Blame APC acronym crisis on the promoters’ naivety, not INEC, says Okorie
... ’What I handed over was APGA carcass’
Chief Chekwas Okorie, the founding chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. In this interview, he speaks on the controversy over the planned registration of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as a result of the twist, All Peoples Congress, from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that another political association has applied to be registered under the same APC acronym. He also comments on the state of affairs in APGA and his new party, the United Peoples Party, UPP. Excerpts:
TRIBUTE : Chinua Achebe 1930 – 2013, by Obu Udeozo
Chinua Achebe, I repeated to the man who informed me. Let me sit down first!
There are issues we cannot handle as human beings – standing on our feet. The news of Achebe’s transition hit me with such reality defying savagery. I needed to gather my bones and senses – into one bowl of recovery.
Malabo boat mishap: Survivors narrate ordeal
‘We held on to cylinder for 2 days as fellow passengers went down with ill-fated MV Soni’ …
With the name MV Soni boldly inscribed on its dark body, the ill-fated boat, strung together with wood, set sail for Gabon, at about 9 p.m. on March 15, after it had docked at the Oron quay for over a month to take passengers and complete other travel logistics.
Paris confirms death of African Al-Qaeda leader Abou Zeid
France confirmed Saturday that one of the key leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, had been killed in fighting with French-led forces in northern Mali.
History as Pope Francis meets predecessor
Pope Francis flew in to a papal residence near Rome on Saturday for a meeting with “pope emeritus” Benedict XVI — an unprecedented encounter in the history of the Catholic Church.
58-yr-old farmer declared missing
The Omomen family of Sobe in Edo State has raised the alarm over their missing member, Mr Abie Omomen, 58, who, they claimed, travelled from Benin-City to Kwoi in Kaduna State on February 20, 2011 but has since not been found.
