Politics

Defection: Governor Ayade to know fate Friday

Defection: Governor Ayade to know fate Friday

A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek for an order sacking the governor and his deputy over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday, gathered from Court 7, where Justice Taiwo presided that the judgment in suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 filed by the PDP against Cross River governor and…
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Unflinching campaign for an Igbo man to be elected the next President – Chief Emeka Kalu

Unflinching campaign for an Igbo man to be elected the next President – Chief Emeka Kalu

UNFLINCHING CAMPAIGN FOR IGBO MAN TO BE ELECTED THE NEXT PRESIDENT. As the curtains of 2023 general election is being gradually drawn, political parties are putting their houses in order through indept consultations while aspirants are busying harnessing plans to ensure their success in both primaries and general election.In a Country guided by equity and fairplay, it is good to allow people from other ethnic bloc an opportunity at the centre for the sake of unity and advancement.   Denying Igboman an opportunity to be elected the next President of Nigeria is a serious cankerworm against the survival of democracy…
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Appeal court confirms Ononogbu as authentic Abia APC chairman

Appeal court confirms Ononogbu as authentic Abia APC chairman

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, Monday, confirmed Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu as the authentic Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abia State. This is following the dismissal of a motion filed by Donatus Nwankpa, Iheanacho Obioma, and others seeking the nullification of the special congress of APC, held in Abia state on January 8, 2022, in which Dr Ononugbu was elected as the Chairman of APC in Abia State to replace late Enyinnaya Harbour. The Appeal Court presided over by Hon. Justice R.N Pemu, alongside two other justices in a unanimous ruling, dismissed the said motion…
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JUST IN: Soludo appoints Chief of Staff, two others

JUST IN: Soludo appoints Chief of Staff, two others

The Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has made another three appointments days after he was sworn in as the state governor. Those appointed include Chief of Staff, Chairman, Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, and Special Adviser on Security to the Governor. The appointees are Mr Ernest Ezeajughi, Chief of Staff; Mr Richard Nwora Madiebo, Chairman, Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS); (AVM Ben Chiobi (Rtd.), Special Adviser on Security to the Governor. Mr Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was sworn-in earlier on Thursday, 17th March, 2021 in a low-key ceremony in Awka. The governor,…
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BREAKING: Court sacks 20 Cross River lawmakers for defecting to APC

BREAKING: Court sacks 20 Cross River lawmakers for defecting to APC

Court sacks 20 Cross River lawmakers for defecting to APC. The lawmakers were members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before their defection. A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly for defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawmakers were members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before their defection. The court declared that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to power, ought to vacate their seats. Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the judgment in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021, which was filed by the…
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2023: PDP ‘ll lose Abia if Ngwa man flies guber ticket, Wabara warns

2023: PDP ‘ll lose Abia if Ngwa man flies guber ticket, Wabara warns

Former Senate President, and the Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Dr. Adolphus Wabara, has warned that PDP might get a protest vote in Abia in 2023, should the party fail to cede its governorship ticket to his Ukwa clan or Abia North zone. He argued that if Ukwa clan should not be considered because it belongs to Abia South senatorial zone where power currently resides, “then power should move back to Abia North where it started from in 1999”. Wabara specifically warned that any attempt to make another Ngwa man succeed the incumbent Governor…
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2023 Abia Guber: I will make Agriculture attractive to young Abians, says Kalu Ijomah Ukeh

2023 Abia Guber: I will make Agriculture attractive to young Abians, says Kalu Ijomah Ukeh

Abia state governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Kalu Ijomah Ukeh has vowed to tackle unemployment in the state if elected as the next governor of the state. According to Mr. Ukeh, his administration will invest heavily in manufacturing and agriculture, thereby engaging thousands of Abia youths. Ukeh, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia, Sunday morning, noting that Agriculture can solve the issue of unemployment when made attractive to young people. He said, "Given that the Nigeria’s exports are dominated by crude oil, Nigeria’s agricultural sector provides an estimated 65% of…
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BREAKING: APC Convention: Modu Sheriff steps down from race

BREAKING: APC Convention: Modu Sheriff steps down from race

APC Convention: Modu Sheriff steps down from race. In a brief chat Sunday in Abuja, Sheriff said he was stepping aside due to the zoning arrangement in the party which has ceded the office to North Central. Former Governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has stepped down from the national chairmanship race ahead of Saturday’s national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. In a brief chat Sunday in Abuja, Sheriff said he was stepping aside due to the zoning arrangement in the party which has ceded the office to North Central. Sheriff who is from the…
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Looking In from The Outside: A Case for Ibe Okwara Osonwa, By Enyi E. Emesih

Looking In from The Outside: A Case for Ibe Okwara Osonwa, By Enyi E. Emesih

Looking In from The Outside: A Case for Ibe Okwara Osonwa – By Enyi E. Emesih It’s that time again Nigeria... Political season is in full bloom and we’re off to the races. Aspirants are declaring intent and allegiance, promising, and stomping for the right to ‘represent ‘we the people. So far there’s nothing new about this season’s aspirants as we have incumbents seeking re-election, old faces seeking new portfolios and hangers on stepping up for a piece of the pie. And let’s not forget about the entitled, those that believe with every fiber of their being they deserve power…
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2023 Abia Guber: PDP Social Media Influencers Endorse Kalu Idika Okwara

2023 Abia Guber: PDP Social Media Influencers Endorse Kalu Idika Okwara

A frontline governorship aspirant for Abia State 2023 gubernatorial election, Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, has been endorsed by a group of New Media Influencers in the People's Democratic Party, PDP. The group announced the endorsement on Friday, in Abuja after a closed door meeting with the oil and gas expert at Wadata Plaza. According to a release by Chief Obadiah Mbila, the group promised to support the aspiration of Idika Okwara in succeeding Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2023. He said, "Ohafia born Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, Udomba 1 of Amibe, and a frontline PDP Abia State Gubernatorial Aspirant has been…
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