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IPAC: All eyes on INEC to conduct free, fair election in Edo, Ondo

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

All eyes will be on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair, credible, acceptable and inclusive governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Yusuf Dantalle, made the assertion, on Monday in Abuja at the second regular quarterly consultative meeting...

Ondo Polls: INEC gives deadline for submission of names

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced May 20, 2024 as deadline for political parties contesting in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, to submit names of their candidates. This was made known on Monday by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, during a consultative meeting with political party leaders...

Ex-PDP BoT member, Idahosa rejoins APC

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The former member of the Board of the Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a former ally of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Charles Idahosa has rejoined the All Progressives Congress, APC. Idahosa said he was rejoining the party he left with Obaseki about four years ago to ensure...

Rivers people didn’t make mistakes voting Fubara; group replies Wike

NewsDeskNgMay 12, 2024May 12, 20240

A civil society group, New Rivers Agenda, has condemned the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, for the recent political impasse in the state. In a statement signed by its president, Johnson Zinaka, it stated that the emergence of Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers State was a...

Wike reveals own strategy to destabilize Rivers State

NewsDeskNgMay 12, 2024May 12, 20240

…. says he is out to provoke Fubara into actions The immediate past governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to intensify his efforts in destabilising the state. The FCT Minister, who has been antagonising Rivers State vowed to remove Governor...

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Canada dumps PDP, joins APC

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico and Canada, Prof. Iorwuese Hagher, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Hagher was registered on Friday at his Utange Ward in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area by the APC Ward chairman, Orduuga Tyokegh. Speaking after registering...

Wike’s illegal impeachment plot against Fubara ‘ll distabilze your govt, Frank warns Tinubu

NewsDeskNgMay 10, 2024May 10, 20240

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday, warned that the current illegal impeachment plot against the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, would have devastating effect on the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He therefore called on President Tinubu to call Wike...

Fubara Impeachment Call: Okocha calling for anarchy in Rivers – SDP’s Orokoh

NewsDeskNgMay 9, 2024May 9, 20240

A Governorship aspirant of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State in the 2023 general elections, Victor Orokoh, has described the call by the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to impeach Governor Fubara, as “a call for anarchy in the state.” The Chairman of the...

Rivers Democratic Agenda Congratulates Oko Jumbo On Emergence As Speaker

NewsDeskNgMay 9, 2024May 9, 20240

The Rivers Democratic Agenda (RDA) has congratulated Hon. Oko Jumbo on his emergence as the Speaker of the state assembly. In a statement signed by its leader, Hon. Iko Rowland, the group also applauded the assembly members for their decision to support Jumbo. He said the latest development has finally...

Alleged fraud: Abuja high court to begin trial of OAGF top official, Bola Audu June 6

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court Maitama, has re-slated the commencement of the trial of a top civil servant in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Bola Audu, who was arraigned on the 15th of February by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...