“I Created A Platform For IPOB To Defend Itself” – Raymond Dokpesi
Media entrepreneur, Raymond Dokpesi says he had provided an opportunity for the Biafra agitation movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to defend itself, contending that the outlawed’s group’s struggle was due to prevailing injustice against Ndigbo. ABN TV reports that Dokpesi who said this on Monday in Umuahia, Abia State, while addressing the leaders of the People Democratic Party...
Osun, FG Spent ₦5 Billion On Social Interventions – Gov Oyetola
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said his administration, in collaboration with the Federal Government, has facilitated and disbursed social intervention funds of about N5bn to residents of the state. Oyetola disclosed this at a rural community engagement organised by the state’s Civic Engagement Office at Akola Village in Oriade Local Government Area of the state. Represented by his Special...
1999 Constitution: Amendment Bill Ready February — Lawmakers
Some members of the National Assembly have disclosed that they have not stopped work on the process of amending the 1999 Constitution, assuring Nigerians that the amended document would be ready before the end of the Ninth National Assembly. Speaking with journalists in Ibadan, on Sunday, at a town hall meeting with their constituents, the lawmakers, Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi from...
I Didn’t Market Buhari To Nigerians, It Was Only His Pictures I Posted — Dele Momodu
Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine, has said he never campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari. Momodu said in an interview: “I actually like the man personally but his politics, no way.” The 2023 presidential aspirant denied allegations that he promoted Buhari’s campaign for the presidency. “I didn’t sell Buhari to you. All I did was post his pictures. There is no way...
Afegbua Urges PDP To Look Beyond Atiku In Picking Presidential Candidate, Says Age Against Ex-VP
Former spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2019 elections and ex- Information Commissioner in Edo state, Prince Kassim Afegbua has urged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to look beyond the former Vice President and cede its Presidential ticket to the South ahead of the 2023 general election. Afegbua who played a prominent role in the crisis...
Obasanjo Tell PDP Leaders Why He Can’t Return To Their Party Again
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, declared that there is going back on his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and partisan politics. Obasanjo, who was twice elected president on PDP platform, renounced his membership of the party, when he fell out with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in the buildup to the 2015 election. After ordering the chairman of his...
Power Must Return To Abia North, PDP Elders Tell Ikpeazu, Caution Against Disruption
Elders and stakeholders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Abia North, have urged Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, to ensure ” power rotates back to Abia North in 2023 in keeping with the Abia Charter of Equity which recommends power rotation among the three senatorial zones”. The elders in a strong-worded statement, signed by the immediate-past Secretary to the State...
2023: Stakeholders Demands Guber Power Shift To Abia North
Abia stakeholders and elders have called for the shift of the governorship seat to Abia North Senatorial district of state ahead of the 2023 general election. The stakeholders and elders hinged their call on the charter of equity propagated by the founding fathers of Abia State to ensure the gubernatorial seat rotates among the three Senatorial Districts of the state...
BREAKING! PDP Chair, Ex-govs, NWC In Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu; four former governors and members of the party’s National Working Committee are in a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Ayu, the four former governors and other NWC members arrived at the Pent House residence of the former President located within his...
2023: We’ll Support Abians With Capacity But Lack Funds, Godfathers To Enthrone Good Leadership — Group
A non-political group of like minds, Abia Political Movement (APM), has said it will actively participate in the process of electing leaders at various leadership positions in the state come 2023. According to the group, Abians with capacity who are desirous of leading but lack financial war chest or godfathers to endorse them will receive the support of the group. The...
