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The APC Deputy Gubernatorial hopeful in this year's guber election in Anambra State, Dozie Ikedife says that there strongest point, going into the election is the youths of state.  He made this assertion today in his country home at Nnewi, when he granted audience to Otolo Youths. He stressed that the in coming government of Dr Tony Nwoye will change the face of governance in the state, bearing in mind that the youths have been short changed because of the ineptitude of the incumbent who has in the last 3 and half years squandered the fortunes of the state, which amounted to over 455 billion in allocations and IGR.  He opined that the government of Dr Tony Nwoye will ensure that governance is transparent and fair. He condemned a situation where the government of Willie Obiano will appoint over 600 SAs who have no office or portfolio to man. He however wondered how these SAs will advise the governor and in which capacity, they will advise the governor. He pointed out that the youths

J ust last night I watched live on AIT, a most wasteful reception of corrupt President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and Governor Rochas Ethelbert Okorocha of Imo State. Ironically, on the same day the South African Supreme Court had earlier ordered the reinstatement of the corruption charges of money laundering and diversion of contracts against Zuma. President Jacob Zuma has definitely found an ally in Governor Ethelbert Okorocha. Two very corrupt and unpopular rulers from Africa. Imo indigenes know that the visit of Jacob Zuma is of no political, economic or social benefits to Imo people. The visit further adds to the rape of the economy of Imo State with Imo Governor, Ethelbert Okorocha having flown uncountable shuttles in his private jets to South Africa. We know that this visit by Jacob Zuma is another devious round of money laundering by Ethelbert Okorocha taking advantage of the diplomatic baggage of an equally corrupt Jacob. We call on Jacob Zuma to go home and face the cor

Being a farmer himself, it was easy for president Muhamadu Buhari to spot the fact that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Anchor Borrowers Program has been making waves by having massive impact on the farming sector across the country and by extension helping in lifting up Nigeria’s economy which due to the sharp drop in crude oil price had tanked since the inception of the current administration. President Buhari who used the opportunity of October 1st Independence Day anniversary broadcast to sort of present the mid term report of his stewardship in the past two years , also held aloft the recently launched   CBN National Collateral Registry program also known as Collaterals Bank aimed at making credit more accessible to the small scale enterprises, SMEs as another milestone achievement under his watch. Through the new scheme , owners of SMEs and a critical mass of micro entrepreneurs who constitute over 90% of the estimated 17 million registered SMEs in Nigeria creating some 32 mil

President Buhari and the southeast leaders on Friday, October 13, met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja President Buhari had prior met independently with some the chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and six governors from the area President Muhammadu Buhari and pioneers of thought from the southeast are right now meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those going to the meeting with President Buhari incorporate state governors from the zone, serves and the pioneers of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Governors in participation incorporate those of Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi states. Imo state is being spoken to by the agent representative.

Media mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, has said that he is still consulting in his bid to run for the national chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the December 9 national convention. The owner of DAAR Communication made this known yesterday in a media chat with journalists in Abuja He maintained that the party has zoned the chairmanship position to the entire South and the race is open to everyone from the region. “The concept and idea of zoning is to ensure that there is fairness and equity in the sharing of party offices. In this very particular case, the PDP has been very clear and stated that the chairmanship position of the party should be zoned to the entire southern part of Nigeria while the presidency of Nigeria should be zoned to the north. “The caretaker committee have affirmed and reaffirmed that the chairmanship is zoned to the three geo-political zones of the south and presidency is zoned to the three geo-political zones of the north. Micro-zoning can tak

I read it at about 3am today, 12th October 2017. It's now about 5am, and I haven't been able to sleep since. So I've decided to write down the thoughts that have kept me awake. Firstly I will give highlights of the article. Then I will comment. Highlights: 1. 90% of the networth of Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, comes from his cement business. 2. Dangote Cement controls 65% of Nigeria's entire cement market. 3. In 2013, Dangote Cement had the highest profit margins of any cement producer on earth - 52%. China's Anhui Cunch Cement came in second - at 17.8%. 4. In 2015, average profit margins of cement producers worldwide was 17.2%. Same 2015, Dangote Cement *reported* a profit of 42.3%. 5. In June 2016, the World Bank reported that cement prices in Africa averaged $9.57 per 50kg bag while the world was paying $3.25 (about one third of what Africans pay) 6. How has Dangote Cement been able to retain such a huge market share at such excessively high p