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Oshiomhole Arrives Port Harcourt As Wike’s Romance With APC Rattles PDP

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Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has arrived Port Harcourt for the commissioning of the Rumueprikom Flyover constructed by the Rivers State Government under the administration Governor Nyesom Wike.

Oshiomhole arrived at Wike’s private residence in Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers hours after attending the flag off of the campaign of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the APC, in Jos, Plateau State.

Wike has intensified his relationship with chieftains of the ruling party since he fell out with the leadership of his own Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The governor, who contested the presidential primaries of the PDP but lost the ticket to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, had indicated interest in being Atiku’s running mate, but his Delta counterpart, Ifeanyi Okowa, was chosen.

Shortly after this development, Wike called for leadership change in the opposition party, arguing that the Presidential Candidate and National Chairman of the party cannot be from the same region.

He and his allies had pulled out of the campaign of Atiku, giving the resignation of Senator Iyioricha Ayu as PDP chairman as condition for peace.

Amid the crisis, Wike held talks with Tinubu and invited key APC chieftains to commission projects in his state.

Among the ruling party bigwigs who commissioned different projects were Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; and Senator Aliyu Wammako, former governor of Sokoto State.

The PDP leadership has expressed concerns over Wike’s attitude of bringing people outside his party to commission projects but the Rivers number one citizen argued that he does not need permission to decide be who commissions his projects

All Election Winners Will Be Given Mandate, Buhari Assures

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FG Should Stop Humiliating ASUU, Says Ohuabunwa
President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, joined party members at the Jos township stadium in endorsing the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 presidential race, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.

At the event, the President said no election winner would be denied his mandate in 2023.

The President, at a visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, reiterated his commitment to ensuring that every vote counted while urging party members to march to deliver the APC candidates now that the party had decided.

According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said, “No election winner will be denied his mandate, irrespective of the party to which they belonged,” apparently in response to the Campaign Director-General, Governor Simon Lalong, who announced the intention to recreate the 1993 Moshood Abiola’s historic victory in 2023, in a campaign that took off in the same city 3o years ago. That election victory was annulled by the military.

In handing the APC flag to the candidate at the tumultuous occasion, Buhari said the country needed a man like Tinubu, urging the party faithful to campaign on issues and the abilities of the candidate and his running mate, Shettima.

The President reiterated his earlier assurances that he would be at the forefront of the campaign because of his belief in the party.

The President said it was only the APC that could steer Nigeria to fulfill its historic purpose adding that working together with the leadership of the party, the campaign council, and its teeming supporters, the goal would be achieved.

The National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, led other party stalwarts, including Tinubu to call on Nigerians to vote for the APC ticket.

 

Igbo Youth Leaders Back Sen. Orji Kalu’s Re-election Bid

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Sen. Kalu Extends Constituency Project To Abia Central
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu

The coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL says it has endorsed the Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu for a second term in office.

The apex socio-political youth group in the South East geopolitical zone, COSEYL says this follows a careful appraisal of on-the-spot inspection of quality projects and democracy dividends attracted by Kalu in the district, Abia State, and other South East States.

“The 2023 general elections is a year where we as the electorates will vote for candidates with capacity to deliver and not the political party of the candidates. Only candidates who have shown the capacity to deliver democratic dividends to the people who elected them will be voted into political offices this time and Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has shown that he is a lover of his people which informs his tireless efforts to bring home different forms of democracy dividends down to his people which others who occupied the same office before now couldn’t bring to the people of Abia North Senatorial zone” the group said in a statement signed by Hon. Goodluck Egwu Ibem, President General, and Comrade Okey Nwaoru, Publicity Secretary.

READ ALSO: Senator Orji Kalu Expresses Sadness Over Death Of Chief Ndidi Okereke

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu according to the Igbo youth leaders has opened the eyes of the good people of Abia North Senatorial zone to know that a Senator can attract roads to his Constituency.

The statement added, “He made our people to know that a Senator can empower his constituents. He made Abia North to know that a Senator can even attract a project to another Senatorial zone that is not his area of coverage when he attracted several road projects that are under construction in Ariaria International market and other Local Government Areas in Abia state.

“Our decision to endorse Senator Orji Kalu is because he restored back the confidence of Abia North electorates in government by making them know that a Senator is not a position for those who share frying pans to their constituents, but an office that determines the fate of her people through direct touch by delivering quality democracy dividends.

“Businessmen and women have received business and start-up capitals to boost their businesses and innovations which has created job opportunities in Abia North and beyond. The lists of Senator Orji Kalu’s achievements are endless.

“Joy and smiles have returned back to the faces of Abia North constituents after long years of representation without anything to show for it. The people are very happy with Senator OUK and that happiness he has brought to our people have to continue beyond 2023.

