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Nov

17

2022

2023: Gov Wike vows to support Peter Obi

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Peter Obi, Politics, Rivers State

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday promised to provide “logistics support” for Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate. Wike said he would provide logistics support during Obi’s campaign in Rivers State. He pledged his support to Obi at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover inauguration in Port Harcourt. The governor also declared that Obi has what it takes to become Nigeria’s president. According to Wike: “Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, and all the logistics support, we will give to you.” Obi, his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, and some members…

Nov

17

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

NBS reveals that 133 million Nigerians are poor

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, OpinionEconomy, Lifestyle, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has disclosed that 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor. In its latest National Multidimensional Poverty Index Report launched on Thursday, the NBS said that 63 percent of Nigerians are poor due to a lack of access to health, education, and living standards, alongside unemployment and shocks. The MPI offers a multivariate form of poverty assessment, identifying deprivations across health, education, living standards, work, and shocks. According to the Statistician-General at the NBS, Semiu Adeniran, it is the first time they will conduct a standard multidimensional poverty survey in Nigeria. How We Juggled Schooling With…

Nov

17

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Presidency: Peter Obi envisages generating over $1bn by 2025.

Business, Economy, Opinion, PoliticsBusiness, Economy, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Peter Obi has explained how Nigeria can get her economy back on track . First, our focus will be on agriculture and production-centered growth for food security and export, with more emphasis on exporting finished products instead of commodities and raw materials. This relates mainly to food and textiles. Nigeria has over 84 million hectares of arable land. Nigeria has over 84 million hectares of arable land. And barely 40% of our arable land is cultivated today. Nigeria’s arable land is her new oil and gold. We will incentivize the resuscitation…

Nov

16

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

May Soludo Never Happen To You – Nwaokobia Jnr

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Charles Soludo, Next Level, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

I have worked on the letters of the name SOLUDO, and I truly sympathize with all those who go by that name either as first, second, third or as surname. I'm truly not disrespectful of them nor do I mean any insults or harm. Sincerely my heart goes out to Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo who is the direct subject of this short piece. The SOLUDO at the core of this effort stands for, SELF OVERRATING LET'S UNHINGED DESTRUCTION OUT. Oftentimes mortal man thinks him/herself exceptional. In Luciferic arrogance mortal man ascribes omniscience to him/herself. In unguarded penchant for kindergarten jealousy…

Nov

16

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Excitement as Aba receives their own MUK’s Campaign Team on Wards Tour

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Politics2023, Abia State, APP, Mascot Uzor Kalu, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

On this Abia APP Ward-Round Tour: of Aba, MUK's Campaign Train arrives to the warm reception of ecstatic people of the city who were happy to see them come to bring the message of hope to them at a critical time Abia needs pragmatic leadership. They vowed total support for the man they have come to know as their own because there is a common parlance in the metropolitan city that is an identifier of Aba brought ups - Aba Ma Ndi Aba (Aba knows their people) Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu (a.k.a Nwa-Aba), the focused and unrelenting candidate of APP…