BREAKING: APC primaries: Amaechi breaks silence after losing to Tinubu, reveals next action

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By Mandy Park Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has spoken for the first time since his defeat at the Presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the APC and former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu, scored 1,271 to defeat his closest challenger, Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 316 in the national convention. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, came third in the primaries, polling 235, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, scored 152 votes, while Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello managed 47 delegates votes. Amaechi, in a…

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Deadlock over Governor Wike as Atiku searches for running mate

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By Mandy Park The insistence of the supporters of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on his nomination is causing a stalemate in the search for the running mate for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Atiku won the presidential primary of the PDP on May 29 and has since been consulting with the leaders of the party on his vice presidential pick. The party has until June 17 to submit its list of candidates for all elective offices in the 2023 general elections to the…

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APC presidential primaries: You can now lick your wounds – Tinubu tells Ahmed Lawan

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By Mandy Park The national leader and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has told the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, that he can now lick his wounds. Tinubu said this in his victory speech after he was declared winner of the party’s presidential contest of the ruling party. He said he was a little bit agitated that the Senate President Lawan contested the position with him, but hailed the lawmaker for being cool-headed and doing his best service to the nation at the Senate. “I would have been…

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BREAKING: Ahmad Lawan: Crisis Hits APC As Northern Govs Insist Power Must Shift To South

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By Mandy Park The announcement of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the consensus presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sparked a fresh crisis in the ruling party. This comes after northern governors elected on the APC platform have rejected his emergence as the party’s consensus for the February 25 presidential election. THE WHISTLER earlier reported that 11 serving and former governors of the party had kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari’s entreaty to be allowed to single-handedly decide who emerges as the party’s 2023 presidential candidate “After careful…

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Owo massacre despicable, callous, assault on humanity and desecration of the church of God – Anyim

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By Omocho Kalu Former President of the Senate, Anyim Pius Anyim has condemned in strongest term the massacre of Christians by gunmen at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State on Sunday, 5 June, describing it as despicable and callous. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Anyim said the killing of the worshippers during Sunday service was despicable, callous, as well as an assault on humanity and desecration of the Church of God.He wondered why the evil men could enter into…

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Ondo Catholic Church attack, cowardly, inhuman says Peter Obi

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By Omocho Kalu Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has outrightly condemned the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on Sunday, by gunmen, describing it as cowardly and inhuman. Obi who made the remark in reaction to the early morning attack on the church, condemned the unwarranted assault on innocent worshippers, adding that the action by the gunmen represented the worst form of bestiality against the society. “There is no part of Nigeria that deserves to be attacked. But choosing a…

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Presidency 2023: P-Square’s Peter Tackles Dele Momodu Over Take On Peter Obi, LP
2023 Presidential candidate

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By Mandy Park Peter Okoye, Nigerian musician of P-Square fame, has taken a swipe at Dele Momodu, Ovation Magazine publisher and presidential aspirant, over claims that Peter Obi, a presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), cannot win the 2023 presidency. Reacting to Momodu’s assertion, Okoye, in a series of tweets on Twitter, averred that Obi might not have money and structure but he has the youths and masses behind him, stressing that the 2023 election was beyond delegates as the masses would control the outcome of the election. Tweeted…

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Buhari’s Preferred Presidential Candidate: President’s bombshell silence APC governors—–Comrade Joseph Evah
…Says they lack moral authority to challenge him
…action shows military strategy superior to political strategy

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By Mandy Park National leader, Ijaw monitoring Group (IMG) Comrade Joseph Evah has mocked governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over what he described as their “selfishness and greedy position” which has made them lose the moral right to challenge any presidential candidate Buhari would foist on them.“Buhari’s masterstroke rubbishes the governors and their intellect and it shows that military strategy is superior to political strategy” he noted in an interview.The activist said they have boxed themselves to a tight corner that would make them to keep silent against…

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BREAKING: Court sends late Osinachi’s husband to Kuje prison

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By Mandy Park A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Wuse has ordered the remand of Peter Nwachukwu, the husband to the late gospel singer, Osinachi, in the Kuje prison. Justice Ngozi Nwosu-Iheme, in a ruling today ( Friday) ordered that Nwachukwu remains in custody until the conclusion of his trial. The judge gave the ruling after Nwachukwu pleaded not guilty to the 23-count charge, bordering on domestic violence and homicide, among others, brought against him by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).…

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Menstrual Hygiene Day: CEE-HOPE Fetes Teenagers, Makes Case for Free Pads Distribution
…launch advocacy movie

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By Omocho Kalu A Non-Governmental and Socially-relevant Organization, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) recently marked the International Menstrual Hygiene Day, calling on government to intervene in ending period poverty in the country. CEE –HOPE used the occasion to launch its latest advocacy movie “Leave to live”. It was at a one-day seminar in Lagos which attracted several teenage girls from communities across Lagos and Ogun States and featured talks on rape awareness and career choices, and others,CEE-HOPE’s Executive Director, Betty Abah at the event lamented…

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