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2023: Wike Reveals Issues With Atiku, Tambuwal, Saraki

4May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Wike Reveals Issues With Atiku, Tambuwal, Saraki

Nyesom Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has opened up on his grouse towards former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ex-National Assembly leaders, Bukola Saraki and Aminu Tambuwal. Wike, alongside Saraki, Atiku and Tambuwal is in the 2023 presidential race under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The issue of zoning is generating confusion among members of the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the PDP, with Southern politicians insisting it is the turn of the region to take over from the outgoing administration led by a Northerner. Governor Wike said that when they agreed amongst themselves that 2019 was the turn of the North to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s challenger, the agreement was respected by Southerners....

Go After Terrorists, Eliminate Them, Buhari Orders Security Heads

3May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Uncategorized

Go After Terrorists, Eliminate Them, Buhari Orders Security Heads

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has again charged the heads of military and other security agencies in the country to rise up to their responsibilities and go after terrorists troubling the nation and eliminate them. He gave the charge yesterday, after joining other Muslims to observe the Eid prayers at the Mambila Barracks Parade Ground, Abuja, in commemoration of Eid-el-Fitr. President Buhari, while responding to questions after he returned to the Presidential Villa from the prayer ground, said his administration would continue to work to make the country safe for Nigerians, adding that it is the duty of security agencies to know terrorists’ hideouts. President Buhari admitted having sleepless nights over the security situation in parts of the country. He,...

2023: Nigerians Should Rise Up As Minister Buys N100m Form – ASUU Chair

2May

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Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

2023: Nigerians Should Rise Up As Minister Buys N100m Form – ASUU Chair

Emeka Nwajiuba The National Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has urged Nigerians to rise up and vote for those interested in the country. Osodeke was reacting to reports of the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, obtaining the All Progressives Congress, APC, expression of interest and nomination forms worth N100 million. Speaking with Daily Post, Osodeke said security agents should have invited Nwajiuba for questioning on how he came about N100 million. According to the ASUU Chairman: “In a normal clime, a minister should have been invited by security to show how he raised N100 million and if he had paid tax for such an amount. But we are in a country where anything goes; it sounds somehow that he can’t solve th...

Anambra: PDP Suspends Congress After Aspirants Hold Panel Members Hostage

2May

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News, Nigeria

Anambra: PDP Suspends Congress After Aspirants Hold Panel Members Hostage

PDP The five-member Anambra State Ward congress panel of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Jibrin Ahmed, was on Sunday, held hostage by the party’s aspirants and stakeholders over its inability to present the original result sheets. The scenario almost resulted into a free-for-all at the party’s Secretariat at Udoka Estate, when the Panel members, claimed they left the original result sheets in their hotel room. The panel members, had directed the aspirants, who were contesting the national assembly elections, and others to converge on the party’s office for briefing before the ward congress, but trouble started when they presented the photocopies of the results sheets. The development did not go down well with the stakeholders, who insisted that they must bring the origina...

Buhari Silent On Varsities’ Strike, Deregulation As Workers Boo Ngige

2May

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Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Buhari Silent On Varsities’ Strike, Deregulation As Workers Boo Ngige

May Day The current industrial action by the four tertiary institution-based unions and uncertainty surrounding the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were sidelined in the address of President Muhammadu Buhari at the May Day event, which held yesterday in Abuja to mark Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day. Rather, the President, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, mentioned the payment of salaries since his assumption of office as a major achievement. The Vice President, a Professor of Law and a presidential aspirant in next year’s general elections, insisted the Federal Government has never underestimated the importance of labour in the dynamics of politics and good governance. He urged labour to always exercise restraint in their declaration of trade dis...

Lecturers Partaking In Elections Not Representing Us – ASUU

1May

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Elections, News, Nigeria

Lecturers Partaking In Elections Not Representing Us – ASUU

Election The Academic Staff Union of Universities said its members going to participate in the 2023 elections would be doing so on their own and would not be told anything. ASUU said it withdrew from participating in elections in Nigeria because the system was flawed. The organisation said it had requested that it should be allowed by the Independent National Electoral Commission to participate in all the segments of the election, from the polling unit, collation and announcement for which the government refused. The President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said these in an interview with Sunday PUNCH. He said, “ASUU participated (in election) during the period of (Prof. Attahiru) Jega and since then, we have decided we are not participating as a union in any electio...

2023 Presidency: Ndigbo Not Happy With PDP – Ohanaeze

1May

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Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Presidency: Ndigbo Not Happy With PDP – Ohanaeze

PDP Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze has expressed its displeasure with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its handling of the zoning of the party’s presidential ticket. Recall that the PDP has gone ahead to screen all the presidential aspirants on its platform despite huge calls that the position be zoned to the South-East. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he accused the PDP of insincerity. “Ndigbo are not happy with the way PDP has abused the principles of the zoning formula enshrined in her constitution. “This is unacceptable and has brought open the suspicion that the PDP NWC is not sincere with the Igbos after milking the Igbo votes for 20 years. “Any attempts by the NWC to manipulate th...

2023: I Don’t Believe In Igbo Presidency, Zoning – Uwazuruike

1May

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News, Nigeria

2023: I Don’t Believe In Igbo Presidency, Zoning – Uwazuruike

Ralph Uwazurike Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, has downplayed the call for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. Uwazuruike said he doesn’t believe in the idea of Igbo Presidency, stressing that such should be discarded. He asserted this while hosting Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday. Read Also: Umahi Picks APC Presidential Nomination Form The MASSOB founder said the race for who becomes Nigeria’s next president should be thrown open. Uwazuruike urged Nigerians to shun zoning because it had no place in the country’s constitution. According to Uwa...

PDP Disqualifies Two Presidential Aspirants, Clears 15

30Apr

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Elections, News, Nigeria

PDP Disqualifies Two Presidential Aspirants, Clears 15

PDP The Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday in Abuja, disqualified two of its 17 presidential aspirants. The Chairman of the Screening Committee, Senator David Mark, disclosed this to journalists shortly after the conclusion of the exercise at the Legacy House, Abuja, the presidential campaign headquarters of the main opposition. The screening, which began around 11 am, lasted till 7 pm and involved all the aspirants. Mark, however, declined to reveal the identities of the disqualified aspirants or the reasons for their disqualification. He simply noted that the aspirants did not meet the requirements set by the panel. While it was not clear what yardstick was used to weed out the two aspirants, it might not be far from the requirements of the Independent National Electo...

Soludo Seeks Establishment Of Bayern Academy In Anambra

30Apr

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News, Nigeria, Sports

Soludo Seeks Establishment Of Bayern Academy In Anambra

Charles Soludo Governor Chukwuma Soludo has urged Bayern Munich FC of Germany to consider establishing an Academy in Anambra as part of an effort to deepen the game of football in Nigeria. Soludo made the request while welcoming the Bayern Munich technical team who were in the state for the National Youth Cup on Saturday. The governor who spoke through Tony Oli, chairman of Anambra Sports Development Commission, said the state was happy to have provided a good football stadium which qualified the state to play host for the programme. He said Anambra was home to football and promised to provide the enabling environment for a successful outing while expressing hope that youths from the state would make the final 10 players that would be selected for nurturing. “Anambra has a ...