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Jul

01

2023

Umaro Sissoco, the president of Guinea-Bissau, meets Tinubu in Lagos.

Amos Oge Kalu, Guinea Bissau, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Personality, Politics

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau. At his villa in Lagos on Saturday, Tinubu hosted his colleague from Guinea-Bissau, who also serves as the head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As at the time this report was filed, it was impossible to determine the meeting's specifics. On February 10, 2023, President Umaro toured the nation and met with the outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari, in preparation for the general elections, according to OHAFIATV News.

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Biafra: Release Nnamdi Kanu, don’t be like Buhari, Abacha – Ejimakor tells Tinubu

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Politics

In light of their views on self-determination, President Bola Tinubu has been urged not to follow in the footsteps of the late Military Head of State Sani Abacha, and former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Counsel to Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, advised Tinubu to free the Biafra agitator and avoid following in the footsteps of Abacha and Buhari. In a tweet., Ejimakor also cautioned that not releasing Kanu release would backfire. "It boomerangs when the State (in this case, the President) refuses to enforce a judgment (domestic or foreign) against the State simply because it is against the State, claims Ejimakor.…

Jun

29

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Obidients argue that investigating Ikpeazu is a major distraction for Otti

News2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peter Obi, Politics

Some supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, have advised Governor Alex Otti of Abia State not to probe Okezie Ikpeazu. This is because it was predicted that probing the recent ex-governor would divert him from his duties as governor.They advised Otti to concentrate on providing the state's citizens with effective government rather than probing Ikpeazu. The demand was made in a statement that was signed by Ndubueze Obiakwata, the state's chairman of the Obidients Across Parties Alliance (OAPA), and Mazi Chetachi Ikpe of the Peter Obi Grassroots Movement (POGM) in Abia State. Otti's outstanding first month in…

Jun

28

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

It’s commendable that the Imo election tribunal was moved to Nasarawa – Group

Metro, PoliticsCourt, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Igbo political stakeholders, including the President, the Court of Appeal, and the Imo Election Petition Tribunal Judges, have been praised for their decision to move the tribunal's sitting from Owerri to Nasarawa State. The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which had been meeting at the old High Court location in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, over the weekend, moved to the High Court complex in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, which is located across from shopping malls. According to a statement from Daniel Odiba, the NBA's Owerri branch's publicity secretary, made the announcement: This is to inform all attorneys, litigants, and…

Jun

26

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Addressing Asari Dokubo’s Treasonous Acts Against Igbos: Emeka Kalu

Amos Oge Kalu, Opinion, Politics2023, Asari Dokubo, Emeka Kalu, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

In hardly a fortnight after President Ahmed Bola Tinubu's government was inaugurated, the self-proclaimed militant, Asari Dokubo, rushed to State House, Abuja, to verbally and maliciously attack the Nigeria Army and Navy, accusing the two branches of the military of being responsible for 99 percent of Nigeria's oil theft. He didn't stop there; he called Igbos "sold-out slaves" in an arrogant tone. As if that weren't enough, he proudly displayed an AK-47 rifle as a symbol of his readiness for a crisis against the people of the Southeast. This level of arrogance on the part of Asari and other traducers…