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Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his team have perfected plans to break the ranks of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Also, strong indications emerged that Governor Wike and those sympathetic to his cause may be settling for former Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, as a replacement for the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, if their plans scale through. Atiku and Wike have been engaged in a feud over the removal of Senator Ayu. Recall that the Rivers State governor has vowed not to quit the PDP over his feud with the former Vice President and Ayu, insisting that he would remain in the party and fight for relevance. Similarly, some of Wike’s allies including Governors Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Seyi Makinde (Oyo), had announced their withdrawal from the PDP Presidential Campaign Council pending the replacement of Ayu as chairman. Other members of the group are for

  The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a system collapse which occurred  at 10:51am today, 26th September,2022. This has resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network. Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States. We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.

Imo State is yet again enjoying dividends of Democracy from the Federal Government through the interventions of His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma as the President has approved the construction of a 10Mwatts Hydropower Generating Plant at Otamiri and Nworie Rivers. Governor Hope Uzodimma disclosed this at the preliminary luncheon for the 62nd Independence Day Thanksgiving Mass, where he hosted Ndi Imo at the Government House Banquet Hall.  According to the Governor, the Hydro Power Generating plant at Otamiri and Nworie Rivers, is geared towards generating and supplying uninterruptible power supply within Owerri Metropolis and beyond.  The Governor added that with the recent approval for the dredging of Orashi River into the Atlantic Ocean, the Government has plans to float the Orashi Free Trade Zone for Oil and Gas. The Governor speaking, “With an initial $1.5b foreign investment, this will translate to much more than 300,000 job and economic opportunities”. The Gover

~ STRATEGIZES AHEAD OF THE  FORTHCOMING ELECTION, VOWS TO DELIVER DR UMEADI... The standard flag bearer of YPP for the forthcoming Anambra Central Senatorial District election, High Chief Dr Chinedu Anthony Umeadi has met with his political structure Dr Chinedu Umeadi Progressive Movement in his campaign office at Awka.  Dr Chinedu Umeadi Progressive Movement is a political structure of Dr Umeadi whose membership comprises people of like minds that are passionate lovers of Dr Umeadi across party lines, with its presence in various political wards in Anambra Central senatorial zone, the group is about to make a loud and resounding statement going into the election.  Speaking at the gathering, the State Coordinator of the Group,  Chief Okechukwu Ekemezie (Onowu Nri), took time to outline the aims and objectives of the group. According to him, their target, among others, is to take the good news of NEW DIRECTION AGENDA to the doorsteps of the masses within the Anambra Central Senatorial z

  ... Task southern youths against election violence.  Kenechukwu Onyekwuluje Awka.  Immediate past state youth leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Comrade Magnus Eziokwu, who is now the leader of the PDP 1st Progressives NIGERIA YOUTH ambassador for positive change speaking through a press release in Awka has urged party faithful of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the south to shun electoral violence. He reminded them of the fight that has engulfed the party since the emergence of their presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, which he said he believes will be sorted out in due cause.  He said in the release that its no longer news about the insistence of the Governor of Rivers state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, that the National Chairman of our party, Sen. Iyochia Ayu, should resign following the party's arrangements between the North and the South consequent upon these developments, it has become instructive that the youth wing of the PDP under the umbrella of PD

…. EIGHT ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has attributed the service disruptions experienced in some parts of its network to activities of vandals, even as it confirmed the apprehension of eight suspected vandals for their involvement in the attack of electrical installations belonging to EEDC. This disclosure was made on Thursday through a statement issued by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh. In the statement, Ezeh lamented bitterly on how the increasing rate of vandalism has adversely affected the company’s service delivery to its customers. He also commended the support of critical stakeholders and the various vigilante groups in nipping this ugly trend in the bud, even as he confirmed that most of the arrests were made by the vigilant groups. A development he attributed to the consistent engagement with stakeholders on the need to ensure that the electrical installations sited within their neighbourhoods are protec