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I Did Not Endorse South-East For Presidency — Obasanjo Obasanjo’s rebuttal follows an online report quoting him to have backed the region to produce the next president for the country. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday has denied endorsing the South-East for the presidency ahead of the 2023 election. Obasanjo’s rebuttal follows an online report quoting him to have backed the region to produce the next president for the country. According to the report, the former president stated that south-easterners can bring a lot to the table if elected. The ex-president speaking via his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, stated…

Suspected armed robbers have snatched an unspecified amount of money from one of the vehicles in the convoy of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Abia State, Prof Greg Ibe. The afternoon attack occurred while the founder and chancellor of Gregory University, Uturu was declaring his interest to run for the seat at the party’s secretariat in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday. LEADERSHIP Friday gathered that the money which was meant to be used to settle those who accompanied the educationist was kept in the vehicle parked in the premises of a hotel close to the secretariat along…

Comrade Olumuyiwa Onlede, Executive Director, Citizens Awareness Against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative( CAACASVI) has said haven exhausted the seven (7) days ultimatum for the management of NNPC limited to make fuel readily available without long queue, it is now pertinent for the group to mobilise likemind Civil Society Organisations and patriotic Nigerians across the country for a peaceful protest in selected States in the six geopolitical zones of the country . He said on Friday in a statement he signed that the protest was to demand that the president relieves key management staffs of NNPC Limited of their appointment…

A socio-political group under the aegis of Abia North Peace Foundation (ANPF), has commended the statesmanship of the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for his commitment, sacrifices and benevolence deployed to mitigate the challenges facing the senatorial district. The group commended the former Abia state governor for being an embodiment of true leadership and a pacesetter with his constant display of love and empathy to his constituents particularly, the downtrodden who are in the most critical state of vulnerability. The group in a statement signed by its Deputy Director General, Hon. Gabriel Idika Ukairo, Friday,…

Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has set dates for the commencement of campaigns by political parties for the presidential, national assembly, governorship and state assembly. The commission said the campaign for presidential and national assembly elections will commence on September 2022 while that of governorship and State House of Assembly will commence on October 12, 2022. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna, Hajiya Asmau Sani Maikudi, made the announcement during a press briefing in the state during the ongoing voters’ registration as he noted that the last day of campaign by political…

Renowned legal luminary, Mr. Etigwe Uwa SAN has been ranked by Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2022 in Dispute Resolution. Rankings are based on interviews with clients and peers. Chambers & Partners is one of the world's leading legal research companies, developing rankings and offering insight about law firms across more than 200 jurisdictions. Its researchers praised Etigwe Uwa and its ranked attorneys, who were recognized as industry leaders both globally and in Nigeria. Uwa is the Senior Managing Partner in the commercial law firm of StreamSowers & Kohn, where he heads the firm's Litigation and Arbitration departments. He is…

Oyo State police commissioner Ngozi Onadeko is set to become the Deputy Inspector General of Police from the South-East following the demise of Joseph Egbunike. Per inside sources in the police service and the official course list seen by Peoples Gazette, Ms Onadeko is next in line to assume the vacant office. Mr Egbunike died on Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja after he was taken in for an undisclosed illness. Ms Onadeko was born on July 2, 1965. She graduated from Imo State University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1985 and joined the police in 1988. Since…

Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi has appealed the Federal High Court judgement which ordered the removal of him and his deputy, Eric Igwe, from office. According to a notice appeal filed in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/920/2021 on Wednesday and obtained by Channels Television, Umahi and his deputy stated that the Federal High Court erred in his ruling and they, therefore, disagreed with the entire judgment which ordered their sack for defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). They listed eight grounds of appeal against the lower court’s judgment. Read Notice Of Appeal As Obtained By…

The upper chamber of the National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously voted against the Bill seeking to amend Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022. President Muhammadu Buhari had on the 28th of February, 2022, written to the Senate after assenting to the Electoral Act, to amend Section 84(12) of the Act. The Section states that “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” Buhari had in his letter to the Senate drew the…