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When Fayose won in 2014, the whole of Ekiti erupted with joy. In 2018 the APC “won” and all the streets of Ekiti are looking so gloomy. The people are sad because their will has been truncated”- Adeolu Daramola. My friend and brother, Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, is not infallible. He is not an angel and like every other mortal, he has his own fair share of faults, excesses and shortcomings. We do not agree on everything and neither do we always share the same opinion on…

From all indications, Senator Hope Uzodimma may have edged out Gov Rochas Okorocha and his anointed successor, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu in the fierce struggle for guber ticket of the All Progressive Congress APC, according to Nigeria Newspoint findings. Reliable party sources who spoke to our correspondent yesterday disclosed that even though the court case instituted on the matter is still pending, the party as at yesterday submitted the lawmaker’s name pending the determination of the suit. It was gathered that apart from the court order that tasked the party to…

The relationship between God and man has always presented some intriguing and almost inexplicable dimensions beyond human understanding. Everyday, God uses some clear and demonstrable signs and events to teach humanity of His supremacy above all things, and directs even the movement of the cosmos the way He pleases. The wonders of creation alone, underscores the awesomeness of God. Certain stories of some individuals epitomize same in the most unique and profound manner. The life of Distinguished Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Sam Daddy), the leading PDP governorship aspirant in Imo…

I mo politics is replete with stories of people who threatened to go on exile if A or Z candidate wins or loses election. The recent story that hit newspaper headlines was when Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, visited a ward in Owerri Municipal Council as part of his consultation exercise. After his address, journalists accosted Dr Josiah Odunna, one of the major political voices in the state to seek his views on the visit. Dr Odunna came in solidarity with…

A governorship hopeful in the state under Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) Party ; an International constitution lawyer , Industrialist and Human Rights Advocate , Chief (Barr) Aloysius Osuji , has bemoaned Imo State government on the increasing rate of infant mortality occasioned by the absence of functional health care centres in the state . While speaking during his local government tour in Ohaji | Egbema LGA, Imo State, Barr. Osuji with a deep sense of nostalgic called on Imo governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and agencies of the state government…

Barely one hundred and eighty days (180 days) to the 2019 general election, the ruling All Progressive Congress Party (APC) is almost scattered as mere shreds of paper. At the National level, a schism has resulted into two major faction of the party. Hence, we now have the New Reformed APC. It will be recalled that the major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) suffered the same fate a couple of months after its humiliation out of the corridors of power at the Federal Government Level. The aftermath of the conspiracy…

The die is cast. As the 2019 general elections draw nearer, those that believe that power belongs to them rather than the people are baring their fangs fully, doing all in their power to stifle the opposition as well as those that are not on the side of the establishment. In their warped minds, they erroneously believe that only those in their good books are fit for public offices while those they believe are their enemies should remain mere spectators in the political terrain. The reign of impunity in Imo…

Market development is top among Governor Rochas Okorocha’s critical policies. To archive this, the Okorocha’s government has put into action pragmatic steps to revamping the rural economy. Recall, it is one of the reasons for the adoption of the economic policy of Public Private Partnership, PPP, by Okorocha’s administration, just do boost and increase economic activities in the rural areas. Under the PPP, the government has partnered with IFITECH and Associate Limited, a result orientated estate promoter and developer in rebuilding some of our local markets from looking as shanties…

By Jude Njoku In the next approximate six months, Nigeria will go to polls to elect leaders who will take charge of affairs for four other years, as the constitution stated. Now that Nigerians are at the threshold of the 2019 elections, raucous situations abound everywhere. Jangling with each other for egoistic scopes has become the most hackneyed thing in the whole of the ambience. Ranting and prattling in chimerical and Utopian promises have indubitably become the order of the day, to the amplitude that every aspirant feigns to be…