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LOS ANGELES Last week CBS announced that Stephen Colbert will take over "The Late Show" when David Letterman retires. But opinion is split as to whether the Comedy Central star can be funny without playing the conservative-mocking character that makes "The Colbert Report" so popular.

For the last nine years, the political satirist has fronted his own cable show playing the character Stephen Colbert, an egomaniacal conservative pundit, but he confirmed Thursday that he will not be embodying his alter-ego in his new gig.

New York PR guru Ronn Torossian thinks CBS has alienated millions of conservative thinkers by picking Colbert.

One also wonders to what degree political undertones will be on the program. Colbert got this job because of his political satire and claims he is now going to abandon it, he told FOX411. Seems that is an admission that what got him here wont get him there.

Fox News host Bill OReilly referred to Colbert as one of the biggest mouthpieces for the progressive movement playing exclusively to other believers.

So what are Colbert's previous bona fides? The multi-Emmy award winner was a correspondent on John Stewart's "The Daily Show," which got him his current gig. Before that Colbert had a role in the short-lived TV series Strangers With Candy, which he also wrote and created. He also worked on the ABC sketch program The Dana Carvey Show which was pulled after eight episodes.

Some industry players think his breadth of TV experience, coupled with his name recognition and experience mounting a daily broadcast, make him a natural to follow Lettermans footsteps.

The conservative pundits are overreacting out of the gate on this one, Colbert dropping his cluelessly conservative character is probably a boon for the Rush Limbaughs of the world, said Hollywood-based pop culture expert Scott Huver. Hell be moving on to a much broader topical and pop cultural canvas. But like most late-night hosts, Colbert will likely be skewering both conservatives and liberals and anyone in the public eye that provides fodder for a good bite.

CBS entertainment executive Nina Tassler said the network is not concerned about his politics.

We were most excited about his talent to be creative and innovative, and now hes going to work on his idea of what his show will look like, she told Entertainment Weekly. When you really have such admiration for somebodys talent, intelligent and satiric ability, you know theres a gifted performer there.

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THE All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has demanded that the position of the president, the vice president or the national chairman of the party should be zoned to the Niger Delta region.

The state APC explained that it was necessary for the people of Niger Delta to get one of the three major positions in order to encourage it to continue to fight for the victory of the party.

Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Interim State Chairman of the party, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, who spoke in a telephone interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said one of the positions must come to the oil-rich region.

Eze maintained that the APC at the national level would be unfair to the people of the region if it decided not to zone any of the three positions to the Niger Delta.

The sacrifices those of us in Niger Delta have made to make the APC popular in this area; if the party does not consider all these sacrifices and let us assume that President Goodluck Jonathan gets the ticket (of the Peoples Democratic Party), what would we depend on to ask Niger Delta people to vote for APC when there is no responsible or reasonable position given to us (Niger Delta)?

So, if the position of the presidency, vice presidency or the chairman of the party is not ceded to this place, in other words, they are asking us to slow down.

Therefore, any calculation, they (national APC) without putting this factor into consideration, they are not fair to the people from this area, Eze said.

He explained that the attendance of President Jonathans daughters wedding by the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was not an indication that he (Amaechi) was planning a return to the PDP.

The state APC media officer said Amaechis presence at Jonathans daughters wedding in Abuja showed that the Rivers State governor had a forgiving spirit.

It will be recalled that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Amaechi, who is the leader of the APC in Rivers State, unexpectedly attended former Miss Faith Jonathans wedding, a development that had raised doubt about Amaechis continued membership of the APC.

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The All Progressives Congress on Sunday said it would investigate cases of irregularities recorded during Fridays ward congress across the 171 wards in Ebonyi.

This is contained in a release bySecretary to APC National Congress Committee in Ebonyi, Mr Sunny Onyeukwu.

Candidates, who may feel short-changed in the process, are urged to articulate their grievances and forward same to the Appeal Committee for adjudication and redress.

We are confident that those with genuine complaints will obtain justice as the party affirms its commitment to transparency and fair play during its congresses, the statement read.

The statement noted that the committee had commenced the collation of the ward congress results which would soon be made public.

We will be guided by the sacred principle of integrity, honour and respect for the popular vote, as the residence of ultimate sovereignty in a democracy, it stated.

It commended all those who participated in the exercise and hailed the healthy competitive spirit among the candidates, while saluting their unflinching faith in the party.

We enjoin those who may eventually emerge victorious in the congress to be magnanimous in victory and embrace their brothers and sisters who lost.

We should remember at all times that we are members of one family and as such embrace the enduring attributes of love, forgiveness and unanimity of purpose.

It would be recalled that violence marred the conduct of the congress in Ezza South and Onicha Local Government Area while Ezza North, Abakaliki, among others recorded peaceful conduct.

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THE All Progressives Congress has called President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to stay away from the Niger Delta region ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The APC stated that the President and the PDP had no moral right to campaign for re-election in the Niger Delta due to their alleged neglect of the region.

Rivers State Interim Chairman of the party, Dr. Ikanya Davies, said in a statement Thursday that it was necessary for the President to avoid campaigning in the oil rich region since his kinsmen had rejected him for disappointing them.

The statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the state APC chairman, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, recalled that the former Bayelsa Governor, Mr. Timipreye Sylvas declaration that majority of Bayelsa people were not happy with Jonathan and wanted a change.

According to the statement, Even though they lack shame, President Jonathan and PDP should for once respect themselves and stay away from the Niger Delta since even his kinsmen in Bayelsa State have rejected him for disappointing them.

This fact was made clear by the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, who during his solidarity visit to Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, declared that most Bayelsans were frustrated with the Jonathan administration and want change even though the President is from the state.

As Chief Sylva rightly said, Jonathans Presidency has brought nothing but shame and opened cracks in the unity of the people of the South-South geo-political zone.

Jonathans occupation of the Aso Presidential Villa has proved to be a curse rather than a blessing to the Niger Delta. The situation is so bad that the Jonathan Presidency has failed to reconstruct the East-West road, which links the South-South with the South-Western parts of the country.

Certainly, President Jonathan and the PDP have lost every moral right to come and ask the people of the Niger Delta for their votes in 2015 considering the wickedness they have exhibited towards the people of the region.

Commending Sylva for having the courage to speak the truth despite his blood relationship with President Jonathan, the state APC expressed its readiness to work with him and other progressives in Bayelsa to unseat the ruling party.

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