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RIVERS: MY HUSBAND MISSING, MAKING CONFESSION UNDER DURESS – EX-HoS’s WIFE; I’M IN ABUJA, NOT KIDNAPPED – EX-HOS COUNTERS WIFE Wife of the Rivers State former Head of Service, HoS, Florence Nwaeke, has raised the alarm that she does not know the whereabouts of her husband, George Nwaeke, after resigning from his position as HoS.Late on Friday, she told journalists …

FORMER RIVERS HEAD OF SERVICE LEVELLED SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SUSPENDED GOVERNOR FUBARA Dr. George Nweke, the former head of service in Rivers StateDr. George Nweke, the former head of service in Ricvers State, in a stunning press briefing, has dropped a bombshell, alleging that suspended Governor Siminilayi Fubara orchestrated the burning of the Rivers State House of Assembly complex and …

RIVERS: FUBARA ACCUSES NWAEKE OF UNDERMINING TINUBU’S PEACE PROCESS, DISMISSES ALLEGATION Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed allegations made against him by Dr. George Nwaeke, the former Head of Service, calling them false, misleading, and politically motivated. In a statement released on Saturday, March 29, 2025, Fubara reacted to claims aired on Channels Television a day earlier, in …

NATASHA’S RECALL: OPPONENTS SCALE SIX HURDLES, FOUR MORE TO GO GOING by the provisions of Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, those seeking to recall Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from the Senate have 10 hurdles to scale. Currently, the opponents of the lawmaker have surmounted three of …

ELECTED LABOUR PARTY MEMBERS FAIL TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS – ABURE PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY The national chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius has frowned against instigation of parallel structures by some party leaders, warning that such anti party activities must surely attract grave consequences. The national chairman also revealed that elected members of the Labour Party have …

TINUBU REWARDS APC NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, STATE PARTY CHAIRMEN WITH BOARD APPOINTMENTS President Bola Tinubu has appointed the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. …

SENATE OKAYS HOLDING ALL ELECTIONS SAME DAY The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to cut the cost of elections and introduce same-day voting for all elective offices in Nigeria. The bill, titled the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was sponsored by Saliu Mustapha (Kwara Central). It was first read on …

DOUBLE -MOUTHED BEN MURRAY-BRUCE – AKPABIO IS UNDEMOCRATIC; AKPABIO, MAN OF UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER Ben Murray-Bruce, a former senator who represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District in Bayelsa State, has described Senate President Godswill Akpabio as “a man of unimpeachable good character”. Via X on Thursday, the former lawmaker claimed Akpabio was without blemish and has come out clean despite claims to …

PRESIDENT TINUBU COUNTERS SENATE, SAYS NWOSU WILL BE REMEMBERED President Bola Tinubu has stated that former chairman of defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Prof Humphery Nwosu would be remembered for his commitment to a democratic Nigeria. President Tinubu stated this during the funeral service for the late Professor at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Ajalli, Orumba North local government area of …

SDP DISOWNS EL-RUFAI, SAYS HE IS NOT A REGISTERED MEMBER The Kaduna State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former governor Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he is not a recognized member of the party in Kaduna State. El-Rufai and some member of the All Progressives Congress dumped the ruling party for the SDP. The former governor cited a …