Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said Nigeria needs strong institutions, not strong individuals to grow and sustain democracy and good governance. Fubara made this statement at the opening of the re-dedication service for the opening of the 2024/2025 New Legal Year at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul’s Diobu (Garrison), Port Harcourt on Thursday. He urged members of the bench to remain courageous in upholding the truth, despite threats of physical assaults and frivolous petitions. He urged members of the bench to remain courageous in upholding the truth, despite threats of physical assaults and frivolous petitions. He praised…
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The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has reiterated its demand for the scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs. IPAC described elections conducted by SIECS as a sham, adding that SIECS are a deliberate assault on the nation’s democracy. Speaking at the Fourth Regular Conservative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Thursday, IPAC National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantelle, said the Council will not fold its hand and allow this glaring perversion of the democratic process to continue. “It is not just a coronation of the candidates of a ruling party in the state, it is daylight robbery of people’s…
Former presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande, has shared his view on the absence of President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima from Nigeria at the same time. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday, Akande said it was not ideal for both of them to leave governance for foreign trips simultaneously. “It is important for one of them to be on the ground because the work of governance requires a lot of hand-holding. “In my view, we still have a very serious problem of sustained trust in the relationship between the President and the Vice President over time,”…
As part of preparations towards the handing over to the incoming government, Edo State and its Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said it would be holding a joint inauguration of transition committees on Friday. DAILY POST reports that the joint transition committees’ members to be inaugurated scheduled to take place at the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy, JOOPSA are the Edo State 2024 transition committee and the APC transition committee members. The outgoing State Governor, Obaseki had last July constituted a 24-man member transition committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Victor Eboigbe. The State Commissioner for…
The Presidency has appealed to Nigerians to show understanding amid the current economic reforms by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Delu Bulus-Yakubu, made the appeal on Thursday in an address to mark the 2024 International Poverty Eradication Day in Abuja. The event was themed Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment, Acting Together for Peaceful, Inclusive Society. The Presidential aide explained that the current administration was working hard to address the economic situation in the country, hence the need for Nigerians to show understanding. “I want to use this platform to…
Nigeria’s former ambassador to Spain, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu has renewed her call for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Bianca, wife of late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu made the appeal in the United States during the annual convention of the American Veterans of Igbo Descent, AVID, composed of American citizens of Igbo parentage who are currently serving or who honorably served in various branches of the United States military. While lamenting the level of insecurity in the South-East, she called on the five state governors to apply their collective…
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has maintained that there is no longer an election season in Nigeria. He stated this with just 29 days, exactly four weeks to the Ondo State Governorship election, which is slated for Saturday, November 16, 2024. The INEC Chairman spoke at the Fourth Regular Conservative meeting with political parties held at the INEC Conference Room in Abuja on Thursday. He said, “I have repeatedly said that there is no election season in Nigeria any longer.” Giving an update on the preparation for elections so far, the INEC boss said only two…
Senators on Thursday passed a vote of confidence on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. This is coming in the wake of reports that his colleagues have plans to impeach him. Reports made the rounds on Wednesday that the presidency had drafted a large number of operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, into the National Assembly Complex to stop Senators from performing their constitutional responsibilities including a plot to remove Akpabio as the Senate President. Akpabio, had, however, denied the report, stressing that the senate remained united. In a statement, the presidency also said there were no impeachment threats…
Sporting Lisbon head coach, Ruben Amorim, has distanced himself from rumours claiming that he is being lined up as Pep Guardiola’s successor at Manchester City. Guardiola’s current contract with the Premier League champions expires next summer. The Spaniard is yet to enter into negotiations with City over a fresh deal, leading to speculations over if he will stay beyond this campaign. Sporting chief, Hugo Viana, who is a close ally of Amorim, has been appointed as City’s next director of football. It is a move which has only fueled rumours that the Portuguese could also move to England. However, in…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has urged governments at all levels to improve the people’s well-being in tandem with Section 14(2)b of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended. IPAC said that urgent steps must be taken to ameliorate the hardship that millions of Nigerians face daily, adding that this will spur the political participation of the citizens to give more credence to the electoral process. The Council spoke through National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantelle at the INEC Fourth Quarterly Consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. The meeting was held ahead of the…