Politics

GOV FUBARA’S REFUSAL TO OBEY COURT JUDGEMENT CAUSE OF RIVERS VIOLENCE – INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS Independent observers have attributed the violence and arson that followed the recently concluded local government election in Rivers State to Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s refusal to obey court judgement. The controversial local government election was conducted on Saturday amid a court order, stopping law enforcement agencies and …

PDP CRISIS: PARTY GOVERNORS BACK EMBATTLED NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, DAMAGUN Amid plots to remove the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun, State Governors on the platform of the party have indicated plans to prevent his removal from the position. They said that the embattled party chairman reaffirmed the PDP’s enduring position as Nigeria’s most resilient and …

HARDSHIP: APC BERATES ROTIMI AMAECHI, SAYS HE’S INCITING ANARCHY IN NIGERIA The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to a statement credited to a former Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chinuike Rotimi Amaechi, calling on Nigerian youths to take to the streets against the present economic difficulties in the country In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicty Secretary, …

SOWORE, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BARRED FROM LEAVING NIGERIA BY IMMIGRATION SERVICE Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, has revealed that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has placed him on a watchlist, preventing him from leaving the country. Sowore shared this information via a statement and video on X.com on Friday. His …

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 …