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Nigeria Needs Problem Solver, Not Consensus Candidate —Peter Obi

20Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Nigeria Needs Problem Solver, Not Consensus Candidate —Peter Obi

Peter Obi A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential aspirant in the 2023 general election, and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, explained that Nigerians did not need a consensus candidate but a problem solver that can fix Nigeria. Obi who met with PDP delegates and other officials of the Party, at Salt Lake Hotel, Abakaliki, added that Nigerians were looking forward to having somebody that can make Nigeria productive and pull Nigerians out of poverty. He lamented that the country was presently “insecure. Nigeria is not unified and Nigeria is unproductive and it is collapsing.” According to him: “Going by the enormity of Nigeria’s problems, they are not looking for a consensus candidate. They are looking forward to somebody who will start solving t...

Power Generation Crashes By 903MW, National Grid Crisis Persists

20Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Power

Power Generation Crashes By 903MW, National Grid Crisis Persists

Power The latest figures on Nigeria’s power grid performance released on Tuesday showed that the quantum of electricity generated on the grid had continued to fluctuate, as it fell by 903 megawatts on Monday, April 18, 2022. Nigeria’s electricity grid has been characterised by some sort of instability lately, witnessing about four different grid collapses in less than two months. A document on the country’s 24-hour grid performance, obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power in Abuja on Tuesday, showed that the fluctuation of electricity generated on the grid had yet to abate. It was observed that while peak power generation on the grid at 22.00 hours on April 17, 2022 was 3,829.7MW, it crashed to 2,926.8MW at 03.00 hours the next day. This implies that power generation on...

We Will Not Comment On Uzodinma’s New Position On Us ― IPOB

19Apr

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Biafra, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security

We Will Not Comment On Uzodinma’s New Position On Us ― IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said that they will not respond to the Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State U-turn that it’s absolving them from the killings going on in Imo state. Governor Uzodinma had consistently blamed 8 pro- Biafra group of being behind the killings, mayhem and destructions in the state. But on Sunday, the Governor made a U-turn when he said that the killings were being done by politicians. According to him, the target has been his party, APC.Literally blaming the main opposition party, PDP, the governor said he had not heard or seen where a PDP member was killed or houses belonging to PDP members burnt or destroyed. He therefore warned the perpetrators and their sponsors to use the period of Easter to have a change of heart of face the music th...

Chrisland Breaks Silence On Sex Scandal, 5 Pupils Misbehaved In Dubai

19Apr

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Child Abuse, Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Chrisland Breaks Silence On Sex Scandal, 5 Pupils Misbehaved In Dubai

Chrisland School, Lagos, has broken its silence on the sex scandal that forced Lagos government to shut all its branches in the state. In a viral video, a 10-year-old female pupil of the school was seen being involved in sexual act with some male pupils.The incident, which sparked outrage on social media, was said to have occurred during a trip to Dubai for the World School Games that held between March 8 and March 14, 2022.In the statement, which Akin Fadeyi, a member of the School’s Advisory Board issued on behalf of the management, the school confirmed that a total of 76 students were taken to Dubai.Of the 76 children who represented Chrisland, Fadeyi disclosed that 71 “ensured an untainted adherence to the standards, abiding with laid down regulations and code of conduct”“Withi...

ABIA: Ikpeazu Under Pressure To Speak On Alleged Plot To Impeach Deputy

17Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

ABIA: Ikpeazu Under Pressure To Speak On Alleged Plot To Impeach Deputy

Okezie Ikpeazu Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State appears to be under pressure over alleged moves to impeach his deputy, Ude Oko Chukwu, as the immediate- past Secretary to the Government, SSG, Dr Eme Okoro, has challenged him to personally address Abians on the issue. Okoro, who had, on Monday, warned against the alleged plot said Ikpeazu’s response exonerating himself from the alleged impeachment plot was not convincing enough.He argued that the seriousness of the matter demanded the governor addressing it himself to douse the growing tension and not leaving it to his media aide. “The tension in the state makes it a little more mandatory for my governor to speak to Abia people that he has no plans to impeach his deputy, “the erstwhile SSG said. “He ought to elevate it to ...

2023: Olu of Warri Didn’t Endorse Tinubu – Palace

16Apr

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Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Olu of Warri Didn’t Endorse Tinubu – Palace

Bola Tinubu The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has rebutted claims of the endorsement of an All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 elections. The rebuttal comes after media reports claimed that the Warri monarch endorsed Tinubu when a delegation of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju and Delta State for Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited him at his palace on Thursday. According to the statement signed by the Head, Back Office Operations, Office of the Ogiame Atuwatse III, Oriiz U. Onuwaje, the reports were taken out of context to suit a narrative. Onuwaje noted that the Olu of Warri had no political affiliation to any party or candidate vying for any office in the forthcoming elections, accusing the writer of contravening the Pala...

2022 WASSCE: No clash in date with UTME — WAEC

16Apr

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Education, News, Nigeria

2022 WASSCE: No clash in date with UTME — WAEC

WAEC The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says there is no clash in its examination dates with this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The council’s Head of National Office (HNO) Mr Patrick Areghan made the clarification during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Areghan was speaking against the backdrop of concerns raised by some stakeholders, including parents, that a clash might endanger the performance of some candidates in both examinations. Reports have it that the Federal Ministry of Education had in a circular dated April 5, titled: Update on 2022 Examinations Timetable for all Examination Bodies, addressed to all the test bodies in the c...

Wike Visits Edo, Shuns Obaseki, Seeks Benin Monarch’s Blessing

15Apr

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Elections, News, Nigeria

Wike Visits Edo, Shuns Obaseki, Seeks Benin Monarch’s Blessing

Nyesom Wike There are strong indications that the political difference/rivalry between Governor Nyesom Wike of River State and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, may not have abated as the former, on Thursday, shunned the Edo State Government House while in the state to fan his presidential ambition. Wike was in Benin as part of his meetings with the delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the party’s convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. Recall that the rift between Wike and Obaseki started when the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, stated that many supporters of Obaseki, who defected with the governor to the PDP, did not feel accepted into the party, and therefore, threatened the possibility of quitting t...

Imo: INEC Reacts As Gunmen Kill Staff, Says Two Others Missing

15Apr

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Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Imo: INEC Reacts As Gunmen Kill Staff, Says Two Others Missing

INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. Reports say that Mr. Nwokorie Anthony, staff of the INEC, involved in the ongoing CVR exercise, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Nkwo Ihitte (PU 004) in Amakohia Ward (RA 02) of Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. The commission, in a statement signed by Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, stated that the incident had been reported to security agencies, to bring those responsible to justice. INEC confirmed that two of its staff are still missing following the attack. Read also: Train Attack: Security Agencies Negotiating...

Presidency: Consensus Candidate Is Rubbish, Deceptive – Wike

14Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Presidency: Consensus Candidate Is Rubbish, Deceptive – Wike

Nyesom Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has faulted the arrangement for a consensus Presidential candidate in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike described the consensus arrangement as rubbish and fake news used in deceiving PDP members. Speaking with PDP delegates and members in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Wednesday, the Presidential aspirant said consensus could only happen through equity, justice, and fairness. He recalled telling a former Senate President that he would not support a consensus arraignment in PDP. According to Wike: “I am not here for any consensus rubbish. I have told people not to deceive our party members with fake news about consensus. We all believe in consensus, but it must come with equity, justice, and fairness. Read...