The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh elections in the Constituencies of 25 lawmakers who recently dumped the party for All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Rivers State. In a communique released after the meeting of the National Working Committee of the party, the party directed the National Legal Adviser to commence appropriate legal action with respect to the declaration of the seats of the 25 defected former members vacant and the conduct of fresh election into the 25 State Constituencies in Rivers State in accordance with…
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Factional speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has declared the seats of 27 lawmakers vacant. The speaker said on Wednesday that the seats of the lawmakers who decamped to the All Progressive Congress (APC), from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were declared vacant in line with Section 109 (1) (g) and 2 of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. Details loading…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP asserts that by defecting from the PDP, the political Party platform on which they were elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, the seats of the respective 27 former lawmakers have become vacant by virtue of the provision of…
A nationwide electric power collapse has occurred throwing major Nigerian cities into darkness. According to sources at the National Control Centre at Osogbo in Osun State, the national grid collapsed at 13.49 pm. The sources provided no information on the cause of the system failure or when power is expected to be restored. Meanwhile, Aba Power Ltd has notified consumers in its ring-fenced area covering nine Local Government Areas in Abia State its services of the development. Apologising for the blackout, the utility firm, Nigeria’s 12th distribution company, pledged to resume power supply once the “problem is sorted out”. In…
The drama in River State has just started to unfold, with more to follow in the coming days. Just a few hours after 27 members of the River State House of Assembly cross-carpeted to the All Progressive Congress, APC from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, some members of the River State APC and Social Democratic Party, SDP have staged a counter move. In the countermove, some prominent members of the APC and SDP in the state have also crossed over to the PDP to pledge their support for the Governor Seminalaye Fubara. Speaking at the ceremony, Hon Princewill Ogbobula echoed…
It was 25 years ago; Saturday, October 10, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie-Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the June 12, 1993 presidential election validation saga, Kokori was Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers and a major weapon deployed by pro-democracy activists to frustrate the vile government of Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The journey from Ibadan, Oyo State to Lagos this morning had been devoid of its usual serpentine traffic snarl. My…
The poor state of electricity in Nigeria adds 40 per cent to the cost of manufactured products, a new report by Nanyang Technology University’s Centre for African Studies has stated. The 150-page report titled “Back to Growth: Priority Agenda for the Economic Revival of Nigeria” was presented by the author and Director of the Centre, Amit Jain, recently in Lagos. According to the report, the manufacturing sector has much higher productivity than agriculture and can absorb a larger proportion of the workforce. It said a top-line analysis of the business environment in Nigeria showed that the country lacked many of…
Northern Democratic Alliance (NDA) has alleged discovery of a plan by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to destabilise the North. According to the group, the plan is to weaken the North socially, politically and economically, to make it unable to challenge him in 2027. This is contained in a statement by the Convener of NDA, Hamisu Gombe; and Secretary, Josiah Pam, in Kaduna, yesterday. In the statement, the group warned leaders of the region against complacency, urging them to wake up to the new reality confronting the region. “We are using this medium to call on well meaning leaders in the…
Isuulud-Deen Institute Collaborates With IAWPA The USUULUD-DEEN Institute of Arabic and Islamic studies in collaboration with the International Association Of World Peace Advocates held a Walimatul-Quran on Sunday, December 3, 2023. The program held at the premises of the Institute located at Omi Adio of Ido local Government. The founder and Director of the Institution, who also double as the Oyo state Director of IAWPA, Amb. Dr. Muhammed-Lawal Musa Alongbija, while delivering a goodwill message used the opportunity to to emphasize the importance of quality Education to the sustainance of peace. He said the Institute combines the teachings of both…
Federal lawmakers are raising alarm that President Bola Tinubu did not submit any documents backing the 2024 appropriation bill he proposed before a joint parliamentary session on Wednesday. Two different lawmakers informed Peoples Gazette that the president’s action was detrimental to the social contract between the parliament, the presidency and the people of Nigeria. “No lawmakers can say they have seen what the president presented to the National Assembly on Wednesday,” a lawmaker told The Gazette by telephone Friday evening. “They made us debate the matter yesterday (Thursday) and today (Friday) without showing us the facts and figures of the…