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Abaribe ought to resign for syphoning N266 million meant for underprivileged people of Abia South – Onyeizu bellows.

Abaribe ought to resign for syphoning N266 million meant for underprivileged people of Abia South – Onyeizu bellows.

Engr Chinedu Onyeizu, the Abia South Labour Party's senatorial candidate in the 2023 general election, has taken a swipe at Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe for secretly collecting N266m meant for poor Abia South constituents and pocketing it without considering the biting hunger in the land. Onyeizu stated that it is regrettable that without Senator Ningi opening the can of worms in the senate, no one would have known that Abaribe got such a whopping sum of money meant for our people in Abia South. Onyeizu stated:"For Over 17 years, these monies and more are given to him for interventions and constituency…
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The Northern Plan to Drive Out Igbos: Another Ineffective Provocation Against the Southeast

The Northern Plan to Drive Out Igbos: Another Ineffective Provocation Against the Southeast

During the rough time of Former President Buhari's rule, the unfair treatment of Ndigbo reached a disgusting high point. A vile scheme was made to use state-sponsored litigation to force the people of Southeast Nigeria to leave Nigeria, taking their property even in the middle of the North, in Abuja. This legal attack was a sneaky part of Buhari's "Fulanization agenda," which was cleverly planned by his cronies with the help of Northern powerbrokers, especially the Northern Governors. Working in secret, they gave the COALITION OF NORTHERN GROUPS the covert support and organisational help they needed to carry out their…
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Court strikes out suit seeking to compel exit of Igbo from Nigeria

Court strikes out suit seeking to compel exit of Igbo from Nigeria

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by a Coalition of Northern Groups seeking the exit of Igbos in the South East out of Nigeria. The suit by the group of elders and politicians from the North, led by Nastura Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam was thrown out by the Judge following the persistent absence of the plaintiffs in court to establish their case. When the matter came up, none of the plaintiffs was in court and they were not represented by lawyers. Justice Ekwo, after going…
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Budget padding: Abaribe Explains How Senators Share Funds for Zonal Intervention Project

Budget padding: Abaribe Explains How Senators Share Funds for Zonal Intervention Project

The differences in the distribution of the Zonal Intervention Project monies have been explained by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the lawmaker for the Abia South Senatorial District. Remember that on Tuesday, Senator Agom Jarigbe of Cross River North claimed that ranking senators received N500 million in funding while he received none? Jarigbe made the claim on the Senate floor in response to a budget padding charge made by Senator Abdul Ningi, a legislator from Bauchi Central. Lawmakers that have served in the Red Chamber for at least four years are referred to be ranking senators. Speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday,…
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Hon. Arua Goodluck Dumps YPP Defect to Labour Party LP

Hon. Arua Goodluck Dumps YPP Defect to Labour Party LP

The House of Assembly candidate for Ohafia South State constituency under the platform of the Young Progressives Party in the 2023 General Election Hon. Arua Goodluck Egwu has resigned from the party and joins the Labour Party. Arua, while discussing with news, men stated his resignation in a statement made available to our correspondent. The statement read “Please accept this letter as formal notification that I am resigning as member of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), effective 11th March, 2024. This decision has not been an easy one, having served as the candidate of YPP for Ohafia South State Constituency…
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