1. Peter Obi: A multi billion naira business man before joining politics, Peter Obi was a two time Governor of Anambra State on the platform of APGA. He was an honorary economic adviser to the then President Goodluck Jonathan and Chairman of the Stock Exchange Commission. In 2019, he was the vice presidential candidate of the PDP. In 2023, he came third in the Nigeria’s presidential election where he contested on the platform of Labour Party. Majority of Nigerians argue that he won the presidential election conducted on the 25th of February, 2023 as he was the most popular…
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INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE CONDUCT OF SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTIONS The Commission met today Monday 27th March 2023 and reviewed the areas where supplementary elections are required to conclude the outstanding Governorship, National and State Assembly elections across the country. It will be recalled that 26 State Governorship, 104 Senatorial, 329 Federal and 935 State constituency elections have been concluded and winners declared. Consequently, supplementary Governorship elections will be held in Adamawa and Kebbi States, 5 Senatorial Districts, 31 Federal and 58 State Assembly constituencies. Owing to the competitive nature of the elections, especially for legislative seats, supplementary elections will…
Gov David Nweze Umahi said: ”I want to also thank the suspended Chairman of the PDP. He did very well because if he had accepted to resign, it would have been very difficult for the APC. “So Iyorchia Ayu is our man, and I commend him very, very well. And I am begging Wike that they should lift the suspension so that he can suspend many more of their leaders. Also Read DR. NKEMKAMMA KAMA, MEMBER-ELECT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OHAOZARA/ONICHA/IVO (OHANIVO) FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY CALLS FOR CALM AND END OF VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ISHIAGU COMMUNITY, IVO LGA, EBONYI STATE We love…
PRESS STATEMENT DR. NKEMKAMMA KAMA, MEMBER-ELECT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OHAOZARA/ONICHA/IVO (OHANIVO) FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY CALLS FOR CALM AND END OF VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ISHIAGU COMMUNITY, IVO LGA, EBONYI STATE My Dear Ishiagu Mothers and Sisters, I am deeply saddened by the unfortunate incidents of violence and destruction that have occurred in our Community, Ishiagu, over the past few days. It is even more unfortune that what was intended to be a peaceful march by our beloved mothers and sisters to protest the incessant kidnapping, abduction, robbery and other violent attacks by some unknown persons along the Ishiagu-Awgu Road in Ivo LGA,…
Aro which is originally pronounced as ERU is the largest and oldest clan in Igboland occupying the Arochukwu LGA of Abia State. Aro was the first set of Igbo people to encounter the white men. They were into slave trading and iron business. They are nomadic in nature. Their nomadic lifestyle made them to establish settlements at different parts of the South East. One of the commonest ways of identifying an Aro community anywhere in the South East is the attachment of “Ndi” to the name of such a community. In this account, I shall be listing some of…
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACEBOOK AND FACEBOOK LITE Do you know that Facebook lite is not the same thing as the main Facebook app? Facebook lite indeed consumes less of your data when compared to the main Facebook app, but Facebook lite can’t handle a lot of tasks that could be easily handled by the main Facebook app. Another problem with Facebook lite is that you can’t use it to recover your Facebook account if it got hacked, you can only do that with the main Facebook app. Facebook lite also has this issue of copying and pasting. Some versions will not…
HISTORY OF EZZA EZEKUNA PEOPLE The origin of Ezza began from Onueke which is known as the ancestral home of Ezza people called OKPOKU EZEKUNA. EZEKUNA is the progenitor of Ezza, ANYIGOR is the wife while EKUMENYI is the father of EZZA, IZZI And IKWO, EZZA is the elderly son among the three sons of EKUMENYI that’s why the only difference in their tone and three of them form what we see today as ABAKALIKI, they refer to themselves as UMUEKUMENYI The great People of Ezza can be found in 6 out 13 local government in Ebonyi state . Ezza…
Notes on Electoral Act 2022 SECTION 51 – OVER VOTING – (1) No voter shall vote for more than one candidate or record more than one vote in favour of any candidate at any one election. (2) Where the number of votes cast at an election in any polling unit exceeds the number of accredited voters in that polling unit, the Presiding officer shall cancel the result of the election in that polling unit. Also Read Lessons From The 2023 General Elections In Nigeria (3) Where the result of an election is cancelled in accordance with subsection (2), there shall…
Violent protest has engulfed Ishiagu, Ivo LGA of Ebonyi State today, Saturday where a former Senate President, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim lives. As at when this report and visuals emanating from the crisis got to Iyierioba.com, the crux of the issue had not been ascertained, but the information was that the community was boiling with properties destroyed as women, youths and men were found scampering for safety as gunshots rented the air. Once we get information about the whole issue, we’ll update it. Also Read: Text of Press Conference by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba…
It is unfortunate that on the internet, virtually all the headlines about Ebonyi State present our state in a very ugly light. This is a case we in the media will have to start tackling. A first-time visitor who googles about the state might be threatened by reports about it and its people. Most of these reporters are outsiders who think that they may have traffic when they report ill of the state and people. When we talk about image making or media practice, Ebonyi is still blank. It is not as though what’s happening in Ebonyi State doesn’t happen…