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PDP rejects emergency rule in Rivers, says Tinubu lacks power to suspend elected governor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected a state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu in Rivers state.
The opposition party says the president does not have the power to suspend Siminalayi…
PDP governors demand reversal of Fubara’s suspension, say it’s grievous mistake
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked President Bola Tinubu to reverse the suspension of…
Tinubu Erred By Removing Fubara, Dep – Lawyers
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa and Abeny Mohammed on Tuesday faulted the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.
The SANs, in separate interviews with Daily Trustlast night,…
BREAKING: Tinubu declares State of Emergency in Rivers State for 6 months
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has declared a State of Emergency in River State citing Section 305 of the…
BREAKING: Damagum Summons Emergency Meeting Over Wike’s Revocation Order
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently meeting over the revocation order on its permanent headquarters in the Central Business Area of Abuja.…
Tinubu prepares to declare state of emergency in Rivers as political violence intensifies between…
President Bola Tinubu has concluded plans to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State, Peoples Gazette can report.
The president’s plan was concluded overnight and the action would be announced in…
Rivers PDP threatens to expel Wike for alleged anti-party activities
Rivers State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to expel the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike if the political crisis engulfing the state continues unabated.
PDP…
PDP Secretariat Now Belongs To FCTA – Wike
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the Peoples Democratic Party’s national secretariat, now belongs to the Administration.
This was contained in a revocation notice dated…
Rivers Crisis: Niger Delta monarchs ask Tinubu to fire Wike or call him to order
Some Niger Delta monarchs, HRM King Dodo II of Bilabiri Kingdom, Bayelsa State, and HRH King-Jerry Prebor, the Meinbutus Federal Communities, Warri, Delta State, have called on President Bola Tinubu to fire the…
How impeachment works and who becomes governor if Fubara, deputy removed
Political tensions in Rivers State intensified on Monday as the State House of Assembly issued a notice of gross misconduct against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. This move formally initiated…
Fubara denies reports of PANDEF, Obasanjo’s visits
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied viral reports that a delegation of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited him in Government House at the…
JUST IN: Wike revokes PDP national secretariat land
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revoked the land of the Peoples Democratic Party’s national secretariat, which is situated in Abuja.
Wike issued the revocation notice in a letter…
PDP loses two more Rep members to APC
Two more members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Husseini Mohammed Jallo representing Igabi Federal…
Leave Rivers Judiciary out of crisis – NBA urges Amaewhule, others
The Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Rivers State House of Assembly and other actors in the ongoing political unrest in the state to leave the Judiciary arm out of the imbroglio.
The eight branches of…
Electoral Act will be amended for statutory delegates to participate in parties’ primaries,…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has hinted that the Electoral Act 2022 will be amended to include statutory delegates in political parties’…
You’ve no power to prosecute electoral offenders – Court tells AGF
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, held that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, has no power to initiate, maintain and…
Wike gives Fubara conditions to avert impeachment
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,…
Rivers Assembly’s Notice Of Misconduct Not Addressed To Fubara — Govt
The Rivers State government has downplayed the impeachment move against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi…
Wike Knelt Before Clark When He Wanted To Be Governor – PANDEF Chair
Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Godknows Igali, has said former first lady, Patience Jonathan, pleaded with late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, to support Nyesom Wike to become governor of…
Jandor was an APC mole in Lagos… he ruined our party – PDP Chieftain
Hakeem Olalemi, the Lagos vice- chairman (central) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Abdul-Azeez Adediran,…
Reconsider another Ijaw man if Fubara is impeached – Group urges Wike
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has appealed to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to reconsider supporting another Ijaw man as governor if Siminialayi Fubara is impeached.
The…
Stop sulking, we remain focused – APC tells El-rufai
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, over his recent comments against the party and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing him of pursuing a…
Court dismisses Obasa’s bid to change Lagos Assembly’s legal representation
The Lagos State High Court has rejected an application by reinstated Speaker Mudashiru Obasa to change the legal representation of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Justice Yetunde Pinheiro ruled that Femi…
Opposition lawmakers dismiss Rivers Assembly’s impeachment move as invalid
The Nigeria Opposition Lawmakers Coalition has dismissed the impeachment move against Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, describing it as an invalid attempt by pro-Wike lawmakers to avoid the presentation of…