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November 16, 2013

Opinion: Why Anambra voters need God to help them vote today

by Tobe Osigwe While still trying to fathom why heaven should be issuing conflicting directives, the body language of the Catholic leadership in Anambra state began to suffice; that Peter Obi’s self imposed surrogate, Willy Obiano, is the anointed choice. I have been in the dusty town of Nnewi for the past few weeks, I... Read More

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November 15, 2013

120 Anambra state election observers arrested and detained

According to a press release by lawyer and activist, Mr Festus Keyamo, the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mohammed Katsina, ordered the arrest and detention of 120 accredited independent national electoral commission observers who are to observe the Anambra State Governorship election taking place this Saturday. Find the press release below… We... Read More

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November 14, 2013

“Ngige joined Awolowo’s people, who killed the Igbos!” – See 10 of the most ridiculous things said at the #PDPAnambra rally yesterday

by Hauwa Gambo Yesterday, the entire People’s Democratic Party appeared to descend on Anambra to push the gubernatorial candidate, Tony Nwoye into winning an election many pundits think he won’t. He has been involved in litigation over who is candidate for the pasty for the past few months – and has been late to the... Read More

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November 14, 2013

Opinion: Hold Peter Obi responsible for the 28 people who died in Anambra stampede

by Rotimi Fasan Death at political rallies, which was what happened at the Adoration Ground crusade, is commonplace thing in Nigeria. The least organisers of such rallies could do is make contingency arrangements for the safety of their partisans, including possible sabotage by opposition elements. Failure to do this, I repeat, amounts to criminal negligence... Read More

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November 14, 2013

Is’haq Kawu Modibbo: Saraki and his dubious ‘election winning machinery’ in Kwara

by Is’haq Kawu Modibbo Those, like Bukola Saraki, who felt President Jonathan was a clueless weakling that can be used and dumped as they thought fit, now have to fight for their own political lives. Last week, the ‘aggressive recruitment’ train of the APC finally chucked into Ilorin, Kwara State. The team was received by... Read More

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November 12, 2013

Opinion: Why it is a mistake to call APGA an Igbo party

by Nnamdi Wigwe The party that we now call Igbo party has to justify that claim by winning at least four of the five core Igbo states in the next election, both Presidential, gubernatorial and legislative houses’ polls. Recent political developments in the country, particularly the recent emergence of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and... Read More

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November 10, 2013

Michael Orodare: Between Gov. Fayemi and MOB – Stop the killings (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare I’m still finding it difficult to see any difference between the number of political violence and politically motivated murder in Ekiti under ‘progressive’ Governor Fayemi and the ‘conservative’ past PDP government in the state. I have tried as much as I could not to comment publicly on the political brouhaha that has... Read More

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November 5, 2013

Opinion: Revisiting Amaechi’s 2007 mandate

by Jite Ogunye There is a political crisis in Rivers State and obviously the PDP wants Amaechi out of power. The PDP will wish to have a deus ex machina. But the PDP is not even a party to this Appeal; and the Supreme Court has abundantly demonstrated in many cases that it is a... Read More

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October 8, 2013

Opinion: Who wants Governor’s Suntai’s job?

by Zayyad Muhammad The centre point of the entire crisis is acting governor Garba Umar— just like President Jonathan, Garba was catapulted to his present position just by destiny, nothing else. He was not in the limelight even before becoming the deputy governor. The political crisis in Taraba State revolves around only one thing— who... Read More

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October 5, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Sen. Chris Ngige takes gov’norship campaign to God as contest gets hotter

by Oge Okonkwo Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chris Ngige is definitely not taking chances anymore when it concerns the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra state. Chris Ngige who was formerly the governor of Anambra state, having a controversial tenure with the Okija shrine scandal being the most popular which involved an alleged... Read More

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September 16, 2013

PDP crisis: Drama in Abuja as ‘rebel’ governors consider Jonathan’s peace attempt

by Akan Ido The meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and governors of the Peoples Democratic Party who staged a walkout weeks ago during the party’s mini-convention in Abuja has been described as ‘fruitful.’ The president convened the meeting to iron out the contentious issues mitigating against peace in the party and to discuss ways of... Read More

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September 15, 2013

#TheYNaijaInterview: ”We have bastardized the National Youth Council” – Wale Ajani

by Wilfred Okiche The national youth council of Nigeria has been engulfed by a seemingly endless succession crisis for some time now with about 4 different factions and as many presidents springing up from these factions. The drama came to a climax when former minister for youth development Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir was fired for his... Read More

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September 3, 2013

PDP crisis: The tearing umbrella and the intriguing story so far

by Isi Esene The crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party does not seem to be abating as dissenting characters in the party continue to stick to their guns against the party leadership. After several weeks of internal wrangling with back and forth negotiation among power brokers, a group of six governors with the former... Read More

September 3, 2013

Opinion: The media needs to stop this foolishness, Bamanga Tukur is not a ‘factional chairman’

Uche Imagwe Announcements cannot be enough to confer legitimacy on political actors. What that leads to is confusion and anarchy, and the result can distort the media’s responsibility to the public. The job of politicians is to play politics, but the job of the media is to accurately interpret the politics in the most factual... Read More

