As we prepare for the 2023 Governorship and State Assembly Elections, the beautiful State of Abia is on my mind. I had written here in 2015 of Alex Ottih and his capacity to buck the trend in Abia, a State that has been quite unfortunate with the Leaders that has ...
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It is just a few hours to the rescheduled Presidential elections in Nigeria. Another classic battle between the ruling party; All Progressive Congress (APC) and the main opposition party; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is on the cards. The country is on edge, emotions are running high, the economy has taken ...
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The Nigerian political scene is one you can never rightly predict… a real theatre of intrigues. It is as complex as the Country is diverse and always serves a healthy dose of suspense. The events leading to the dramatic National Assembly elections that threw up Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu ...
Read More »Historic win for General Muhammadu Buhari
The 2015 Presidential elections in Nigeria will go down as one of the fiercest Presidential contests in Nigeria’s chequered history. A straight contest between the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the plots leading to the election ...
Read More »Engr. Dave Umahi and the battle for Ebonyi
Having outmaneuvered his Principal to emerge the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2015 Gubernatorial election in Ebonyi State, Engr. (Chief) David Nweze Umahi has his work cut out for him. His political dexterity would however be put to a more severe test at the forthcoming ...
Read More »2015 Presidential Election: What manner of change?
The 2015 Presidential elections in Nigeria is billed to hold on February 14, 2015 and unsurprisingly that has become the topic dominating national discourse. Coming at a period that the Country is facing its biggest security challenge since the civil war, coupled with the recent sustained pressure on the Naira ...
Read More »Alex Otti poised to buck the trend in Abia
Not being a career politician, it is likely that many would underestimate him but make no mistake about it, you would consider Dr. Alex Otti a lightweight at your own peril. Coming into the political terrain with an excellent track record in the private sector, he represents the emerging breed ...
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