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Jun

25

2022

Obi’s candidacy is Pan Nigerian, redemptive ballot-based revolution – Mustapha

News, Politics2023, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

MOMENT OF TRUTH. Obi's candidacy is a Pan Nigerian redemptive ballot based revolution, it is beyond Creed or Clan, it is indiscriminate of Region or Religion, and it is indiscriminate of the Muslim/Christian divide that trouble our space. It is about a nation in dire need of redemption. To those blinded by partisan loyalty, who believe that either the Leviathan the APC, or the Behemoth the PDP will win the 2023 polls because they have STRUCTURES, let them know that if the structures are human beings, then there is a rude awakening ahead of them. Tell them that hunger has…

Jun

23

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Obi, Kwankwaso working on mega alliance — Abure, Okupe, Yinusa Tanko

News2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Rabiu Kwankwaso

Labour Party, LP, vice presidential candidate, and leaders of the party, yesterday, said that the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi; and his New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, counterpart, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are still in talks to field a joint ticket for the 2023 presidential poll. Meanwhile, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that “many” Nigerians are looking for alternatives to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC. Explaining why the PDP lost the recent Ekiti governorship election, Obaseki, in a video posted by AIT on Tuesday, said many Nigerians no longer want APC…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia South HOA: ZeroSumGame thrives as Ebin Kalu dumps PDP, grabs ADP ticket.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Ebin Kalu, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Politics

After the shinanigan that heralded and keeps plaguing the People's Democratic Party's Primary elections in Abia State, a situation that has put the party in a myriad of litigation, upon litigation at all levels, some aggrieved members who perceived fairness and equity were not applied in the exercise has moved on intending to actualize their dreams from a more accommodating vintage point of healthy competition. Prominent among these is one of the foremost contenders for the position of representing the good people of Ohafia South State Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly come 2023. Speaking to OHAFIA TV…

Jun

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

INEC says Obi, Tinubu, cannot replace running mates, ‘but’!

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, ruled out the concept of “placeholder” or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. After the completion of presidential primaries, INEC had set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates However, as some political parties continued to search for the rightful VP candidate, and to beat the deadline set by INEC for submission of names, some candidates, including Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of Labour Party, submitted names of vice-presidential…

Jun

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Court stops INEC from ending voter registration

Metro, Politics2023, Court, INEC, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST today. SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC, asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to…