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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2017
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VOL.2 No. 42. N200
NASS can’t save Nigeria
From ANTHONY AILEMEN (Abuja), BONIFACE OKORO (Umuahia), CHUKS EZE (Enugu), CHUKS COLLINS (Awka) JONATHAN AWANYAI (Asaba) and CHINEDU NWAFOR (Abakaliki),
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n what looked like the biblical Pontius Pilate’s dodgy act, President Muhammadu Buhari, under pressure to accede to some political re-engineering of Nigeria, in a speech last Sunday to mark Nigeria’s 57th Independence anniversary, washed his hands off the restructuring controversy and told all individuals and
•Buhari should revisit 2014 Conference Report not pass buck – Yakassai •President knows what to do if he truly wants a united Nigeria – Nnajiofor •Restructuring isn’t same as break-up – Onwordi •National Assembly can’t and won’t accede to restructuring – Nnaji groups clamouring for it to channel their requests through the National Assembly. Said the President in the speech: “…At all events, proper dialogue and
any desired constitutional changes should take place in a rational manner, at the National and State Assemblies. These are the proper and legal fora for national debate, not some lop-sided,
un-democratic body with pre-determined set of objectives.” But, while some have described the President’s speech as a softening of position, he having earlier disavowed
any constitutional change, many others have interpreted it as a mere deflection of pressure to the Nation-
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Chidoka wants another S/East State •Says there are no terrorists in Igbo land From UZO UGWUNZE, Ojoto
•From left: Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme; South East Zonal PDP Chairman, Chief Austin Umahi; Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; his Abia State counterpart, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu; Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Kelechi Igwe and the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, during a meeting of PDP Zonal Executive Committee at the Government House, Enugu.
Obiano asks Buhari for free election •Election will be free and fair – Buhari A From TONY AILEMEN, Abuja
head of the November 18th governorship election in Anambra State, Governor Willy Obiano has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure free and fair election in the State. This is just as he charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure an unbiased, error-free and fair election in the State. Apparently disturbed by the growing tension surrounding the election in the state, the governor who is seeking a re- election as his
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first four years come to end in November, was sighted at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he had
several hours meeting with President Buhari. But, speaking with State House
Kachikwu, Baru fight goes public Page 2
Correspondents after paying the visit to President Muhammadu Buhari., the governor said he has put all necessary measures in place to ensure a peaceful, free and fair election, even as he expressed optimism that he would come out victorious at the polls. “Anambra remains the safest State in Nigeria today; we don’t have cases of kidnapping, armed robbery or similar crimes. We have been firmly in control of that
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ormer Aviation Minister and Corps Marshall Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Chief Osita Chidoka has called for the creation of an additional State in the southeast geographical zone of Nigeria, to promote equity and fairness in Nigeria. And in an apparent reference to labeling of the Ingigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organization by the army, Chidoka also
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‘Nwoye’ll hold early election’ Page 15
•Asaba Massacre – 50 years after