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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has addressed the ongoing crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly, pointing to conflicting court judgments as the primary reason for its previous silence. The commission has been closely monitoring the political impasse, which

National leader of the Labour Party (LP) and flag-bearer in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried the recent court ruling withholding the release of funds to the Rivers State government, describing the development as  disturbing, and ought

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has advised Edo State’s governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to focus on future governance rather than initiating probes into the administration of outgoing Governor Godwin Obaseki. Ganduje’s counsel came during Okpebholo’s

Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has voiced strong disappointment with the Federal High Court ruling yesterday (Wednesday, October 30), in Abuja, the FCT, ordering the suspension of federal allocations to the Rivers State

A newly established committee comprising state governors and traditional rulers and charged with formulating recommendations for a bill aimed at creating a National Council of Traditional Rulers, has been given the marching order to submit its report in four weeks time. Governor

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, along with other prospective ministers, as members of the Federal Executive Council. The confirmation followed an exhaustive screening session held today in the Senate chambers, which spanned over four hours. The