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THE Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has said he was a very wealthy man before venturing into politics and could quit his position in the Nigerian Senate anytime. Kalu said that by 1982, only the late President Shehu Shagari had the latest Mercedez Benz car as him in Nigeria. In a post on his verified Facebook page today, the former Abia State governor said he spent the money he earned from his private businesses on politics. Kalu, who governed Abia State between 1999 and 2007 and is currently the Senate Chief Whip, revealed that he gifted the Peoples Democratic…

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has called for the arrest of clerics who attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of Bola Tinubu. Shettima was on Wednesday unveiled as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress at an event in Abuja. The presence of some bishops and pastors at the event had raised claims of them being fakes, especially as the Christian Association of Nigeria also disowned the clerics. In a video on his Facebook page on Friday, Enenche bashed the clerics and those who brought them to he…

Press Release One Love Foundation is an NGO commited to the promotion, defence of human rights, equality of all citizens and justice for everyone all over the world. As a group we are deeply concerned about different narrative and stories going about on social media and online platforms about the hardworking and press friendly Nigeria Police Force’s Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, who has and being accused of abuse of power by different news medium platform,with the most prominent one of them being fij online news report recently. The report has it that certain Commuters,with name as Samuel Oluwatosin…

Former Anambra State Governor and Presidential Candidate of the Labor Party, Mr Peter Obi was at the Country Home of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu at Umuobiakwa, Obingwa LGA early this morning for a courtesy visit. Mr Obi arrived Umuobiakwa quite early this morning and was received by his host, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Former Governor Obi informed Governor Ikpeazu that he was in Abja State to attend an event at the Mater Dei Catholic Cathedral Umuahia and in line with official courtesies and protocols, he had to come to see the Governor before proceeding to the event. They discussed a wide range…

The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without due process. UN therefore, asked Nigerian Government to, “immediate release Kanu unconditionally” and pay him adequate compensations for the arbitrary violation of his fundamental human rights. It also recommended that Government officials responsible for the torture meted to the IPOB Leader be investigated and punished. The UN body further directed Nigeria to report back within six months…

Uncertainty now surrounds the ambition of Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to contest next year’s senatorial election following Tuesday’s pronouncement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it is a violation of the electoral act for anyone to obtain multiple nomination forms. Tambuwal was handed People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) senatorial ticket for Sokoto South last month soon after pulling out of the party’s presidential primary. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini, speaking on Channels Television, had described procurement of more than one nomination form by anyone as an offence under Section 115 (D)…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State, on Friday, recognised Princess Ann Agom-Eze, as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for Ebonyi South Zone. Governor Umahi through his Counsel, Roy Nweze Umahi, had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, to the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, to compel the commission to recognise the governor as the authentic senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South senatorial District. But Princess Agom-Eze, on Tuesday, approached the court and urged it not to recognise Governor Umahi’s Senatorial bid. Umahi’s Counsel argued that the governor’s name should be recognised by INEC, hence…

Personal details of candidates nominated for governorship and states assembly elections by their political parties would be published in their constituencies nationwide on Friday, INEC has disclosed INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the swearing-in of a new Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Mr Yakubu urged Nigerians to scrutinise the particulars and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law. “As we continue to prepare for the 2023 General Election in earnest, the Commission will tomorrow, Friday July 22, publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by…

The Nana/Ofuji Campaign Organization has received with disappointment, the sad news of the withdrawal of accreditation of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). A statement by Ben Udechukwu, argued that the event was a “serious setback for human capital development and all hands must be on deck to ensure that this decision is reversed in the interest of our teeming youths and their fledging future. “Coming after the loss of accreditation by the College of Medicine, Abia State University, the Nana/Ofuji Campaign Organization, views this progressive decline of public education in Abia State, as…