Contrary to the widespread impression that he was denied control of the structures of the party in Rivers State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, accusing him of whining after initially rejecting an Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian leaders to make effective use of the country’s abundant resources for national development. Speaking at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Methodist Archdiocese of Abuja on Sunday, Obasanjo stressed that Nigeria has Read more…
Some governors in the country may be getting more desperate to share in the monthly allocation to local governments if revelations by some sources, including a council chairman and a party candidate, are anything to go by. Findings by Sunday PUNCH showed that Read more…
Pope Francis has written a personal letter to the 21 men – bishops and priests from around the world – whom he will raise to the Cardinalate at a consistory set for December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Read more…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin met Iran’s newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian in person at a time concerns mount over Tehran’s steady supply of weapons for Moscow’s war in Ukraine as well as over the escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Putin and Pezeshkian Read more…
The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assumed a new turn with the National Working Working (NWC) directing the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba and the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, to step aside. The order Read more…
President Bola Tinubu is set to head to Paris, France, from London, United Kingdom, any moment from now for another ‘significant engagement’. This was disclosed by Tinubu’s close political ally and former placeholder running mate, Ibrahim Kabir Masari, on Friday Read more…
Independent observers have attributed the violence and arson that followed the recently concluded local government election in Rivers State to Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s refusal to obey court judgement. DAILY POST reports that the controversial local government election was conducted on Read more…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has described as highly irresponsible and unpatriotic, calls by former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, on Nigerians to take to the streets. APC Spokesman Felix Morka, in a statement on Friday, remarked that Amaechi, speaking Read more…
The head of the Israeli spy agency, Mossad, has insisted that after his country’s incursion into Lebanon concludes, any ceasefire will be contingent on the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to the Walla news agency, citing Read more…
The Court of Appeal has described Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as engaging in executive recklessness in presenting the state’s budget to only four out of the 32-member House of Assembly and signing it into law within 24 hours. The Read more…
…Sponsors a Motion for full implementation of Supreme Court Judgement on Local Government Autonomy. ….Senate resolved that All States and LG to fully comply with the recently pronounced judgement of the Supreme Court in respect to LG accounts/funds. 9th October, Read more…