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30

2021

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JUST IN: Senate President denies move to elongate Buhari’s tenure beyond 2023

Politics

“We, therefore, say categorically that the Senate President has never made any such statement, before or after 2019. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has debunked reports which alleged that he was planning for a constitutional amendment to elongate President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure beyond 2023. Mr Lawan, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja, said he firmly stands by the constitutional provision for a term limit for elected public officers and would not support any move to amend the section. The statement reads: “The Office of the President of the Senate has noted a tweet by…

Mar

30

2021

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Ben Kalu Should Be Part Of A Progressive Abia, By John Okiyi Kalu

Opinion, Politics

I am sure that Ben Kalu will never vote for RUGA even if compelled by his party caucus In the House. His actions when farmlands were destroyed by herders within his constituency gives me that much confidence Bende Federal Constituency has a way of producing some of the finest legislators representing Abia State at the National Assembly. That constituency gave us the best ever female legislator in the person of our Amazon Hon. Nnenna Ukeje aka Ada Bende. She was exceptional in the House and delivers effortlessly on our legislative agenda without making any fuss about it. Hon Ben Kalu,…

Mar

29

2021

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BREAKING!!! Court Will Decide On Sacking Obaseki As Governor Today

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THE WHISPERER reports that the Justice Yunusa Musa-led three-member election petitions tribunal in Edo State will on Monday (Today) rule on the remaining four of the five petitions by the aggrieved governorship candidates and parties that took part in the September 19, 2020 election in the state. The petitions were filed by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, Iboi Emmanuel; and Tracy Agol. Agol did not include her party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the petition against Governor Godwin Obaseki. The other two were by the Action Peoples Party (APP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).…

Mar

29

2021

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2023: Gregory Ibe is Who Abia Needs — CCJ Director-General

News, Politics

"In effect, Abia State is very fortunate to have a man who make things happen and who knows how to create and nurture Institutions to be hers, as a son of the soil," he said Any society that earnestly desires speedy development will naturally ensure the emergence of people with untainted records within the leadership sphere. Gregory University Uturu Chancellor Prof. Gregory Ibe ranks high among the several upstanding figures that have, in this regard, shown exceptional leadership qualities without soiling thier conscience. This is according to Dr Paul David C. Obianaso, an attorney, consultant criminologist and security expert. Obianaso…

Mar

29

2021

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Abia bye-election: After poor performance, APC group slams party over imposition of candidate

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Following the poor showing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s by-election in Abia State, some stakeholders of the party from Anambra State have called on the party hierarchy to jettison any plan to foist an unpopular candidate in this year’s governorship election in the state. The party chieftains, operating under the aegis of APC Patriots, Anambra chapter, observed that the rancour which trailed an alleged imposition of a candidate was responsible for the party’s loss of the Aba North and South Federal Constituency seats to the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last Saturday. In a statement jointly…

Mar

28

2021

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2023 Election: PDP set to waive nomination fees for youths below this age.

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2023 Election: PDP set to waive nomination fees for youths below this age. The National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has recommended that any aspirant seeking to contest for elective position on the platform of the party who is under the age of 35 years should be exempted from the payment of nomination fees. The proposal was contained in a one-page letter dated March 25, 2021, signed by the Chairman of the committee and former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and addressed to the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. The committee also advised the…

Mar

28

2021

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Abia Governorship 2023: Fresh Rumbles Over Abia Charter of Equity As Ukwa/Ngwa Schemes to Retain Power

Politics

As stakeholders prepare for 2023 governorship election in Abia State and some interest groups suggest fresh zoning formula in order to produce Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s successor, Associate Editor, Sam Egburonu, reports that Abia North Senatorial Zone leaders and other patriots in the state are bent on sustaining the Abia Charter of Equity Although the 2023 General Election is still over a year away, the political atmosphere in Abia State has become intriguing. This is primarily because of underground moves over the successor of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, a second term governor who will no longer contest in 2023. The intrigues became…

Mar

28

2021

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BREAKING!!! Aba North/Aba South Bye-election: Mascot Uzor Kalu Congratulates Chimaobi Obisike

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PRESS RELEASE The March 27, 2021 Aba North and Aba South Federal Constituency by-election is over, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), we appeal to our members to accept the outcome of the elections in good faith while appreciating them for making the Party stronger in Abia. While the opposition wanted the election at all cost , we chose life over blood shed and therefore won lives and lost the polls. To us, that was a greater victory . The level of thuggery, violence and rigging that occurred in the…

Mar

27

2021

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2023 Presidency: North-west speakers endorse Tinubu for President, says 95% votes will be for him

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Speakers of states’ houses of assemblies from North-west Nigeria have endorsed the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, for president in the 2023 general election, Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos Assembly has said. A statement issued by Mr Obasa’s media office Saturday said the speakers pledged their support at a meeting held at Kano on Friday. A former speaker from Kano, Abdullahi Yanshana, reportedly said “95 per cent of the votes from Kano in 2023 will be in favour of the national leader of the APC”, the statement said. Mr Obasa said both the…

Mar

27

2021

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THROWBACK: Bola Tinubu stumbles at the 11th edition of the annual Arewa House series in Kaduna (WATCH VIDEO)

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VIDEO: Watch as Bola Tinubu stumbles at the 11th edition of the annual Arewa House lecture series in Kaduna. Senator Bola Tinubu, the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday, stumbled as he made his way to his seat in the auditorium where the 2021 annual Arewa House Lecture was held. It is unclear if Mr Tinubu, 68, missed his steps, but his aides were quick to grab him from falling flat, as seen in a viral footage. The former governor of Lagos, dressed in flowing Agbada chaired the 11th edition of the event on Saturday…