Some lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have elected Edison Ehie as the new Speaker. Ehie was the House Leader until he was suspended on Monday. But he told reporters at the Government House, Port Harcourt later that 26 members of the House sat and elected him Speaker….
Following the political crisis rocking Rivers State over the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked President Bola Tinubu to call the mister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order. Speaking to J journalists On Monday In Abuja, Clark, a leader of the South-South regional group, the…
World Football governing body FIFA has banned former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three years. Rubiales kissed Spain’s Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s Women’s World Cup final win over England. The kiss, which Hermoso says was not consensual, sparked outcry, with Rubiales eventually stepping down from his…
Rivers youths, on Monday, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt in peaceful protest to oppose the impeachment of the state governor, Similanyi Fubara. The youths, in their numbers, were seen in a viral video marching through major roads and streets in the Rivers metropolis chanting, “If Port Harcourt don taya you, go Abuja e. Wike,…
Nigeria’s popular constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead, aged 92. Born in 1931, in Atani, Anambra State, Prof Nwabueze died on Sunday evening in his home. Professor Ben Nwabueze or Professor of Professors as he’s fondly called by his numerous admirers is Nigeria’s first academic Senior Advocate of Nigeria. A Teacher, Administrator, Businessman and…
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria in Edo State, on Monday, shut the gates to the Edo State House of Assembly, following the expiration of the ultimatum for the implementation of financial autonomy in legislative houses in the country. The situation, which developed into a protest in front of the Assembly, prevented the…
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the February 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said history would vindicate him. He said this on Monday while addressing the press, after the Supreme Court judgment affirming Bola Tinubu as duly elected President. Last week the apex court dismissed the appeals by Atiku and his Labour…
The embattled Governor of River State, Siminalayi Fubara has declared that he has done nothing to warrant impeachment by the state House of Assembly. Fubara said this on Monday while addressing his supporters at the Assembly Complex, shortly after the House members, led by their Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, convened to begin the impeachment process against…
A Public affairs analyst based in Delta state Efe Odhomor, has applauded moves by the House of Representatives to put convicted kidnappers in jail for life describing it as long over due The House of Representatives is proposing life imprisonment, without option of fine, for anyone convicted for kidnapping and hostage taking in the country. However,…
Popular Nollywood stars Tobi Bakre and Nse Ikpe Etim put the country’s name on the world map as they received the best actor and actress respectively in a Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA. The Balmoral Convention Centre in Ikeja, Lagos was the venue for the awards ceremony on Sunday, and it…
