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Problem In Rivers State Is Being Cured With The Wrong Solution By Tinubu – NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reiterated its position…
PDP governors head for supreme court over Rivers emergency rule – Report
Governors under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have instructed lawyers to file a suit against the president to challenge the…
S’South govs, N’Assembly plan to reconcile Fubara, lawmakers
Multiple sources from the Presidency have told The PUNCH that political leaders from the South-South, especially governors from the region, are making efforts to reconcile warring parties, insisting the…
You can’t fight Tinubu by emotion, anger — Lamido warns opposition
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), stated that the opposition will not succeed in challenging President Bola Tinubu through emotion and anger.
He made this…
State Of Emergency: PDP Group DEmands Akpabio, Abbas’ Resignation
The Conference of Professionals in the People’s Democratic Party (CP-PDP), has called for the resignation of the…
Again, PDP Professionals Demand Wike’s Expulsion From Party
The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has again demanded the expulsion of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from the party.
The PDP Professionals, who…
Tinubu’s minister slams Kwankwaso over comments on Rivers emergency rule
The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, has criticized Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso’s opposition to the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it unpatriotic…
SDP’ll not merge ahead of 2027, says former presidential candidate
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has ruled out any merger between the party and others ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Adebayo made the declaration during a…
Kwankwaso says 10th NASS rubber-stamp, worst in nation’s history
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has blasted the National Assembly for voting in support of the unilateral suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy and…
2027 Coalition Against Tinubu: PDP gives condition to back Atiku, Peter Obi, El-Rufai
Although the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hasn’t made its official position known on the coalition being put together by some key leaders of the opposition to wrestle power from the ruling party at the federal level,…
Declaration of emergency rule in Rivers is all about 2027 elections — Dalung
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, March 18, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspended the…
REWIND: ‘Godfatherism isn’t good’ — in 2018, Wike advised Ambode to resist Tinubu’s influence
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), once advised Akinwumi Ambode, former Lagos governor, to reject…
Tinubu, Wike: 2027 troubles that caused Fubara’s suspension
Just two years after producing a miraculous sprint at the finish line to win Rivers State in the 2023 presidential election, the camp of President Bola Tinubu has commenced the race for 2027, opposition elements…
Federal High Court Grants Recall Process Of Senator Natasha
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja Kogi State capital has set aside an earlier ruling that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving the recall process initiated by…
Rivers: Suspension of Fubara, lawmakers dents Nigeria’s image — Goodluck Jonathan
Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and other elected officials of Rivers State, dents Nigeria’s image.
Jonathan said this while speaking as the…
Nigerian governors’ forum breaks silence on Fubara’s suspension
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has defended its decision to remain silent on recent political events, emphasizing its role as a neutral policy body.
In a statement issued on Saturday, titled “NGF Clarifies…
It’s not in Osun’s interest for Aregbesola, Oyetola to be friends —Ex-Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuf
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yusuf, in this interview by SAM NWAOKO, speaks on his absence from the Nigerian political scene and on a number of issues in the polity.…
Fubara’s Aide Breaks Silence, Speaks on Suspended Governor’s Whereabouts
The Chief Press Secretary to suspended Rivers State Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara has dismissed speculation about the…
Suspension of Rivers Gov, Lawmakers: South-south tackles Tinubu blow-by-blow
•President lacks the power to sack elected gov, dep gov, lawmakers – Leaders, stakeholders•Brokered unrealistic peace accord between Gov Fubara, Wike•It’s incorrect to say the governor ignored the Supreme…
State of Emergency: It’s all about Rivers’ money – Anabs Sara-Igbe
Former Publicity Secretary of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, in this interview, faulted the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, arguing that the motivating factor…
‘Dangerous precedent’ — coalition criticises n’assembly for approving Rivers emergency rule
The Coalition of Democrats in Africa has criticised the national assembly for approving the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers state by President Bola Tinubu.
A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Ibrahim…
Reverse Fubara’s suspension now – Northern elders tell Tinubu
The Northern Elders Forum has expressed displeasure over the recent political development in Rivers…
We want Natasha back home to learn purposeful representation – Constituents
The Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Friday said they want to bring back Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan home, through recall to learn purposeful representation.
Some of the constituents across…
Why didn’t he declare SOE in Lagos over Obasa saga? — Utomi questions Tinubu’s motive
Prof Pat Utomi has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s motive for declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State, arguing there was no ground for such a move.
In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2024,…