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Another Wike’s loyalist, Kamalu quits Fubara’s cabinet
Another commissioner, Isaac Kamalu, has exited the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. This is coming few hours after the former Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor resigned from the cabinet. Kamalu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday, rejected his redeployment from the Finance Ministry to the Ministry of…
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BREAKING: Wike’s loyalist, Adangor resigns from Rivers Cabinet
A former Attorney General, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), who was deployed to the Ministry of Special Duties by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara on Tuesday, has again resigned from the Rivers State Cabinet. In a letter to the Secretary of the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday, Adangor rejected the deployment and resigned from the Rivers Executive…
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Omogoroye, Jimoh Ibrahim file appeals against Aiyedatiwa’s victory
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary Appeal Committee, which former governor of Bauchi State Abdullahi Abubakar chairs received petitions from two more aspirants for the governorship primary in Ondo State last Saturday, Folakemi Omogoroye and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim submitted their petitions contesting Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s declaration as the winner. Olugbenga Edema, Jimi Odimayo, and Wale Akinterinwa are the other aspirants…
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Okupe opens up on why Obi joined LP
A former director-general of the Labour Party presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, says the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, never believed in the ideologies of the party. Okupe said that LP was just a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the presidential election. He spoke while featuring on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’. Okupe who resigned his membership of the Labour Party…
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JUST IN: Former Deputy Speaker, Ihedioha resigns from PDP
Kunle Sanni The former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha has issued his resignation from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) In a letter he signed on Tuesday, Ihedioha cited reasons which included the PDP taking up decisions which he described as at variance with his personal beliefs. The former Imo state governor also highlighted that the…
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Edo Guber: LP candidate, Akpata addresses UNIBEN senior staff club incident
By Innocent Raphael The gubernatorial candidate for the Labour Party in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has provided further details regarding the troubling events that unfolded at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Senior Staff Club meeting on April 12, 2024. In a statement made public on Tuesday, Akpata expressed his dismay over the incident, emphasizing that neither he nor his team…
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BREAKING: Court orders EFCC to serve charge on Yahaya Bello’s lawyer
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve a copy of the charge against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed. This was due to the absence of Bello in court for his arraignment on Tuesday (Today). Bello was absent from court for his…
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Bayelsa: Tribunal reserves judgement in APC petition against Diri’s governorship victory
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgement in a petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, against the declaration of Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Governor of the state. Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, announced that the judgement will be delivered within 180…
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Cardoso to appear before Kogi election tribunal
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before it on Tuesday. Cardoso was summoned by the tribunal to clear the air on the apex bank’s role in the November 11, 2023 election in the state. The CBN Governor was summoned following an application…
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INEC releases final candidates’ list for Edo Governorship election
By Innocent Raphael The Independent National Electoral Commission has officially released the final list of candidates for the upcoming Edo State Governorship Election. This was disclosed by the commission on Monday in a statement signed by its National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun. The Commission revealed that it had made public the personal details of…
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