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RIVERS’ SOLE ADMINISTRATOR, IBAS, RECEIVES WITHHELD STATE ALLOCATIONS The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has announced the release of withheld local government allocations. The former Chief of Naval Staff made this known during a meeting with Heads of Local Government Administrators on Friday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Ibas stated that necessary steps would be …

CONFUSION IN PDP: ANYANWU ASSUMES OFFICE AT HQ, WHILE PARTY LEADERSHIP INSISTS ON UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY Senator Samuel Anyanwu has assumed office at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat following the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming him as the party’s National Secretary. On Friday, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, overturned the December …

HOW ATIKU, OBI EL-RUFAI’S COALITION MAY PLAY OUT Key opposition leaders yesterday formally announced a coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027, but several unanswered questions linger. Observers are asking how leaders with differing ideologies, ambitions, and party affiliations can work together to fulfil their promise to Nigerians. Historically, Nigerian electoral victories have often resulted from marriages …

HOW ATIKU, OBI EL-RUFAI’S COALITION MAY PLAY OUT Key opposition leaders yesterday formally announced a coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027, but several unanswered questions linger. Observers are asking how leaders with differing ideologies, ambitions, and party affiliations can work together to fulfil their promise to Nigerians. Historically, Nigerian electoral victories have often resulted from marriages …

36 STATE ASSEMBLIES ADOPT, RATIFY HARMONIZED STANDING ORDERS To tackle discrepancies in suspension, impeachment of members and other legislative procedures, the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly have adopted and ratified the use of harmonised standing orders. The rules to be adopted at each of the 36 Houses of Assembly aim to ensure unity across the states in implementing disciplinary issues …

36 STATE ASSEMBLIES ADOPT, RATIFY HARMONIZED STANDING ORDERS To tackle discrepancies in suspension, impeachment of members and other legislative procedures, the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly have adopted and ratified the use of harmonised standing orders. The rules to be adopted at each of the 36 Houses of Assembly aim to ensure unity across the states in implementing disciplinary issues …

COURT RESTRAINS INEC FROM RECEIVING PETITION FOR RECALL OF NATASHA The Federal High Court, Lokoja, has granted an interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from receiving petitions for the purpose of initiating a recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The push to recall the suspended senator intensified on Thursday, with more groups in Kogi Central throwing their …

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY MISCONDUCT IN COURT – NNAMDI KANU The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has formally apologised to the Federal High Court, Justice Binta Nyako, and Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, over his misconduct at the last proceedings of his trial on terrorism charges. He pleaded passionately for forgiveness and promised to be …

WIKE WINS AGAIN AT SUPREME COURT AS ALLY, SAMUEL ANYANWU, RECLAIMS PDP NATIONAL SECRETARY SEAT ‎The Supreme Court has declared Samuel Anyanwu, a strong ally of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye have been locked in a fierce battle for the position, causing division among the party …

PDP NATIONAL SECRETARY: SAMUEL ANYANWU WINS AT SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court has returned a former Senator of Imo East Senatorial District, Nnaemeka Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Apex Court held that the plaintiff (now 1st Defendant) had no jurisdiction to file the suit as the suit was within the internal affairs of …