ENUGU 2023: POWER ROTATION MUST CONTINUE IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION By Buchi Nnaji As the 2023 general election draw close, political activities in Enugu State are gaining momentum. Politicians, cultural groups and well meaning individuals have started laying claims and counterclaims on whose turn it is to take over from Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. Considering … [Read more…]
By Prince Ejeh Josh In a recent politically sponsored column written by one Chinenye Ugwu, perhaps, with a pseudonym, titled: “Was there Ever a Zoning Arrangement in the Coal City State?” and published by ThisDay Newspaper on 7th April, 2021, the author had vehemently stood logic on its head in … [Read more…]
Reprieve came for former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Thursday. He was granted an administrative bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Okorocha, who is being investigated for alleged mismanagement of N7. 9 billion funds, was mobilizing last night to meet the bail terms, including two sureties with landed properties in … [Read more…]
Enugu APC Registers Over 180,000 members, As Party Zones 2023 Guber Ticket To Enugu East Senatorial Zone. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu state has zoned its governorship ticket to Enugu East Senatorial Zone. Making the announcement in an event to mark the end of the membership registration and revalidation exercise at the … [Read more…]
Immediate past Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha has broken silence on his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of public funds. Okorocha was arrested by the EFCC operatives at about 4:10pm on Tuesday at his Unity House office located at Garki, Abuja. But speaking through his media … [Read more…]
Breaking News: 2023-The Stand of Enugu PDP Students on the issue of Zoning The Student Members of PDP in Enugu state Spanning across fourteen(14) tertiary campuses and seventeen(17) Local Government Areas, have issued their stand on zoning. In a statement made available to The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine on Monday 12th of April 2021, … [Read more…]
Anambra Guber: Onyemelukwe, Daughter of Alex Ekwueme Pledges Selfless Service. One of the leading governorship aspirant in the November 6 election in Anambra State under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Lady Chidi Alexandra Onyemelukwe has expressed her preparedness to provide selfless service of good governance to the people of the … [Read more…]
Enugu 2023: Should Zoning Fly? (1) By Prince Ejeh Josh Nigeria’s political atmosphere is already heating up. Camps are pitching tents. Consultations from the north to the south, and from the east to the west are already gaining momentum across the Niger. Symposia, birthday parties, lectures, titles, etc., are all being held and … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Usman Alkali Baba, as acting Inspector General of Police with immediate effect. Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. Buhari had on February 4 extended the tenure of Adamu for … [Read more…]
Enugu Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ben Nwoye, has raised the alarm that politicians particularly from the northern senatorial district of the state, were heating up the polity of the state. He said the next governor of the state will not be based on zoning and sub-ethnic origin but on competence, … [Read more…]
In Nigerian politics, oftentimes expediency trumps morality. Honour is also a scarce commodity. Sadly, this norm has gained toehold. As the 6 November 2021 Anambra State Governorship election approach, the issue of zoning is now front and centre and fraught with controversy for most parties. This is more so for my party, PDP. … [Read more…]
Pa Mark Idi Nzeogwu, 89, was the elder brother to the late Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, leader of the January 15, 1966 first military coup in Nigeria. At an encounter in Lagos, he stated that if his younger brother had known that the coup would lead to pogroms, and later, a civil war, he … [Read more…]