By Steve Osuji When an MC Oluomo, Bola Tinubu’s iron fist and enforcer made the viral video warning that Igbo in Lagos would only vote at their peril in the March 18 guber poll, it was quite understandable. Though his message was not to be dismissed, it could be perceived as the ranting of an unthinking errand boy for a desperate candidate and political party. But when a Bayo Onanuga unleashed salvos of ethnic hate and genocidal incitement against the Igbo ethnic group living in Lagos, then the world must…
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Abia Elections: FUTO Students Hail Oti
From Isi gate, Umuahia’s busiest area, to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, the people of Abia state on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, went into a frenzy as they celebrated the declaration of Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party as the state’s Governor-elect. As commercial tricycle operators conveyed passengers to their destinations without collecting fares, sound of gunshots and local landmines were heard in some parts of the capital city as the people celebrate Otti’s victory. Abia’s Gubernatorial election gained more national prominence when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended…
Read MoreChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: My Country, In Fragile Place
Imagine standing patiently in line, waiting to vote, and suddenly men with guns arrive on motorcycles and start shooting. Imagine men dashing into your polling unit, violently seizing ballot boxes and taking them away. Imagine other ballot boxes being destroyed. Imagine being beaten to keep you from voting for a particular candidate. Imagine a crowd of people chanting “We must vote! We must vote!” when polling workers failed to arrive as expected. Imagine the police doing very little. All these things happened during the Nigerian presidential elections on Saturday, February…
Read MoreAyodele’s Prophecy Fulfilled As Ex US president-Trump Faces Litigations
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele is not just about political prophecies, his prophetic warnings go beyond revealing the outcome of elections. He gives prophetic warnings to personalities on what they will encounter and they always end up coming to pass. The crises currently faced by the former president of the United States Of America,Donald Trump has fulfilled the word of prophecy Primate Ayodele gave to him shortly after his tenure ended. It would be recalled that Primate Ayodele was the only prophet that foretold the end of Donald…
Read MorePeter Obi To Chair Imo LP Steering Committee
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Sir Peter Gregory Obi, has accepted to be the Chairman of the party’s Interim Steering Committee in Imo State. It would be recalled that following the dissolution of the Dr. Ambrose Onyekwere-led Caretaker Committee whose tenure expired in May, 2022, and the appointment of the Comr. Festus Bethel Iyke Onyekwulisi-led Caretaker Committee on March 6, 2023, which was challenged at the Federal High Court, Owerri last week, the National Working Committee held an emergency meeting in Abuja recently, aimed at an amicable resolution of the matter.…
Read More2023 Imo Governorship: Exposed! Alleged Gang Up To Stop Ogunewe By Uzodinma, Okorocha
Retired Maj.Gen.Lincoln Jack K. Ogunewe,apart from being the most credible, most qualified and most popular in Imo state among the LP Governorship Aspirants, is also believed to have the capacity to defend his votes if given the LP ticket in an election against Uzodinma. As the countdown to Labour Party, LP Governorship primary in April 2023 begins, there are indications that the incumbent state governor, Hope Odidika Uzodinma and a former governor of the state,Rochas Ethelbert Anayo Okorocha are making frantic efforts to plant their candidates to emerge as LP…
Read MoreOnuimo Assembly Poll: Uba Appreciates Constituents, Promises Effective Representation
The flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC for Onuimo State constituency in Imo House of Assembly, Hon. Elise James Uba has expressed gratitude to the people of Ọnuimo for massively voting for him on March 18, Assembly election . He commended them for their unalloyed support and tireless effort and encouragement all through the campaigns and election period . Hon. Uba stressed that the people of Ọnuimo are so wise to que into the moving train , pointing out that it does not profit any area to oppose…
Read MoreI almost dropped out of school at primary 3 -ex-President Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has shared his educational challenges while growing up in his native Bayelsa state. The former Nigerian leader said he would have dropped out of school in primary three but for the support of his late uncle, Omieworio Afeni. Jonathan stated this during the funeral service of Elder Omieworio Afeni, his mother’s younger brother, who died at the age of 87 and was buried on Friday at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Speaking during the funeral service held in St. Stephen Anglican Church, Otuoke,…
Read MoreNaira Scarcity: NLC Directs Workers To Shutdown CBN Offices Nationwide
Nigerian workers have been ordered to take over all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide starting from next week over the current cash crunch in the country. The order was given on Wednesday by the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). NLC President, Joe Ajaero, gave the directive during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The labour leader said the directive became imperative following the expiration of one week ultimatum given to the apex bank to make cash available for Nigerians. The NLC last week gave…
Read MoreOzuruigbo Owerre: Where Do You Go From Here And Why Rush To Coronate?
Against all odds, valid court injunction, peace initiative by some prominent Owerre sons and an ongoing lawsuit, the Ohiri family and their alleged cronies bullied their way yet again, this time to a Kangaroo Coronation rejected by Imolites. I am so proud to be an Imolite. May God bless you all. You listened, you read, and you understood every Newspaper article I presented before you. You acted appropriately by rejecting the reported fake coronation. My fellow Imolites, I thank you all for disregarding a fake invitation to an alleged…
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