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Oct

14

2022

How Nnamdi Kanu’s release may affect Peter Obi’s chances at 2023 presidency

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, may affect the chances of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi to win the 2023 election. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous verdict on Thursday, acquitted Nnamdi Kanu of all terrorism charges levelled against him. The secessionist was thereby discharged from the custody of the DSS in the Federal Capital Territory. Kanu, leader of the group agitating for the actualization of Biafra as a sovereign nation, was re-arrested in Kenya…

Oct

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ortom expresses confidence in capacity of Igbos to rule Nigeria

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Samuel Ortom

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity. The governor, who made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit, said the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard-working. According to Ortom, the Igbos are peaceful, stressing that they have the ability to live with other ethnic groups in the country. He vowed to continue speaking to authority on the incessant attacks on Benue people by suspected armed herdsmen. “The Igbo are accommodating and hard…

Oct

13

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Wike vows to resist northern dominance in PDP leadership

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Personality, Politics

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has vowed never to accept northern dominance in the leadership of the party. Wike revealed this on Wednesday night while hosting PDP candidates and local government party chairmen from Cross River State at his residence in Port Harcourt, where he donated 25 buses to support their campaigns. Governor Wike said no one can convince him to drop his advocacy for internal democracy in the party. Wike rejected the current formation of the party where the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and Director General of the Presidential Campaign, Aminu Tambuwal; are…

Oct

12

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

CSOs allege plots to stop INEC from using electronic transmission of 2023 results

Opinion, Politics2023, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has alleged that there is a grand plot to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the electronic transmission of the 2023 general elections. The allegation which is emanating from the opposition and other concerned Nigerians also revealed that plans were being hatched to pressure the electoral Commission to deactivate Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) from the server including stirring a possible change in leadership of INEC. Spokesman of CUPP, Ugo Ikenga Ugochinyere, while addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, alleged that “there was immense pressure on the leadership…

Oct

12

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Nnamani warns PDP over boycott of Wike’s camp

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Ken Nnamani, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

A former governor of Enugu State and Senator representing Enugu East senatorial District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has faulted the decision of the PDP to ignore five of its governors as it commenced presidential campaigns for the forthcoming 2023 elections. Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Sam Ortom of Benue State, Ikpeazu Okezie of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Uguanya of Enugu State have said they will not support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar unless Iyorchia Ayu resigns as the party chair. After several efforts to the aggrieved governors to reverse their decision failed, the party commenced…