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2019 Election: Peter Obi reveals Igbo leaders’ position on his emergence as Vice Presidential candidate

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2019 Election: Peter Obi reveals Igbo leaders’ position on his emergence as Vice Presidential candidate

Peter Obi, Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that Igbo leaders have agreed to support him He also assured that his position would not clash with that of Governor Willie Obiano of Anaabra State, if elected. Obi, who will run with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said this in a statement issued by Val Obienyem, his media aide on Saturday. According to Obi, while Obiano will pilot the affairs…

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IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu did not reach any agreement with anybody to vote Buhari out

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IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu did not reach any agreement with anybody to vote Buhari out

Uche Mefor, the Deputy Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has countered report that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu agreed to work against President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection. Recall that Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, had said Kanu vowed to work against the reelection of Buhari in 2019. But in a statement signed by Uche Mefor, IPOB described Fani-Kayode’s claim as “crude tactics” in an attempt to drag the name of its leader through…

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Apostle John Okoriko: Why God made Buhari President

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Apostle John Okoriko: Why God made Buhari President

Founder Solid Rock Kingdom Church in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Apostle John Okoriko, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is God’s answer to outcries of Nigerians against the evil of corruption. At a press briefing marking his 70th birthday, Okoriko said at the weekend that God brought Buhari to power in 2015 to rid the country of corruption, which had ravaged the socio-economic and political lives of Nigerians. According to…

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My VP candidacy about Ndigbo, Nigerians, not me, says Obi

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My VP candidacy about Ndigbo, Nigerians, not me, says Obi

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Friday played host to the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, describing him as an iconic son of Igboland, who has distinguished himself creditably in private and public dealings as a successful businessman and two-term former Governor of Anambra State. Governor Ugwuanyi, who described the PDP Vice Presidential Candidate as a formidable and trusted party man, warmly welcomed him and his entourage…

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President Buhari: Why I would continue to hold Goodluck Jonathan in high esteem

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President Buhari: Why I would continue to hold Goodluck Jonathan in high esteem

President Buhari says he would continue to hold former president Goodluck Jonathan in high esteem for conceding the 2015 presidential election without any fight. President Buhari said this last night when he hosted members of the Kannywood entertainment industry to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking in Hausa, President Buhari said “I’ll continue to hold former president Jonathan in high esteem as a result of that singular act. He (Jonathan) was in power as…

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Daddy Freeze reacts to the union between Ooni of Ife and his evangelist bride

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Daddy Freeze reacts to the union between Ooni of Ife and his evangelist bride

Social media is abuzz with the news that the Ooni of Ife has taken a new wife, a woman who happens to be a Church minister. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, welcomed his new wife, Prophetess/Evangelist Shilekunola Moronke Naomi Oluwaseyi into his home and said that “the greatest Arsenal” needed in his position is the “Fear Of God In You”. But a lot of social media users wondered how the union would work, considering that the new…

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IHE ỌMỤMỤ: Mkpụrụedemede Igbo ”ABỊỊDỊỊ”

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IHE ỌMỤMỤ: Mkpụrụedemede Igbo ”ABỊỊDỊỊ”

IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE MBỤ: Mkpụrụedemede Igbo(ABỊỊDỊỊ) na-etu esi akpọ na ihe eji akpọ ha. Ọtụtụ ndị amaghị mkpụrụedemede Igbo, ha hugodu ebe e dere ha, ha agaghị akpọpụtanwu ha. Ihe nke a bụ na-agbanyeghi na ụfọdụ ndị a bi n’ala Igbo tinyekwuolu na ha bụkwa zi ndị okenye. Ọtụtụ ndị bụ ndị na-anụ asụsụ Igbo nke ọma, mana ha amaghị asụ ya, ha amakwughi agụ ya. Ụfọdụ ma-asụ, na-anụ ya nke ọma, mana ha amaghị…

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2019 presidency: Catholic Church attacks Buhari, BMO over the call to sack Bishop Kukah from the National Peace Committee

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2019 presidency: Catholic Church attacks Buhari, BMO over the call to sack Bishop Kukah from the National Peace Committee

Catholic Church in Nigeria has reacted to the call for the sack of Bishop Matthew Kukah from the National Peace Committee by the Buhari Media Organisation, BMO. The Church also noted that Buhari, who met with Muslim clerics in Aso Rock recently and solicited their support for his re-election in 2019, to which the clerics pledged their support, has no right to talk about clerics being partisan. The BMO had called for Kukah’s withdrawal over…

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EFCC to keep Fayose for two weeks, release photos of properties he allegedly acquired wrongfully

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EFCC to keep Fayose for two weeks, release photos of properties he allegedly acquired wrongfully

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has obtained a court order from a Federal High court in Abuja to keep the immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, for two weeks. Fayose whose tenure ended on October 16th, arrived the commission’s office in Abuja on same day to answer questions on some allegations of fraud. Fayose is being investigated for his alleged role in the $2.1 billion arms procurement fraud. He is alleged to…

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