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Recently the news wave was awash with a press statement issued from the spokesman of Sen. Magnus Abe urging the new All Progressives Congress Party Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to address the biting issues affecting the party especially in Rivers State where in his word, he said the party is making a caricature of the change they promised Nigerians. Sen. Magnus Abe who is the only aspirant for the position of Governor of Rivers State to have made known his ambition to govern Rivers State has become the victim of high level political manipulations to ensure that he does not realize his constitutionally guaranteed ambition. The project to stop Sen. Abe which is powered by the former governor of the state and present minister for Transport Hon. Rotimi Amaechi and what a delegate at the convention described as his band of ‘loyalists’, have continued in their desperation to achieve their inordinate ambition of stalling Sen. Abe defiling all democratic tenets which is against ...

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Magnus Abe, has given the newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, areas of concentration as he resumes office. Abe urged Oshiomhole to concentrate on saving the party from the act of injustice and disobedience to court rulings. Abe, who has declared his intention to run in the 2019 governorship election in the State also congratulated Oshiomhole. The lawmaker has been in a faceoff with the leader of the Rivers APC and former governor, Chibuike Amaechi, over his aspiration. He expressed the hope that Oshiomhole will use the experience garnered as a labour leader and a two-time governor of a diverse, multi-ethnic and multi- religious state to move the ruling party forward. Abe, in a statement in Port Harcourt by his spokesperson, Parry Saroh Benson, described Oshiomhole as a true democrat. The Senator said desperate Nigerians ha...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has re-echoed President Muhammadu Buhari’s allegations that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration spent $16bn on the power sector without tangible results. Oshiomhole said this while addressing party supporters after receiving handover notes from his predecessor, Chief Odigie-Oyegun, at the APC National Secretariat, in Abuja, on Tuesday. Although the new party chairman did not mention ex-President Obasanjo by name, events he talked about took place while Obasanjo held sway as Nigeria’s President (1999-2007). Oshiomhole also faulted the alarm raised by the former President that there were plans to kill him. The APC chairman said, “As I was reflecting, I watched our President recently asking questions rhetorically, ‘you have spent $16bn on power under the PDP, to lay emphasis, he repeated, where is the power?’. “Nigerians in their various homes, those who had power that day or generato...

The Berom Educational and Cultural Organisation (BECO) said it lost 150 people during the fresh attack on its members by herdsmen in Barikin-Ladi and Riyom Local Government areas of Plateau State. BECO’s Secretary, Davou Choji Davou, in a statement, yesterday, in Jos, said the Berom lost 150 members between Friday and Sunday last week. “BECO is highly disturbed by the painful holocaust, ethnic cleansing and genocidal killings of our people within a span of three days, from Friday to Sunday, with the military being overwhelmed and doing nothing to save the lives of innocent and defenceless women, children, the aged and men in Gashish, Ropp and Heipang Districts in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area and Bachi District in Riyom District of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. “In the last three days alone, our communities at Razat, Raku, Tanabu, Tison, Kakuruk have witnessed 33 brutal massacre. At Ex-Lands (Gindin Akwati) the death toll is 31, while Nghar vill...

Being the Press Statement of All Progressives Congress (APC) Zonal Youth Leader Consensus Candidate, Olusegun Tomori It was with great shock that I learnt late yesterday afternoon as the national convention got underway that a certain unknown, feckless individual named Lawal Kolade that didn’t take part in the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination process was smuggled into the ballot to run with me. I had earlier emerged by consensus as the unopposed Zonal Youth Leader South-West of the APC after receiving massive support of key party leaders and a wide segment of youths within our great party. That resulted in the Nation newspapers publishing my candidacy thrice within a space of 4 Days. Indeed other mediums also announced my candidacy corroborating the Nation story. The fact remains that Lawal Kolade or Laoke Olanrewaju that was announced winner never participated in the nomination process or went through the screening process. As at Saturday morning when ...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has disclosed how a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and some state governors betrayed the South West region in 2005. Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere said Tinubu and some state governors betrayed the South West region during the 2005 constitutional conference. Odumakin said Tinubu rejected the Yoruba agenda during the constitutional conference. Speaking with Daily Independent, Odumakin said, “The President of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, said to Chief Bisi Akande at the 10th memorial of Senator Abraham Adesanya that if elders like him can no longer speak the truth because of APC card, Nigeria is in deep trouble. “In like manner, I will say if an elder statesman and veteran journalist whose words people should swear with like Prince Momoh begins to deal in low-quality rumours and fake lies, Project Nigeria is doomed. “We were all in this country in 2...

