By Kelly Diva POLITICS: All Progressives Congress, APC, the ruling party in Nigeria has finally chosen its Presidential candidate for the 2023 General election and he is no other than the Party’s leader , the fomer Governor of Lagos State , the Jagaban , Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am going to pause here a-bit and re-direct my opinion piece to the South East politicians who had over the years clamoured for the Presidency . They have argued and justified for years why zoning the presidency to the South East was…
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Owerri Municipal Assembly: My Return To Imo Assembly Will Favour Owerri Municipal, Says Osuji
…I’d attracted over 100Jobs … As Majority Leader, I Initiated 98 Bills A former Lawmaker, Hon. Lugard Osuji, who was the Majority Leader of Imo State House of Assembly, has said that he desires to return to the State Legislature, to do more of effective representation for the people of Owerri Municipal. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, recently Hon.Osuji, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Owerri Municipal State Assembly seat, said his records as a first time lawmaker was impressive and outshines those of…
Read MorePDP, APC Primaries: ASETU Fumes, Vow To Expose Saboteur Igbo Delegates
The Association of South East Town Union , ASETUe, has expressed disappointed over the outcome of the just concluded primary election of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) and All Progressive Congress Party (APC) for failing to field a presidential candidates of South East extraction. The group which stated this in a release signed by the National President, Chief Emeka Diwe, and made available to the press, however praised the delegates from Ebonyi State for voting hundred percent for Igbo aspirants in the APC national presidential primary convention. The group in…
Read MoreThe Superiority Of Dollar At PDP Primary In Abuja
By Chuks Osuji There is no doubt that money changing hands in Nigerian’s Electoral System has been known as integral part of our elections. It is for this reason that Nigeria’s electoral system has been known as a system of the highest bidder. However, all along the practice which began in 1999, was initially restricted to vote buying at the polling centers. However, the entry of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku with the desperation to become Nigeria’s President, there has been gradual expansion and extension of such practice. The practice came to…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu Advocates Religious Tolerance In Nigeria
A humanist and an inter-religious advocate Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has advised Nigerians to exhibit the spirit of brotherhood and religious tolerance with fear of God. Chief Iwuanyanwu gave the advice while addressing the National Leadership of Inter-Faith Youth Council of Nigeria (IFYCN) on the occasion of the presentation of the 2022 Inter-Faith Youth Council of Nigeria Outstanding Peace Award as an Icon of National and Societal Development to him in his office in Owerri, Imo State capital. Chief Iwuanyanwu advised the leadership of the country to eschew religious bitterness, acrimony…
Read MoreImo Primary Election: Anyanwu-Akeredolu Insists On Primaries, Flays APC ‘s Attempt To Write Results
Crisis appears to loom in Imo State as the Senatorial election of the All Progressives Congress, APC was said to have been compromised by the state Governor, Sen.Hope Odidika Uzodinma. The First Lady of Ondo State and Senatorial Aspirant for Imo East(Owerri Zone) in the state, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu was seen at the state secretariat of APC on Okigwe Road, Owerri, Imo State, protesting the alleged irregularity. Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu who addressed journalists at the gate of the party Secretariat said election did not hold in the state and called…
Read MoreINDIA : “Mission Amrit Hastam” Was Born With Dream To Guide And Help Zero Habitats
While many people in the society are still living without food, many people are living on the railway lines and roads. The government’s food schemes have not reached all parts of the society. Many paralyzed people do not even have the opportunity to take advantage of the government’s food schemes. Therefore, the “Mission Amruta (Amrit) Hastam” program, organized by the International People’s Enhancement Organization Chinmaya Foundation, was born in the NAAM MANDIR (name temple) in Baruneshwar Kshetra of Binjharpur block of Jajpur district of Odisha state with the dream of…
Read More2023: Obi Njoku Emerges APGA Candidate For Ikeduru House Of Assembly Election
A Frontline Aspirant in Ikeduru, Dr Obinna Obi Njoku whose aspiration has awoken the doggedness and consciousness of the youths in Ikeduru, has emerged APGA’s candidate for the Ikeduru House of Assembly. Recall that some weeks ago APGA held the screening of aspirants and he was cleared to contest in the primaries. “A man whose time has come and with a clean record”. On Tuesday, May 24 the journey for the ticket of APGA was done and dusted, as Dr Obinna Obi Njoku clinched the victory. The election which…
Read MoreNigeria Will Be Stablized-Mohammed
By Elizabeth Vincent, Yenegoa As Nigeria is warming up of who becomes her next president in 2023, so many person’s are canversing and soliciting for support from Nigerians. The presidential Aspirant under the People Democracy Party ( PDP), Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has expressed his interest for the plum job. Visiting delegates at the PDP seceteriat Yenegoa, he said optimization in the transformation of Nigeria to a batter society is the key. Senator Bala who is the incumbent Governor of Bauchi State revealed that in less than three years as…
Read More2023: Southeast Needs New Breed Of Legislators
All over the civilized world, the legislature remains the primus inter pares of the three arms of government. Hence the success or otherwise of any government in any country, depends to a large extent, on the vibrancy, “proactiveness” and independence of the legislature. Perhaps and more probably, World War II would have been prevented had the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler not dealt a mortal blow on the German Reichstag in the late 1930s and early 40s. What the Hitler did to emasculate the German legislature at that time, remains…
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