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Photo : Mr Peter Obi By Emmah Uhieneh In the turbulent theatre of Nigerian politics, where power has often rotated among entrenched interests, familiar political dynasties, and deeply rooted patronage networks, the emergence of Peter Obi represents something profoundly unsettling to the old order. He is not feared merely because he contested an election. He is feared because he embodies a possibility — the possibility that governance in Nigeria can be redefined around competence, accountability, prudence, productivity, and measurable development rather than political theatrics and elite entitlement. For decades, Nigeria…

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Photo : Gov Bassey Otu By: Gladys Owoh The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has extended his warmest congratulations to the Governor of Cross River State, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, on the momentous occasion of his third anniversary in office. Ndoma-Egba, a former Senate Leader and colleague of the governor in the seventh Senate, in a press statement issued on Friday, lauded Otu’s remarkable achievements over the past three years. He described the milestone as a clear reflection of the…

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By: Daniel Kanu The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has distanced itself from purported endorsement lists currently circulating in several states, particularly across the South-East, describing them as unauthorised and Misleading. In a statement issued today Friday May 29, by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director Esq., the NDC said the lists did not reflect the position of the party and excluded the names of several aspirants who had officially purchased the party’s Expression of Interest Forms. The party leadership stated that it had neither approved nor authorised any endorsement…

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Photo: Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Former Dep. Senate President By: Mandy Park The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has granted waivers to former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, to contest the Delta Central and Delta North Senatorial seats respectively in the 2027 general elections under the platform of the party. The development comes shortly after the formal defection of both political heavyweights from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the NDC, a move seen by political…

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Photo: Peter Obi By: Daniel Kanu Since the end of the 2023 presidential election, one of the most repeated political talking points in Nigeria has been: “Peter Obi is a good man, but we cannot vote for him because Obidients are disrespectful.” At face value, it sounds morally upright. It sounds like a principled stand against toxic political culture. But a closer look at Nigeria’s political history reveals something else entirely — hypocrisy, selective outrage, and tribal political convenience. Many of the people preaching “respect” today were among the loudest…

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Photo: Atiku and Amaechi during the visit By: Daniel Kanu Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday visited former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, at his Abuja residence in what political observers see as a strategic reconciliation move ahead of the next general election. The visit comes days after tensions emerged within the ADC following the party’s presidential primaries, where Amaechi and former presidential aspirant Mohammed Hayatu-Deen rejected the outcome that produced Atiku as the party’s…

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Photo: Atiku Abubakar receiving flag of authority from David Mark, ADC National Chairman By: Daniel Kanu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accepted his nomination as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ahead of the next general election, declaring that it was time to “rescue” Nigeria from what he described as the “destructive grip” of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Speaking on Wednesday at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja after emerging victorious in the party’s presidential primary, Atiku said he was honoured by the confidence reposed in him…

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