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Ihedioha-Uzodinma By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi The International Society for the Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, has described as Black rain falling in Imo State and Palm Kernel ripening at the tail of palm frond, the Supreme Court Judgment On Imo State governorship election, which unseated former Governor Emeka Ihedioha. Also, the…
Peoples Democratic Party By Dirisu Yakubu The major opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP will hold an emergency National Executive Committee, NEC meeting on Friday. In an announcement issued by the office of the National Secretary of the party, the meeting is expected to begin by 10 A.M. The announcement read:…
By Chidi Nkwopara Barely 48 hours after the Supreme Court sacked Chief Emeka Ihedioha as Imo State Governor, former Deputy National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Regis Uwakwe, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Addressing a press conference Thursday in Owerri, Chief Uwakwe explained that he opted to…
Vice-Chairman, Team Edo, Mrs. Anehita Emeya (right), handing over the Edo Sports Festival unity torch to Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, Benin City, on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has lit the unity torch for the state’s sporting championships with athletes drawn from the…
By Perez Brisibe The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, Thursday described the slain chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ovie Wisdom Iroro who was killed at Abraka last Wednesday as an alleged “notorious cultist and fraudster” adding that the incident had no political coloration. The victim, who is a father of two,…
Festus Keyamo Perez Brisibe – Ughelli Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to apologize to the Supreme Court and Nigerians for its outburst against the Court on the Imo state governorship election. The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan while reacting to the…
By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor UMUAHIA- Tragedy struck at Ugwuatti community in Ukwa West council area of Abia State, Thursday, as youths of the community attacked the survey team of the Enyimba Economic City, EEC, project. The community leaders were said to have invited the EEC officials to survey portions of the land earmarked…
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has commended security agencies particularly the Department of State Services for the rescue of five kidnapped aid workers by the Boko Haram terrorist group including Jennifer Ukambomg Samuel, a nurse from Plateau State. Obi, Atiku’s wife urge women to deliver Nigeria from poverty Governor Lalong says he is excited at…
Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN),Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister,Abuja. Dear Sir, PROTEST OVER YOUR ILLEGAL ORDER TO SOUTH-WEST GOVERNORS I find it disturbing your statement of Tuesday January 14, 2020 declaring the security initiative of South-West governors ‘Amotekun’ as illegal. You also threatened that the full course of the law will be applied…
Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Justice Abiodun Adebara of Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, pushed for amicable resolution between the Kwara state government and the family of late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki over the demolition of Ile-Arugbo, penultimate Wednesday by the latter. He, however, declined to make an express statement on the…