Asiwaju Bolarinwa Oluwole has been elected the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party for the forthcoming Federal House of Representatives, Remo Federal Constituency, in the 2023 general election. The primary election for the constituency took place at the Mercy Event Centre, Sagamu Remo, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Asiwaju Oluwole polled 104 votes to emerge the winner. The Returning Officer, Mr Boye Adeshina, commended the two aspirants and agents for the display of maturity and spirit of sportsmanship. In his remark, Asiwaju Oluwole expressed appreciation to the leaders and delegates for considering him worthy of flying the party’s flag in…
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The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senibo Chris Finebone said “despite the unfortunate incident of Wednesday, we believe that our march towards participating in the next stage of the electioneering calendar, which is the Primaries, will proceed apace without let, adding that we hope to ultimately build on this momentum to achieve our overall objective of winning the 2023 elections, be it the State Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and Presidential elections.” Finebone the State Publicity Secretary, Rivers APC who stated this during a press conference on 22 May 2022 and circulated to media…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has commended the hitch-free delegate congress of the Rivers State Chapter of the APC held across the 319 wards of the state, to choose those who will represent the teeming members of the party as delegates to the primary elections for the various elective public offices ahead of the 2023 elections. In a statement made available to media houses in Port Harcourt, the Party Chief described the success of the exercise across the wards as…
93-year-old Chief Mbazulukike Amechi, one of Nigeria’s living legends, former Minister of Aviation and Transportation in the First Republic, and a member of the House of Representatives on the platform of the National Council of Nigerian Citizens in 1959, spoke in Abakaliki during the Southeast stakeholders meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari who was on a two-day working visit to Ebonyi State. According to this statesman pointedly told Buhari. “I want to see peace in this country before I join my ancestors; I want to see peace in the Southeast, particularly where there is an upsurge of crisis and something that…
The big corporations that own online platforms are weaponising their gift of ‘free’ services at the concealed cost of our freedom and privacy. But a silent army of online rebels is developing the technology to help good triumph over evil. Every time we log onto Facebook, Instagram, Google or Twitter, we relinquish our right to privacy. We trade our data in exchange for ‘free’ services without understanding the hidden price we pay for the bargain. But like a Grimm’s fairy tale turned into reality, the temptation of shiny gifts is being used as a means of coercion – and is…
The Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje says the State is poised to swing the delegate votes to produce the next flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), assuring APC presidential hopeful Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of possible victory. Governor Ganduje said this on Wednesday in Kano during a visit by Amaechi to canvass delegate votes in the state. Ganduje had earlier praised the candidate by extolling his qualities as an achiever and a very reliable friend of Kano. Ganduje mentioned the Lagos-Ibadan-Abuja-Kaduna-kano, Kano-Daura-Maradi and Kano-Dutse railway projects initiated by Ameichi that had endeared him to the people of Kano. He added…
As the over 350 delegates of Remo Federal Constituency prepare to elect the preferred PDP flagbearer for the Federal House of Representatives, Remo Federal Constituency, on Sunday, May 22, 2022, we wish to let the delegates understand the sensible admonition of a philosopher that “the best man is only good enough for the job”. Asiwaju Bolarinwa Oluwole is the best man that is good enough to represent the people of Remo Federal Constituency at the green chamber in 2023. Our position is not based on mere sectional interest or any petty considerations. On the contrary, our position and conviction that…
Williams Shakespeare instructs that if people take the right course upon such a tide, it leads to fortune and progress. To direct the Shakespearean charge towards the delegates of Ikenne State Constituency as they prepare to vote in the primary on Saturday, May 21, 2022, for the Ogun State House of Assembly candidate, Ikenne State Constituency, it suffices to say that the reasonable and wise delegates need to take the right course at this material time. Please permit me to join other progressive voices across the five towns that make up Ikenne LG, from Ilishan to Ikenne, from Iperu to…
The political arena has witnessed a massive boost with key presidential aspirants of the two major parties leading their teams to different states of the country to get endorsement by revered Traditional Rulers, Governors, political leaders and delegates for the primary elections expected at the end of May 2023. While there are assurances in some quarters, on the other hand, there are no definite commitments as delegates prefer to either wait on the promptings of the party leadership or they keep their cards close to their chests. In all of these visits, one common thing is the warm reception accorded…
Igbos for a Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) has condemned the incessant killings in Nigeria, especially the recent alleged murder of a student, Deborah, in Sokoto state. IPAN also regrets the actions of hoodlums in the southeast, who hide under the umbrella of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to operate their evil and inflict pain on various families. This was noted in a press release by the National President of IPAN, Comrade Lawrence Onuzulike. Comrade Onuzulike observed that though IPOB leaders have cancelled the Monday sit-at-home, some self-acclaimed members of the group leverage the situation to commit crime and criminality.…
