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A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has struck down a law extending the tenure of local government chairmen by six months. Justice D.G. Kio declared the six-month tenure extension of the state’s local government executive chairmen, enacted by the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly, as null, void, unconstitutional, and of no effect. The…
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As the May 29 democracy day approaches, the former National Vice Chairman North West of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Salihu Lukman, claims Nigerians are fast becoming distant observers of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration. In a piece titled “Elusive Politics: What is to be Done,” Lukman claimed that the Tinubu administration…
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Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw nation, Edwin Clark, has accused the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, and the acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum, of colluding with former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to sabotage the elected government and Governor of Rivers…
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for reconciliation in the ongoing political discord in Rivers State, urging Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory Minister (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to sheath their swords and collaborate. Jonathan made this plea on Monday during the inauguration of the Trans-Kalabari Road in the state. Expressing concern over the recurring…
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A former spokesman for the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has stated that the only chance for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, to become Nigerian president is in the year 2039. Bwala made this assertion via his X handle on Monday, noting that President…
