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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has vowed not to impose any governorship candidate on the people of Uyo Senatorial District in the 2023 general election in Akwa Ibom State. This was in reaction to a rumour that he was planning to foist a particular aspirant as the choice of the Uyo Senatorial District. By the zoning arrangement in the state, the next governor is expected to come from the Uyo Senatorial District, officially known as Akwa Ibom North-East, Akpabio, however, is from the North West or Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District. The minister who disclosed this on...

The Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Abia State, Barrister David Iroh, has revealed the magic wand that led the party to triumph in the

THE PUBLIC SPHERE with Chido Nwakanma The provision of infrastructure was one of the Aba Federal Constituency election determinants on Saturday, 27 March 2021. Infrastructure, aka dividends of democracy, featured in arguments for and against the PDP and APC. It took a curious twist. APC pointed to the born-again Senator Orji Uzor Kalu delivering infrastructure projects in communities within his Abia North Senatorial zone. Their effort was to counteract the overwhelming evidence and likely impact of the rejuvenation of Aba by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Ikpeazu fired on double cylinders in fixing...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State has commended Aba residents for trooping out en mass to appreciate Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s developmental strides through their vote for the PDP and her candidate, Chimaobi Ebisike The Abia PDP described the gesture as a sign of confidence the electorate has in the leadership of Governor Ikpeazu and the ruling party in the state. Alwell Asiforo Okere, the State Chairman of PDP, made the commendation when he received member-elect for Aba North and South Federal Constituency, Chimaobi Ebisike at the party’s secretariat in Umuahia. Ebisike had v...

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has explained why he cannot criticize Boko Haram. Kanu disclosed that Boko Haram members were peaceful people before the Nigerian Army and the police started killing them. The IPOB leader, who spoke during his live broadcast, accused the Nigerian government of turning peaceful organizations into violent groups. He said: “Boko Haram was a peaceful movement until Nigeria Police started killing them. That’s why I’m measured in my criticism of Boko Haram. “They were peaceful. It was Nigeria Police and the Army that kept ki...