The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has called for the expulsion of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, accusing him of undermining the party. In a statement on Sunday, the group criticised Wike for endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid and attacking the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC). “Wike has crossed the red line. He is demarketing the party and insulting its leadership,” said Barr. Obinna Nwachukwu, Protem National Coordinator of CP-PDP. At a recent event, Wike vowed to support Tinubu, stating, “Politics is about interest. People must not use and dump others.” The CP-PDP accused…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over his failure to reverse the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression. However, Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, condemned the ongoing political feud between Akpabio and Akpoti-Uduaghan, labelling it a distraction from the pressing economic hardship faced by ordinary Nigerians. While some politicians canvass the recall of the Kogi Central senator due to the feud, her constituents declared their unalloyed support for her, vowing that nothing could make them recall…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has reaffirmed that the state has no dispute with Cross River State over the ownership of 76 oil wells. Speaking today during the monthly prayer meeting at the Government House Chapel, he stated that the Supreme Court had twice ruled in favor of Akwa Ibom, declaring Cross River a non-littoral State. He urged citizens not to engage in a matter that has been legally settled. Governor Eno also emphasized the importance of respecting and honouring past and present leaders for their contributions to the State’s development. He condemned external influences attempting to discredit…
Angry Ijaw women of Kalabari extraction on Saturday vandalised giant billboards bearing the pictures of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The billboards which were erected at the junction leading to Abalama was in honour of Wike who is being hosted to a grand reception by the Ijaw stakeholders under the platform of NEW Associates. The reception comes amid protest from traditional rulers and people of Kalabari over a scheduled IYC Eastern zone meeting at the same venue. Hundreds of women decked in black attire with white scarf had in the early hours of Saturday barricaded the road…
The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governors to hands off sponsorship of holy pilgrimages. The Bishops, who were at the Presidential Villa on Friday to see President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declared that pilgrims boards have been overtaken by corruption and no longer serve the purpose for which there were established. The Archbishop of Owerri and the CBCN President, Most Reverend Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, who led the delegation of 20 Bishops from across the country, said they were at the State House to congratulate the President on his victory. He also said the…
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman of George Township, Zambia, Margaret Kabanda, has dragged her husband, Emmanuel Tembo to court seeking divorce. Margaret stated that he counts the pieces of meat in the pot whenever he cooks, and if any pieces are missing, he reports the matter to his parents. According to NewsDigger, Margaret also told the court that Emmanuel has the habit of bringing his female friends from the neighbourhood to chat on their veranda at night, and when she complains, he beats her. In his defense, Emmanuel told the court that Margaret often pours a bucket of urine and water on…
The Independent Judicial Accountability Panel (IJAP) of the Citizens Led Engagements on Judicial Accountability in Post-Election Justice Delivery in Nigeria (CLEAP Justice) project of ActionAid Nigeria has faulted the Supreme Court judgments on the protracted political crisis in Rivers, saying that, the judgment left a gap as to whether the issue of the alleged defection of 27 members of the state House of Assembly is still alive or has been settled. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Friday at the end of its inaugural meeting, the Chairman of the Independent Judicial Accountability Panel (IJAP), a retired Justice of the Court of…
President Bola Tinubu has justified his administration’s sweeping economic reforms, stating that they were necessary to safeguard Nigeria’s future and prevent financial ruin. He emphasized that for decades, the country had been living beyond its means, spending resources meant for future generations. “For 50 years, Nigeria was spending the money of generations yet unborn and servicing the West Coast of our subregion with fuel. It was getting difficult to plan for our children’s future,” Tinubu said on Thursday while receiving a delegation of former National Assembly colleagues from the aborted Third Republic at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The President…
Several inmates are said to be dying in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) due to poor feeding and high levels of food racketeering in the detection facilities. Secretary of the Independent Investigative Independent Investigative Panel on the Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment of Inmates Against the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Dr. Uju Agomoh, said prisoners were starving because “in all of the facilities we went to during our inspection visit as a panel, during the last week of February (2024), there was none we saw food up to the approved weekly…
The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has filed a contempt suit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others over her six-month suspension without pay from the Senate. Others listed in the Form 48 contempt charge, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja and sighted on Thursday, include the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct, Senator Neda Imasuen. Recall that Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on 4 March, while delivering a ruling on an ex parte motion filed…