Category: POLITICS

By NewsBits President of the Senate and chairman, National Assembly of Nigeria, Godswill Akpabio, has made a strong case for increased efforts in parliamentary diplomacy. Akpabio, who spoke at the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Related Meetings, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, maintained that parliamentary diplomacy is quite critical to achieving peace in the world and resolving conflicts. He called for more progress in parliamentary diplomacy, noting that though the Nigerian Parliament has explored the concept and achieved a myriad of successes, more can still be done.…

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Senator Abudul Ningi Campaign Support Group for Atiku 2023, Enugu State chapter has condemned the shabby manner with which the National Assembly suspended Sen. Abdul Ningi representing Bauchi Central in the Senate for three months over his comment on alleged budget padding. The support group headed by the coordinator, Comr. Michael Chukwuebuka Nwankwo condemned and disowned the malicious action of the National Assembly against distinguished Sen. Abdul Ningi, saying that “he is decent man and did not deserve such action.” Comr. Nwankwo in a statement to the media weekend, said…

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By NewsBits Fresh crisis has begun in Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the ‘vote of no confidence’  passed on the current state chairman of the party, Barrister Ugochukwu Agballah by stakeholders of the party in the state. The grassroots   members of APC said they were unhappy with the manner their chairman, Agballah has been piloting the affairs of the party since his assumption of office. But the stakeholders who held a unification meeting in Enugu on Friday, passed a vote of confidence on President Ahmed…

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By NewsBits Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on state governors that pay pension to former governors to emulate their Abia State counterpart, Alex Otti, and stop paying. He described payment of pension to former state governors and their deputies as outrageous. Obasanjo also described the pension as “a daylight robbery.” The former president stated this on Friday when he paid Otti a visit at his country home in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. He said, “I watched the television and I saw the repealing…

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The amendment of Sections of the Law No. 5 of 2018 extending the tenure of elected Local Government chairmen in Rivers State by the Martin Amaehwule-led House of Assembly has been condemned by the spokesperson of Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. Ugochinyere, who represents Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, described the purported override of Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s veto by the State House of Assembly just a few days after it purportedly amended…

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By Tony Adibe A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State Chapter, Dr Ben Nwoye has picked holes in the ratification of the suspension of the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission, Ginika Tor, insisting that it is illegal and unconstitutional. Dr Nwoye, who addressed journalists in Enugu on Wednesday, said the process of the suspension of Tor by the Enugu State Chapter of APC and its subsequent ratification by the Southeast Zonal leadership was not duly followed. He advised the leadership of…

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The IPOB leader spoke to reporters on Tuesday when he appeared at the Federal High Abuja in continuation of his trial… Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has boasted that he has the capacity to end insecurity in the South-east and South-south Nigeria within two minutes if he is released from detention. Mr Kanu has been in detention at the facility of the State Security Service (SSS) since he was rearrested and brought back to Nigeria from Kenya in June 2021 under controversial circumstances. The IPOB…

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By NewsBits Former Coordinators of the Grassroots Development Initiative, a political arm of the Peoples Democratic Party in 12 local government areas of Rivers State have pledged their support for the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The coordinators represent Obio/Akpor, Ogu/Bolo, Port Harcourt City, Opobo/Nkoro, Gokana, Bonny, Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Oyigbo, Asari-Toru, and Akuku-Toru Local Government Areas. The former Coordinator in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Collins Onunwo, led a delegation of former members of the GDI All Coordinators’ Forum on a solidarity visit to G Fubara at the Government…

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