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Oct

13

2022

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

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

LP unveils Presidential Campaign Council members, says 15m votes secure

News2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The Labour Party on Wednesday, unveiled 1,234 members of its Presidential Campaign Council, with Assistant Inspector General of Police (retd.), Mohammed Zarewa, as chairman. While former spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, was named Director-General of the Labour Party campaign organization, Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko were named secretary and spokesperson of the PCC respectively. The PCC which was unveiled at a press conference in Abuja also had different directorates and each headed by a director. Okupe expressed optimism that the presidential candidate of the LP, Peter Obi, had at least 15 million voters “in the bag,” while…

Oct

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

OMPAN to embark on stewardship assessment of 17 LGAs’ Bosses, 2 years on

Abia State, Metro, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, OMPAN, Politics

OMPAN set to tour 17 LGAs in Abia to assess two years stewardship of Executive Chairmen in the saddle Press Release In continuation of her resolve to uphold transparency and accountability in our democratic governance in the State,the Abia Online Media Publishers,member of Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) will embark on press tour in the 17 LGAs of the State with a view to identifying as well as publish developmental landmarks of the Local government administration. The Online media body made this known in a statement jointly signed by the State chairman of OMPAN chief Paddy Anyatonwu and…

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…