Politics

RIVERS GOVT REACTS TO COURT VERDICT ON PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS, SAYS THEY’RE NO PDP MEMBERS The Rivers State Government has officially responded to recent court proceedings concerning the status of 27 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, claimed that Martins Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples …

COURT AFFIRMS PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS AS MEMBERS OF PDP, SAYS RIVERS GOVT IS BOUND BY LAWS THEY MADE A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has affirmed that Martin Amaewhule and the 26 other members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, are still members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Delivering judgement in Port Harcourt on Monday, Justice …

WHY WE’RE PROPOSING PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVT – REPS MEMBER One of the proponents of a shift from the current Presidential to Parliamentary System of government in Nigeria, Rep Kingsley Chinda, has said what was being proposed is an home-grown system of government that will benefit all classes of Nigerians. Chinda, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, made …

ATIKU, OBI, KWANKWASO TO ADDRESS DEMOCRACY DAY RALLY As part of preparations to mark this year’s June 12 Democracy Day celebration, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; and former presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, are scheduled to address Nigerians at a national democracy rally in …

KILLING OF SECURITY AGENTS ONLY GETS LOUDER WHEN IT HAPPENS IN SOUTH EAST – SHEHU SANI Former Nigerian senator, dramatist, and human rights activist Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the killings of seven Nigerian police officers and several civilians in Zamfara State on social media. According to him, the number of security personnel killed in Nigeria only goes up when …

APC LEADING NIGERIA FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS SINCE 2015 – LUKMAN A former National Vice Chairman North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has lamented that the ruling party has been leading the country from crisis to crisis since it came to power in 2015. Lukman, in a statement issued Saturday, said the only slight difference between APC …

TINUBU INCOMPETENT, ONLY GOOD AT RIGGING – AISHA YESUFU Activist, Aisha Yesufu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the commissioning of the Vice President’s lodge. Yesufu said the lodge demonstrates that the current administration is only good at rigging. She wondered how N21 billion could be spent on the structure without a good landscaping design. Posting on X, the …

PETER OBI HAILS SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION, SAYS NIGERIA’S 2023 POLL SHOW OF SHAME Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has praised the recent South African election results as a prime example of a transparent and efficient democratic electoral process. He contrasted this with Nigeria’s 2023 general election, which he referred to as a “show of shame.” Recall that Obi …

AGAIN, INEC CANCELS ENUGU SOUTH URBAN RERUN Anxious voters were again disappointed on Saturday as the rerun election for the Enugu South Urban State Constituency failed to hold. It would be recalled that the Labour Party, LP, candidate for the State House of Assembly Constituency, Mr. Bright Ngene was declared winner of the March 18, 2023, House of Assembly election …

WHY NIGERIA DOES NOT NEED REGIONAL GOVT, BY DR. AKALI Barely 48 hours after the reintroduction of the old colonial national anthem by President Tinubu in cahoots with the Akpabio-led National Assembly, a so-called ‘bill’ for an act to replace the 1999 Presidential constitution with a regional government has surfaced online. The social media was awash with the controversial proposal. …