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Imo: Alaigbo Development Foundation Condemns S’Court Ruling

January 18, 2020 2:07 pm

Alaigbo Development Foundation, a registered Non-Governmental Organization of Igbo Intelligentsia, Elders, Clergy, Patriotic public figures, Women and Youth, both at home and abroad, with the main objective of protecting and ensuring the survival of Ndigbo, their Culture and Civilization as well as the development of Igbo-land. Recently condemned the ruling of Supreme Court on Imo state governorship election which removed Rtn Hon Emeka Ihedioha of PDP as governor-elect and replaced him with Hope Uzodimma of APC. In a statement which is below the organization not only reject but also condemned the Supreme Court ruling. Calling it an arrogant assault on …

Timi Frank Reveals PDP Govs’ Ties With Buhari

January 18, 2020 10:39 am
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Timi Frank, has said that governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were the major problem of opposition party as some of them were lobbying to travel with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Frank said aside Governor Wike of Rivers state, many of other opposition party governors are daily lobbying to be in the good books of Buhari, hence they don’t talk on national issues affecting Nigerians negatively.

Reacting to a media report that the PDP was planning to stage a nationwide protest against the Supreme Court ruling in Imo, Frank

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₦2m Kola That Began Mbaka’s Romance With Uzodimma

January 18, 2020 6:31 am

Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say: “This is what God, the Master, says . . .” when God hasn’t said so much as one word. Ezekiel 22:28. The Message Translation.

This denunciation of fake prophets especially caught traction on social media after Father Ejike Mbaka at the beginning of the year proclaimed that the Supreme Court would replace Emeka Ihedioha with Hope Uzodinma as governor of Imo State.

While Mbaka was persistent in spite of the incongruity of the fourth-placed candidate achieving that feat, other so-called men of …

Uzodimma’s Victory Has Unified APC In Imo – Uche Nwosu

January 17, 2020 2:34 pm
Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, former governorship candidate of Action Alliance during 2019 election in Imo State, has stated that the emergence of Senator Hope Uzodinma as new Imo Governor following the recent Supreme Court verdict that removed Hon. Emeka Ihedioha from the seat has unified APC in the state.

Nwosu, who recently returned to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this while interacting with newsmen on Friday afternoon in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

This was made known in a press statement issued by Jones Onwusoanya, Director, Media and Publicity of Nwosu’s 2019 campaign Organization and made available to

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Imo: What Senator Abaribe Said About Sacking Of Ihedioha

January 17, 2020 2:27 pm
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling that sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Governor of Imo State.

He warned against an imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and some critical agencies of democracy.

Abaribe pointed out that if the present trend like the Supreme Court ruling that removed Ihedioha continues, agencies of democracy would collapse.

The lawmaker and chieftain of the PDP said n a statement on Friday in Abuja signed by his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom.

He called on the PDP not to

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Ihedioha: APC Dismisses PDP Condemnation Of Judgment

January 17, 2020 2:25 pm
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Friday, dismissed the grounds upon which the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, faulted the supreme court judgement that removed former Governor Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo State as reckless and baseless.

It also declared that Ihedioha did not win one-fourth in two-third of the total votes casted in the 27 local government areas of the state.

The ruling party affirmed that Ihedioha only won in 12 local government areas instead of 17 local government areas as stipulated by law.

Comrade Adam Oshiomohle made this clarification while addressing newsmen in Abuja in reaction

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What Atiku Told PDP Leaders About Elections On Friday

January 17, 2020 2:22 pm
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has proposed to the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to set up a committee to review recent elections in the country.

Abubakar gave the advice in a remark at the 87th emergency National Executive Council (NEC) of the PDP on Friday, in Abuja.

He said that the party should not disregard the role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies in the recent elections.

Abubakar noted that the PDP governed Nigeria well from 1999 to 2015, and as a true democratic party handed over power to the All

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Ihedioha: Blame INEC For Supreme Court Ruling

January 17, 2020 10:16 am

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Peter Esele, on Friday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should take all the blame for the verdict of the Supreme Court on the Imo governorship election.

Esele, a former President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, made the declaration while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.

He argued that Nigerians should look beyond the controversy of the judgement and appraise its foundation.

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The activist noted that the judgement underscored

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Imo PDP Lawmakers: We Will Work With Hope Uzodinma

January 17, 2020 10:08 am

Members of the PDP dominated Imo State House of Assembly yesterday said they will work harmoniously with the newly sworn in Governor of the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma in the interest of the state. Uzodinma was sworn in following the sacking of Emeka Ihedioha by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Our correspondent reports that APC only has two out of the 27 members’ assembly However, political watchers are expecting some realignments with the new order. They based their arguments with what happened during the race for the speakership of the House when the Speaker, Chiji Collins, defected to the then …

United States: ‘Real Reason I Was Impeached’ – Donald Trump

January 17, 2020 10:04 am
The United States President, Donald Trump, has alleged that he was impeached for making a perfect phone call.

The US president has been under attack following decisions made without the consent of the countries parliament

In a tweet suggesting why he is under fire from the congress, Trump said; “I just got impeached for making a perfect phone call,”

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Recall that Trump was on December 18, 2019, impeached by the House of Representatives, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to his dealings with Ukraine.

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Edo APC Tackles Airhiavbere, Ize-Iyamu, Others

January 17, 2020 5:12 am

Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed a press conference held by members of a proscribed group, Edo Peoples Movement, saying the group’s agitations were fuelled by greed and avarice.

Discrediting the group’s submissions, APC Chairman in Edo State, Barr. Anselm Ojezua, alleged that two of the anchors of the meeting were burdened with severe malfeasance.

Ojezua described Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as a mercenary of distraction allegedly recruited by the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

He further alleged that Ize-Iyamu is currently being charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over …

How Supreme Court Ruling On Imo May Affect Ganduje

January 16, 2020 3:25 pm

A former leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, yesterday described the Supreme Court verdict, which declared Hope Uzodinma Imo State governor-elect as the greatest wonder in world history.

He said: “What has happened is that the Supreme Court has now tied itself because how can they do that to Emeke Ihedioha and refuse Abba Kabiru Yusuf in Kano? It was exactly what had happened in Kano.

“If an election had to be cancelled, it has to be at the polling unit level according to the Supreme Court. …

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