Abia-North 2027: Ward Leaders Re-dedicate Allegiance To Senator Orji Uzor Kalu
Hundreds of OUK Movement Leaders drawn across the entire 103 wards of Abia North again reasserted their loyalty to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu representing the zone in the 10th National Assembly. The ward Chairmen of the various Senatorial wards on Tuesday reaffirmed their solidarity behind the Political aspirations of the Kalu, pledging not to be swayed by inducements from the...
Court Directs Federal Govt, Nnamdi Kanu To Pursue Reconciliation
Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Federal High Court directed the Federal Government and Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to explore reconciliation and a political solution in the ongoing trial. Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act states: “In any Proceeding In the court, the court may promote reconciliation among parties thereto and encourage and...
APC Demands Arrest Of Kwankwaso Over Boko Haram Claim Against FG
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the security agencies to arrest and investigate the former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso over accusation that the Federal Government was breeding Boko Haram insurgency in Kano. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday, Kano State’s chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Abbas called on...
Rivers Assembly Set To Screen, Confirm Caretaker Committee Chairmen, Members Today [See List Attached]
![Rivers Assembly Set To Screen, Confirm Caretaker Committee Chairmen, Members Today [See List Attached]](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hon-Victor-Oko-Jumbo-640x374.jpg "Rivers Assembly Set To Screen, Confirm Caretaker Committee Chairmen, Members Today [See List Attached]")
The Rt. Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo-led Rivers State House of Assembly has sent out invites to screen the Caretaker Committee, CTC, Chairmen, and members for the 23 local government areas of the state today. This followed the expiration of the tenure of the elected chairmen and councillors of the 23 LGAs in the state. The governor of the state, Sir Sminialayi...
Rivers Governor Directs HLGAs To Take Over Local Gov’t Secretariats
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has directed Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to immediately take charge of all 23 local government areas of the State. The directive followed the expiration of the statutory three-year tenure of the elected local government chairmen, vice chairmen, and councillors on Monday, June 17, 2024. Fubara gave the directive in a statewide broadcast in...
Amobi Ogah Salutes President Tinubu For Appointing Gen Ike Nwachukwu As Board Chairman
Member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency at the National Assembly and Chairman, House Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control, Hon Amobi Godwin Ogah FCE has thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing an Isuikwuato great son, Gen Ike Nwachukwu (Rtd) as board chairman. Gen Ike Nwachukwu (Rtd) was appointed the Board Chairman of University of Nigeria, Nsukka by President Tinubu...
Rivers Youths Storm Council Secretariats, Want Chairmen To Vacate
Youths in the three local government areas of the Kalabari ethnic group have occupied their council secretariats to demand the vacation of the council chairmen from office. The local government areas are Degema, Asari-Toru and Akuku-Toru. Amateur videos which surfaced online on Monday showed that some of the youths mobilised to block the entrance to the council complexes and requested traders...
Edo Guber: Philip Shaibu Backs APC Candidate, Sen. Okpebholo
Former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has declared support for the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the upcoming September 21 governorship election in Edo state. According to Shaibu, the governorship race started with three homeboys – himself, Okpebholo, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP). “I will support a homeboy. I came into politics...
NANS Says Bill Proposing Single Term Of Six Years For President, Governors Anti-Democratic
The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday, rejected the bill seeking a single term of six years for the President and state governors, describing it as “anti-democratic” and an attempt to stifle citizens’ choices. It will be recalled that 35 members of the House of Representatives, under the auspices of Reformed-minded Legislators, had last week proposed a bill seeking...
APC Former NWC Member, Lukman Dumps Party
The immediate past National Vice Chairman, North-West of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has resigned from the party. In a statement released in Kaduna on Wednesday, Lukman blamed his resignation on the lack of internal democracy and President Bola Tinubu disallowing reforms within the party. “I find it extremely necessary to write to a few selected leaders of...
