Politics

WHY WE DEPLOYED OUR MEN AT RIVERS STATE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OFFICE – POLICEThe Rivers Police Command on Tuesday denied sealing the office headquarters of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission in Port HarcourtSpokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, made the clarification in reaction to publication by some online platforms that the office of RSIEC was sealed by …

NIGERIA NEEDS INDEPENDENCE FROM STATE CAPTURE – PETER OBI Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to seek a true independent nation free from state capture and end the unprecedented hardship and suffering. He made the call on Tuesday on his social media handle as Nigeria marked its 64th independence anniversary from British …

FORMER US PRESIDENT, JIMMY CARTER, CLOCKS 100 YEARS TODAY, SHARES BIRTHDAY WITH NIGERIA James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Today, October 1st 2024; President Jimmy Carter sets a new record on October 1, his birthday, when he will …

IT’S TIME TO COLLAPSE WIKE’S STRUCTURE IN RIVERS – FUBARA In response to former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike’s assertion that his political structure should remain untouched, his successor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, announced that the upcoming Local Government election on October 5, 2024, will provide Rivers residents with a chance to experience the emergence of a new political structure that …

PRESIDENT TINUBU ANNOUNCES 30-DAY NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE President Bola Tinubu has announced a 30-day confab for Nigerian youths to discuss challenges confronting them. Tinubu made this announcement on Tuesday during his 64th Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast. He said in a bid to bequeath a worthy future to the youths, the government cannot do it without making them its architects. “Considering …

WE’RE HUNGRY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: NIGERIANS CHANTED AS THEY BEGIN PROTEST IN ABUJA Thousands of Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday morning joined the #FearlessInOctober protest against hardships and poverty that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on them. The protesters chanted “We are hungry” as they marched on the roads. Some of the banners they …

ATIKU SEEKS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR SIX-YEAR SINGLE TERM PRESIDENCY A former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has written to the National Assembly, requesting an amendment to the Constitution to allow for a six-year single term for the President and state governors. In a memorandum to the …

FUBARA REACTS TO WIKE’S BOASTFULNESS, SAYS ONLY EMPTY CONTAINER MAKES A NOISE Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has revealed that God has left his traducers, saying that is why they keep falling and will continue to fail in their evil agenda.Fubara, who stated that he doesn’t need anybody to stand with him once he is doing the right thing, …

CONFUSION IN RIVERS OVER OCTOBER 5 LOCAL GOVT ELECTIONWhile an Abuja high court had on Monday September 30, 2024, halted the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC from making its national electoral register available for the conduct of local government election in Rivers state, another federal high court in Rivers State had reportedly affirmed that the local government election in the …

PDP GOVERNORS ASSOCIATING WITH WIKE ARE TRAITORS – ATIKU’S AIDE An aide to former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has attributed the problem in the party to governors. Demola Olarewaju, who is Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Digital Media and Strategy, posted on X that any state governor associating with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike is …