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Feb

04

2023

2023: Ohafia Community Backs Ibe Okwara For Aro/Ohafia Fed. Constituency.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, News, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

As the 2023 general elections date draws near, electorates in Ohafia Local Government Areas have thrown their full weight behind the Labour Party candidate, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, promising to vote massively during the poll to ensure he becomes their representative at the Green Chambers. They said that the choice of Osonwa was made after a thorough evaluation of the candidates vying to represent people of the Federal Constituency, so as to attract dividends of democracy to the communities. The communities that have picked the Labour Party candidate ahead of others vying for the seat were Eziafor, Ndi Ibe, Amuma,…

Jan

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia Guber 2023: My Governorship Will Not Be At The Expense of Ikonne’s Death – Emeka Nwankpa

Abia State, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Emeka Nwankpa, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Bishop Dr Emeka Nwankpa, the governorship candidate of the Accord Party, has revealed that his sure emergence as the Governor of Abia State will not be at the expense of the death of Prof Uche Ikonne. He said he was praying for Prof Ikonne's recovery so that they both would contest alongside others for God to choose best candidate among them. Addressing the party leaders from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state in his Umukalu Ntigha country home on Friday, the revered cleric who described the late Prof Ikonne as a good man, said that Ikonne's death was…

Jan

29

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court to deliver judgment in suit seeking Buhari’s removal from office Monday

News, PoliticsCourt, INEC, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

All is now set for a Federal High Court in Abuja to deliver a landmark judgment on January 30 in a suit seeking the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari from office on account of alleged illegalities in the 2019 presidential election. The judgment billed to be delivered by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo will also resolve a request seeking to stop the conduct of the 2023 Presidential election. A notice for the judgment delivery just sighted by our correspondent at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja indicated that the verdict would be handed down by 9 am on Monday by…

Jan

29

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Troops kill Boko Haram commander Abu Illiya, 32 others

NewsBoko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, ISWAP, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Security

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai alongside members of the civilian joint task force have reportedly annihilated a top Boko Haram commander, Abu Illiya alongside his 32 fighters. The feat was said to have been achieved during an intelligence-led aggressive fighting patrol in some identified Boko Haram enclaves in Kayamari, Habasha and Yuwe villages in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, multiple intelligence sources indicated that the troops’ superior firepower forced the surviving terrorists to flee in disarray thereby abandoning their property and weapons. The troops also…

Jan

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Opinion: New Year Gift From Obasanjo Marks Beginning Of End To Nigeria Civil War

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Labour Party, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Richyard Awa Ume

1st January 2023, was an amazing day for most of us in Nigeria. On that day, we happily and joyfully came into the new year 2023. This is one year that means so many things to so many people. In the political circle, the establishment is divided into two. Those that want the status quo to remain. Such elements are shouting "continuity 2023" while a section of the establishment is shouting "change 2023". The question that none of them wants to answer is:Continuity? What are we to continue? Are we to continue the epileptic power supply, the unprecedented looting of…