Politics

GREEDY WIKE WANTS TO CONTROL PDP, APC STRUCTURES IN RIVERS – EX-DEPUTY SPEAKER Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Okpara has knocked the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike for trying to control the structures of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. He stated this while fielding questions on …

AKPABIO FUMES AS PDP CLEARS AKWA IBOM LG POLLS Amid opposition protests especially from Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has overwhelmingly won the local government elections across 30 of the 31 councils in Akwa Ibom State. The Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC), Elder Aniedi Ikoiwak, who declared the outcome of the …

IGP WITHDRAWS POLICEMEN FROM RIVERS LG SECRETARIAT AFTER THREE-MONTH SIEGE The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed immediate withdrawal of Policemen from the 23 local government areas of Rivers State. The secretariat were sealed in June following the disagreement between the Caretaker Committee Chairmen loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the immediate past local government chairmen, who were …

RIVERS LG CRISIS; AS GOV FUBARA SWEARS IN NEWLY ELECTED LG CHAIRMEN, PRO-WIKE GROUP, APC REJECT ELECTION OUTCOME The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress factions on Sunday rejected the conduct and outcome of the local government election, stating that no election was held in the state on Saturday.The Rivers PDP loyal to the Minister of …

RIVERS LG POLL LACKS CREDIBILITY – ELECTION OBSERVER GROUPAn observer group which monitored Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, The Peoples Advocates, TPA, has said that the exercise was not credible due to a number of irregularities.TPA made the observation in its report on the election.The highly contentious election was held across 23 local government areas in Rivers State, …

NIGERIANS WILL START EXPERIENCING BETTER ELECTIONS WITHOUT POLICE -: ATIKU’S AIDE Paul Ibe, the spokesman of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said on Saturday the Rivers State local government election may usher in a new dispensation of better polls without police. He was reacting to the withdrawal of police from the Rivers local …

NASS TO REVISE EXISTING LAWS FOR FULL LOCAL GOVT AUTONOMY – AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has said the National Assembly would revise existing laws that had hindered the effective governance of local government councils in Nigeria, with the aim to ensure full autonomy for the tier of government. Akpabio identified the Joint State and Local Government Accounts Committee and …

POLITICALLY, PETER OBI IS BIGGER THAN KWANKWASO – BUHARI’S EX-AIDE Former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, Bashir Ahmed, has asserted that Peter Obi is politically bigger than Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. Recall that both Peter Obi and Kwankwaso were presidential candidates in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) and theNew Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). …

PRESIDENT TINUBU SET TO REVEAL LIST OF SACKED, NEW MINISTERSMultiple sources within the Presidency have revealed that President Ahmed Tinubu has completed the selection process, identifying which ministers will be retained and which will be dropped.The much-anticipated announcement is expected to be made on Thursday night, shortly after Tinubu arrived in the United Kingdom for his two-week annual leave.The looming …

JONATHAN CAUTIONS JUDICIARY, POLICE OVER ROLES IN RIVERS CRISISFormer president, Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned the Judiciary and the Police over their roles in the crisis in Rivers State, warning that the political crisis may collapse Nigeria like the collapse of the Old Western Region. Jonathan stated this on Saturday in a statement he signed saying the unfolding political crisis is …