An explosive believed to be dynamite rocked the All Progressives Congress secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, today October 5, destroying some windows, gates and other parts of the building.Speaking to Channels TV’s correspondent, the Chairman of the faction of APC in Rivers State, Tony Okocha narrated how the incident happened.…
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday took a fresh swipe at his opponents amid the ongoing crisis in Rivers State, declaring that they are no match for him. Wike attended a reception organized in his honour by the Ijaw Peoples Congress (IPC) in Amadi-Ama, Abuloma, Okirika Local Government Area of…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a ruling restraining the Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), along with its National Working Committee (NWC) and Board of Trustees (BoT), from tampering with or dissolving the Executive Committees of the party in Rivers State. According to Channels Television, the…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has reduced the number of working days for civil servants in Osun state in a bid to reduce the cost of transportation. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday, September 24, the Governor also extended payment of palliative to civil servants by two months pending the…
President Bola Tinubu has withheld his assent to a bill proposing an increase in the retirement age for civil servants in Nigeria’s National Assembly. The bill, which sought to raise the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service, whichever comes first, was turned down by the president without a specified reason. …
President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said the labour body will resist all efforts to intimidate and silence it. Ajaero has had to honour invitations by the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS in recent weeks and now says he would on Wednesday, September 25, honour the last police invitation…
Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo, has expressed his elation following the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the Saturday, September 21 gubernatorial election. Speaking after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Okpebholo the winner on Sunday, Shaibu said he has been “over the moon” since the…
The Labour Party candidate in the Edo state governorship election, Olumide Akpata, has lost his polling unit to Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the result announced at Polling Unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo Local Government Area,, Ighodalo polled 41 votes to defeat Akpata who polled a total of 32.…
Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, has defended his appointment as an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stating that his familial relationship with Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), does not disqualify him from the role. The controversy arose when Tony Aziegbemi, chairman of…
Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara has suspended Otonye Briggs, the Local Government Committee Chairman of Akuku-Toru, with immediate effect. The announcement was made on Tuesday, September 17, in a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi. In the directive, Governor Fubara appointed Bitebobo Nelson Amieye as the caretaker committee chairman…
