By Ben Duru There is no doubt that the recently concluded elections into both the executive and legislative branches across the 36 States of the Federation and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has thrown up brand new faces to fill the vacant positions that will take place from May 29, 2023, less than a month and a half from now. The poll also availed some old faces in the current dispensation to retain their positions for another four years. In Okigwe zone, the yearnings of the electorates for a paradigm shift…
Read MoreDay: April 17, 2023
Supplementary Election: Fear, As Thugs Storm with Escorts, Snatch Ballot Box, Despite Security Presence
It was a bizarre moment of fear and confusion at the Umuarusi Amandugba Hall in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday morning, as some thugs guided and protected by suspected armed security men stormed the venue of the ongoing supplementary election, snatched the ballot box, and disappeared after allegedly releasing some gunshots into the air. It was gathered that the thugs, numbering about five, invaded the polling unit, carried out their operation and fled untouched, despite the heavy presence of security men at the hall and and…
Read MoreI Was Already Dead But God Brought Me Back To Life –Ibu
John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, a very popular legend in the Nigerian movie industry has recently recounted the situation about his illness that has kept him out of limelight for about three years. In 2019, recall that John Okafor a.k.a Mr Ibu alleged that some of his kinsmen paid some of his domestic workers to poison him because of his successful career. However in May 2022, the legendary actor again alleged that he was poisoned again. Which makes it three times in 3 years. John Okafor in a recent interview…
Read MoreNobody Will Force Me To Leave Nigeria -Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi has said that nobody can force him to leave the country because he is fighting for a change. He stated that his party is committed to creating a new Nigeria, adding that there are too many “thieves” who are inflicting suffering on the masses, and vowed that his party is committed to purging the country’s political system of such people. He said he will not give up until such people are shown the way out of political offices…
Read MoreSenator Douye Diri has emerged as the Flag bearer of PDP
From Elizabeth Vincent,Yenegoa The gubernatorial primary of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP which took place at the Dr. Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State saw the incumbent Governor emerge on Wednesday, April 12 with a total of 305 votes as sole aspirant of the party. The total votes cast was 313 during the primaries, with 8 voids. The chairman and Chief Returning Officer of the PDP Electoral Panel and Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, while addressing the delegates and party stakeholders, said Gov. Diri having satisfied the…
Read MoreAlleged Land Grabbing: 53 Year-Old Nwaokobia Cries out To Delta Govt, Police Over Brutality, Demolition Of His House By Ajudua
…Fears Over Family Safety Following Threats What many had seen as an outright victimization and infringement on human rights was recorded on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Ibusa community, Asaba in Delta State, following the rough-handling and demolition of a residential house belonging to Mr. Martin Nwaokobia, by an alleged notorious land grabber, Fred Ajudua and his cohorts. The 53-year old house owner, Martin Nwaokobia is currently not only in pains but also homeless following the destruction of the building he laboured in his life time to erect was…
Read MoreBob Njemanze hails Sam Daddy, Onyewuchi on their victories
…Gives nod to Uzodinma’s re-election Senator Samuel Anyanwu (Sam Daddy) and Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi have both received a congratulatory message of an Elder statesman, Prince Bob Kay Njemanze on their election victories. While Senator Anyanwu received the kudos of the fiery social crusader, Prince Bob Njemanze on his emergence as the flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP at the recently conducted governorship primaries in Owerri, and Senator Onyewuchi of the Labour Party, LP, who is also the current Senator representing Imo East at the Red Chamber, got a…
Read More