Day: February 19, 2023

Peter Obi and Apostle Johnson Suleman By NewsBits Apostle Johnson Suleman, the senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, has declared that himself and his entire family will be voting for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The clergyman made the declaration on Sunday, while ministering in Auchi, Edo State, the headquarters of his church. “My wife, myself, my children, we are fully Obidient…fully, 100 per cent. We are not those who make noise on social media, we work at the background, we support. We are fully Obidient.”…

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Former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim (left) with Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential candidate for February 25, 2023 elections By NewsBits Former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim says he is proud of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for pulling out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pursue his ambition in another party. Both Anyim and Obi were presidential aspirants in the PDP but while Obi joined LP ahead of PDP presidential primary in May, Anyim went ahead to contest the primary in the PDP…

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By NewsBits A civil society organisation, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, (NCSR), weekend trained 51 election observers in Enugu State ahead of the 2023 general elections that will commence on February 25 with the Presidential as well as the National Assembly elections. The participants of the Situation Room step down training which took place at Hotel Cordial, New Haven, Enugu on Saturday, were drawn three persons each from the 17 local government areas of the State. Speaking on the overview of election observation and code of conduct for election observers,…

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By Tony Adibe The Zikist-Aminu Kano Patriots (ZAP), a nationalistic political movement, has said that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, presents reliable character, capacity, and competence to lift Nigeria out of a Cliff-Hanger. ZAP also resolved and hereby endorsed Obi and appealed to all Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, creed, political leaning, and philosophy to reach out for Obi in this critical time of the nation’s history. The Secretary General of ZAP, Dr Steve Igweze, said this on Sunday in a statement issued after the…

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President Muhammadu Buhari (left) with Kano State Governor, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has come hard on President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to abide by the Supreme Court order and going ahead with the ban on the old Naira notes. In an audio recording, Ganduje was quoted in vernacular asking, that, “President Buhari should remember that for several times he was trying to contest Presidency, but he couldn’t make it until there was an alliance, but now after enjoying everything, he turned back against the…

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By Magnus Aluma, Abakaliki The visit of the campaign train of Engr Ken Eze, All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for Ebonyi Central Senatorial District to Ezzagu Ward 1 in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday, had already been concluded successfully. But as the teeming supporters waited to depart, unknown gunmen invaded the venue and suddenly dispersed the mammoth crowd with a terrific shootout. Giving an eyewitness account, a native of the area, comrade Ben Nworie told our correspondent that at about 5:30p.m. on the fateful day,…

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By Tony Adibe The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide emerged from an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) weekend in Enugu, appealing to Igbos in the South-East zone of Nigeria to resist the sit-at-home order by the self-acclaimed, Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Mr. Simon Ekpa. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, disclosed in a communique issued after the meeting that the Igbo socio-cultural organization resolved that it was the turn of the South-East to produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023. NewsBits learnt that the meeting was presided over…

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By Tony Adibe Nkanu Youths in Enugu State have endorsed the Governorship Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state, Dr Peter Mbah, as its sole candidate for the March 11 Governorship election. The Nkanu Youths under its umbrella body, Nkanu Youths Organisation, made the endorsement during Nkanu Youths Town Hall meeting with Dr Peter Mbah held in Enugu on Sunday. The President of the organisation, Comrade Maduabuchukwu Edeani, during the meeting moved the motion for endorsement of Mbah as the sole and preferred governorship candidate of the youths…

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