Anambra Decide: INEC drops Soludo, Ozigbo as candidates

    The governorship ambition of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has suffered a blow with his name missing from the list of candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday.

  Soludo had emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) after winning the party’s primary election conducted by the Victor Oye-led faction. The ex-CBN governor polled 740 votes to defeat three other aspirants. But instead of Soludo, the name that appeared as the candidate for APGA was that of Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji. A similar fate similar to Soludo’s also befell two contenders for the governorship ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Senator Ugochukwu Uba and Mr Valentine Ozigbo, as the list of candidates released by INEC had no name in the party’s column.

2023: Why Ijaws deserve Delta governorship seat- Ijaw National Congress

     Engr. Ezonebi Oyakemeagbegha ,the publicity Secretary of Ijaw National Congress (INC) has stated the gentleman zoning arrangements has ended ,now it is the turn of the second in the roll to which is the Ijaws to deserve the Delta State Governorship seat come 2023 at Osadebey House, Asaba. 

    Oyakemeagbegha emphasized that the first circle of the gentleman’s agreement of zoning which the Ijaws judiciously abided to, is complete and therefore “the second round it should start from the Ijaws, considering that the Ijaws have not had the opportunity, more also for all the sacrifices  the ijaws have made towards the development of the state 

Air Force Wings Six New Helicopter Pilots After UK Training

   

The Nigerian Air Force on Friday winged six new helicopter pilots who recently completed their basic flying training at Draken Helicopter Academy in the United Kingdom. This is according to a statement signed by air force spokesperson Edward Gabkwet.

    In his remark during the winging ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao reiterated the importance of the human factor as the most critical airpower component that must be enhanced and sustained for effective and efficient performance, the statement said.

   “This, according to the CAS, gave reason for the increase in manpower development witnessed in the NAF in recent times,” the statement added.

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