“We call on all other Senatorial candidates of other political parties to join the electorates of Abia North Senatorial district who have wholeheartedly endorse Senator Uzor Kalu through us to withdraw and support him to continue the good works which he has started.

“Though we are non-partisan in all sense of the word but we have to step in to ensure that our people are properly guided in other not to make any mistake during the National Assembly elections come 25 February, 2023.

“We, therefore, urge all and sundry to support and re-elect Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for a second term as he takes Abia North to greater heights by continuing the good works which he has started for our people.

“A vote for Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is a vote for capacity, Vote wisely, vote APC for Senate in Abia North Senatorial zone on 25 February 2023.”

Senator Orji Kalu Expresses Sadness Over Death Of Chief Ndidi Okereke

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Ogah Mourns Late PDP Ex-Chairman, Chief Okereke
Late Chief Ndidi Okereke

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has expressed sadness over the sudden death of a former Abia State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ndidi Okereke.

Senator Kalu described Chief Okereke’s death as a rude shock, coming at a time when Umunneochi LGA, Abia North Senatorial District, and indeed the people of Abia State had just started benefiting from his wealth of political and administrative experience.

“The death of Chief Ndidi Okereke is sad, painful and shocking. I am deeply saddened by this devastating news of this fine gentleman who worked closely with me as the governor of Abia State; a committed democrat, and community leader, with a deep understanding of the State’s political landscape.

READ ALSO: Ogah Mourns Late PDP Ex-Chairman, Chief Okereke

“There is no doubt that he would be missed by the entire political class, especially his Umunneochi LGA, Abia North Senatorial District and Abians in general”, a statement by Sunny Idika, Spokesperson, Orji Uzor Kalu Campaign Organization says.

Senator Kalu, who is the Senator Orji Abia North Senatorial District condoled with the immediate family of the departed, the people of Umunneochi LGA, Abia North Senatorial District, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over what he described as the loss of a “fine gentleman”.

“I pray that almighty God grant the soul of our beloved Chief Ndidi Okereke eternal rest,” he said.

Donald Trump Declares 2024 Presidential Bid

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Donald Trump Declares 2024 Presidential Bid
Donald Trump

Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party.

Trump officially launched a campaign for president in 2024, filing papers with the Federal Election Commission in which he declared himself a candidate for the presidency and established a new campaign committee.

Trump is expected to give a speech later in the evening at his Florida private club, Mar-a-Lago.

“America’s comeback starts right now,” the 76-year-old former US President told hundreds of supporters gathered in an ornate American flag-draped ballroom at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

“The voting will be much different. Are you getting ready?” Trump said.

“This will not be my campaign. This will be our campaign altogether,” he said to the cheering crowd.

Agence France-Presse reports that Trump’s unusually early entry into the White House race is being seen in Washington as an attempt to get the jump on other Republicans seeking to be the party flag-bearer in 2024 – and to stave off potential criminal charges.

Republicans are licking their wounds after disappointing midterms, widely blamed on the underperformance of Trump-anointed candidates, and some are openly asking whether Trump – with his divisive brand of politics and mess of legal woes – is the right person to carry the party colors next time around.

Several possible 2024 primary rivals are circling, chief among them the governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, who bucked the tide and won a resounding reelection victory on November 8.

Trump, who lost the 2020 elections to Democrat Joe Biden after being impeached twice by the House of Representatives, launches his latest White House bid with several potential handicaps.

He is the target of multiple investigations into his conduct before, during and after his first term as president – which could ultimately result in his disqualification.

These include allegations of fraud by his family business, his role in last year’s attack on the US Capitol, his attempt to overturn the 2020 elections, and his stashing of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

With Trump now a declared candidate, Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, may be forced to name a special counsel to pursue the various investigations into the former president launched by the Department of Justice.

Peter Obi Replies Soludo, Asks Him To Do More As Anambra Governor As Professor Of Economics

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I Did My Little As A Trader, Gov. Soludo Should Do More As A Professor – Peter Obi (Video)

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Tuesday, said he did his little as governor of Anambra State and urged the incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo to do his best in the state as an economics professor.

Obi stated this at the 2022 Lagos Business School (LBS) Alumni Conference in Lagos.

The Anambra governor between 2006 and 2014 was reacting to Soludo’s comments that the investment he (Obi) left in government is worth close to nothing.

Also, Soludo on Monday had tackled Obi, saying he can’t win the 2023 presidential election.

“He (Soludo) remains my brother, we are very close. I remain prayerful for him. For other things which I didn’t succeed at, God has given him opportunity to do it and succeed.

“So, if there is anything pending, governance doesn’t finish, people are still in government in America, so you stop where you will stop, other people will continue from there,” Obi said.

“He is the governor of the state; he is my senior brother, he is even more intelligent than me because he is a professor, I am a trader, so he knows more and will be able to do things better than I am doing it.

