A councilorship candidate, Adeyinka Adeleke, was on Saturday afternoon October 12, shot de@d by yet to be identified men in the Jide Jones area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim was said to be the All Progressives Congress Councillorship candidate for Abeokuta South Local Government Ward 15 in the…
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought before it by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on account of their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Abuja Division of the Appeal court said Fubara…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to protect local government secretariats in Rivers State. This directive comes after rampaging hoodlums aggrieved with the outcome of Saturday Local government elections in the state burnt down some council secretariats. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement released on Monday,…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas. He swore in the newly elected chairmen at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, this afternoon October 6. The swearing-in ceremony came hours after the chairmen were…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has not endorsed former President Donald Trump, the financial giant clarified on Friday, following a false claim by Trump on social media. The denial came after Trump posted on Truth Social, inaccurately stating that Dimon had endorsed him for the 2024 presidential election. “Jamie Dimon has not…
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. …
