari, Mafara defect from APC

The struggle for the control of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State may have reached its climax, as two stalwarts of the party, former governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Marafa, yesterday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Speaking after a PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau, the state capital, the chairman of PDP in the state, Col. Bala Mande (retd), said they had sat down and finalized the issue of the defection of Yari and Marafa to the PDP. He said: “We have reached an agreement to work for the development of the party. We have all…
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