“I have done my little own as a trader, now the professor is there he will do his own as a professor, the schools I didn’t roof he will roof them, that’s how government goes.”

The former governor said he left the office with the savings of 75 Billion Naira, adding that his administration saved 50 million dollars each in Access, Diamond and Fidelity banks with an interest rate of 6.5%.

He further clarifies, “The one they said is worthless, we invested 3.5 billion naira in International Breweries…that facility is there employing directly and indirectly over 10,000 Anambarians. The shares was at a time being sold at N50, today the shares is about N5 or so.

“When you spread your investment some will go up some will come down but overall the company is still there, the company is still doing well, it is still part of the global chain and everything. I needed to explain it not because I am defending comments by my brother,” the LP candidate said.

He said he left the office without owing any contractor, supplier who had executed their job, citing the examples of Innoson Motors and Zinos Computers.

We Will Build On Buhari’s Achievements – Tinubu

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Nigeria Needs Men Like Tinubu, Shettima For Country's Prosperity — Buhari

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has said that if elected president in 2023, his administration will build on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in the last seven years.

Tinubu stated this on Tuesday in Jos at the flag off of APC presidential campaign for the 2023 election.

The APC presidential candidate said that Buhari performed well in the areas of infrastructure and laid solid foundation for development of agriculture and other sectors.

“We were insecure, we turned to retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and he embarked on rehabilitation, recovery and redemption of Nigeria.

“He started by destroying the terrorists’ flags systematically, tactically and frontally and today there are no flags of strange military colours in any of our local governments in Nigeria.

“Nigeria was sinking but Buhari pulled us out and said that Nigeria will not sink in his time and in the time of the APC,” he said.

Fuel Subsidy To End In 2023 – FG

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Fuel Price Hike, Scarcity Trail Tinubu’s Subsidy Removal Announcement
Fuel Subsidy

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will do away with petroleum subsidy by June 2023.

Ahmed said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic Summit.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that fuel subsidy gulped N2.565tn between January and August 2022.

Also, in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, the Federal Government proposed to spend N3.3tn on fuel subsidy between January and June 2023.

According to Ahmed, removal of fuel subsidy is part of the FG’s medium-term plan in the budget.

She, however, said that the challenge was how to go about removing the subsidy.

“First, we have to engage. We have already engaged with the states and the public before it was approved as part of the medium-term plan.

“We have to do it by systematically informing the citizens about the size and the quantum of the fuel subsidy.

Popular Comedian Apama Loses 2-Year-Old Son

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Popular Comedian Apama Loses 2-Year-Old Son

The Nigerian entertainment industry has once again experienced the pain of child loss as a popular comedian, Dike Osinachi aka Apama, lost his two-year-old son Jidenna, on Tuesday 15 November 2022.

The 2-year-old’s cause of death is currently unknown. At the time of death, Jidenna was the only son of the comedian/actor. This loss comes a few weeks after popular singer David Adeleke aka Davido lost his son Ifeanyi Adeleke to a drowning incident.

READ ALSO: Ogah Mourns Late PDP Ex-Chairman, Chief Okereke

Dike Osinachi is a popular comedian, master of ceremonies, and actor who is known for his use of the Igbo language in his comedy and roles. He was once the subject of public criticism when many complained that Apama was fond of subjecting female party guests to ridicule and vulgar display whenever he played the role of MC at any occasion.  Also known as Ebeigwe Apama, Dike Osinachi is the CEO of Apama NollyTV. Before the death of his son Jidenna, Apama had three children(two daughters and a son) with his wife, Ogechi. The third child was born in June 2022.

May the soul of little Jidenna rest in peace.

I Did My Little As A Trader, Gov. Soludo Should Do More As A Professor – Peter Obi (Video)

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I Did My Little As A Trader, Gov. Soludo Should Do More As A Professor – Peter Obi (Video)

Peter Obi,  the Anambra State governor between 2006 and 2014 was reacting to Soludo’s comments that the investment he (Obi) left in government is worth close to nothing.

Also, Soludo on Monday had tackled Obi, saying he can’t win the 2023 presidential election.

Reacting on Tuesday in Lagos, Obi described Soludo as his brother.

“He (Soludo) remains my brother, we are very close. I remain prayerful for him. For other things which I didn’t succeed, God has given him opportunity to do it and succeed.

“So, if there is anything pending, governance doesn’t finish, people are still in government in America, so you stop where you will stop, other people will continue from there,” Obi said.

“He is the governor of the state; he is my senior brother, he is even more intelligent than me because he is a professor, I am a trader, so he knows more and will be able to do things better than I am doing it.

“I have done my little own as a trader, now the professor is there he will do his own as a professor, the schools I didn’t roof he will roof them, that’s how government goes.”

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