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  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, June 24, said he would not hesitate to give assent to any amendments to the 1999 Constitution on restructuring. He spoke when the National Executive of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), led by Prof Benjamin Okaba, visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. On calls for restructuring, the President noted that the National Assembly, whose responsibility it is to amend the constitution, had concluded regional consultations. “As soon as they finalise the process, necessary action would not be delayed on my part,” he said. Meanwhile, this was unlike what he said at the weekend in a message at the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation in Zaria, Kaduna State. He said, “Those who are discussing restructuring, my question is, what are you going to restructure? “If you ask many Nigerians what they are going to restructure, you will find out that they have nothing to talk about. “Some of them have not even studied the 1999 Constitution. The 1999

By Kennedy Ibekwe Imo Youths have never had it this good, as history will be made tomorrow being Saturday the 26th of June 2021, where Imo youths from across the 27 LGAs of the state will be given seed capital to go into the various businesses and trade they have acquired at the ministry of Entrepreneurship and skills Acquisition, under the office of the SA Youth Affairs.  The 15,000 Youths drawn from across the state will be empowered with grants of N250,000 each, which will help them in their chosen area of trade or venture.  This grant for Imo Youths from the state government, is coming at a time when the youths in the state are graudally coming together to appreciate the need for hard work and perseverance, which the state government under Senator Hope Uzodinma is noted for, being reason, they were brought together under the ministry of Entrepreneurship and skills Acquisition to acquire skills that will ensure that the funds they get, are channeled into positive ventures for econom

The Honorable Minister of State for Education,  Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba yesterday was the guest speaker at the National Youth Congress Lecture with the theme: Nigerian Democratic System and Good Governance; the Journey so Far.  In his keynote address at the lecture, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba stated that the theme was not only current, but is also thought provoking. He said as we all live in a Political environment, that is both a product of our social and economic realities, it is has however become expideint to discuss democractic tendencies of our country, Nigeria.  Hon. Nwajiuba went down memory lane to recount the journey so far, starting from 1999. He commended many constitutional scholars like Prof Ben Nwabueze, and activists like Baba Akande who without the military birtherd the 1979 constitution. He said their recommendations was wholesome in the adoption of the 1979 constitution with minor amendment to number of states and local governments.   He said " this democractic

  — As Opposition Members Scores Governor, President Buhari High For Being Democratic. The governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has been commended for ensuring that the state assembly is financially autonomous. The commendations are coming at the heels of the motion which was moved and adopted by an unanimous resolution of the house presided over by the speaker of the house Rt. Hon. Paul Emezien, Thursday 24, 2021. Members of the opposition in the assembly also scored the governor and the president high for being democratic in the implementations of the state assembly’s financial autonomy. The house noted that “whereas the Parliamentary Association of Nigeria (PASAN) and the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) went on strike for more than two (2) months in protest that financial autonomy is not being implemented by the states as prescribed under Section 121 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Execut

In a press release made avaliable to this medium, some members of the APC in Ayamelum and Anaku ward are pointing accusing fingers to Senator Andy Uba for using one Hon. Peter Chukwuma Onuora to destabilize the efforts of the party in their domain. The press release reads thus:  "It has come to the knowledge of the all progressives Congress (APC)members and executives in Anaku ward and Ayamelum LGA that  some people are collecting apc membership cards from party members and be sending same to Awka.When an APC member in Anaku ward Hon John Okolugo confronted one of the women involved in the dirty job ,they said one Hon Peter Chukwuma Onuora secretly asked them to be sending those membership cards to him that Sen.Andy Ubah ask him to bring them" "It continued to state that for record purpose,Hon Peter Chukwuma Onuora as at this morning is not a registered member of our party apc in Anaku ward but a card carrying member of APGA." "That Hon Peter Onuora after the b

It has come to the attention of the media office of Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo (Overdose), CEO Wichtech Group and the leading Governorship Aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, a poorly scripted and mischievous propaganda by faceless individuals ostensibly being prodded by political opponents of Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo who are visibly jittery of his impending victory in the APC governorship primary slated for Saturday June 26th, 2021. In a publication sighted in few mushroom news blogs which are well-known dens of fake and malicious news, the author alleged that Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo tendered a fake WAEC result ‘to bewitch INEC’. Ordinarily, this is a most puerile allegation requiring no response but for the sake of posterity and undiscerning members of the public including our party members we wish to state that the publication is false in its entirety.  Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo duly sat for his WASSCE and obtained the original certificate issued by the West