People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has been collapsed its structure into the All Progressive Congress(APC). This was the outcome of the meeting of the party attended by stakeholders in Asaba on Wednesday. The outcome of the meeting was announced at a press conference in Asaba by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, alongside Senator James Manager, a pioneer member of the party. Vice President, Kashim Shetima is expected to receive Governor Sheriff Oborewvori and his predecessor, Sen. Okowa and other members of PDP into the camp…
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Delta Governor’s aide dies on Easter Monday; husband in protective custody
Special Adviser to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Trade and Export, Chief Love Shimite, has passed away. She died in the early hours of Easter Monday after what sources described as a brief illness. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe, said Shimite was confirmed dead at the hospital where she was taken. Edafe also revealed that her husband has been placed in protective custody, not under arrest, following threats reportedly made against him. According to Edafe: “He (the husband)…
Read More23 Anambra indigenes on death row in Indonesia over drugs – Soludo
Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra State Governor, has said 23 indigenes of the state are currently on death row in Indonesia for drug-related offences. Soludo made this known on Wednesday while addressing a group of All Progressives Congress members who defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance in support of his re-election bid. “Go to Indonesia, 23 Ndi Anambra are on death row there for drug-related offences,” he said. He attributed the development to the influence of fake native doctors who deceive young people into believing they can evade security checks when…
Read MorePlateau killings are sponsored, bandits have taken over 64 communities -Muftwang
Caleb Muftwang, Plateau State Governor, has described the recent wave of violence across the state as a “sponsored genocide” aimed at wiping out entire communities, alleging that armed bandits have seized control of at least 64 villages. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme on Tuesday, Governor Muftwang expressed deep concern over the sustained attacks that have claimed over 50 lives and displaced thousands in the Bokkos Local Government Area and beyond. “I can tell you in all honesty that I cannot find any explanation other than genocide sponsored…
Read MoreNatasha Akpoti-Uduaghan sues Sen. Nwaebonyi for N5 billion over defamation
Suspended Senator from Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has instituted a N5billion defamation case against her colleague, Sen. Onyekachi Nwaebonyi for alleging that she had six children for different men. The case was filed through her team of lawyers led by Mr. M. J. Numa, SAN. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan described Nwaebonyi’s claim as false, and a deliberate attempt to tarnish her reputation. She told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, that Nwaebonyi who represents Ebonyi North Central Senatorial District, had severely injured her reputation, caused her considerable distress and…
Read MoreINEC explains why it rejected recall petition against Senator Natasha
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated reasons for rejecting a petition to recall the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. The commission stated that the petition did not meet provisions of the 1999 Constitution as expressly stated in Section 69(a) of the Constitution. According to a statement issued after a meeting and full deliberation on the matter on Thursday, April 3, 2025, the electoral commission stated: “Among other issues, the meeting considered and approved the report of its physical count of the signatures/thumbprints forwarded…
Read MoreSenators, Ezekwesili clash, INEC faults Natasha’s recall process
There was palpable tension on Tuesday during the hearing of a sexual harassment petition filed by Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the same members of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Petitions engaged in a heated exchange with former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili. While the senators engaged Ezekwesili in a war of words, the Independent National Electoral Commission gave the embattled Kogi lawmaker temporary respite as it faulted the petitioners for not complying with the recall guidelines. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended by the Senate on March 6 following…
Read MoreJudge hands off Natasha’s case, cites Akpabio’s petition
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who was assigned to hear a suit that was filed by the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, has hands off the case. The trial judge based his decision on a petition the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, wrote to challenge his objectivity in the matter. Though the suit was originally fixed for hearing, however, when the matter was called up by the court’s clerk, Justice Egwuatu, announced his decision in a short ruling he delivered. He said…
Read MoreEmergency rule in Rivers State is an abuse of power — Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan blamed key actors across the executive, legislature, and judiciary of abusing power, over the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State. Jonathan who spoke at the annual colloquium of the Haske Satumari Foundation on Saturday in Abuja, said the state of emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu was a clear abuse of power. According to the former president, those in power know the right thing to do but are deliberately ignoring it. Jonathan, who didn’t mention President Bola Tinubu directly, accused government officials…
Read MoreNamibia swears in first female president
Namibia, Southern Africa’s desert nation today swears in its first woman president after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party’s 35-year grip on power. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, will become one of the few women leaders in the region when she is inaugurated at a ceremony to be attended by heads of states of neighbouring countries including Angola and South Africa. Previously the vice president, she is a stalwart of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) that led the sparsely populated and uranium-rich country to independence from…
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