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2023: Give Us Presidency, Igbos Want Biafra –S’South Elders

January 20, 2020 6:56 am
The South-South Elders’ Forum has declared that the 2023 presidency should be ceded to the zone to avert crisis.

The Elders said giving 2023 presidency to the north will tear Nigeria apart, as the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure completes North’s two tenures.

Sara Igbe, the National Publicity Secretary of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, said South South has used just one tenure, adding that it is only fair to allow the zone to produce the next president for another four years to complete the zone’s second tenure.

Speaking to NAN, he claimed that South-East was agitating for Biafra

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South-South Elders Issue Threat Over 2023 Presidency

January 19, 2020 2:39 pm
The South-South Elders on Sunday declared that there will be a crisis that could consume Nigeria if the North should insist on retaining power.

The two-term tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari expires in 2023.

The South-South elders noted that it was logical to allow their zone to produce the President for another four years so as to “complete its second tenure”.

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Buhari’s victory in 2015 stopped former President, Goodluck Jonathan from clinching a second term.

National Coordinator of South-South Elders Forum, HRH Anabs Sara Igbe, told Vanguard, that

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Presidency Warns Against Civil War

January 16, 2020 6:31 am

The Presidency on Wednesday called on all leaders and parties to moderate their utterances to avert a repeat of the mistakes that led to civil war in the country in 1967.

Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to him, war serves as a potent warning on the dangers of aggressive regionalism, ethnic baiting and political corruption.

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He, therefore, stressed the need to forge common memory that could serve as a bridge to

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2023: What Igbo Need To Do To Get Presidency – Doghudje

January 12, 2020 8:03 am

Chris Doghudje is the former Chairman of Advertising Practitioner’s Council of Nigeria (APCON) and a former Managing Director of Lintas Ltd. 

Doghudje, who recently turned 80 spoke about the ‘magic’ called Nigeria as a country, insecurity, Igbo presidency, and expectations from the government in the New Year, among others. Excerpts:

 

What do you think about the country Nigeria as we have just entered into a New Year?

Nigeria is a country that is a surprise and will continue to be a surprise. It is a surprise that we ever came together to form one country. When one thinks about …

2023 Presidency: Shittu Reveals Reasons APC Won’t Win

January 10, 2020 1:15 am
Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, says the All Progressives Congress, APC, may find it difficult to win the 2023 presidential election without President Muhammadu Buhari.

Shittu disclosed that if the APC fails to put its house in order Nigerians won’t vote them in 2023.

The Minister, who spoke in Osogbo, Osun State capital yesterday, said if the APC is not careful about the frustration being faced now, the party may find it hard to get votes in 2023.

He said: “APC must put its house in order.

“In the last two elections, Buhari got 15million votes in each and

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2023 Presidency: Buhari Has No Confidence In APC, Govt –PDP

January 8, 2020 1:20 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari has “no confidence in his government and party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.”

PDP explained that the Presidency’s continuous reference to a presidential successor, less than a year into Buhari’s second tenure was a direct acceptance of failure and lack of capacity of the Buhari administration to manage the affairs of a nation as complex as Nigeria.

A statement by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Buhari’s apprehensions that his party will fizzle out before 2023 is also a weighty forewarning to Nigerians not to put any hope whatsoever …

2023: Ndigbo Pushes Hard For Presidency, Restructuring

January 6, 2020 12:35 pm

Igbo leaders rose from a crucial meeting, weekend, with a resolve to pursue both restructuring and emergence of Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. 

They also asked other ethnic nationalities and zones, to as a matter of justice, equity and fairness, support the emergence of a president of Igbo extraction in 2023.

These were highlights of a nine-point communiqué at the 5th World Igbo Summit (WIS) held at the Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, from January 2 – 4.

They noted that there were three options left for Nigeria’s survival namely: to retain the dysfunctional status quo, to balkanise the country …

Real Reasons Igbo Should Not Be Talking Of Presidency Now

January 5, 2020 2:14 pm
The Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has pointed out reasons why the South East should not be talking about 2023 presidency now.

Abaribe stated that the South East should be talking about teaming up with others to make Nigeria a better place and not 2023 presidency.

The Abia South Senator in a chat with Vanguard also lamented that the structure of the country was very bad, hence the need to jettison calls for presidency.

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He said: “I think what you are doing now is that you are also creating

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2023: Bode George Declares His Interest For Presidency Seat

January 5, 2020 10:30 am

Former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has indicated his interest in contesting for the presidency seat in 2023.

The Pathfinder Consortium, a group led by Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, George’s special adviser, made the announcement in a statement.

Bode George, however, didn’t state what platform he would be running under

Although last week, Walid Jibrin, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of PDP, said the party will soon commence the search for its 2019 presidential candidate.

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Shodipe-Dosunm said the group will …

PDP BoT Chairman Allege Threat To Life Over 2023 Presidency

January 3, 2020 8:52 am

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has alleged a threat to his life over the 2023 presidency.

He told journalists yesterday in Kaduna that he received calls from some people threatening his life for not saying that the PDP’s presidential ticket would be zoned to the North-east when he addressed the media last week.

He said he had petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IG) over the issue.
Jibrin said: “I have received calls from some people threatening my life over my coming out not to mention that …

2023: Arewa Youths Shop For South-South Presidency

January 1, 2020 1:32 pm
Coalition of northern youths under the umbrella of Arewa Youths Assembly have said that they will do all that is politically required to ensure an emergency of a South-South candidate for the 2023 presidency.
The youths said their decision to shop for a South-South candidate who should be in the age bracket of 40-50 years  was borne out of the fact that those northerners eyeing the seat are well above the age bracket, adding that the region had enjoyed the number national seat for too long.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the leader of the coalition, Mohammed Salihu Danlami
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‘2023 Is Not Right Time For Igbo Presidency’ – Shettima

December 28, 2019 9:16 am

During a recent interview, the leader of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, tells LAWRENCE MIKE that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should be succeeded by another northerner in 2023, adding that the region would find a consensus candidate for the next presidential election.

You said constitutional democracy was about people and numbers and that a northerner should succeed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2023, when Buhari, a northerner would have spent two terms of eight years, how do you think Nigerians will react to your statement?

What I said in the video was …

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