Oluwo Olawole Olakunle ‘MKO host of #theifapriestpodcast, berates AMVCA for failing to connect creators who are custodians of our culture with actors and producers in the entertainment industries. This attempt would have bridged the misinformation gap in the industry. So many people leverage the word culture without even understanding what culture entails and how it defines the tenets of our environment. Globally, the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) play a key role in contributing to GDP. In recognition of the importance of CCIs in achieving the Agenda 2063 objectives of regional integration, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development, the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka, Eze has restated that the palpable gloom of apprehension which engulfed the camps of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other individuals and groups opposed to the Presidential project of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, led to the inclusion of the controversial section 84(12) during the amendment process of the Electoral Act. Chief Eze stated this in reaction to the ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, which described the section of…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), member of the Legacy Projects Media Team, and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, (nPDP) Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze says Governor Wike has continued to embarrass himself before Nigerians with his inappropriate use of words and English phrases whenever he is favoured with the presence of media men. Eze asserted in reaction to a comment credited to the Governor where he offered to form a unity government if he emerged President. Chief Eze said such a proposition is inappropriate and totally out of context in a statement…
The River State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senibo Chris Finebone, has advised the leadership of churches in Nigeria not to allow what he described as “Systematic Desecration of the Pulpit by Irresponsible Politicians.” The spokesman who advised in a statement said, “While we felt we had seen enough of sacrilegious behaviour from the holy places of worship either by some politicians who were provided temporary use of the pulpit or by questionable keepers of the church, whatever doubts left in our minds were wiped out last Sunday at the thanksgiving service to celebrate the legal victory…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has disputed claims by former Rivers South-East Senator, Magnus Abe, that the preferred guber candidate of the party for the 2023 governorship election, Pst. Tonye Cole is alien to the All Progressives Congress and her teeming supporters in Rivers State. On Thursday, Sen. Abe, addressing a hired crowd of praise-singers who had gathered to fulfil their obligation with the political-businessman at the Captain Elechi-Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, told his audience that the Rivers APC will…
Former Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, has stated that the former President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has the capacity and experience needed to lead Nigeria. Speaking about Saraki on Sunday, during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s aspirant’s visit to meet with Kaduna State leaders and delegates ahead of the PDP primaries, the former Vice-President emphasised that he and Saraki served as Governors at the same time. Since then, he has always known that Saraki cared about Kaduna State and the North West of the country. “I remember, when I was Governor, he gave special attention to Kaduna State. As…
Asiwaju Bolarinwa Oluwole has been bestowed with the Pillar of The Bible Society of Nigeria, Sagamu. On May 8, 2022, the event took place at the Celestial Church of Christ Cathedral, Ajegunle, Sagamu 1. Superior Evangelist E.E Ewubajo decorated Oluwole with the medal of honour and presented him with the Holy Bible. Oluwole, in remarks, said the recognition given to him by the Bible Society of Nigeria is a call to rededicate himself to the service of God and humanity. The 2023 Federal House of Representatives hopeful, Remo Federal Constituency, expressed his appreciation to the church leaders for considering him WORTHY…
Being a Statement of Intent to contest for the Presidency of Nigeria by Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON. My dear Compatriots, determined to pay the debt of gratitude I owe our nation for the opportunities to serve in high offices of public trust; determined to let our nation drink from the deep well of experience acquired in these offices, I, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, with great humility, hereby, submit myself for our kind consideration as your next President. “I pay tribute to President Muhammadu Buhari for the patriotic work he has done as our President. He has given hope and…
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwumeka Eze, says he couldn’t agree more that the country is faced with severe challenges of insecurity ranging from kidnapping to cult and communal clashes to ethnoreligious killings to bombings and terrorism and other vices operating at very scary scales. In a statement made available to media houses in Abuja, the pro-APC political analyst said with the general elections billed for 2023 lurking around, Nigerians should concern themselves with the serious obligation of conducting serious background checks…
BudgIT introduced its United States office in Washington, DC to a group of leaders, stakeholders, donor representatives and citizens. The event hosted people from across the development sector such as Transparency Accountability Initiative, Carnegie Endowment fund, Open Government Partnership, MacArthur Foundation and other distinguished leaders from across the world. This is part of BudgIT’s post anniversary strategy to expand its operations and enhance civic innovation globally. In the last few years, BudgIT has opened offices in Sierra Leone, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. The civic organization continues to test its thesis that communities and citizens across the world deserve access to…