Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu on Wednesday, disclosed his willingness to negotiate with the Federal Government. Kanu based his desire for a negotiation with the Federal Government on Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act. The IPOB leader has been in the custody of the Department of State Services since 2021 when he was re-arrested in Kenya and repatriated to Nigeria. Since the IPOB leader’s detention, he has been standing trial for terrorism-related charges before an Abuja Federal High Court. According to Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act, “In any Proceeding In the…
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Ahead of the governorship election in Ondo State, the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) has sued for unity among various interest groups within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). It particularly assured that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was all out for inclusive governance. The group gave the admonition in a statement by its Director on Diaspora Matters, Hon. Dare Aliu, on Wednesday. Aliu noted that the latest appointments of Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants, cutting across the three senatorial districts was a clear indication that Aiyedatiwa believes in inclusive governance. “Contrary to recent insinuations, the governor…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Residents of Okpoama community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Wednesday morning, began to butcher a stranded giant whale at the seaside of the Atlantic Ocean close to the community. The stranded whale said to be about 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3 meters in height, may have been grounded on Tuesday night due to low sea tide at the river bank. When the residents of the community met the stranded whale on Wednesday morning, they trooped out with machetes, hawk shaws and axes to dismember the sea animal for consumption. Daily…
I left Nigeria’s economy better than I met it, Obasanjo boasts Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says his administration left Nigeria’s economy in a better state than it is now. Obasanjo said his administration reshaped Nigeria’s economy and left it in a better shape by the end of his eight-year tenure in 2007. The former President, who spoke in Abeokuta, at the Safe Online Youth Fellowship Bootcamp, recalled landmark achievements by his administration while in office. He boasted of setting Nigeria free from bondage of debt and setting the pace for an uninterrupted democracy for 25 years. Obasanjo said, “When I…
Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers says there is no provision for tenure elongation for elected Local Government Chairmen in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as Amended). Fubara made this known while addressing newsmen at the end of a security council meeting with heads of security agencies in Port Harcourt. The governor said that the security council meeting was called because of the threat to the peace of the state brewing from the tenure expiration of the outgone local government council chairmen. ”We will fearlessly lead the way to ensure that peace continues to prevail in the state while protecting all patriotic…
…accuses Fubara, police of helplessness Wilfred Alabo-Jack, PortHarcourt Opposition All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state. APC Caretaker Committee Chairman in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, made the call at a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said, “Rivers State is at war. And the dramatis personae who are responsible for the mayhem that has claimed lives are known. “The Governor is helpless, the police are helpless. Therefore the APC in Rivers State is calling for a state of emergency in Rivers State as a…
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, ordered the audit of the accounts of the 23 Local Government Areas for the past three years. Fubara directed the Auditor General of the state to carry out the task while swearing in the Caretaker Committee Chairmen of the local councils at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. According to him, the audit of the accounts is intended to serve as a check for the incoming chairmen and make the local councils more accountable. The Governor urged the caretaker chairmen to protect the interests of…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja A member of the National Executive Council of the People’s Democratic party, on Wednesday, described those claiming to have expelled Hon. Ogbeide ihama Omoregie , the immediate past member of the House of Representatives from the party as a bunch of jokers. Hon. Ogbeide ihama Omoregie represented Oredo Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly for Eight years and also contested the PDP Governorship primary in 2024. Reacting to the alleged expulsion, the PDP Chieftain who also pleaded his name out of print said those who carried out the suspension and expulsion of Hon.…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Gunmen have reportedly attacked the youth Chairman of Labour Party in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Osagie Odigie, ahead of the September 21 gubernatorial election. Details of the Tuesday June 18th attack at his residence in the locality remains sketchy, but sources said the gunshot victim had been taken to undisclosed hospital for urgent medical attention. Members of Labour Party and Mr Odigie’s family have started praying for his safety and quick recovery of the victim.
Wilfred Alabo-Jack, PortHarcourt Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, swore in new caretaker chairmen for the 23 local government areas of the state. Fubara inaugurated the new caretaker chairmen hours after the House of Assembly, led by factional Speaker, Victor Jumbo, screened and approved the nominees sent on Tuesday. A statement by the Clerk of the House, G.M. Gillis-West, said Governor Fubara forwarded the list to the state House of Assembly and the nominees were invited for screening as early as 8 am on Wednesday. The nomination came amid a renewed political crisis in the state, as former council…