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......AS COURT OF APPEAL DISMISSES MOTION FOR STAY OF EXECUTION The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday the 9th day of September 2021 dismissed the Applications for Stay of Execution filed by Counsel to Senator Ugochukwu Uba, Assam A. Assam SAN.  Recall that the Court of Appeal had on the 3rd day of September 2021 entered judgment in favour of Mr Valentine Ozigbo, wherein it set aside the Judgment of the High Court of Anambra State delivered by Justice O.A Nwabunike on the 19th of July 2021, and emphatically reaffirmed that Mr. Valentine Ozigbo is the duly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the upcoming November 6th Governorship Election in Anambra State. Dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal, Senator Ugochukwu Uba through his lead Counsel Assam A. Assam SAN, filed applications at the Court of Appeal seeking a stay of the execution of the Court of Appeal judgment delivered on the 3rd of September 2021.  The two applications with Motion Nos

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the name of  Valentine Ozigbo as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 election in Anambra state. The national electoral body, in obedience to the order from the Court of Appeal granted on Friday, September 3, 2021 has now published the names of Mr Ozigbo and his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo as the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the PDP.  Valentine Ozigbo, who is the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, which followed the inauguration of a 179-person National Campaign Council for the election by the main opposition party on Thursday.  The event which held at the headquarters of the PDP, at Wadata Plaza in Abuja had in attendance eleven PDP governors including Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of Delta State who is the Vice Chairman of the National Campaign Council for the Anambra Poll; Governor Aminu Tambuwal, the Governor of Sokoto Sta

As Muhammadu Buhari, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria visits Imo State on a state working visit, a chieftain of the ruling party, an entrepreneur and illustrious son of Imo State, Dr. Uzoma Obiyo has commended Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma, Executive Governor of Imo State on this historical visit of Mr. President. President Buhari, who will be the first sitting president to visit Imo State on a working visit since the past 12 years is expected to commission numerous projects built by 3R Shared Prosperity Government led by Senator Hope Uzodinma. While addressing some stakeholders in the state preparatory to Mr. President's visit, Dr. Obiyo extolled Senator Uzodinma's achievements in the less than two years he is governor. Hear Dr. Obiyo:  "in less than two years in office, our governor has succeeded in curbing vehicular traffic congestion in Owerri City Centre through the provision of modern interchange overs at major j

Despite the heavy presence of security operatives in every part of Owerri, the Imo State capital, a mammoth crowd was witnessed who in turn received President Muhammadu Buhari during his one-day working visit to Imo State on Thursday. Our correspondent who is in Owerri the Imo state capital however gathered that President Muhammad Buhari has already commissioned projects such as Nekede Road, Egbeada Bypass, Balloon drainage system and New Exco Chamber and Lounge in the State.  The President who flew into the heartland city of Owerri from Abuja on Thursday morning is expected to has proceeded to a town hall meeting with Southeast leaders on the best possible ways to stop the incessant killings in the zone.  President Muhammad Buhari while commisioning the projects in Owerri at the Egbeada Bypass in Owerri North Local Government Area, Buhari commended Governor Hope Uzodinma for his proactiveness towards governance and promised to ensure that whatever that is needed to continue in the dev

By Onwuasoanya FCC Jones As we are all aware, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, shall be in Imo on official working visit on the 9th of September, 2021. The President's visit to Imo is his first working visit to the State since taking office in 2015 and the first time the State is hosting a President on working visit since 2009.  This visit is especially significant given the recent communication from the governor of Imo State, His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, to the effect that the President is coming to put final seals on some strategic federal government interventions and partnerships which the Imo State government has agreed with the Federal Government. Also, a lineup of people oriented and audacious projects are scheduled to be unveiled and inaugurated for the use of Imo people and for our individual comfort, notwithstanding our political or social leanings. The President is a

Sen. Andy Uba’s Campaign Council (AUCC), says it is mischief for any person to allege that the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the Anambra November governorship poll, Andy Uba will introduce open grazing in the state, if elected governor. A statement by the Director General of AUCC, Chief Paul Chukwuma on Tuesday in Awka Anambra state capital, said that Uba had never at any time made such statement promising to establish open grazing in Anambra state, If voted in as a governor. It said that at no time did Uba make any utterance concerning establishing open grazing in the state and urged the public to disregard the mischief in its entirety. It stated that Uba had always said he was coming to liberate Anambra from retrogression and move it to a greater height for the benefit of all. “We have observed with concern the reports in social media purporting that Distinguished Sen. Andy Uba, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has made promises of introd