Category: Politics

JUST IN : Appeal Court sacks Enugu PDP Rep, declares Labour Party candidate winner

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the ruling of the House of Representatives tribunal that sacked the member representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency, Hon. Simon Atigwe. The court also affirmed the declaration of Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo of the Labour Party, LP, as the winner of the 3rd February, 2024 re-run election for Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency. The judgement was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman of the panel Justice Ekanem. The appellate court rather returned the candidate…

RIVERS LG POLLS: No election in Reps Minority Leader’s ward 5 Obio/Akpor ….. as constituents respect High Court verdict

Lukman Laleye Babalola

No election took place in Obio/Akpor Ward 5 in Rivers State in the stage managed Local Government polls of last Saturday.   Recall that there was a Federal High Court Abuja judgement restricting the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalaye Fubara not conduct any LG election on October 5.   Despite this verdict, the Governor went ahead to conduct the election with empty wards and units.   RSIEC still declared APP winner of the stage managed election. As captured in a sighted video, Ward 5 is the House of Representatives Minority…

Tinubu condemns violence in Rivers State, orders police to provide security to LG Secretariats

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President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law.   In response to recent tensions following last Saturday’s local government council election, the President expressed deep concern over reports of arson and explosions in the state.   He urged all political actors to de-escalate the situation and discourage their supporters from engaging in violence or destructive actions.   The President directed the police to restore and maintain peace, law, and order immediately.  …

Gov Fubara swears in newly 23 elected LG Chairmen

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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in the newly elected chairpersons of the 23 local government councils in the state. The swearing-in ceremony held on Sunday at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, saw 22 chairmen from the Action Peoples Party (APP) and one from the Action Alliance officially inaugurated into office. The Rivers State local government election was held on Saturday across the state. Results from the state Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, said the Action Peoples Party won 22 out of the 23 local governments. The…

LG Polls: There was no election in Rivers State, results were written and announced – DG CCLCA, Dr Nwambu

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An observer group, Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness has said no local government election took place in Rivers State as the results were already written and RSIEC simply announced winners. This disclosure was made by the Director General of CCLCA, Dr Gabriel Nwambu while appearing on AIT live program. Nwambu said: “Actually there was no election in Rivers State, what happened was that the results had already been written and an announcement of winners. He described the whole exercise as a mockery of democracy as the landmark verdict…

River LG elections: APP wins 22 out of 23 chairmanship seats

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The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State. The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made this known on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. While declaring the results, Enebili said the announcement is suspended in Etche Local Government Area because the results collation is ongoing. According to him, the results for Etche LGA will be declared alongside that of the 319 councillorship seats at a later date.…

DSP Barau Jibrin receives hundreds of NNPP members, …. says era of ‘red cap’ over in Kano soon

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has received hundreds of grassroots leaders of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that it would soon be rare to see someone with a red cap, the symbol of the Kwankwasiyya Movement in Kano State. Responding to a question on the gale of defections rocking the NNPP in Kano State after receiving hundreds of grassroots leaders of the party at the National Assembly, he said the rate at which the NNPP members, including…

Ex-Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina is died

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A former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina is dead, aged 70.   Zwingina who represented Adamawa South Senatorial District was also the Director-General of the MKO Abiola campaign Organisation in the June 12, 1993, presidential election. “The advocate of democracy has gone to the great beyond”, a source said. Born in Adamawa State, Zwingina was a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In June 1999, he was appointed to Senate committees on Works & Housing (chairman), Establishment, Internal Affairs, Information, Special Projects, Privatization and Economic Affairs.…

ONDO GUBER POLL: Ondo Indigenes in FCT endorses Gov Ayedatiwa, to meet the Governor on Agenda for State, Others … Inaugurates Steering Commitee on Thursday

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The Federation of Ondo State Indigene in Abuja (FEDOSIA) has expressed its support for the incumbent governor, Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa, ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, as the body warm up to receive their governor in the Federal Capital Territory in days ahead. In line with the declaration, the Federation of Ondo indigenes, who are residents of the FCT and environs, has established a seven-member Steering Committee tasked with overseeing the federation’s activities for a term yet disclosed.   FEDOSIA was formed to advocate for the…

NIGERIA AT 64 : APC felicitates Nigerians, says vibrant future beckons

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The All Progressives Congress (APC)has celebrated with Nigerians on the auspicious occasion of our nation’s 64th Independence anniversary. The party paid tribute to Nigeria’s founding fathers whose courage, doggedness, sacrifices and patriotism earned for Nigerians an independent nation that has endured 64 years, and marching on. “May their labour continue to be vindicated by the peace, unity and progress of our nation and people. “We applaud all Nigerians for their innate vitality and resilient sojourn towards a more peaceful, united and prosperous nation. Without question, the journey has not been…