Category: Politics

Award-winning novelist and keynote speaker at NBA AGC, Chimamanda Adichie delivering her address at the conference in Lagos….. on Monday. By Advocatenewsng.com. AWARD-WINNING novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has said Nigerians do not have enough leaders to look up to in the current system. Adiche made this statement during her keynote address at the ongoing Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association at the Eko Hotel on Monday. The conference, themed “BOLD Transitions” is scheduled to hold between August 19…

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Members of the reconciliation committee of Atiku and Wike’s camps in Government House, PortHarcourt, Rivers State capital…….. on Friday. By Advocatenewsng.com. Members of the committee constituted by the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have begun discussion with a view to ensuring reconciliation. The committee members comprising representatives from Atiku and Wike camps met on Friday at Government House, Port Harcourt. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr. Kelvin…

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Peter Obi, Nyesom Wike, Olusegun Mimiko, former gov of Cross River State, Donald Duke, Abia State gov, Okezie Ikpeazu, Benue State gov, Samuel Ortom and other PDP chieftains at Wike’s private residence in Port Harcourt…… on Monday. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE Peter Obi Support Network has hailed the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, for building bridges of understanding beyond partisan leanings, following his closed-door meeting with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party leaders. Obi had met with…

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APC protesters in Lagos. By Advocatenewsng.com. HUNDREDS of stakeholders and party supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Monday took to the streets of Lagos to protest the party’s stance on the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket. The demonstrators, under the aegis of the Coalition of APC Stakeholders Network and Southwest Supporters of Tinubu, began their peaceful walk from the popular Shoprite Shopping Mall in Ikeja to the State House in the Central Business District area of Alausa. Chanting solidarity…

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Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate. By Advocatenewsng.com. The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi and his entourage made their way into Owerri, Imo State capital today after leaving the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), 70th Annual Convention Ground on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State yesterday. They were received by mammoth crowds, mainly youths, who wanted to have a glimpse of the man of the moment who was in Owerri on invitation to inaugurate a new Secretariat…

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A. J. Owonikoko, SAN, FCArb. Political opinion. By Abiodun Owonikoko. NIGERIA’S pseudo elites are very simple-minded . They are unwittingly stoking a religious war which will almost certainly lead to 2023 elections not holding and culminating  in a declaration of state of emergency- as a lesser and acceptable evil than an outright military coup ( once the state gets sufficiently threatened and imperiled by the impending crisis that would ensue). We must eschew the fast degenerating predilection to mobilize…

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Chief (Dr.) Richard Oma Ahonaruogho, SAN. Political opinion.By Richard Oma Ahonaruogho. I have said it for years, develop each Local Government Area and the Country is developed. I suggested a “Dangote” to be Local Government Chairman without pay for three years to be succeeded by a “Dantata” for another three years without pay and so on and so forth as a deliberate sacrifice to develop each Local Government, State and Country. Voila, the country will be developed. The competition will…

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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP). By Advocatenewsng.com. THE 15 political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, under the aegis of Coalition for Good Governance, on Friday declared support for the presidential ambition of the candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. The organisation said only Obi out of the candidates contesting for the 2023 Presidency can stop Nigeria from disintegrating. The CGG in a statement by its national chairman, Okey Chikwendu, and Publicity Secretary, Don…

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Hakeem Baba Ahmed, spokesman for NEF. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE Northern Elders Forum has again advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to the alarming insecurity and socio-economic problems facing the country. The NEF spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated this in a series of tweets. He added that 2023 might be the worst year so far for the country, considering the present state of the economy and security. He lamented the failure of Buhari as a president despite the huge resources….

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Adebayo Lawal, new Oyo State Deputy Governor. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE Oyo State House of Assembly on Monday approved the appointment of Adebayo Lawal as the new Deputy Governor following the removal of Rauf Olaniyan. The approval followed the nomination of Lawal to the lawmakers for consideration by Governor Seyi Makinde as a replacement for Olaniyan. Before his appointment, Lawal was the Chairman of the State Housing Corporation. He had also served as the state Attorney-General. He hails from Kisi…

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