Oscar Sudi Renews Attacks on Gachagua
14 Aug
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Oscar Sudi Renews Attacks on Gachagua

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Politics tamfitronics Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has lashed out again at Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his style of politics.Sudi while speaking at the burial of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioner Irene Masit's father faulted Gachagua for stubbornly sticking what he perceives to be regional politics instead of advancing national unity in his capacity as second in command.“When leaders get to a certain level, they should speak for Kenyans not just their people,” he stated.“You get some leaders saying ‘our people,’ ‘my people,’ which should not be the case, leaders should talk about matters affecting Kenya.” ...
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BREAKING: Abia Assembly Speaker swears in PDP lawmaker nine months after court’s judgment
14 Aug
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BREAKING: Abia Assembly Speaker swears in PDP lawmaker nine months after court’s judgment

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Politics tamfitronics Hon. Aaron Uzodike was on Tuesday, August 13, sworn in as a member of the 8th Abia State House of Assembly after a nine-month legal battle.The legal dispute began when an Appeal Court in Lagos disqualified the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Destiny Nwagwu, and declared Uzodike the rightful winner of the 2023 State House of Assembly election.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing Aba North State Constituency, had initially contested the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaration of Nwagwu as the winner at the Election Petition Tribunal in Umuahia.Dissatisfied with the tribunal’s ruling, Uzodike’s legal team took the case to the Appeal Court.In October 2023, the Appeal Court ruled in Uzodike’s favour, ordering his swearing-in as the Aba North State Constituency lawmaker.However, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Emeruwa had postponed Uzodike’s swearing-in, citing...
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Buhari Keeps Silent as Jonathan Struggles with New National Anthem at Council Meeting [VIDEO]
14 Aug
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Buhari Keeps Silent as Jonathan Struggles with New National Anthem at Council Meeting [VIDEO]

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Politics tamfitronics Nigeria’s immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari remained silent while standing during the playing of the new national anthem at the National Council of State meeting on Tuesday. The meeting, convened by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja, aimed to address national issues following the recent #EndBadGovernance protests.Also in attendance was former President Goodluck Jonathan while Olusegun Obasanjo who served as president between 1999 and 2007 was absent. Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Yakubu Gowon joined virtually.During the playing of the new national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”, Buhari stood in silence, while Jonathan struggled to recite the lyrics. The current anthem was reintroduced by President Tinubu in May.It was composed at Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960, and replaced the previous anthem, “Arise, O Compatriots” which...
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PNM to begin screening nominees for general election Thursday
14 Aug
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PNM to begin screening nominees for general election Thursday

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Politics tamfitronics Gail Alexan­derSe­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porterThere are ap­prox­i­mate­ly four ex­pres­sions of in­ter­est from in­di­vid­u­als to con­test the Barataria/San Juan seat for the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) in the up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tion, in­clud­ing a promi­nent name in the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty and in pol­i­tics.This was con­firmed by PNM of­fi­cials ahead of Thurs­day’s dead­line for sub­mis­sion of nom­i­nees from nine con­stituen­cies.In June, PNM leader Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley man­dat­ed par­ty units from the nine ar­eas, which are cur­rent­ly held by the Op­po­si­tion, to start seek­ing nom­i­nees. They were sub­se­quent­ly giv­en an Au­gust 15 dead­line by which to present nom­i­nees’ names.A PNM state­ment yes­ter­day con­firmed the nom­i­na­tion pe­ri­od ends at 4 pm on Thurs­day. Screen­ing will be­gin short­ly there­after for the nom­i­nees for the nine con­stituen­cies. The PNM stat­ed that it “looks for­ward to field­ing 41 can­di­dates in...
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