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Mar

26

2023

Alleged move by APC to arrest Peter Obi, Datti Ahmed, raising tension in Nigeria

Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Datti Baba-Ahmed, INEC, Labour Party, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

Tension has continued to build up across the country, particularly among the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi over purported plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to get him arrested. The alleged move was sequel to the activities of the former Anambra Governor, his running mate, Datti Ahmed and their supporters after losing the February 25 presidential poll. Recall that Peter Obi, his party and supporters, popularly known as Obidients, rejected the outcome of the just concluded presidential poll that produced Bola Tinubu of APC as president-elect. Peter Obi, who through…

Mar

25

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Soludo, Okonjo-Iweala, best appointments I made as President – Obasanjo

Business, Economy, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Obasanjo, Opinion, Politics

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday recalled his relationship with Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State and current Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his appointees. He said they about the best appointments he made while he was President. The former Nigerian leader also condemned the “persistent” discrimination against people of southeastern extraction, which he describes as Igbophobia. Obasanjo spoke at an event to commemorate Governor Soludo’s one year in office. In Obasanjo’s administration which spanned 1999 to 2007, Soludo served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), while Okonjo-Iweala was the…

Mar

25

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Group Congratulates Abia Governor-Elect, Charges Him To Make A Difference.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia North Youth Agenda - ANYA, Abia State, Alex Otti, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

A youth advocacy group for good governance in Abia state, Abia North Youth Agenda, ANYA, has expressed optimism and hope that the incoming administration of the Governor-Elect in Abia state, Dr. Alex Otti, will usher in a new era of development and progress in Abia state when he brings his administrative and business acumen to bear. In a statement shared on his official Facebook page, the National Coordinator of the group, Hon. Udoeze Agwu Kalu, pointed out that the incoming administration of Dr. Alex Otti has a big task in Abia State as hopes and expectations of Ndi Abia are…

Mar

24

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Opinion: Federal Republic of Thuggery

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

Shamelessness is the vilest disease of the Nigerian establishment. Author The shameless mode of the leaders of Nigeria was activated in full force on February 25 and March 18, in this year of Our Lord, when so-called national elections were staged. It all turned out to be a sham, a charade that even the most mentally retarded child would scoff at. Yet, billions were voted for the exercises that the organizers never believed in at all in the first instance. There was the initial drive of asking millions of Nigerians to acquire the Personal Voter’s Card (PVC) as the surefire…

Mar

24

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Opinion: Atiku’s irreversible blunders – Abiodun Komolafe

Opinion, PoliticsAtiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

There is a Yoruba adage, which says that ‘ogbon odun yii, were emii ni.’ (The wisdom of this year is foolishness in the course of time). Talking philosophically, when one relies on an older matrix to work in the present, one’s failure is likely to be like Atiku Abubakar’s. Why? The dynamics of the present may certainly not be exactly the same as the past. In fairness to posterity, the mindset of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and, of course, its presidential candidate – as Nigeria approached the last presidential election – was that the North was still the (typical) North and that the…