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Nov

13

2022

PDP crisis: Atiku’s reconciliation attempt belated – DG VON

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Osita Okechukwu, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s move to reconcile with Governor Nyesom Wike’s group in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is belated. Okechukwu said this when he responded to a statement by Atiku that the ruling All Progressives Congress was a contraption of Bola Tinubu’s party, Action Congress of Nigeria, and the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s party, the Congress for Progressive Change, which, according to him, would collapse after its defeat in the 2023 general election, and that he would reconcile with Wike-G-5-Masquerade. In a statement in Abuja…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Presidency: Don’t ruin S’East chances, Ohanaeze begs IPOB

Lifestyle, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion, Politics

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged members of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign in the South-East. This is as Kanu in a Friday statement by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urged his followers to be ‘circumspect’ because ‘the enemies were relentlessly exploiting vulnerable means to blackmail IPOB.’ Ohanaeze’s spokesperson, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an interview with our correspondent, also stated that some elders in the South-East led by the leader of Ohanaeze, Prof George Obiozor, were engaging with the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gunmen attack Anambra military checkpoint, five killed

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAnambra State, Bandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Gunmen, Metro, Nigeria, Security, UGM

The police on Saturday said five people were killed in a clash between soldiers and some suspected gunmen in Isuofia community in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen attacked the military checkpoint located at the Afor-Uzo Junction in Isuofia on Saturday. Eyewitness account, however, noted that two soldiers and four of the gunmen were killed during the bloody encounter. Isuofia is the hometown of the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. It was further gathered that the hoodlums gained access into the community through an entrance in Umuona community. An eyewitness said that the…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Criminal forfeiture: We’re not investigating Tinubu – INEC

News2023, All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Crime, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked claims that it had commenced investigations into allegations of criminal forfeiture against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had come under serious attack lately following the release of documents suggesting that some funds belonging to him were seized by the United States Government in 1989 for being proceeds of drug trafficking. Since Friday, a press release purported to have been issued by INEC had surfaced online, claiming that the Commission has commenced an investigation into the case of criminal forfeiture against Tinubu. The letter said the commission…

Nov

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP Crisis: G5 Govs. sheath sword, makes new demands

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Samuel Ortom

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be over after the leadership of the party reached a truce with the PDP G5 governors. Members of the PDP G5 Governors, led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads with Atiku, after Wike failed to win the party’s presidential ticket. Other members of the G5 are: Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The G5 were also unhappy that Atiku rejected Wike as running mate and are demanding the…