As President Bola Tinubu prepares to announce his cabinet, a former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has denied claims of revolting against the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma. It was reported that Ohakim had revolted against Uzodinma over the latter’s refusal to support his ‘bid’ for a ministerial appointment under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. However, Ohakim said the report was the figment of the writer’s imagination and his sponsors because he had never revolted against Uzodinma. Describing the incumbent governor as a bosom friend, the former governor said revolting against Uzodinma would be doing the same against himself. A statement he…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, has reinstated the former Director General DG, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Mohammed Dauda. Justice Peter Ige, in his judgment, explained that the evidence leading to the dismissal of Dauda was frivolous and lacked merit, saying that all the contentious issues against NIA are in favour of Dauda who is a respondent in the suit. He ordered that his salaries and entitlements since the day of dismissal from office be paid and ordered that the sum of N1 million be paid to him as damages. According to Justice Ige, “Dauda should be allowed to retire…
The Federal Government has called on the United Nations and development partners to strengthen support towards the implementation of the regional strategy for stabilisation, recovery and resilience of areas affected by terrorism in Lake Chad. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), retired Rear Adm. Yaminu Musa, made the call at the ongoing 3rd UN Counter-Terrorism Week in New York. The CT Week is a biennial gathering of Member States and international counter-terrorism partners with the theme, ‘‘Addressing Terrorism through Reinvigorated Multilateral and Institutional Cooperation’’. This is contained in a statement by…
The member representing Isuikwuato/ Umunneochie federal constituency of Abia State, Amobi Ogah, has accused some media houses and blogs of misquoting him on interviews he granted during his election victory church thanksgiving service, last Sunday. Ogah, in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, made it clear that he never admonished the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party to accept defeat as the will of God. Amobi explained that he only appealed to candidates who contested with him for the House of Reps seat to accept defeat and see his election victory as the…
The Vice President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Damian Okeke-Ogene, has urged the Federal Government to heed the call to release Mr Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Okeke-Ogene said the time is now apt for the federal government to heed calls from prominent Nigerians to release Kanu. He disclosed that Anambra Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and other stakeholders in the past have urged the federal government to release Kanu. Okeke-Ogene said restoration and promotion of the rule of law and respect for the fundamental human rights of individuals are key to stabilising the polity. He…
Ukraine wants other countries to heed its warning that Russia may be planning to attack an occupied nuclear power plant to cause a radiation disaster, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Members of his government briefed international representatives on Thursday on the possible threat to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The world has enough power to prevent any radiation incidents, let alone a radiation catastrophe. The potential for a life-threatening release of radiation has been a concern since Russian troops invaded Ukraine last year and seized the plant, which is Europe’s largest nuclear power station. The head of the UN’s atomic energy…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has not produced all the certified copies of the March 18, Kaduna State governorship election result sheets that declared Senator Uba Sani the winner. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oluwale Iyamu, one of the lead counsels to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship candidate, Mohammed Ashiru, stated this at the Tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Thursday. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Victor Oviawe, therefore, adjourned the case to July 4th, 2023. The case is between Isa Ashiru of the PDP, Governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Friday, gave conditions President Bola Tinubu should be kicked out. Amadi said Tinubu should be kicked out if he didn’t win the last presidential election fairly. He made the call while faulting those arguing that presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, should drop their cases against Tinubu at the presidential election tribunal. Tweeting, the public affairs analyst said it’s foolish to ask those aggrieved to drop their cases for Tinubu’s administration to succeed. According to Amadi:…
The Labour Party has vowed to stage a peaceful protest over the alleged outright refusal to conduct local government elections, by Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. The Factional National Chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Apapa urged the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC) to do the needful. “If BYSIEC fails to issue a notice to commence the process of local government elections before month end, the party would resort to civil actions aimed at pressuring the governor to do the needful. “The civil action would be peaceful but resolute, in…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha has said the party is “ready to receive” the immediate past governor of the state, Nyesom Wike when he decides to defect to the ruling party. This is coming amid speculations that Wike who apparently worked to ensure the victory of President Bola Tinubu during the February 25 presidential election, is getting set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike and some of his loyalists in the opposition party had been accused of lobbying for ministerial positions in Tinubu’s government. The former governor had also…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed Tammy Danagogo as Secretary to the State Government. Danagogo was the SSG to the immediate past administration, led by former Governor, Nyesom Wike. Governor Fubara also appointed Chidi Amadi, as his Chief-of-Staff. Their appointments were contained in a statement dated June 22, 2023, and signed by Boniface Onyedi, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor. This comes almost one month after the Governor was sworn into office, a “delayed” appointment which created wide criticism. Some residents of the state, however, took to their social media handles, especially Facebook to criticize…
