The youths, under the aegis of Council of Concerned Youths of Nigeria, made the pledge on Thursday in Okitipupa in a statement signed by its President, Olumide Akinrinlola.
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The youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo has concluded plans to organize a two million-man-march for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi.
The United States of America has said it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general election in Nigeria in February 2019.
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said his policy document targeting the creation of an enabling environment for youths and women to return to the path of wealth creation and gainful employment would soon be unveiled.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-East was not against the nomination of Peter Obi as the Vice Presidential candidate to the party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2019 presidential election.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, Ezeife described the reaction of those aggrieved over Obi’s selection as “shameful”.
A delegation led by the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on behalf of Abubakar on Wednesday visited the affected communities in the company of Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, and other officials of the state.
The Muslim Rights Concern has added to the cacophony of voices on the recent reconciliation between ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, saying this criticising Sheikh Abubakar Gumi and Bishop Matthew Kukah should leave them alone.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi says his social media critics over his position on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s nomination of Peter Obi as a running mate are uninformed.
Yinka Odumakin, secretary of the “Nzuko Umunna” in partnership with the Core Federalists, organisers of the summit said in a statement that the summit would hold on November 19 in Lagos, with the theme titled: “Nigeria Beyond Oil”.
The Alaigbo Development Foundation has appealed to political class in Igboland not to allow their personal interest and ambition to override the fundamental interest of Ndigbo.
Leman was murdered after the expiration of the deadline given by Islamic West Africa Province to the Federal Government to free her and her colleague, Saifura Khorsa, who was earlier killed.
It noted that the Abdulsalami Abubakar-led committee is one that should be seen to be non-partisan because of the role it was meant to play in the run up to the 2015 election
The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation has condemned in totality the brutal murder of aids worker, Hauwa Leman, by the branch of Boko Haram styling itself as Islamic West Africa Province after the expiration of the deadline given to them by the Federal Government to free her and her colleague who was herself earlier killed.
While other Nigerians have settled that matter and concluded that Obi is in order and that Igbos deserve to be Vice President of Nigeria and even President in due course, the Igbo elite, playing well-known stereotypical politics, are trying to create a little self-serving show of their own
So also has the Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, confirmed Oyedepo’s position on his presence at the reconciliation, which many have tagged as an endorsement of Abubakar’s 2019 presidential bid
During election season, there are persons like that in every political party. They are the people on the field. They take reports to Abuja, give feedback to the party at the national level and shuttle between their states and Abuja
I note that Sheikh Gumi has already told his own side of the story. I feel obliged to state my own side so that Nigerians can have a clearer picture of my own involvement.
The aide offered the explanation in a statement on Monday
Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, said this on Monday in Abuja when the Peace and Reconciliation Committee of the PDP paid him a visit in his residence, adding that the President was running the country by proxy.