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Mar

11

2024

Hon. Arua Goodluck Dumps YPP Defect to Labour Party LP

Abia State, News, Ohafia, PoliticsAbia State, Ebem Ohafia, Labour Party, Ohafia, Politics

The House of Assembly candidate for Ohafia South State constituency under the platform of the Young Progressives Party in the 2023 General Election Hon. Arua Goodluck Egwu has resigned from the party and joins the Labour Party. Arua, while discussing with news, men stated his resignation in a statement made available to our correspondent. The statement read “Please accept this letter as formal notification that I am resigning as member of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), effective 11th March, 2024. This decision has not been an easy one, having served as the candidate of YPP for Ohafia South State Constituency…

Mar

11

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bello El-Rufai Should Stop Comparing Peter Obi with his father, we’re not blind.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsOpinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Udoeze Kalu

It is a shock to me that the loquacious and cantankerous son of former Kaduna state governor, Alhaji Nasir El-Rufai, Bello El-Rufai, is yet to understand the difference between reality and propaganda. But what is more shocking to me is why he has chosen to use Dr Peter Obi's name to launder his father's image at a time when Nigerians have seen everything he had to offer. However, I do not put the rest of the blame on him for his endless tantrums, yet it shocks me that respected journalists like Mr Seun Okinbaloye should avail him of their supposedly…

Mar

11

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Uncertainty in Abia PDP, APC as ex-deputy governor, former speakers support Otti

Abia State, News, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Members of the Conference of Former Speakers of the Abia State House of Assembly have expressed their satisfaction with Governor Alex Otti's performance thus far. They informed the governor that they would stop at nothing to help his government succeed. The former speakers, who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), made the vow on Friday while accompanying Governor Alex Otti to review ongoing road projects in Aba. During a visit to the governor, certain former Speakers, including Rt. Hon. Stanley Ohajuruka and Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, the State's immediate past Deputy…

Mar

11

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

How lady leaped into river from a speeding boat in Lagos

Metro, NewsAccident, Lagos, Metro, RIP

The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the report that a woman purportedly leaped into the river from a moving boat after boarding a boat from Igando, Lagos State, to Ogun. The woman was already being sought after by rescue crews, according to command spokesman SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the event to reporters on Sunday night. He says that on Sunday at around 8:00 am, a man named Rasaq reported the matter to the Igando Police Division. According to Rasaq, at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, a man named Folashade Nimotalahi, whose address is unknown, departed from their Isuti Jet,…

Mar

10

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dalung slams Nuhu Ribadu for overprotecting Tinubu – “Do you have something to hide?”

News

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has come under criticism from Solomon Dalung, a former minister of sports and youth development, for allegedly attempting to overprotect President Bola Tinubu. He maintained that Tinubu's supporters were always exerting all of their might to go after anyone who showed sincere concern for the state of affairs in the nation. In an interview with Arise Television, Dalung expressed his reservations. He further stated that he and others were attempting to make the President unreachable and that Ribadu's blame game demonstrates that he has something to cover up. He stated that "the administration…