Category: POLITICS

There is confusion in the Senate as the Upper Chamber over the feasibility for the implementation of the Financial Autonomy granted to the 774 Local Government Councils across the country by the Supreme Court in August this year. Trouble started on Wednesday in the Senate soon after the sixth item which has to do with Petitions was handled when Senator Tony Nwoye, LP Anambra North came up with a Point of Order which was sustained by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio Nwoye who came through orders 41…

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A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki has remanded the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi state, Mr Augustine Nwazunku and three other suspects over alleged cultism, forgery, impersonations and illegal suspension of the South East National Vice Chairman of PDP, Chief Ali Odefa from the party. The trial Magistrate, Ojemba Isu-0ko refused bail application of the Counsel to the Defendants, U. A Obasi and ordered that the four suspects should be remanded in prison custody till November 18, 2024. In a five-count charge before the Magistrate Court,…

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has described as “rubbish” the panel of enquiry set up by the Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to look into the burning of some local government headquarters in the state. Recall that in the aftermath of the arson, Fubara has vowed to take action against those responsible, stressing that “We won’t stand by and watch political thugs wreak havoc in Rivers State. “Those behind these attacks will account for their atrocities,” Fubara…

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An allegation has emerged that supporters of Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are behind the attacks on the Local Government secretariats in Rivers State. Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives, levelled this allegation in a statement, urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call Wike to order. Information reaching our newsroom has it that not less than three LG secretariats in the South-South State—Emohua, Eleme, and Ikwerre, were on Monday set ablaze by hoodlums. The secretariats were torched after Siminalayi Fubara, governor of…

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The Action Peoples Party (APP) in Rivers has swept 22 of the 23 Chairmanship positions contested in Saturday’s Local Government Elections. The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, described the elections as free and fair. Announcing the results, Enebeli said that the winners secured two-third majority votes in their respective wards across the 23 Local Government Areas (LGA) in the state. “Results for 19 Wards in Etche LGA are still being collated, while the results for the 319 councillorship positions across the 23 LGAs…

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The National Vice Chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) Southeast zone, Chief Ali Odefa has been suspended from the party. In a press conference held in Onicha Local Government by the Ward Executive Committee of the party led by its Acting Ward Chairman, Hebert Ovuta the party accused Odefa of anti-party activities. The party noted that the suspension was in line with the provision of section 57 (3) of the PDP constitution. The Acting Chairman who alongside other Executive members said, “we are here to inform you of the…

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The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso has hinted at the possibility of him deputizing his Labour Party counterpart in the last election, Peter Obi. In a video clip currently trending on X microblogging platform, the former governor of Kano State who spoke on Hausa, said he would be willing to deputize Obi “if certain conditions are met”. Kwankwaso, who claimed that he is politically bigger than Obi, said they are willing to engage in meaningful discussions with the LP leader…

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…We’ll Align With Gov’s Policies Of Disruptive Innovation – Council Bosses Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has charged the newly elected Local Government chairmen in the state to be creative and innovative in their performance while focusing on optimising values that will create solutions through lean spending. The charge was given as the council chairmen pledged to align their administrations’  goals and objectives with the governor’s robust policies of disruptive innovation to bring quality governance to the grassroots. The governor, who gave this charge, over the weekend in Enugu,…

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There is tension and uncertainty in Rivers State over the conduct of the local government election in the state scheduled for today. The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the command would comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which restrained the police and the Department of State Services from participating in the poll. Iringe-Koko said the decision was sequel to the directives by the Force Legal Department. The statement read, “On July 19, 2024, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued a…

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Nigerians are calling for a return to the regional system of government, also known as the parliamentary system. This demand emerged during the National Assembly’s consideration of memoranda submitted by the public as part of the ongoing constitutional amendment process. Among the 56 memoranda received, prominent issues include regional government, unicameral legislature, local government autonomy, state police, gender equality bills, and the inclusion of traditional rulers in the constitution. In total, 474 clauses have been submitted for consideration, according to the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendment. A majority of the…

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