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Oct

09

2022

Iyorchia Ayu: Ohanaeze laments, says Ogbulafor would’ve resigned to end PDP Crisis

Opinion, Politics2023, Iyorchia Ayu, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Vincent Ogbulafor

Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has mourned the death of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vincent Ogbulafor. Ohanaeze said PDP would miss Ogbulafor because he would have used his wisdom to resolve the crisis facing the former ruling party. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, said the deceased would have resigned if he was in the position of the Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the PDP. Isiguzoro recalled how Ogbulafor resigned as PDP’s National Chairman when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan became the president. A statement by Isiguzoro said Ogbulafor would be remembered for always putting people ahead of…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Aregbesola wants 30% of Nigerian prisoners released

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsAregbesola, Crime, Metro, NCS, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 percent of inmates from detention centers across the country. Mr. Aregbesola made this known when he appeared at the Nigerian News Agency (NAN) Forum in Abuja. The minister said the interface was necessary as more than 90 percent of inmates were being held for breaking the laws of various states. Mr. Aregbesola also said that more than 70 percent of the 75,635 inmates currently awaiting trial. The minister said that federal criminals in the system were much less than…

Oct

09

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

The Behemoth Called “ABIA” And The Exchange Of Deceits – Opinion

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Opinion, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

What a walking disaster with a strange-sounding melody of frustration, in a state adjudged to be the 12th richest state among the Nigerian federating states! Why would a state blessed and punctuated with revered intellectuals and astute professional juggernauts be basking in the euphoria of exchanges of ignorance? For barely 24 years, no government in Abia State has ever produced a new general framework of economic thought. It is totally inconceivable and it distorts the technology of reasoning how a state rich in both human and material resources is dying by instalment. Our state governance system has so reduced us…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Ikpeazu inaugurates PDP Advisory Campaign Council in Abia

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has boasted that there is no other political party in Abia State with the requisite capacity and potential like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He stated this during the inauguration of the 26-member Advisory Council for the Peoples Democratic Party 2023 Campaigns, held at the Banquet hall of Government House in Umuahia, the state capital. A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa chairs the Abia PDP Advisory Campaign Council, while Chief Uzodinma Okpara and Professor Paul Ananaba, SAN serve as the Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the Abia PDP…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Comment on Peter Obi: APC tells Ngige to support Tinubu openly or resign

Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Chris Ngige, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige to resign if he can’t support the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Murtala Ajaka, tasked Ngige and other political appointees of the party to openly support Tinubu. Ajaka was reacting to Ngige’s remarks on who to endorse between Tinubu and the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Ngige said the decision on who to support between Tinubu and Obi is difficult. However, Ajaka berated the Minister over his comment. In a statement on Saturday, Ajaka said, “It is expected…