Visualizing in one’s mind eyes, images of President Muhammadu Buhari promising that he will fight corruption to a standstill, if he was elected president, and juxtaposing it with what is happening today, truly brings tears to the eyes. Prior to his emergence in 2015, and particularly during the presidential election, he had relentlessly voiced his strong hatred for corruption, vowing to stamp it out as president. To convince Nigerians more, he included it as one of the three major tasks he tackle seriously in office. The other two were the…
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Owerri Senate: Nwachukwu Advises Constituents To Look Beyond Party, As Accord Woos Him
By Williams Odunze One of the top aspirants for the Owerri Senatorial seat, Chief Mike Nwachukwu has said that he is the best political alternative, to correct the long years of neglect and poor representation of Owerri Zone, and advised the good people of Owerri Senatorial Zone to look beyond the two popular political parties namely,APC and PDP as they prepare to elect who will represent them at the red chamber come 2023 general elections. He argued that with the two major political parties that it has always been money politics,…
Read MoreNorthern Nigeria; Safe for Igbos, Christians?
By Christian Akpunonu In retrospect, the sad memories of human carnage in the Northern parts of Nigeria sends rude shock and chill down ones nerves. The commemoration of ugly incidences like the Maithasinian riots, the Kaduna massacre,Sabo Ngeri Kano massacre and countless others will definitely pose a natural question as to whether the North is actually safe for soujourners.The chequered history of the Northern Nigeria is replete with ugly incidences of mass killings,arsons, kidnapping,terrorism and all sorts of violent criminality. This is the consequence of typical religious intolerance. The Islamic…
Read MoreIkenga Shuts Down Ideato In Grand Reception
After the failed attempt to scuttle his political ambition, indigenes of Ideato nation over the weekend trooped out, in massive solidarity to formally receive their son, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. The jubilant crowd went wild on sighting Ikenga for the first time since the reaffirmation of his qualification by the National leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and clearance to participate in the forthcoming primaries of the party for the Ideato federal constituency. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, former aide to the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and former President, National…
Read MoreOrlu/Orsu/OruEast Reps: Political Tsunami: Orlu Leaders Endorse Odunze’s Aspiration
By Frank Nwaete In what is now described as Political Tsunami, there are now more endorsements from credible leaders of Orlu Federal Constituency for Chief Ben Uche Odunze continues to occur on daily basis. Chief Odunze is aspiring under the PDP for Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency Seat. The Unprecedented Scenario of massive followership and endorsements is the first of its kind in the Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency. The latest of such open acceptance and endorsement of Chief ODUNZE came from Chief Marcellus Ikpa and Barr Emmanuel Orji. Both leaders in…
Read MoreYou Can’t Intimidate Delegates In Orji Owerri North With Suspension Threat, Onyeagucha Warns Onyewuchi
…Says: Purported suspension, irrational Hon Barr Uche Onyeagucha, the frontline PDP Senatorial Aspirant in Imo East Senatorial District, has noted with consternation the purported suspension of the PDP Orji Ward Chairman and Secretary as masterminded and sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi on the suspicion that they are supporting his Senatorial ambition. Both the chairman and the secretary were not accused for any wrong doing except that Senator Onyewuchi directed the PDP Chairman in Owerri North to issue them with a two months suspension notice on the allegation that they may…
Read MorePDP NEC Throws 2023 Presidential Contest Open
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) has finally thrown open the contest for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. PDP’s position was made known during the party’s NEC meeting, Wednesday, in Abuja. Also, ahead of the party’s National Convention to elect the party’s presidential candidate, the NEC appointed former President of the Senate, David Mark to Chair the Convention Committee.
Read MorePetrol marketers warns of looming fuel scarcity
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis. To avoid this, the petrol marketers association asked the Federal Government to prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to pay its members their outstanding bridging claims amounting to over N500 billion. The IPMAN chairman in Kano State, Bashir Danmalam, made the remarks while addressing a news conference in Kano State on Monday. He said the failure of the NMDPRA to pay the the bridging claims, otherwise known as transportation…
Read MoreN1.79bn fraud: Court arraigns Stella Oduah
A former Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Adaeze Oduah has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja to take her plea in the alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges brought against her by the Federal Government. She is to be arraigned before Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, alongside two other women and four companies. Among the companies is the construction giant, China Civil Engineering Corporation CCECC. Already, the Federal Government’s lawyer, Dr Hassan Liman, SAN, has also arrived in court. About five Senior Advocates of Nigeria are also in court to defend…
Read MoreNzeribe’s Death, One Loss Too Many, Says Ohakim
An ex Governor of ormer Governor of Imo State and Senatorial aspirant for Imo North 2023 Senate seat, His Excellency Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, has described the death of the Distinguished Senator, Chief Francis Arthur Uzoma Nzeribe, as one loss too many. Nzeribe died at the age of 83. Ogbuagu, Oshiji, Damanze, Oyimba, Nzeribe became Senator representing Orlu Zone first in 1983 under the Nigeria People’s Parry (NPP), and later from 1999 to 2007 under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement on Sunday in Owerri, Ohakim said he received…
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