Atiku Abubakar has condemned the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers state by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement by the former President, he said Mr Tinubu has been playing partisan actor in the political turmoil engulfing Rivers. The statement reads: “The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State reeks of political…
Retired Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, the Rivers State military administrator in the wake of the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu, was born on September 27, 1960. Mr Ibas, a native of Nko in Cross Rivers State, was Nigeria’s 22nd Chief of Naval Staff between 2015 and 2021. He served…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu for six months. “By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial…
The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the move to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu, from office. The PDP Chairman in Rivers, Chief Nname Ewor, expressed the party’s disapproval at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Ewor criticised Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly for escalating political tensions with…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has opened a TikTok page. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Obi made the announcement on his X handle on Tuesday. On the TikTok page, the ex-Anambra State governor uploaded a video seeking followership and moves to build a new Nigeria that is…
The Oyo State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Saki East Local Government Area, Emmanuel Adedokun, over allegations of gross misconduct. The suspension, which takes immediate effect, was announced during the Assembly’s plenary on Tuesday following a petition submitted by 11 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saki East. The petitioners accused…
Senator representing Kogi Central at the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has described the red chamber as a cult. Akpoti-Uduaghan stated this during an interview with the BBC over the allegation of sexual harassment leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. This is coming few days after Natasha took the case to the United Nations “seeking…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in October 2024 by President Bola Tinubu. The bills are “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Assessment, Collection of, and Accounting for Revenue Accruing to the Federation, Federal, States and Local Governments; Prescribe the Powers…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday lost two of its members in the House of Representatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Husseini Jallo, representing Igabi Federal Constituency, Kaduna State and Adamu Tanko, representing Suleja/Tara/Gurara Federal Constituency, Niger State identified what they called the perennial crisis in the PDP as the reason for their defection….
A fierce war of words has erupted between former Ogun State Governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over allegations that the ex-governor twice demolished the billionaire’s cement factory structures in Itori, Ogun State. Reacting to Dangote’s claims during his visit to the current governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Amosun has thrown…