Category: News

Ex-Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has explained why he chose a former Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate in that election. He picked Okowa instead of the former Rivers State Governor and now the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, […]

The Head of the Rivers State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke, has resigned his appointment. The resignation of the HoS, who served under the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara was contained in a statement issued by the Chief of Staff to the Sole Administrator and obtained by newsmen on Tuesday morning. The Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral […]

A presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has cautioned former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, to be mindful of his statements after the former governor claimed that democracy in Nigeria had collapsed. Obi, while speaking at the 60th birthday colloquium for former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, in Abuja on Monday, said the […]

Several eminent Nigerians, former governors and past public office holders expressed fears on Monday over the falling standards of democracy in Nigeria, arguing that it left much to be desired. They voiced their fears at a colloquium held at the Abuja Intercontinental Hotel to mark the 60th birthday celebration of former Governor of Imo State, […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has dismissed calls for him to assess President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying he will speak when he feels it is necessary. The renowned playwright, who had previously indicated he would evaluate Tinubu’s government after one year in office, said he was not bound by any timeline. Speaking during an interview […]

Peoples Democratic Party Governors have filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu had on March 18 slammed emergency rule on the state, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and all members of the state House of Assembly for six […]

An aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarewaju, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo got away with removing several governors because democracy was still nascent, and the news cycle and analysis at the time were much slower compared to now. He said this while criticising President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of […]

Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State as undemocratic and unconstitutional. In a statement issued on Sunday, he decried the suspension of the elected governor, deputy governor, and State House of Assembly members, replacing them with a […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has taken President Bola Tinubu to court over what it calls the “unlawful suspension” of the Rivers State Governor, his deputy, and House of Assembly members. The six-month suspension was announced while the president proclaimed a state of emergency in the state. SERAP argued that the decision violates constitutional […]

The Presidency has described as personal the criticisms by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka, of the emergency rule imposed last Tuesday on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In its reaction to their intervention through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, […]