ACCREDITED ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR A PRE-ELECTION CONFERENCE FOR THE RIVERS STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION AHEAD OF 16 TH JUNE 2018 PREAMBLE Democratic elections are means whereby the people give legitimacy to their representative through the ballots.   In Rivers State, the fact that the Rivers State Independence Electoral Commission ( RSIEC) is saddled with the responsibilities of organizing and conducting local government election with respect to all relevant electoral laws, (RSIEC) having scheduled to conduct her election in the state on 16 th June, 2018. The Accredited Election Observers for the forthcoming local government is committed to strengthening democratic values and promoting good governance in Rivera State. Hence, as part of our civic responsibility we are of the conclusion to make known our pre-election observation to the good people of Rivers State through this pre-election conference. However, prior to our pre-observation the followings were put in ...

The Omega Power Ministry (OPM) has renamed its free restaurant after Miss Leah  Sharibu. Miss Sharibu is the only Daptchi girl yet to be released by the Boko Haram sect months after her abduction because she refused to renounce her Christian faith. Speaking at the event which attracted a mammoth crowd at the restaurant site, the General Overseer of the church Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere said Miss Leah Sharibu is a role model of the Christian faith who should be emulated by other Christians “At this time when adults join cults, go into prostitution, armed robbery etc all in a bid to acquire wealth and gain earthly pleasures, this young girl has shown strong faith in our Lord Almighty by refusing to renounce her Christian faith not minding the intimidation of losing her life. She is indeed a role model of the faith”. He said. Apostle Chibuzor said the renaming of the restaurant which was formerly known as the OPM free restaurant was done in solidarity with her faith and t...

THE National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has explained his decision not to stand for a re-election in the forthcoming national convention of the party. National Chairman APC, Chief Odigie Oyegun   Speaking Friday night at his residence in Abuja, the party chairman said: “Now that the Convention Committee has invited interested aspirants to obtain forms to contest into the various national positions in our party, it has become necessary for me to state my position. I have consulted widely with my family, friends and associates. Even though I had the desire to re-contest as the National Chairman of the party, I have decided that it is ultimately in the best interest of the party for me to withdraw from the race”. He said he took the decision without prejudice to his commitment to the party in helping to solve some of the subsisting and emerging difficult issues and “my ability to continue to provide necessary leadership”. Spe...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has dismissed insinuations that the killings in some parts of the country were targeted at only Christians. Speaking in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday, the Vice President said the blood thirsty hoodlums had also attacked mosques and killed many in Muslim communities especially in Zamfara State. Osinbajo warned that Nigeria could face another civil war if the issue of herdsmen killings was not handled with great care and wisdom. He said, “There is a big challenge. Sometimes, it is not always as it seems. When I went to Benue, I mentioned to them that any attack on churches is sacrilegious and it should be condemned. I was probably one of the few persons that spoke about it. Let’s put it in a context, we must not assume this is an isolated case. “Deeper Life Bible Church was attacked in the North in 2014 and 17 people were killed. Whatever is happening, we must take a broader look at it. As pastors, when mosques are attacked, we ...

Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has said he regretted leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015. Na’Abba said this in an interview with Vanguard where he also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of running a one-man show. The ex-Speaker, whose house was burnt down for supporting the PDP in 2011 but took the painful decision to leave for the APC, said his expectations for leaving the PDP to APC have not been met, adding that he only has regrets. He said, “My experience in the APC is such that I only have regrets to tell because I found a party that is divided and there is no unity of purpose. “It is a party that produced the president but the president does not work with the party. In fact the president does not work with anybody. He works only with himself. “That is one of the problems that he has. A lot of the people that worked with him for twelve years have left him because he does not even...