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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been accused of cloning the identity of Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, in Britain, culminating in his recent detention by UK immigration officers at Heathrow Airport in London. Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) in a statement issued Friday expressed shock at the extent the APC Government of President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to go in its bid to neutralise the influence of Obi, who it sees as a nightmare and the main threat to the stolen mandate it parades. “From spending billions of naira paying…

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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, has promised to do things differently and work towards actualising the lofty dreams of the founding fathers of the state. Otti who made the promise Friday while inaugurating the transition committee that would midwife his administration, said that Abia’s new dawn had begun. He said that he would run a slim government with few political appointments but provide an environment that would make businesses to thrive. Otti who inaugurated the committee in Aba, charged the members to produce a policy road map for his administration. The governor-elect who also said he…

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By Owei Lakemfa The world seems unaware that a peace process of seismic proportions is under way. Islam is a religion with over 1.8 billion followers but its two broad movements, the Sunnis led by Saudi Arabia and the Shiites led by Iran have been in disagreement for long, sometimes leading to violent confrontations. A major difference between the movements is that while the Shiites believe that the religion should be led by descendants of the Prophet (SAW), the Sunnis do not. Over the ages, other differences emerged. However, the 1979 Iranian Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeni which abolished the 2,500 old  monarchy…

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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Customers of commercial banks in Enugu State have expressed their frustrations and disappointment over inadequacies of the activities of commercial banks in the state. In separate interviews in Enugu some bank customers decried the ineptitude of the banks in their dealings with customers. Some of the customers lamented that while the failed cash swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has relapsed commercial banks are now struggling to cope with the aftermath. A customer, Mrs Florentine Ogbodo, said she transferred money through a PoS from her bank since March, adding that while the transfer was not…

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Twelve female reporters from different news media organisations, completed a first three-day training to build their capacity as champions of the newsroom and news to become fellows of the 2023 Champion Building edition of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) took place from Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 April 2023, says Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/CEO of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). The training was focused on leadership skills, investigative reporting, and mainstreaming girls and women as leaders and expert sources in the news. The resource…

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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nigerian investigative Journalist and founder, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has said that the spokespersons of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appear to be misleading the international community on the functions and use of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS machines in the February 25, presidential election in Nigeria. The ace investigative journalist also maintained that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, might not regain public confidence over its failure to transmit the results of the presidential poll via the BVAS.  Soyombo was reacting to Thursday’s international campaigns of the Tinubu…

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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC), has issued a damning report against the British Government for abandoning  the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; and other British nationals abroad who are victims of political persecution. The report is sequel to petition by Kanu’s family accusing the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO, of not making any substantial efforts to save Kanu, a British citizen. FAC said that the UK Government “is failing to prevent Abductor States from weaponising the citizenship of British nationals for geopolitical ends.” Kanu has remained in solitary confinement at the Abuja…

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By Nnamdi Elekwachi First off, I am an above-average student of Wole Soyinka, if I do say so myself. I have equally made it sufficiently clear before now in numerous literary circles that Soyinka’s style as a classicist and poet whets my literary appetite, and that among all African playwrights known to me, he is simply a cut above the rest. For one who has read at least a half of Soyinka’s literary canon, including, in some specific instances, his numerous interviews, memoirs, essays and polemics, I know I am the least worthy to untie Soyinka’s literary shoestrings, but being…

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By Azu Ishiekwene Donald Trump consolidated his record in demagoguery when he became the first former US president ever to be criminally indicted and arraigned in a Manhattan court on April 4.   He was the first US president to complain about an election he won and also the first to openly express support for the body-slamming of a reporter. He has the distinction of introducing “shithole countries” into the presidential lexicon. And on top of this improbable political career, Trump is also the first US president to be impeached twice. With 34 counts of criminal conduct hanging around his neck,…

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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) Anambra State branch has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free, fair, credible and generally acceptable election during the Ogbaru Federal Constituency supplementary election slated for Saturday 15th April 2023. The group made the call in a statement made available after their pre-election world press conference in Awka. In the statement endorsed by the Chairman, Evangelist Vincent Ezekwueme; and Secretary, Comrade Chidi Mbah; the group said people have already lost faith, hope and confidence in electoral process in the country due to flawed February 25th Presidential Election. It said that led…

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