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Mar

06

2023

Zone Senate Presidency to Southeast – Group Tells APC

News2023, Abia State, All Progressives Congress, Nigeria, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Personality, Politics

A leading support group of the All Progressives Congress APC Youths Sentinel has advised the national leadership of the party to zone the office of the Senate President for the incoming 10th National Assembly to the Southeast geopolitical zone in order to do justice to the political agreement between the North and the South, enhance and strengthen national integration. In a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by the Southeast Coordinator of the group, Mr. Brown Agunanne, the group said that, in line with the resolutions of the Progressives Governors Forum of the party that power should swap…

Mar

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Timi Frank urges INEC Chairman, Yakubu to resign

Opinion, Politics2023, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Timi Frank

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Monday, called on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to as a matter of urgency resign of his appointment or President Muhammadu Buhari should do the needful by relieving him of his position for conducting the worst ever rigged election in the history of Nigeria.He called on President Buhari to be courageous enough to sack Professor Yakubu for bringing shame and opprobrium to the country by declaring highly compromised and heavily doctored results as an…

Mar

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Be Wise: Ndi Enugu cannot afford another Ugwuanyi kind of govt in coming years.

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Enugu State, Frank Nweke, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Edeoga is Ugwuanyi duplicate: Those who are campaigning for Edeoga are not really thinking deep. They are either selfish or sentimental. The mess of Ugwuanyi which Edeoga is part of is too big a task to hand over to Edeoga. Remember our support for Peter Obi is not based on sentiment. Not because he is an Igbo man. Not because it is our turn. Not because he is a labor party but on competencies. On his records. Erdogan has none. Enugu state has suffered tremendously from bad governance for years especially the last 8 years under Ugwuanyi and Edeoga. We…

Mar

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

New Twist As Atiku, Okowa, Ayu, protest Tinubu’s Victory At INEC headquarters, Abuja [VIDEO]

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, are currently leading a protest to the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja. DAILY POST reports that the Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, and other leaders and supporters of the party gathered at the Legacy House, Maitama, to start their protest march to the INEC National Headquarters. This is coming less than a few days after INEC announced the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as President-elect. Tinubu had defeated Atiku and Labour Party’s…

Mar

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP, LP Candidates Reject Abia North Senate Result, Say Poll Inconclusive.

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Mao Ohuabunwa, Nigeria, Nnamdi Iro Oji, Opotoyom, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics

The outcome of the Abia North Senatorial election has sparked controversy following allegations by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) that the result was fraudulently declared. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Sunday announced that supplementary poll would be held the following day by 8.00am in some wards and polling units across Arochukwu and Ohafia local governments. The Administrative Secretary of INEC in Abia, Clement Oha, had explained that the electoral umpire found it necessary to conduct the supplementary poll in order to conclude the Abia North Senatorial election before results…