Politics

Hom Fubara invites assembly members for crucial meeting over Supreme Court judgement Publi Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, March 10, at 10:00 AM. This invitation was conveyed in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy …

ATIKU NOT DEFECTING – MEDIA AIDE Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar denied reports of defecting from the party. Atiku said reports of his defecting from the PDP were part of efforts to confuse the coalition in process. There have been reports of Atiku finalizing plans to defect from the PDP to the Social Democratic Party, SDP. …

TRUMP APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADORS TO REPRESENT US IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES United States President Donald Trump announced via his Truth Social on Friday that he had appointed a number of new ambassadors to represent the US in some countries. Trump announced Amer Ghalib will serve as the US ambassador to Kuwait. He also disclosed that Michel Issa will serve as the …

HOW LAGOS SPEAKER OBASA TRICKED ASSEMBLY MEMBERS TO ACCEPT HIS RETURN, FAILED TO RESIGN AS AGREED The Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, was expected to return and later resign as part of the agreement to resolve the leadership crisis in the House, a source said on Saturday. The source said unlike the claim of the ruling All …

PAROCHIALISM OR COMPETENCE?: EXPERTS ANALYSE TINUBU’S ECONOMIC TEAM Within a spate of 24 hours this week, two key developments occurred in the Nigerian economic sector. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu confirmed the appointment of Shamseldeen Ogunjimi as Accountant-General of the Federation while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) appointed 16 new directors as part of reforms within the apex bank. The …

PAROCHIALISM OR COMPETENCE?: EXPERTS ANALYSE TINUBU’S ECONOMIC TEAM Within a spate of 24 hours this week, two key developments occurred in the Nigerian economic sector. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu confirmed the appointment of Shamseldeen Ogunjimi as Accountant-General of the Federation while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) appointed 16 new directors as part of reforms within the apex bank. The …

POPE FRANCIS SHOWING GOOD RESPONSE TO TREATMENT – VATICAN Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, is responding well to treatment, the Vatican said on Saturday, adding that the 88-year-old’s condition had seen “a gradual, slight improvement”. The Argentine pontiff has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14, and has suffered several respiratory crises since his admission, but for several …

POPE FRANCIS SHOWING GOOD RESPONSE TO TREATMENT – VATICAN Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, is responding well to treatment, the Vatican said on Saturday, adding that the 88-year-old’s condition had seen “a gradual, slight improvement”. The Argentine pontiff has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14, and has suffered several respiratory crises since his admission, but for several …

OPPOSITION SENATORS VISIT SUSPENDED NATASHA AKPOTI, PROMISE QUICK RESOLUTION A delegation of senators from opposition political parties visited suspended Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, at her home on Friday. The delegation was led by Seriake Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa state. Dickson, a member of the senate’s ethics and privileges committee that recommended Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension, shared a photo …

FUBARA’S COMMISSIONERS, ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN DRAG RIVERS ASSEMBLY TO COURT AS TWO ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS RESIGN The authority of the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly to nullify Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s appointment of 19 commissioners is now a subject of litigation at the Rivers State High Court. The commissioners whose appointments were cleared by four lawmakers loyal to Governor Fubara, …