2023 Archives - Page 29 of 147

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Group Tells President Buhari To Caution Ikpeazu Not To Cause Chaos In Abia By Upturning People’s Mandate.

Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, Opinion, Politics, Ultimate Commander

ABIA ARTIST AND PATRIOTS CALL ON PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO CAUTION GOVERNOR OKEZIE IKPEAZU OF ABIA STATE TO AVIOD SETTING THE STATE ON FIRE BY UPTURNING ABIA GUBER ELECTION. The 2023 Gubernatorial Election has shown that Abia State Governor-Elect Dr. Alex Chioma Otti OFR, was overwhelmingly voted for by the people and residents in Abia State. Abians displayed uncommon courage, despite all the intimidation, suppression, harassment prior to the election. Based on the above, it is very important that this mandate that was freely given to Dr. Otti be protected, secured, so that Abians can enjoy the democratic dividend Dr.…

Apr

19

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Opinion: Empty Skulls As Spokespersons – By Dr Charles Okhai

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Nigeria’s internationally acclaimed poet, Chimamanda Adichie recently took the world stage by surprise with her petition letter to the President of the United States Joe Biden. Adichie’s letter focused on the February 25, 2023 Presidential election in the country. In her well articulated letter, she indicted the election as faulty, and concluded categorically that the election was hallow and not credible. Obviously, her letter came as a rude shock, no one expected such a new dimension to surface in the already controversial election. And as it were, the APC chieftains, especially the spokespersons did not find it funny. In their…

Apr

19

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

REC, Yunusa, risks jail as INEC writes Buhari, IGP over Adamawa guber

News2023, INEC, Nigeria, Politics

It was an unprecedented moment on Sunday when Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, was declared the winner of the Adamawa State gubernatorial election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Barrister Hudu Yunusa, shocked the nation with what many had described as a coup when he usurped the power of the Returning Officer to declare Binani, winner of the State guber election. Recall that a supplementary election was conducted in 69 polling units in Adamawa on Saturday in places it was not held during the March 18 gubernatorial election. Prior to her declaration, Binani was trailing behind Governor Ahmadu Fintiri…

Apr

16

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari May Leave Abuja, But Abuja Will Not Leave Buhari – Opinion.

Opinion, Politics2023, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

DAILY TRUST SUNDAY COLUMN By. Sonala Olumhense, Sun, 9 Apr 2023 Speaking to Catriona Laing, the outgoing…President Muhammadu Buhari has again disclosed how much he looks forward to retiring to Daura, his hometown, next month. Speaking to Catriona Laing, the outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria who visited him at the presidential palace, he said, “I will be as far away from Abuja as possible.” That is plain wishful dreaming. He may conveniently wish to be ‘far away from Abuja’—a euphemism for bliss and peace—but his poor tenure in the power he craved so much and its aftermath guarantee that…

Apr

11

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

BREAKING: Peter Obi, Datti Wins In Court (Video)

News2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to disqualify Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, from the February 25 general election. In the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1414/2022, the Movement had approached the court, contending that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ought not to have recognized Peter Obi as a valid candidate for the presidential poll. APM said this was in consideration of the time Obi defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the LP. The party argued that the period of Obi’s defection for…