Tag: CNM

Obasanjo’s Third Force Transforms into a Political Party

Emporium Reporters

The Coalition For New Nigeria, a political movement being championed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has announced its fusion with African Democratic Congress, ADC, as a political platform on which its members would contest the 2019 general election. A co-convener of CNM, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, announced the adoption at of ADC as the platform on which members of the Coalition will seek to ensure that the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party are driven out of power at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.…

The Youth Must Pledge; No Candidate Above 45 Years In 2019! By Fredrick Nwabufo

Emporium Reporters

I was invited to a meeting of the Coalition for Nigeria by one of the “fathers” of the movement. Before the meeting, I had a chat with this patriotic Nigerian who told me: “Fred, our time is past; Nigeria should be in the hands of your generation. It is left for you (the youth) to take back the country, this is the mission of this coalition.” Honestly, I would have thought that these words were a tapestry of chicanery if they were from another source. I saw the candour and…