Kalu Odinakachi, Author at OHAFIATV

Apr

09

2023

JAMB fixes new date for 2023 UTME

Education, NewsEducation, JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier scheduled to commence on April 29, would now start on April 25, 2023. He also said the board would hold its rescheduled mock-UTME on April 18, 2023. ”JAMB had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30, in 725 centres across the country. ”However, the exercise ran into…

Apr

09

2023

By Kalu Odinakachi

Again, LP’s state chairmen disown Lamidi Apapa, insist Abure is National Chairman

News2023, Labour Party, Politics

The 36 state chairmen of the Labour Party (LP) and that of the FCT have called on a party member, Mr Apapa Lamidi and other aggrieved members to sheath their swords and resolve issues internally. Apapa had declared himself as the party’s national chairman in the wake of a fresh legal crisis rocking the party and took over the national secretariat of the party. However, Mr Rotimi Kehinde, Chairman of the party’s Chairmen Forum read a communique after a meeting of the chairmen in Abuja on Saturday in which they passed a vote of confidence in Mr Julius Abure as…

Apr

05

2023

By Kalu Odinakachi

Ndume reveals why he wants to be Senate President

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Senate

Ali Ndume, a former Senate Leader and senator representing Borno South Senatorial district have disclosed why he’s contesting to become the next Senate President. In a statement on Wednesday, the Borno South Senator kicked against zoning of the Senate President seat, stressing that the fairness of the zoning arrangements would determine the outcome of his pursuit. He faulted the decision of the APC to insist on zoning arrangements for positions in the National Assembly while such was ignored during the presidential primary election. According to Ndume: “Subject to the position of the party (APC), and the fairness of such arrangements,…

Apr

02

2023

By Kalu Odinakachi

APC Propaganda Machine Can’t Stop Us From Reclaiming Our Mandate – OBI

Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed the leaked audio of him purportedly discussing with Winners Chapel General Overseer, Bishop David Oyedepo, as fake and the handiwork of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi said in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Diran Onifade, Head, Obi-Datti Media, that the fake audio in which he purportedly described the 2023 presidential ballot as a religious war, is “aimed at promoting religious tension in the country.” He equally blamed APC for last week’s “drama in the Ibom Air aircraft” during which a passenger claiming to be an Obidient…

Apr

01

2023

By Kalu Odinakachi

How we’ll transform Enugu economy – Mba

Opinion, Politics2023, Enugu State, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Mba, Politics

The Governor-elect of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mba says his incoming administration is ready to disrupt the present revenue model to be able to build to transform the state’s economy from the present $4.4bn Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to $30bn GDP in eight years. Mbah stated this while fielding questions during a media chat on Arise News on Friday, admitting that it would have been unrealistic to hope to grow the economy seven folds relying on the current model, which he said had outlived its usefulness. Mbah was reacting to doubts raised by his campaign promises to grow Enugu’s economy…