Toxicity: The Wrong Way to Wrestle Power I think it’s completely needless stating how the All Progressives Congress(APC) came to be, but nevertheless I will state that the APC was the coming together of splinter opposition parties headed by the President -elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In opposition the APC showed full working and the hallmark of what an opposition party should be,haven been shoe honed by a man Bola Tinubu,who could best be described as the father of modern opposition politics in Nigeria. In opposition, the APC gave what it hasn’t been able to give as the party in government,…
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NO GREENHORN WILL BE 10th SENATE PRESIDENT, UMAHI ONLY SEEKING LOCAL SYMPATHY AHEAD OF THE ELECTION TRIBUNAL. My attention has been drawn to the call by the out going governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, for the Southeast to produce the 10th President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is a commendable call given not only the urgent need to reassure Ndigbo that they have an equal stake in the Nigerian Union; but the greater urgency to ensure a balance of harmony in our religiously heterogeneous polity. Umahi who is temporarily parading with my mandate, which…
THE 25% OF FCT, ABUJA AS A LEGAL CONUNDRUMPeter Obi, LP Presidential candidate BY PROF. MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D. Litt. INTRODUCTION Election is a process that must be carried out within the bounds of the laws of the land. In Nigeria, elections are held every four years. Extant laws are made to ensure that it is only the candidate that has the overwhelming support and acceptance of majority of Nigerians that becomes the President. That is what democracy is all about. Democracy as a concept, was popularised on 19th November, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln,…
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…
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…