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Re-present 2024 budget within 7 days, Pro-Wike lawmakers tell Fubara
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the House. The order follows the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday after some months. The other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo is also holding a parallel sitting. Fubara had earlier presented the…
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APC begins entrepreneurship training for 2000 youths in Lagos
…targets 20,000 nationwide The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday began the training of over 2000 Lagos youths in entrepreneurship, business development and capacity development, targeting 2000 youths nationwide. The training tittled ” Enterprise Skills Development Training (EDET)” was declared open by the National Youth Leader of the party, Dayo Israel, in presence of the APC National Deputy Chairman,…
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Rivers: Pro-Wike, Fubara lawmakers hold parallel plenary sessions
Tension mounts in Rivers State as the two factions of the State House of Assembly locked up in parallel sittings on Monday. Lawmakers arrived at the House of Assembly Quarters amidst heavy security presence as this report was filed. While Speaker, Martin Amaewhule was seen walking into the chamber, the Victor Oko-Jumbo section also sit to screen a commissioner nominee.…
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Edo election: Tinubu hosts APC gubernatorial aspirant, stakeholders
By Kunle Sanni Ahead of the Edo State gubernatorial election set for September 21, President Bola Tinubu convened a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa on Friday with key All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. The meeting included Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the APC gubernatorial candidate, and Dennis Idahosa, his running mate. They were accompanied by the Minister for Niger Delta Development,…
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Edo 2024: Tinubu meets APC guber candidate, Okpebholo, Oshiomhole
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa on Friday with Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Dennis Idahosa, his running partner, ahead of the Edo State gubernatorial election that is set for September 21. The candidates were escorted to the Villa by the Minister for Niger Delta Development,…
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Rivers Crisis: Pro-Fubara lawmakers to challenge Appeal Court judgement
Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Sim Fubara have said they would challenge the decision of the Appeal Court on the assembly crisis. WESTERN POST had reported that the Court of Appeal, Abuja nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the House by the Rivers State High Court. The Pro-Fubara led by…
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Edo Guber: Ighodalo remains our candidate- PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said its candidate in the forthcoming September 21 Edo State governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, remains validly in the race. The PDP also stated that the court did not make any order nullifying the primary election of Ighodalo as the party’s candidate for the Edo State Governorship election, as there are no grounds whatsoever…
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BREAKING! Rivers Crisis: Appeal Court nullifies expulsion of 25 Pro-Wike Lawmakers from House of Assembly
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. WESTERN POST reports that a three-member panel of the appellate court held that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to grant the exparte order. The court held that Section 272(3)…
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BREAKING! Edo Guber: Court nullifies PDP primary election
The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate. WESTERN POST reports that the primary election conducted on February 22, 2024, was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded by PDP. Justice Inyang Ekwo…
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VIDEO: Senate Minority Leader allegedly confesses to vote buying in 2023 elections
Senate minority leader Olalere Oyewumni has allegedly admitted to engaging in vote buying in the 2023 election. Olalere made the alleged confession in a trending video online. The Osun Senator while receiving defectors into PDP, said “I tried all the tricks I knew to win at Onilu House (Ile Onilu) polling unit but these people didn’t allow me”. View this…
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