Politics

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 …

NO GOING BACK ON OCTOBER 1 PROTEST – ORGANIZERS. Despite warnings from the Federal Government and the Nigerian Police Force, organisers of the October 1 protest against hardship in the country have vowed to proceed with the planned demonstration. Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate and activist leading the protest, confirmed on his social media platform on Monday that the …

BREAKING: COURT STOPS INEC FROM ISSUING VOTERS’ REGISTER FOR RIVERS LG POLL A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday once again stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from providing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the upcoming local government elections scheduled for October 5, 2024.In addition, the court prohibited the Inspector General …

APC, NOW WEAPON OF POVERTY, CHIEFTAIN LAMENTS, DUMPS PARTY A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Gbogi Emmanuel, has officially resigned from the party. Emmanuel submitted his resignation letter on Saturday, articulating his discontent with the ruling party under President Bola Tinubu. He described the APC as a “weapon of poverty,” criticizing its governance for …

CONSTITUTION REVIEW: NORTHERN, SOUTHERN SENATORS DISAGREE ON REGIONALISM Southern and Northern Senators have disagreed over the agitation for the return of Nigeria to the regional form of government. They expressed their views at the sidelines of the ongoing two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 constitution organised by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy …

POLICE SEAL EDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR’S OFFICE The office of the deputy governor of Edo State, on Osadebe Avenue, Benin, the dtate capital, has been sealed off by stern-looking policemen who were spotted there on Sunday. The sealed office was the one Philip Shaibu was relocated outside the Government House in the height off his face off with Governor Godwin Obaseki. …