The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike on Thursday held a meeting with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for over six hours ahead of the Senate resumption on July 4, 2023. It was gathered that the marathon meeting was Wike’s move to block the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hierarchy from nominating the Senate Minority leaders at the upper and lower legislative chambers of the National Assembly. The meeting, which held in the office of the Senate President, had the Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau in attendance, the newly appointed Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters…
The Patriotic Akwa Ibom Citizens have urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola to ignore calls by the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and its Akwa Ibom governorship candidate in the 2023 elections, Bassey Akpan to relocate the petition tribunal from Akwa Ibom to the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Akpan had petitioned the CJN calling for the disbandment of the state governorship tribunal panel and subsequent relocation of the tribunal to Abuja alleging threats to his life, that of his lawyers and his witnesses. It could be recalled that things were going on smoothly at the tribunal until June 20…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it will begin a post-election review of the 2023 general election in July. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. The statement was issued following INEC’s regular meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye explained that the decision was in line with the Commission’s practice over the years. According to him, the review would focus on all aspects of the electoral activities before, during and after the elections. Okoye said that the review would involve the Commission’s officials…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in just concluded general elections, Peter Obi has condemned the recent approval of a 114 percent increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President, vice president, governors, lawmakers, as well as judicial and public office holders by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC. Obi said, “this is not the appropriate time for such salary increment if it is at all necessary”, arguing that Nigerians are struggling with many harsh economic realities, and with over 130 million Nigerians living in poverty.” In a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday,…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that it’s critical the US and China maintain a relationship so they can work together on global challenges, coming just after President Joe Biden’s remarks calling Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dictator drew condemnation from Beijing. Speaking at a news conference in Paris, Yellen said that with respect to the comments, I think President Biden and I both believe it’s critical to maintain communication … to clear up misperceptions, miscalculations. We need to work together where possible.” But we have disagreements, and we are also forthright in recognising we do have disagreements,…
The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has ordered Governor Peter Mbah to appear before it tomorrow, Friday. Infostride News reports that the order was sequel to an application made by the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, through its counsel, Barr Alex Amujiogo. Candidate of the PRP, Elder Christopher Agu is in court seeking to upturn the declaration of Barr Peter Mbah as the winner of the March 18 governorship election conducted in the State. He is also claiming that Mbah was not qualified to contest the election, having allegedly forged National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate, among other issues.…
A digital forensic expert, Hitler Nwuala, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deliberately deleted all the results of presidential elections from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the guise of preparing for the March 18 governorship election. The forensic expert who was the 26th witness for Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 poll, claimed to have inspected 110 BVAS devices used during the presidential polls in the FCT and insisted that all the…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Tinubu/Shettima 2023 has called on the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi to withdraw the case against President Bola Tinubu and join hands with him in the proposed national unity and all-inclusive government. Both Atiku and Obi are in court challenging the declaration of Tinubu of APC as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The group’s National Coordinator, Lilian Ogbole made the call while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the call became imperative because the Tinubu-led…
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has appealed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria to relocate the citing of the Akwa-Ibom Governorship Petition Tribunal to Abuja. Mr Egbeola Wale-Martins, the National Publicity Secretary of the YPP, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “Desperate times call for desperate measures, hence we call on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayade Ariwoola to as a matter of urgency, move the ongoing Governorship Petition Tribunal in Akwa-Ibom to Abuja. “This is in order to put a halt to the desperation of the PDP to cow everyone, including the tribunal into submission. It…