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Oko-Jumbo’s Rivers Assembly urges INEC to conduct bye-elections for 25 vacant seats
Joseph Irikefe
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly in Rivers State on Tuesday, held its sitting to counter the position of the Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, which had its…
Pro-Wike former Rivers Assembly lawmakers lack powers to stop govt expenditures–Group
Joseph Irikefe
A civic group, the National Vanguard for Rule of Law, has described an attempt by former Rivers State House of Assembly lawmakers to shut down the state government expenditure as “illegal, null and…
Ex-NIMASA DG, Dosunmu hails S’Court judgement on Local Govts autonomy
Maureen Aguta
Former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Public Policy expert, Dr. Ade Dosunmu has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the autonomy of the…
2027: Nobody is too big to be voted out – El-Rufai’s son warns
Joseph Irikefe
Bashir El-Rufai, son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has sent a cryptic message to President Bola Tinubu over his reelection in 2027.
Bashir specifically said that nobody is…
Rivers crisis: PDP steps in, says Amaewhule, 24 other defected Rivers Assembly lawmakers are trouble…
Joseph Irikefe
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the umpteenth time, cautions the former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who lost their seats upon defection from the PDP…
Pressure mounts on Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu
Joseph Irikefe
Pressure is being intensified on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who has been in the custody of the federal…
Clark meets Tinubu: Warn of consequences if Wike doesn’t stop disturbing Fubara
Joseph Irikefe
For the umpteenth time, elder statesman Edwin Clark has warned of dire consequences of the continued onslaught against Simanialayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, saying if the attempts to disrupt his…
Yoruba Party gets 261 votes, fails to secure seat in UK election
By Editor
The Yoruba Party in the United Kingdom (YPUK) failed to secure a seat in the general election.
YPUK only put forward one candidate for the Peckham constituency. As of the time of reporting, the party has…
Governor Fubara reacts to Appeal Court ruling on Rivers Assembly
Joseph Irikefe
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday, said there is no cause to worry over the decision of the Appeal Court on the crisis in the State House of Assembly.
The governor who spoke during…
Bill for creation of Etiti State in South-East passes first reading in House of Reps
Joseph Irikefe
A bill seeking the creation of Etiti State in the South-East geo-political zone was read for the first time on the floor of the House of Representatives during plenary on Tuesday.
The bill sponsored by…