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August 29, 2013

BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Mimiko’s election

The supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State. The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State and dismissed the appeals by Rotimi Akeredolu of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Olusola Oke of Peoples Democratic Party. Justice Walter Ononghen, who led six other justices... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Okorocha weeps at APC rally, presents Ngige as gov’norship consensus candidate

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, wept openly on Friday during a rally in Awka where the All Progressives Congress presented Senator Chris Ngige as the consensus candidate of the party for the November 16 2013 governorship election in Anambra State. Okorocha, who could not hold back tears, said he was crying over the death of... Read More

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August 22, 2013

2015: Tension in Ogun APC as Osoba faction tips Adeola for governor against Amosun

by Oge Okonkwo The newly registered party All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, seems to be in a state of crisis as a faction believed to be loyal to the national leader of the party, Chief Olusegun Osoba, reportedly tipped former Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Mr.Fola Adeola, to replace Governor Ibikunle Amosun as... Read More

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August 20, 2013

Opinion: Now that the APC has been registered…

Ahmed Razaq Oluwasanjo It is also important that APC should understand that the ultimate is not just dislodging the ruling party from power, but, crumbling their sophisticated system characterized by corruption… I will like to congratulate members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and All Nigeria Peoples Party, who collectively felt... Read More

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August 19, 2013

“He is rude, uncharitable, ill-mannered and hypocritical” – Amaechi takes on Doyin Okupe

by Isi Esene The Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has replied statements attributed to the senior special assistant to the president on Public Affairs, Dr. Okupe, describing him as a tyrant. Amaechi, who released a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor, said statements like those made by Okupe will not help President Goodluck Jonathan’s... Read More

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August 18, 2013

Most APC members were rejected by the PDP: Presidency lays it on Tinubu, el-Rufai & Amaechi

by Isi Esene The presidency has insisted that the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) will not stand the test of time. It says 70 per cent of the members are all those rejected by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While speaking yesterday on Liberty FM, Kaduna radio interview programme, Doyin Okupe, the senior... Read More

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August 16, 2013

PDP crises: More drama as 3 governors meet with Tukur

by Akan Ido Three northern governors, Sule Lamido, Jigawa, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano; and Aliyu Wamakko, Sokoto yesterday met behind closed doors with the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur in his Abuja residence. The governors were reported to have expressed their reservations over his leadership style and demanded a change in the... Read More

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August 15, 2013

NGF crises: Peace moves deadlocked as Nyako meets Jonathan behind closed doors

by Isi Esene There seems to be no end in sight in the crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party as peace parleys among warring governors appear to be yielding no fruit. Reports say following former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s meeting with pro-Amaechi governors who met him in Abuja recently, the overwhelming expectation was for the Rivers... Read More

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2015 elections: I will run if APC approves – Buhari

by Isi Esene Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) yesterday said he will run on the platform of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) if fielded. Buhari commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for deeming it fit to register the party praising it for its impartiality. The retired army general who... Read More

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Opinion: Of APGA and Umeh’s recent victories

by Michael Jegede Reacting to the Appeal Court judgement in favour of Umeh, an estate surveyor by profession, Okwu insisted that the party under him remained the authentic APGA, describing Umeh as an emperor without an empire and a general devoid of army, while also disclosing that the decision of the appellate court will be... Read More

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Bola Tinubu goes for knee surgery

by Isi Esene Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the leaders of the newly registered All Progressives Congress is scheduled to have a knee surgery in the United State of America according to aa statement by his media office. Tinubu who has been out of the country for some weeks has stayed away from official... Read More

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APC registration: “Nigeria’s democratic journey has just begun” – Tinubu speaks, pats INEC on the back

by Isi Esene Bola Tinubu, the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), one of the merging opposition parties, has reacted to the registration of the newly formed party, the Alliance for Progressive Change (APC) by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) today. Tinubu who was the former governor of Lagos State said the registration... Read More

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Femi Falana: The NGF, the current NBA leadership and impunity

by Femi Falana In his characteristically forthright manner, the Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, exposed the NBA leadership to ridicule when he said that: “the environment and the overall circumstance known and unknown that led the NBA president to call for the freezing of the right of Governors to associate borders on corrupt practice.”... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: The APC, Tinubu and its suicidal PDP dance of shame

by Japheth Omojuwa If the APC wants to be taken seriously, there are realities it must take without kid gloves. Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be politically powerful but he is not the type you want to represent your image. He has not been proved to be corrupt but there is a strong perception of corruption... Read More

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Opinion: Political cultism and the Rivers Assembly cage fight

by Saatah Nubari I would love to use the phrase “we are doomed!” but for my optimistic nature. We live in a country where our “leaders” come out to talk against corruption, but when they leave their office, they leave with their state treasury in their pockets. I never knew I was going to write on... Read More

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PDP convention: Atiku’s name missing on delegates’ list

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will not vote in the Peoples Democratic Party forthcoming national convention as his name is not on the list of delegates submitted to the party from his home state, Adamawa. The party has tentatively slated August 20 for the special mini convention. Sources, however, said the date “is not sacrosanct.” The... Read More

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