The Special Assistant to the suspended Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Jerry Omotsegunwa, has stated that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has yet to be informed by his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, about the cause of their ongoing political hostilities. Fubara and Wike have been embroiled in a political crisis since late 2023, culminating in President Bola Tinubu declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State on March 18, 2025, which led to the suspension of Governor Fubara and members of the state’s House of Assembly. Former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, in a recent interview with DW, suggested that the rift between…
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The two Labour Party aspirants for the Anambra governorship election, Chief George Moghalu and Sir John Nwosu, have been screened and confirmed for the party’s primaries slated for April 5. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the screening committee, led by its Chairman and Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, George Ozodinobi, had, on Friday, screened the two governorship aspirants. The committee later submitted the result to the leadership of the party. Ozodinobi praised the two aspirants for…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has raised concerns over an alleged plot to destabilise the peace of the state, warning that the government will not tolerate any act of political violence. However, the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory on Public Communication and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has dismissed Diri’s claims as “shamefully baseless.” Speaking on Thursday during separate meetings with the Bayelsa Elders Council and the 37th session of the Bayelsa State Security Council, Diri cautioned security agencies, elders, youths, and traditional rulers to remain vigilant. He specifically warned that a planned mega…
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said that President Bola Tinubu’s state of emergency declaration in Rivers State has resolved 90 percent of the crisis in the state and helped prevent anarchy. The Chairman of the APC caretaker committee in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, stated at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja after a thank-you visit to the Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee. He described the declaration as “a necessary evil,” adding that the suspension of the state governor, Sim Fubara, was essential. Rivers State has experienced political instability for almost two years. Former Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor,…
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has debunked rumors of already having an anointed candidate for the 2027 governorship election. Addressing journalists on the development in Lafia, the state capital, on Wednesday, the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, described the rumors as baseless, adding that it was aimed at tarnishing the image of his principal. At the press briefing, the SSA maintained that the governor remained focused and would not be bothered by the activities of detractors who do not mean well for the people of the state and his administration. He said, “We want…
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam on Monday lamented that the Nigerian judiciary is taking over the statutory functions of political parties and the Independent National Electoral Commission. Gabam stated this when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. In the last two years, political stakeholders expressed concerns that judges in the country were overstretched following the litany of post-election petitions that flooded the tribunals all the way to the apex court. However, the SDP chairman insisted that it was an anomaly. He said, “We are looking to build a party that…
Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has denied reports that she apologised to the Senate over the issue that led to her suspension. Akpoti-Uduaghan in a statement on Monday, described the claims as “false and misleading,” insisting that she still stands by her position. “The reports suggesting that I have apologized to the Senate and retracted my position are completely untrue. I stand firmly by my words and actions and have not issued any apology to the Senate or anyone regarding this matter,” she said. She criticised those spreading the false reports, accusing them of trying to twist the…
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has hailed the Supreme Court’s ruling reaffirming the party’s supremacy in managing its internal affairs. “We commend the Supreme Court for upholding the principle of party supremacy in managing its internal affairs,” said the Enugu PDP State Publicity Secretary, Chief Uche Obute, in a statement made available to our correspondent. “This decision is indeed a victory for democracy in the country,” he noted. The Supreme Court, in its recent judgment, affirmed that the matter of party leadership positions, including that of the national secretary, was wholly an internal affair of the…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Cross River, Venatius Ikem, suspended from office for alleged misconduct, financial mismanagement and failure of the party during the 2024 local government elections, has been reinstated to fully resume office. While addressing journalists on Friday at the party’s Secretariat in Calabar, Ikem disclosed that he has been “exonerated and acquitted” of the allegations of gross misconduct made against him. He stated that his return would boost the party’s fame and regain the lost glory, saying that “the party may have fallen and stumbled, but our party will rise to take its rightful…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has assured a former Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority, Dr George Moghalu, that he would create a level playing field for every aspirant to compete for the party’s ticket ahead of the November governorship poll in Anambra State. This was even as the LP national chairman vowed that he had no anointed candidate or personal interest in the April 5 primary election. Abure made the pledge when Moghalu returned his completed expression of interest and nomination forms to the party secretariat in Abuja on Friday. He said, “I want…