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Dearth Of Opposition
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 11:54News Introduction:
Leadership crisis and fictionalisation within the opposition parties in Cross River State may affect their performance in the February 25 governorship election in the state. - By Increase Abasi-Ubong
Few weeks to the governorship elections in Cross River State, opposition parties in the state seem not to be prepared for the elections. The parties that would have given the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a good fight during the elections are embroiled in crisis.
Set To Dump Zoning
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 11:51News Introduction:
Zoning or ethnic factor might not play a role in the choice of the next governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2015- By Charles Effiong
Although the next gubernatorial election in Akwa Ibom State is still about three years away, the jostle for Governor Godswill Akpabio’s successor has begun. Perhaps, the political space in the state had never before been as challenging as it is presently.
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A Respite For Umeh
Submitted by James Uzondu on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 19:04News Introduction:
Stakeholders and elders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, passed a vote of confidence on the national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh. - By Tony Oraeki
There appears to be respite for the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sir Victor Umeh, who was facing the threat of impeachment from some members of the party.
The Greedy Legislators
Submitted by James Uzondu on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 19:02News Introduction:
Members of the Benue State House of Assembly boycott a three-day retreat organised for state executive members and legislators in Obudu because of the governor’s refusal to give them Toyota Prado four wheel drive. - By Arems Terkula & Sunday Ogli
The boycott of the retreat organised for members of the State House of Assembly and the members of the state executive council at the Obudu Mountain Resort in Cross River State by the Benue State government therefore comes as a surprise to most watchers going by their antecedent. Not many would have believed that members of the House would dare to take a contrary view against the executive arm of government in the state.
Trading Tackles Over Palliatives
Submitted by James Uzondu on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 18:46News Introduction:
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State pick holes in the palliatives announced by Governor Adams Oshiomhole to cushion the effect of the withdrawal of fuel subsidy on the people of the state. - By Victor Osehobo
Despite his enumerated palliatives to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy withdrawal by the federal government on the people of Edo State, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is merely grandstanding.
Uncertainty Over Conduct Of Council Polls
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 12:05News Introduction:
There are indications that the conduct of local government elections in Edo State may delay until after the governorship election in the state in July this year. - By Victor Osehobo
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Divided They Stand
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 13:14News Introduction:
Opposition political parties in Edo State sing discordant tunes in fielding a consensus candidate to challenge the reelection of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the July gubernatorial election
These are trying times for opposition political parties in Edo State that are ganging up against the reelection of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the July 14, 2012 governorship election in the state. While the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, backed out of the coalition, a faction of the Labour Party, LP, led by a former PDP member, Elder Sam Omede has dissociated itself from the alliance.
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Disagreeing To Agree
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 16:28News Introduction:
The Edo State chapter of the PDP and the ruling government in the state are in disagreement over the claims by the government that it has been prudent in expending the trillions of naira allocated to the state since 2008. - By Victor Osehobo
For Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the criticism heaped on his government by the country’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over the expenditure of state funds is like trying to make a mounting out of a molehill.
Even so, Oshiomhole might have set the stage for another round of criticism. Last week’s proposal of N148.87 billion for its services in the 2012 fiscal year was all he needed to do to keep the PDP in the state busy. The budget proposal tagged “Budget of Continuity” is N14.98 billion higher than the N133.89 billion of 2011.
Plotting Against Oshiomhole
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 14:36News Introduction:
The opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State toured the 192 wards in the state ahead of next year’s governorship election in the state. - By Victor Osehobo
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Playing Games With Ibibio traditional stool
Submitted by James Uzondu on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 14:33News Introduction:
Traditional rulers from Ibibioland in Akwa Ibom State frown at the state government’s intrusion into the affairs of selecting and installing a new Okuibom for the race. - By Charles Effiong
The highest traditional title in the Ibibio race, Okuibom Ibibio, has entered into another round of dispute. This time around the quarrel has pitched the state government against some of the paramount rulers from the area who have warned that Governor Godswill Akpabio should dissociate himself from the process of selecting and crowning the custodian of Ifim Ibom Ibibio, the ancestral stool of Ibibio people.
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Born in the Niger Delta State of Bayelsa, South-South Nigeria , Dennis O. Sami, is the Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of Nigerian Newsworld magazine. The publication is a general interest weekly news magazine with strong bias in political reporting. 