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The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to resist any plot to derail Labour Party, especially now that it is enjoying wide acceptance by Nigerians. The vow was made on Monday when the leadership of the labour union stormed the national secretariat of the Labour Party at Utako in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to show…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Monday refused to vacate an interim order which restrained the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, the National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim, and two others from parading themselves as leaders of the party. Alex Ejieseme SAN, counsel for Abure, had prayed the court to…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday night announced 29-year-old Akarachi Amadi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, the winner of the supplementary election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State held on Saturday. Announcing the votes polled by the respective candidates at the federal constituency’s collation centre located at Nworuibi in the…
The monarch was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command for allegedly sharing on a WhatsApp platform a write-up that was said to be very critical of the state governor, Hope Uzodinma. The Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested Eze Ekene Obinali, the traditional ruler of…
Candidates of three political parties — the Labour Party, the African Democratic Party and the Peoples Democratic Party — have rejected the declaration of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Akarachi Amadi, as the winner of the supplementary election held in Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru federal of Imo state on Saturday. The candidate of the ADC, Chinonso Uba,…
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The All Progressives Grand Alliance has condemned the attack on its delegates and officials in the Imo State Governorship primary held last weekend, The attack on the party officials was said to have happened at the state party secretariat in Owerri. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Tex Okechukwu, disclosed this in a statement…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the parliamentary watchdog over a possible failure to declare shares his wife holds in an agency benefiting from a recent budget, an official said Monday. Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg on Thursday launched the probe into shares Akshata Murty holds in childcare agency “Koru Kids”, his…
Senator Samuel Anyanwu, National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has emerged the party’s governorship candidate for the November 11 Imo State gubernatorial poll. His emergence followed the PDP primary election held on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat along the Okigwe Road in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Anyanwu is expected to challenge the…
Governor of Imo State, Sen Hope Uzodinma has commended the people of the state for trooping out to vote massively for the All Progressives Congress in the House of Assembly election held on Saturday. The governor said the victory of the ruling APC at the polls was a significant attestation to the achievement of his…
Following the recent concluded general elections in Nigeria, it is obvious that both INEC and APC have no surviving souls respectively. The soul, yes, I mean the soul. No one in the world of matter, energy, space and time can plunge deeply into the realm of the soul without wise guides. Years of lone wolf…
Anthony de Mello in one of his witty reflections on ‘Imprisonment’ once said: “you are so proud of your intelligence,’ said the Master to a disciple. ‘You are like the condemned man who is proud of the vastness of his prison cell.” Whenever I reflect on this saying, my mind these days go around the…
According to Plato in his metaphoric and poetic way of expressing higher reality, he told a story about Er, a warrior who came back to life on the funeral pyre, after having been believed dead. Er according to Plato, was said to have seen many things in the afterlife, but he was told that he…
According to Plato in his metaphoric and poetic way of expressing higher reality, he told a story about Er, a warrior who came back to life on the funeral pyre, after having been believed dead. Er according to Plato, was said to have seen many things in the afterlife, but he was told that he…
The inability of the Federal Government and ASUU to come to a compromise, even after President Muhammadu Buhari gave members of his team a clear implementation timeline underscores the point that has been long emphasized. Which is that Nigeria’s tertiary education funding model has to be revisited. I agree with ASUU that their working conditions…
THE DUMB APC AND BATSHIT MEDIA PROPAGANDISTS, USING THE CRIMINALLY ENFORCED MONDAY SIT AT HOME ORDER BY ALLEGEDLY GOVERNMENT ENABLED/ ALLOWED UNKNOWN GUN MEN THAT IS DESTROYING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH EAST TO PLAY CHEAP POLITICS. ✍These dumb and unenlightened APC social media urchins, are not aware that the use of terror in the…
