News Category - Politics
SOLE ADMINISTRATOR SACKS ALL POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS AND APPOINTEES IN RIVERS STATE
Those affected include the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff to the Governor, All Commissioners, Chairmen and members of boards, councils, commissions, institutions, and parastatals, Special Advisers, Special Assistants, and Senior Special Assistants.
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INEC PROCEEDS WITH RECALL OF KOGI CENTRAL SENATOR, AS PETITIONERS FULFILL WITH PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Committee on Information and Voter Education, Sam Olumekun, said the petitioners have now supplied the contact addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of their representatives, as required by law, INEC guidelines and regulations.
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PETITION FOR RECALL OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN OF KOGI CENTRAL FAILS LEGAL REQUIREMENT
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, acknowledged that the petition was accompanied with six bags of documents said to be signatures of over half of the 474,554 registered voters in Kogi Central.
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DR NWAEKE RESIGNS AS RIVERS STATE HOS, AS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTS PROF WORIKA NEW SSG
The Chief of Staff to the Sole Administrator who made the announcement, said Dr Mrs Iyingi Brown was the Permanent Secretary Welfare, Office of the Head of Service, and she is to take charge as Interim Head of Service.
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I'M NOT LINKED TO ANY MILITANT GROUP - GOV FUBARA
Already, the communities where these incidents are alleged to have occurred have reacted, dismissing any claims of explosions on oil and gas facilities in their domains, and reassuring that all critical government assets within their areas are safe, secure and efficiently functioning.
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IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL DRAGS FG TO ECOWAS COURT OVER STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE
According to the lawsuit, the IYC members are claiming infringement on their right to participate freely in the government of Rivers State, both directly and through their freely chosen representatives, in accordance the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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NAMIBIA’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT ASSUMES OFFICE
Nandi-Ndaitwah won election in November 2024, with a 58% share of the vote to become Africa’s second-ever elected female president.
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CONFUSION, AS RIVAL PDP FACTIONS CLAIM VICTORY IN SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON POSITION OF NATIONAL SECRETARY
Supporters of Senator Samuel Anyanwu are celebrating the Supreme Court judgment, while the NWC says it affirms its endorsement of SKE Ude Okoye as National Secretary.
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DETAILS EMERGE WHY SENATORS OPPOSED TO STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS BOYCOTTED VOICE VOTE
Senator Henry Seriake-Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party for Bayelsa West Senatorial District acknowledged Senator Aminu Tambuwal of the PDP from Sokoto State and Enyinnaya Abaribe of the All Progressive Grand Alliance for Abia South among senators who spoke in condemnation of the declaration.
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ATIKU, EL-RUFAI, OTHERS ADDRESS JOINT NEWS BRIEFING ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE
They reminded the public that a peaceful Niger Delta was critical to the economic health and stability of Nigeria, just as the cautioned the Federal Government against manufacturing political crises that could disrupt this fragile stability.
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STATE OF EMERGENCY, SUSPENSION OF ELECTED RIVERS STATE OFFICIALS UNFAIR, UNJUST, UNCONSTITUTIONAL – RIVERS ELDERS
The group said if there was any culprit who has inflamed the political atmosphere; to push it to this level, it is Chief Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Hon. Minister of Federal Capital Territory.
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SENATE, HOUSE OF REPS SHUN PUBLIC APPEALS, APPROVE EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS STATE IN VOICE VOTES
Rising from the closed-door session, the Senate President put the motion to a voice vote, with lawmakers screaming Ayes in support. In the House of Representatives, the Speaker ignored a Point-of-Order for a headcount and put the motion to a voice vote.
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SOUTH-SOUTH GOVERNORS DEMANDS REVERSAL OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS
The position of the South-South Governors was contained in a statement signed by their Chairman and Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, which was made known to newsmen in the state capital, Yenagoa.
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TINUBU SWEARS-IN IBOK-ETE EKWE IBAS AS RIVERS STATE SOLE ADMINISTRATOR
This comes less than twenty-four hours after President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State due to the protracted political crisis in the state, which has already been settled in a judgment of the Supreme Court.
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IMPUNITY - PETER OBI CRIES, URGES NASS TO HALT “RECKLESS RIVERS STATE OF EMERGENCY"
"By disregarding the rule of law, the President has shown a dangerous willingness to trample on democracy. The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State is not just reckless—it is a clear attempt to return us to a state of nature and tighten its grip on power at all costs” He added.
