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Jun

24

2020

My Experience with Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Engr Nuno – Comr Amos Kalu

Amos Oge Kalu, Guinea Bissau, Opinion, PoliticsAfrica, Comr Amos Kalu, Guinea Bissau, Nuno Nabiam, Politics

Engineer Nuno Nabiam is the current Prime Minister of Republic of Guinea Bissau, haven been appointed and sworn in by HE Umaro Sissoko Embalo on 29th February, 2020. For the period we spent with him during the election campaigns and before then, Engr Nuno Gomes Nabiam is a strikingly perfect gentleman with passion for the progress and Unity of Republic of Guinea Bissau. At every point in time during our discussions, his vision for Guinea Bissau is out of the blue as he always create images that gives you hope for the Republic in the nearest future. Haven been appointed…

Jun

24

2020

By Kalu Odinakachi

Edo primaries: PDP NWC members are tax collectors – Wike

PoliticsEdo State, Godwin Obaseki, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Personality, Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He told newsmen in Port Harcourt today that some members of the National Working Committee NWC of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who will never tell the truth. According to him, instead of the NWC to carry everybody along in Edo State, they resorted to using the media to blackmail him. “I told them that in Edo State, we must handle the issue carefully and carry everybody along. They must respect human beings and…

Jun

17

2020

By OHAFIATV

Trump signs order pushing to reduce US police violence

News, PoliticsAmerica, Politics

US President Donald Trump issued an order to improve policing Tuesday, calling for a ban on dangerous chokeholds, but he stopped well short of demands made at nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. “We have to break old patterns of failure,” Trump said in a Rose Garden ceremony attended by police and Republican congressional allies, though no black civil rights representatives or political opponents. The president has limited power over-policing, which is run mostly at a state and local level. However, Trump said that he would use access to federal funding grants as leverage to persuade departments “to adopt…

Jun

17

2020

By OHAFIATV

APC is confused – Nigerians react as Ajimobi replaces Oshiomhole

News, PoliticsAll Progressives Congress, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

Reactions have trailed the appointment of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The National Working Committee on Tuesday night made the appointment, following the affirmation of the suspension of its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday. APC 4 However, this has stirred reactions from Nigerians as unconfirmed news making the rounds says Ajimobi is sick. Some Nigerians took to their Twitter page mocking Oshiomhole, while others expressed concern over the state of the ruling party. Here are some comments gathered from Twitter: @OgbeniDipo “APC names Ajimobi…

Jun

15

2020

By OHAFIATV

“I will vote YES in a referendum for Biafra”, Sen. Abaribe shocks Nigerians

Metro, News, PoliticsBiafra, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Minority Leader in the Nigerian Senate, Mr. Enyinnaya Abaribe has said that in a hypothetical referendum for Biafra, he would vote yes. He made the declaration in an interview with Rudolf Okonkwo of Irokopost TV. “I will vote for us to actually be on our own,” he said. “I think we are being dragged down by all the different things that weigh Nigeria down.” The senator representing Abia-South Constituency in the Senate, however, warned that the Nigerian constitution does not have a provision for a referendum. “Which means, if you want a referendum, you have to go outside the…