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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for a slash in the pay of political office holders such as the President, Vice-President, governors and their deputies, as well as lawmakers. SERAP made the call in a statement issued by its SERAP Deputy Director, KOLAWOLE OLUWADARE, and addressed to the Chairman of the Revenue […]
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum have donated N100 million to victims of Zamfara State fire incident and warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) desist from attempting to poach its governors. Chairman Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum and Governor of Sokoto State,. Aminu Tambuwal, stated this when he led a delegation of PDP governors on […]
IMO State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, says aggrieved politicians in the country are sponsoring a “national crisis” in states controlled by the ruling All Progressives Congress in the South-East geo-political zone. Specifically, the governor said APC detractors were determined to bring down the regime and destabilize the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. by sponsoring attacks in […]
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the chairman of Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, Philemon Kingoli, on Wednesday. Kingoli was anducted in the early hours of Wednesday along the Peter Odili Road axis of Port Harcourt, the State capital. The circumstances leading to his kidnap could not be ascertained of the time of filing this […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise will resume on June 28 across the country. INEC Chairman, Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU, announced the date for the resumption of the exercise at a press briefing held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He disclosed that the electoral umpire has set aside […]
Former Rivers South-East Senator, MAGNUS ABE, has insisted that the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State, has not been zoned to the riverine area. Senator ABE spoke on the backdrop of the reported declaration of Minister of Transportation, CHIBUIKE AMAECHI that the position will be zoned to the Riverine area […]
Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE has sacked Doctor IGBIKS TAMUNO from the position of State Commissioner for Environment. The Governor directed the sacked Commissioner to submit all Government Documents and Property in his possession to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment. The Special Assistant (Media) Rivers State Governor, KELVIN EBIRI, announced this in […]
Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE says he has forwarded the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, NJC, for the appointment of a Chief Judge in the state to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Governor WIKE disclosed this when members of the Ekpo Club of Nigeria, Association of Ikwerre Lawyers Worldwide paid […]
A High Court in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a professor of the University of Calabar, PETER OGBAN, to three years in prison for announcing false election result during the 2019 general elections. The professor who served as the returning officer in the senatorial election in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District in 2019, […]
Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, says Nigeria’s low rating on the Transparency International (TI) corruption perception index is due to certain gaps in the provision and analyses of data between the country and the anti-corruption agency. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, the minister said […]