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"I WAS JOLTED BY DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE" - SEN HENRY SERIAKE DICKSON
It is a sad day for all democrats. It's a sad day for Rivers State, and a sad day for our people. I urge everyone to put on their thinking caps. I urge our people to lift up their spirits as we will get over this together.
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PDP REJECTS EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS STATE
The party warned that the unwarranted imposition of emergency rule in Rivers State was part of the larger vicious plot to foist a siege mentality across Nigeria, decimate opposition, impose a totalitarian one-Party State and turn the country into a fiefdom.
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ATIKU ABUBAKAR CONDEMNS PRESIDENT TINUBU OVER STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE
Alhaji Abubakar said President Tinubu’s blatant refusal — or calculated negligence — in preventing the escalation of the political crisis is nothing short of disgraceful.
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RIVERS STATE DESCENDS INTO EMERGENCY RULE, WITH GOV FUBARA SUSPENDED, IBOK ETE IBAS STEPS IN AS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR
President Tinubu also suspended the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Ngozi Ordu, and all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
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LEAVE RIVERS STATE JUDICIARY OUT OF YOUR POLITICAL CRISIS – NBA TELLS SPEAKER AMAEWHULE, OTHERS
All chairmen of eight NBA branches in Rivers State came together to declare their position at a media briefing in Port Harcourt. They referred to the resolution of the House inviting the DSS to investigate Justice Amadi for alleged age falsification.
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OSGF DISTANCES SELF FROM ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION
The subject of the EFCC investigation is one Andrew Torhile Uchi, who is the Personal Assistant to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume.
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FHC ADJOURNS TO APRIL 16 FOR JUDGMENT ON DEFECTION OF 27 RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
Justice EMMANUEL OBILE adjourned the matter filed by the Labour Party in Rivers State after counsel to the various parties adopted their final written addresses in respect of a fresh application by counsel to MARTIN AMAEWHULE and twenty-six others, KEN NJEMANZE.
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APC TO NASIR EL-RUFAI - QUIT SULKING, GET A GRIP
National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said El-Rufai “stands diminished as the epitome of a self-interested politician, blinded by ego, driven by untamed emotion, and brimming with a vengeful desire to “collapse the system.”
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GOVERNOR FUBARA ACCUSES MARTIN AMAEWHULE-LED HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF IMPEDING ENFORCEMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT
The State Government warned of a gloomy future in the state due to failure by the House of Assembly under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule to cooperate on the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on the political crisis in the state.
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POINTS RAISED IN ‘GROSS MISCONDUCT’ ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR, SIMINALAYI FUBARA
The house of Assembly members alleged that Governor Fubara had shown that he was not prepared to government Rivers State in line with provisions of the 1999 Constitution
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LAGOS PDP 2023 GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, JANDOR, DEFECTS TO APC
“Before you are quick to remind me of the reasons why I dumped APC, I want to say that there is a Yoruba adage that says, if a woman has not tried two husbands, she would not know which one is better”, Jandor stated.
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RIVERS LAWMAKERS SPOIL FOR SHOWDOWN, SERVE GOV FUBARA 'NOTICE OF GROSS MISCONDUCT', AS 2025 BUDGET PRESENTATION HITS BRICKWALL
The latest development comes days after the House of Assembly accused Governor Fubara of frustrating the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment in favour of the group of twenty-five lawmakers led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule.
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL: SENATE REFUTES CLAIM OF ALLEGED PLOT TO ARREST SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN
The embattled Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had used the global platform to draw attention to her plight, following her suspension from the Senate for six months, which she alleged was a ploy to cover up her sexual harassment allegation against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
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US EXPELS SOUTH AFRICA'S AMBASSADOR FOR 'RACE-BAITING' TRUMP HATER
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the South African envoy is a "race-baiting politician" who hates President Trump. He has been ordered to depart the US by Friday, March 21.
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DR CONGO TO JOIN PEACE TALKS WITH RWANDA-BACKED M23 REBELS
The presidency confirmed the decision in a statement on Sunday, as the peace talks aim to resolve a spiraling conflict involving the M23 rebel group.
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