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Ethiopia started and completed a brand new 756km (Ethiopia to Djibouti Port) standard gauge rail project within 5 years at a cost of $4.5bn.(Average cost of $5.9m per kilometer). This rail project was executed across a stretch of very treacherous mountainous and undulating landscapes. Yet, the Ethiopians roasted their government for doing the project at…
My support for PO is mainly from an economic growth potential than any primordial sentiment. Nigeria is BROKE & by extension 89million Nigerians are ‘very’ poor while 53millions are “on God”. So how does PO holds the 🗝️ to unlock wealth? Pls walk with me To start with, let’s explore the strategy the two APC…
The Nigerian Academy of International Affairs is a body of eminent and retired professionals and scholars in diplomacy and International Affairs. The Academy is scandalized by the clownish gathering of some members of our political elite in London recently following similar meetings in Paris and Dubai. It is most unfortunate and heartbreaking that some Nigerian…
Are you aware that Nigeria has four existing refineries, with combined capacities to process and refine 445,000 barrels of crude oil per day, located in Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt respectively? ✍️Are you also aware that the first Nigeria REFINERY in Port Harcourt at Alesa Emese was built in under 2 years ( from 1963…
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof Rufai Alkali has explained why alliance talks between their presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, collapsed. According to Alkali, the talks about a merger fell apart because the LP camp insisted that NNPP concedes the presidency to…
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The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has asked the Nigerian electorate not to vote for any of the presidential candidates speaking through proxies. Recall that at the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC) in Lagos last Monday where most of the leading presidential candidates unveiled their programmes for 2023…
— HE’S UZODINMA’S AGENT – ONWUASOANYA — HE’S ACTING A SCRIPT, BUT’LL FAIL – CALLERS — PUBLISH YOUR 2015, 2019 BOOTH RESULTS, UNACHUKWU DARES ANYANWU The National Secretary of the People Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has come under heavy criticism following his plans to institute legal action against the Imo State Chapter of the…
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The fact that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike brought the next president of Nigeria and a previous president of Nigeria to London for decisive meetings last week, accompanied by his political allies, is a reflection of his current political influence. Bredda Bola Tinubu, the All-Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential candidate, was the first person he met….
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The challenges facing the Imo Youths in Imo State are innumerable and pathetic, but we can stop them if the Imo State Government begins to accommodate the youths in her government. I want to re-echo the voice of Prof Eyo Ita in 1934 (as the National Leader of the Nigerian Youth Movement, NYM) who then…
Someone once told me that most of Governor Uzodimma’s aides and allies are so starved of funds and left frustrated that the only way they can get money from him is by bringing a proposal that talks about how to harass Ihedioha or any other person they consider a threat. In fact, the guy once…
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Today, I’m on a political voyage to discuss political justice and fair play as it concerns the Executive Governor of Rivers State Chief Nyesom Wike. All my readers should read this article with a mind bereft of political resentment, rancor and bias. It’s only by so doing one can appreciate the inherent reality. The science…
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National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday stated that the union would meet with the Federal Government today (Tuesday). According to Osodeke, the union and the Federal Government are meeting to address its demands which led to the ongoing strike. The ASUU President speaking on when the…
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Chimaroke Nnamani, a senator for Enugu East and a former governor of Enugu state, has pleaded with the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reach an agreement and #EndASUUStrike so that students can return to class. At the same time, the federal lawmaker praised the outstanding performance of Mea Mater…
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Prof Akintoye Writes Buhari, Says Yoruba People Want To Officially Nigeria Over ‘Killings By State-sponsored Fulani Militias, Others’ Professor Banji Akintoye, says the Yoruba ethnic group is in dire need of its own country out of present Nigeria. Renowned historian and leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor…
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….SAYS IRIJI MBAISE REMAINS AGELONG UNIFYING HERITAGE.. It was yet another epoch gathering of friends and associates of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON, as he celebrates this year’s 2022 Iriji Mbaise festival. The colourful traditional event, which held at the Mbutu, country home of the Omenkeahuruanya, had in attendance traditional rulers, Ndi Nze…
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