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Apr
09
2022
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2023 Presidency: PDP Southern Governors insist on zoning

2023 Presidency: PDP Southern Governors insist on zoning

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As the next year’s general election draws nearer, the governors from the South on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have insisted that the 2023 presidential ticket be zoned to the South for fairness and equity. The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom-led 37-man PDP zoning committee had earlier reportedly recommended that the 2023 ticket be thrown open. Coming out from a meeting in the early hours of Saturday in Akwa Ibom House, Abuja, the PDP Southern Governors stressed that they were committed to the party’s unity. They insisted that the best thing to do for the unity of…
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Apr
09
2022
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Nigeria 2023 elections: Rotimi Amaechi declares intention to succeed Buhari

Nigeria 2023 elections: Rotimi Amaechi declares intention to succeed Buhari

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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has finally declared his ambition to become Nigeria’s President in 2023. Amaechi made the declaration at an ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The former Rivers Governor said he would seek the party’s ticket to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. “I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next President”, he announced. In attendance are top APC chieftains, including the ex-national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Senator Gbemi Saraki, Senator Ali Ndume, Victor Giadom, Salihu Mustapha. A fortnight ago, reports had it that the…
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Apr
09
2022
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IOK Liberation Movement: A Reprisal Attack On The Oppressors

IOK Liberation Movement: A Reprisal Attack On The Oppressors

Abia State, Politics, , , , , , ,
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressors class are to represent and repress them" ~Karl Marx. Prince Ike Okorafor has chosen a path in the trajectories of politics to launch a reprisal attack on the oppressors, to countermand the position of Karl Marx on the oppressed and to serve as a pulley to the vulnerable and defenceless teeming population of Arochukwu State. This informed decision is a solidarity to the oppressed, repressed and politically outlawed. No wonder, Nelson Mandela opined that when a man is denied the right to live the…
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Apr
08
2022
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Breaking: Etigwe Uwa, SAN, Officially Dumps APC For APGA.

Breaking: Etigwe Uwa, SAN, Officially Dumps APC For APGA.

Abia North, Abia State, Politics, , , , , , , ,
THE STATEMENT WHICH WAS DROP AT THE ABIA STATE APC OFFICIAL PLATFORM, READS: "My leaders and brethren good afternoon. My plan was to see every leader one by one to explain where I currently find myself but it has not been possible. Please forgive me. I still intend to visit as many as I can and speak to as many as I possibly can. I regrettably have to inform you that I have determined to leave the APC and have left to APGA. It was difficult decision for me to take given the wonderful people in the party. I have…
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Apr
08
2022
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Let’s unite against our common enemy, Ibe Okwara Osonwa tells APC members

Let’s unite against our common enemy, Ibe Okwara Osonwa tells APC members

Abia North, Abia State, Politics, , , , , ,
A frontline house of representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Ibe Okwara Osonwa has tasked leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State to stay united in a bid to realize its bid to win the 2023 general elections in the state. Osonwa in a statement signed by him on Friday, noted that the only option available to the APC family on how to wrestle power from the People's Democratic Party, PDP, was to put its house in order before the coming general elections. He therefore urged the leadership of PDP to provide enabling playing ground for…
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Apr
08
2022
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DSS prevented Kanu from changing clothes – Lead counsel

DSS prevented Kanu from changing clothes – Lead counsel

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…says health deteriorating …case comes up today For the umpteenth time, the Department of State Services has refused to allow the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to change his clothes, head of his legal team, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has said. He also said that Kanu’s health status was gradually deteriorating due to poor medical treatment. According to him, the IPOB leader has also expressed optimism that he would get justice in the case scheduled for Friday April 8 before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu is facing trial over alleged links…
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Apr
08
2022
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Court strikes out Kyari’s suit against NDLEA

Court strikes out Kyari’s suit against NDLEA

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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit after counsel for the NDLEA, Joseph Sunday, prayed the court that the matter be struck out. When the matter was called, Cynthia Ikena, lawyer to Kyari, was absent. Sunday, NDLEA’s Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, urged the court to strike out the suit. Justice Ekwo said he was informed that Ikena sent a letter, praying the court for an adjournment. But the letter…
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Apr
08
2022
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2022 budget deficit jumps to N7.35tn, Buhari to borrow N965bn

2022 budget deficit jumps to N7.35tn, Buhari to borrow N965bn

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• President writes Reps, seeks amendment to 2022 Fiscal Framework The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written a letter to the House of Representatives, informing the parliament that the deficit in the 2022 Appropriation Act has risen by N965.42bn to N7.35tn. Consequently, the President said the Federal Government would borrow funds to fill the gap. Buhari, therefore, called for an amendment to the Federal Government’s budget and the fiscal framework for 2022.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.509.0_en.html#goog_877067980 Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, read out the cover letter on the executive bill, titled, ‘Submission of the Revised 2022 Fiscal Framework’, and dated April…
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Apr
08
2022
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National Assembly fights Malami back, appeals Electoral Act judgment

National Assembly fights Malami back, appeals Electoral Act judgment

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The National Assembly has begun moves to thwart the actions of some members of the federal executive who are bent on removing  Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act 2022. The PUNCH on Thursday gathered that the nation’s apex legislature had started the process of appealing the judgment of a Federal High Court, Umuahia, Abia State, which removed Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act. Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act bars all political appointees including ministers, commissioners and aides from contesting or voting in any party primary. Some members of the executive, including the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the…
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Apr
08
2022
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Nigeria, others at high risk of debt distress, IMF warns

Nigeria, others at high risk of debt distress, IMF warns

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Nigeria and 72 other countries are at high risk of debt distress or already in debt distress, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund, IMF The report, titled “Restructuring debt of poorer nations requires more efficient coordination,” noted that low-income countries face fewer debt challenges today than they did 25 years ago, thanks in particular to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, which slashed unmanageable debt burdens across sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. The report noted that although debt ratios were lower than in the mid-1990s, the debts have been creeping up for the past decade and…
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