By Dr. Legend Asuelime, (Ph:D) If I were to help BAT decide on VP choice. I will encourage him to narrow down on the most strategic option and not a sentimental one. I will encourage him to pay little attention to twitterverse and metaverse. Some Facts and Questions will guide my recommendations. Did a Muslim/Muslim Ticket ever win Presidential election in Nigeria? The Answer is YES 1993 MKO Abiola picked a Muslim Northerner and won Will South West APC voters care if VP is Muslim and will they vote another party because of that? Answer is NO. South West is…
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By BAYO ONANUGA Once again the Papa Deceiving Pikin party is on to its favourite game, spreading fears and alarms as it speculates and agonises, along with its hatchet writers over the religion of the running mate of the presidential candidate of the APC. The scaremongering campaign began on the convention ground at Eagle Square last week as delegates voted and the ground was heavily scented with the likelihood of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s emergence as the ruling APC flag bearer. Though the mischief was squelched before it caught fire, the PDP has not given up as it continued to…
The Federal High Court has said Oborevwori Francis Sheriff Orohwedor has a case to answer in a suit filed by Olorogun David Edevbie challenging his emergence as the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party flag bearer for the 2023 Governorship election. It is recalled ahead of the Delta State PDP Governorship primary, Oborevwori was hit by several scandals on irregularities surrounding his identity, age and credentials but the party went ahead to clear him for the contest against wide public outcry. This is also besides several violations of the PDP constitution in the process of the state congress. Following these infractions,…
ASABA/Nigeria: The Deputy Speaker. And member representing Ukwuani State Constituency, in the Delta State House of Assembly Rt. Hon Ochor C. Ochor had bemoaned the social media campaign by supporters of the various interest groups for the office of the deputy Governor in Delta State in 2023, saying it’s unhealthy, and it’s never heard off, as the office is never campaigned for or contested. Hon Ochor made this known in a statement on Monday, titled “To my People of Ndokwa and Deltans”, made available to the media, when he called on his supporters and others to stop the campaign as…
SENATE TO HONOUR EJIRO, BRAVE TANKER DRIVER FOR AVERTING CATASTROPHE …. RECOMMENDS HIM TO BUHARI FOR NATIONAL HONOURS The Senate has resolved to honour Ejiro Otarigho, the brave tanker driver who drove a burning tanker from danger zone to avert a tragic fire incident in Agbarho, Delta State. It also recommended Ejiro to President Muhammadu Buhari for National Honours. This followed a motion moved by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and co-sponsored by Senator James Manager (PDP, Delta South) and Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (APC, Delta North) at Tuesday plenary. It would be recalled…
By SPADE NG Private Telecom Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PTECSSAN has been crying and calling on the Federal Ministry of Labour to take necessary measures to defend her labour laws in ensuring that MTN implement the EXIT PACKAGE as item in their collective bargaining agreement. SPADE NG News wondered why an organization like MTN that claims to be Investors In People (IIP) certified and refuses to care what happens to an employee who spent all his/her youthfulness within the organization. SPADE NG News gathered that, on March 1, 2022, both MTN and PTECSSAN were at Abuja on the auspices of…
As Nigeria joins part of world to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA says the non enforcement of the Child Rights Law is the bane of the high rate of Child Labour and abuse in the society. Chairperson FIDA Rivers State Branch Adata Bio-Briggs while speaking in an exclusive interview with our correspondent Precious Ahiakwo-Ovie said her administration has recorded a handful of cases of Child Labor in Rivers State. She explained that some of the cases includes under age children made to work and given difficult task above their ages, “some…
The ambition of Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State to become the running mate to the PDP Presidential Flag bearer, Atiku Abubakah suffered greatly on Monday at the meeting of the PDP Progressive Members of the House of Representatives. The Meeting held at Room 580 Transcorp Hilton, Abuja resisted the attempt by some of the Federal Lawmakers to smuggle an endorsement for Governor Wike to be the only running mate to the Presidential Flag bearer. According to our source who was at the meeting convened by Hon. Busayo Oluwola Oke, (PDP)representing, Obokun\Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, majority of the members at…
By Joel Odhomo Salubi (Mr. JOS) Our attention has been drawn to a write-up titled: THE MANY PEOPLE GOVERNOR IFEANYI A. OKOWA HAS BETRAYED and after reading through thoroughly, critically, and dispassionately, we have come to the following conclusion: 1. The entire write-up is deviously targeted and intended to STOP Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from becoming the Vice Presidential running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on the PDP Joint Ticket for the 2023 presidential election. This is the pure, simple, and wicked truth. Of course, they tried the same crude, tired, and predictably puerile tactic of trying to invoke unnecessary childish…
Monday, 13 June, 2022. HE. Atiku Abubarka, GCON, Presidential Candidate of the PDP, No. 16, Iro Dan Musa Street, Asokoro, Abuja, FCT., Nigeria. REJECT OKOWA NOW AS YOUR VP. SHUN AND TREAT HIM LIKE A LEPER- BE WARNED. I wish to provide additional information about the desperate aspirations of your HE. Okowa and the essential need for you to remain circumspect, cautious and wary of him as a man who is undoubtedly living a false, double and instrumental evil life worst than the 5 greatest evil doers in the Bible; Delilah, Haman, Jezebel, Herodias and Abimelech. If you don’t run…