Politics

APC SUSPENDS TINUBU’S MINISTER, OTHERSThe All Progressive Congress (APC) in Southern Ijaw and Ekeremor LGAs of Bayelsa state has suspended the current Minister of State, Petroleum resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, the 2019 governorship candidate of the party, Chief David Lyon, and other party members for alleged anti-party activities.The party leaderships of the two LGAs who read out the suspensions …

COURT BARS PDP NEC, BOT FROM SACKING DAMAGUM AS ACTING PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Amb. Ilya Damagum as the Acting National Chairman of the party. The court ordered that no other person must be …

MY HUSBAND NOT CAUSE OF NIGERIA’S PROBLEMS – TINUBU’S WIFE Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be blamed for the current economic hardship in Nigeria. Nigerians have been groaning under economic hardship since the removal of fuel subsidy which pushed the pump price of petrol from N198 to N1,030. Tinubu announced an end to …

RECENT LOCAL GOVT ELECTIONS ACROSS STATES IN NIGERIA, A SHAM, RAPE OF DEMOCRACY – SENATE The Nigerian Senate has denounced the recent local government elections in several states, describing them as a “sham” and a “rape of democracy.” This condemnation arose during a session on Thursday, following a motion led by Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South), who criticized the …

PDP CRISIS WORSENS AS FACTIONS SUSPEND EACH OTHER Press Statement The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) arising from its 593rd Meeting today, Thurday, October 10, 2024, has directed the National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Hon Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser (NLA), Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, to step aside, respectively. As a result, the NWC constituted …

FUBARA ASKS LAWYERS TO APPEAL COURT JUDGEMENT AFFIRMING WIKE’S LOYALIST AS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER Rivers Governor Siminialayi Fubara has instructed his legal team to appeal a recent ruling from the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which he claims does not reinstate the Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. In a statement released on October 10, 2024, Attorney-General Israel Dagogo Iboroma asserted that …

FUBARA LOSES AS APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS PRO-WIKE LAWMAKER AS AUTHENTIC SPEAKER OF RIVERS ASSEMBLY The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Hon. Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, equally validated the Amaewhule-led members of the Assembly as bonafide lawmakers …

HOUSE OF REPS BEGINS MOVE TO PROBE BUHARI GOVT The House of Representatives has unveiled plans to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit scheme, which was initiated by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. The decision follows the adoption of a motion of Urgent Public Importance brought forward by Hon. Ibrahim Aliyu …

RIVERS, CAPITAL OF BETRAYALS, MOST POLITICIANS PASSED THROUGH ME – AMAECHI Former River State Governor and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has described Rivers State as the capital of betrayals. Amaechi made the remark while noting that most politicians in Rivers State passed through him. The former governor of Rivers State made the remark in a video posted online on …

CONFUSION IN SENATE OVER LOCAL GOVT AUTONOMY The Senate Wednesday ran into trouble on enforceability of Financial Autonomy granted the 774 Local Government Councils across the country by the Supreme Court in August, 2024. Senator Tony Nwoye ( LP Anambra North), had at commencement of plenary, rose through orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing rules , to move …