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15 June 2019 Ebelechukwu Obiano, the very combative wife of Anambra State governor Willie Obiano, has set her sights at succeeding her husband at the expiry of his second term in 2021. Mrs Obiano, who loves her Igbo title “Osodieme” (loosely translated as “one that acts with her husband”), has been described by a handful of sources close to Government …

14 February 2019 A police station was burnt early this morning in Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A witness said policemen were overpowered, beaten up and detainees in police cells were set free. The pictures below show some of the damage done. A security source confirmed to Naijiant.com that the attack was carried out by the …

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14 December 2014 Five candidates for the Number Two position in Nigeria lined up this evening on national TV for a debate.  The word “debate” is used very loosely here.  There was a lot of talk, but precious little substance. The candidates were incumbent vice president Yemi Osinbajo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic …

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25 November 2018 Saturday evening on Radio Biafra at 6pm, Nigerian time (or Biafran time as the secessionists like to call it), is when Nnamdi Kanu, the self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), gets on air for his marathon rants against Nigeria aka “the damnable Zoological Republic”. Kanu and IPOB are allegedly on a mission from God …

13 November 2018 Peter Obi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate and former governor of Anambra State, said during an interview yesterday on Arise News “Morning Show”, that “we should solve problems, not shouting, not making noise”.  He was referring to the likes of Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, who has accused Obi of bigotry. El-Rufai made the …

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18 October 2018 The choice of Peter Obi as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in next year’s presidential (s)election continues to kick up a storm among Nigerians on social media, even more so among Igbos – Obi’s ethnic group. My less than scientific survey of commentary among Igbos on Obi would suggest that the majority generally see the prospect of an …

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