Mandy Park Against the backdrop of inadequacies facing climate change challenge, Friends of the Earth International (FoEi) has in it’s verdict scored the climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt as low on progress even with more talk by the United States and other rich countries. The federation, in a press briefing on November 18 as the talks drew to a close decried the lack of progress in the Loss and Damage Finance discussion and the crucial climate pledge of $100bn by rich countries that is yet to be met.…
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Okonjo-Iweala warned us on Soludo’s lack of character and treachery—Engnr Martins Onovo
…says Soludo unrefined pro-establishment acolyte …rude, arrogant, shameless By Mandy Park Former Presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2015 elections, Engineer Martins Onovo, has reminded Nigerians on the justification of the verdict of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ( D.G, WTO) on Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, that he lacks character and is treacherous. Onovo was responding to the latest attack by Soludo on Labour party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi that he cannot win the 2023 presidential race. Soludo has received lots of bashing from Nigerians…
Read MoreHOMEF donates relief materials to flood victims in Nigeria
… Take proactive measures to ensure safety–Nnimmo Bassey
Mandy Park Socially-relevant and need-meeting non-profit organisation, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of the destructive flood, that wreaked havoc in many states in Nigeria, recently. This is as HOMEF Director Dr Nnimmo Bassey tasked government at all levels to always be proactive with safety measures. Some of the items already distributed to the six impacted states – Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Edo, Kogi and Rivers – include bags of beans, rice, garri, onions, tubers of yams, cartons of noodles, palm…
Read MoreSoludo talking nonsense; Obi will win at least 10 States outright, and garner the 25% required in a number of states
By ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES I am one of Peter Obi’s supporters who is not very disturbed about Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s treatise of illogicality and a bad attempt at journalistic warfare with, unfortunately himself. Peter Obi and his official communication team are not interested in joining issues with him, nor any other person or group who is or are on a mercenary mission to distract the team from their focus of rescuing Nigeria from the shackles of bad governance brought about by years of incompetence, insensibility and corruption, which characters like…
Read MoreSoludo on a hatchet mission says Yunusa Tanko–LP Spokesperson
Mandy Park Angered by the attack on the Labour Party, Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, by Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, Yunusa Tanko, has accused Soludo of doing a hatchet job for the opposition to diminish the massive influence and acceptance of Obi by the majority of Nigerians clamouring to take back their country. But he said the ploy would rather elevate the huge status of Obi the more because Nigerians know his antecedents as one that can be trusted, who is firm and who can deliver the country at…
Read More2023 polls: Again Soludo attacks Obi, says Obi cannot win
By Omocho Kalu Again, Anambra State, governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has unleashed another attack on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, saying he cannot win the 2023 presidential election. Soludo described Obi’s candidacy in the race as mere exciting drama Soludo accused the LP candidate of playing a game with his election bid, insisting that Obi did not have the relevant structure in place to win the Presidency on the Labour Party platform. The governor expressed his views in an article on Monday, titled, ‘History Beckons and I…
Read MoreI saved Imo people from political bondage –Gov.Uzodimma
By Mandy Park Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has said that his election as governor saved the state from political bondage. This is as he said that even the grand design to scuttle his ambition failed ,because his aspiration was divinely inspired, and that he had started afresh as governor as there was no hand over note to him whatsoever. Governor Uzodimma disclosed on Friday that those who have vowed that he will never govern the state had instigated the wanton killings that had rocked the state shortly after…
Read MoreWhy Peter Obi’s Statistics Unsettles Opposition
The dimensions the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi brought into the nation’s electioneering this time has successfully thrown many pundits and politicians off balance because they were never prepared for it. A press statement from Obi-Datti Media Office, made available to NewsOrient said “Obi’s issue driven campaigns, even though the correct and necessary thing to do in an ideal democratic setting, has remained foreign and unfamiliar to Nigeria’s political environment, hence the apparent disgruntlement from his competitors and the opposition political parties. “The use of statistics and figures…
Read MoreTinubu alleges many media outlets working for Atiku, Obi, threatens to sue them
By Mandy Park The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has vowed to file a suit against some individuals, including media organisations, like Arise TV, Channels, and BusinessDay, for spreading “fake news and assassinating” his character over his alleged drug trafficking case in the United States. Recalled that the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently released a document over Tinubu’s alleged connection to drug trafficking. The document contained alleged evidence of Tinubu’s involvement in narcotics and money laundering about 30…
Read MoreAfrican climate activists deliver solution documents to delegates at COP 27
By Mandy Park In continuation of efforts to engender the alignment of country climate ambitions with the demands of frontline communities, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and a host of climate justice groups attending the 27th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh have shared their recommendations with African delegations at the negotiations. Aside CAPPA, some of the groups that disseminated the reports include Gender CC South Africa, Friends of the Earth Togo, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), ONG 350…
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