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Oct

10

2023

Timi Frank to ECOWAS: Tinubu’s position as chairman no longer tenable

News, Opinion, PoliticsEducation, Opinion, Politics, Timi Frank

Press Release10/10/2023 …Asks National Assembly to defend Constitution Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to sack President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its chairman over lack of legitimacy as President of Nigeria. Frank who made this call in a statement in Abuja, said the President lost legitimacy following the discovery that he forged the Chicago State University (CSU) certificate he filed with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the 2023 Presidential…

Oct

10

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Wole Soyinka Attended UI But Didn’t Graduate, He Was Rusticated — Obaseki Reveals

Education, Lifestyle, News, Opinion, PoliticsEducation, Metro, Opinion, Politics, Wole Soyinka

The Director of Researcher and Strategy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that Nobel Prize winner Prof. Wole Soyinka attended the University of Ibadan (UI), but can’t present the institution’s diploma due to him being “rusticated” and not completing his program at the University of Ibadan. Obaseki made the declaration on Sunday after learning that a Bola Tinubu classmate had appeared in court to confirm that the president was their classmate. This occurs in the midst of the dispute surrounding President Tinubu’s academic record and the appeal that was brought before the Supreme Court. The primary question, according…

Oct

07

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gov Otti’s Victory At The Tribunal Is Victory For Democracy – COSEYL

Abia State, News, Politics2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, COSEYL, Politics

COALITION OF SOUTH EAST YOUTH LEADERS (COSEYL). - PRESS RELEASE ... We Commend The Judiciary For Defending Democracy In Abia. The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, the apex sociopolitical youth group in the Southeast East geopolitical zone has congratulated the Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency Dr Alex Chioma Otti on his well deserved victory at the governorship election petition tribunal. His victory is victory for Ndi-Abia and for our hard-earned democracy. The judiciary has uphold the truth and earnest desire of Abians who came out en masse to vote for Dr Alex Otti during the last…

Oct

02

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

2025: Ohanaeze Assures Rivers’ Women Group that President General from the state is sacrosanct.

News, PoliticsNext Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Politics

Press Release Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has commended Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State for providing an enabling environment for the successful hosting of the 2023 Igbo Day Celebration in Port Harcourt. The event, which took place on the 28th and 29th of September 2023, was a significant gathering for the Igbo Nation. Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, expressed his appreciation during a meeting with a delegation from the Rivers women known as Umuokpu and Umuada Nwanyi Igbo Federation in Abakiliki. The visit was a fact-finding mission to assess the potential of Rivers…

Oct

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

At 63, Nigeria Democracy Still In Limbo, What Tinubu, APC Must Do – Kalu

Amos Oge Kalu, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia North Youth Agenda - ANYA, ECK Foundation, Emeka Kalu, Nigeria

As of 63, Nigeria is still lagging, with a huge debt burden, a high level of corruption, and mass poverty. The government in power can change this sad narrative if they are sincere enough to face the realities from a pragmatic point of view. Nigeria's sorry situation has become a complex question that can not get a YES and NO answer from any politician, but requires a systemic approach with the right blueprint and political will to achieve the needed results in nation-building. Unfortunately, Nigeria has been on autopilot for the past 9 years because the APC protagonists are more…