Senator Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the APC, has revealed some of the events that led to his removal from office. The former chairman, spoke at the launch of a book “APC and Transition Politics”, authored by Salihu Lukman, a former national vice chairman (North-west) of the party, at the Shehu Yar’Adua Center […]

  The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum (RELF) has said that the resolutions and subsequent directives issued after Monday’s peace parley on the political crisis in Rivers State at the instance of President Bola Tinubu, cannot override subsisting orders of the Court on the issues. RELF disclosed this in a communique issued in Port Harcourt […]

  Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice that was previously sent to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers officially began their sessions in the state capital of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The lawmakers gathered solely to focus on the withdrawal of the impeachment notice against Fubara during their deliberations. […]

  Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said there is no price too great for him to pay for peace to reign in the state.   Fubara made this known while addressing a special convocation ceremony at the Pamo University of Medical Sciences, where he promised to abide by the truce brokered by President […]

  The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has said that his office has not been paid a six-month allowance owing to the tension between him and his principal, Godwin Obaseki. The deputy governor, who stated this at the opening of the Correspondents Office in Benin on Tuesday, said that he had been running […]

  A former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said that the intervention of President Bola Tinubu is not needed in the ongoing political crisis in Ondo and Rivers states. Fashola argued that despite calls to amend the Constitution at different times, it is high time Nigerians amended ‘our ways’. He […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says re-run and bye-elections may be held across the country next February. This is according to the Chairman of the electoral body Mahmood Yakubu who spoke at a meeting with political parties. “With regard to the bye-elections, you may recall that in my recent address at the swearing-in […]

  The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over alleged fresh plot by aggrieved members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. It claimed it was aware of an alleged plan by members of the Rivers State House, whose seats were declared vacant, last week, for […]

  Ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on Kano governorship appeal, Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam has warned that the residents would resist any attempt to subvert Justice. He insisted that Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf came to office through popular mandate. His words: “We can see so much tension in Kano, and people are more agitated […]