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PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU’S BROADCAST SPEECH, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025

PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU’S BROADCAST SPEECH, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025

TEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any solution to the crisis. With the crisis persisting, there is no way democratic governance, which we have all fought…
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‘Any Party Built On Personal Ambition Will Not Last’ – Ex-Presidential Aide Writes El-Rufai

‘Any Party Built On Personal Ambition Will Not Last’ – Ex-Presidential Aide Writes El-Rufai

An Open Letter to Nasir El-Rufai, By Senator Babafemi Ojudu Dear Nasir, This is a letter from a friend. I take the liberty of calling you a friend because, for nearly 12 years, we walked the same political path, sharing dreams of a better Nigeria within the same party. I also recall your 50th birthday when I persuaded two wealthy friends to accompany me to Dubai, where you were in exile, to celebrate with you. I made two other visits to Dubai with different delegations to meet with you and another of your friends from Canada. We also held another…
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Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Suspension: The Joke Is On Akpabio, Senate

Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Suspension: The Joke Is On Akpabio, Senate

By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI Thirty years ago, women made a bold global declaration in what came to be known as the Beijing Conference. The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which was adopted at the Conference, stressed the need to uphold all human rights and fundamental freedoms for every woman without exception. Since then, most governments have adopted by consensus a political declaration to respect, protect, and champion the rights, equality and empowerment of women, a fact which Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women, reiterated at the ongoing 69th session of the Commission in New York,…
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Natasha: Akpabio As Judge In His Own Case, Finds Self Guilty

Natasha: Akpabio As Judge In His Own Case, Finds Self Guilty

By IKEDDY ISIGUZO Every man got a right to decide his own destiny; And in this judgment there is no partiality - Bob Marley in his 1979 song, Zimbabwe SENATOR Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan did not need to commit any offence to be suspended. Evidence abounds that His Excellency, Dr Obong Godswill Akpabio, was ready to inflict maximum punishment in a case in which he was the principal accused. The Senate was tangential to the matter. Its inclusion as an institutional victim of Natasha’s allegations against Akpabio failed woefully to befuddle the issues. Natasha was seemingly being punished for not accepting seats…
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Options Before Chijioke Edeoga

Options Before Chijioke Edeoga

By SHEDDY OZOENE All through the last Yuletide, the grapevine in Enugu State was abuzz with speculations that Chijioke Edeoga, the Labour Party (LP) state governorship candidate in the 2023 election, was getting restless watching political actions from the sidelines. Speculations centred on his possible move away from the party on which platform he came close to becoming the state’s helmsman, to either the All Progressives Congress (APC) that holds sway at the federal level or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that was his nemesis in 2023. Reports of his closed door meetings with leaders of the PDP in the…
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2027: Taraba APC Braces Up, Pledges To Change The Narrative

2027: Taraba APC Braces Up, Pledges To Change The Narrative

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Apparently smarting from electoral bruises sustained in 2023, stakeholders in Taraba State chapter of the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have met, with a resolution to set aside all their differences so as to boldly fight the 2027 general elections --and possibly win. At a meeting held in Abuja, the nation's capital, the party faithful resolved to form a formidable team aimed at challenging what they described as Governor Agbu Kefas' bad governance in the state. Kefas was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nigeria's former Ambassador to the Republic of…
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Ekiti PDP Stakeholders Meet Over Crisis, Agree On LG, Ward Congresses

Ekiti PDP Stakeholders Meet Over Crisis, Agree On LG, Ward Congresses

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has held a stakeholders' meeting to straighten all thorny issues,ahead of the party's congresses. The last time PDP produced a governor of the state was in 2018 when Ayo Fayose completed his tenure. Since then, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been in power with the incumbent being Gov. Biodun Oyebanji, who took office in 2022. The stakeholders' meeting held at the state party secretariat in Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, South-West Nigeria. It was attended by most of the prominent party leaders across the 16 Local…
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PDP’s ‘Roforofo’ Fight And The Opposition’s Death Knell

PDP’s ‘Roforofo’ Fight And The Opposition’s Death Knell

By SHEDDY OZOENE The crisis that has plagued the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in recent months, finally blew into the open last Wednesday as the party’s 79th Board of Trustees meeting turned into a ring for a physical fight. The bitter contest for the position of the party’s national secretary between Senator Samuel Anyanwu and former Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye had turned into fisticuffs as loyalists of both men engaged in a free for all. The forceful removal of Ude-Okoye from the BOT meeting, which had Anyanwu in attendance, had incensed his supporters who engaged Anyanwu’s loyalists in a fruitless…
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OHAMADIKE: Honour To Osita Ngwu, The Senator Exceeding Expectations

OHAMADIKE: Honour To Osita Ngwu, The Senator Exceeding Expectations

By SHEDDY OZOENE In early 2022, when Osita Ngwu expressed interest in representing Enugu West constituency in the Senate, many dismissed his aspiration as a pipe dream. Many notable political heavyweights had lined up for the coveted seat after Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who was serving his fifth term, had declared that he would no longer run for the position. Although he was visible in the dominant Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State - having helped fund the party's governorship campaigns in 2015 and 2019 – and his philanthropy had made him a household name in the senatorial district, Ngwu was…
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Senator Akintunde Empowers Constituents With Police Recruitment

Senator Akintunde Empowers Constituents With Police Recruitment

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The senator representing Oyo Central district, Dr. Yunus Akintunde, has facilitated the recruitment and training of not less than 25 youths from the district into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs did this "as a demonstration of commitment to youth empowerment and community development." A statement by his media aide, Kunle Olatunji, disclosed that the development was made open at the passing-out parade of newly recruited police officers, at the Oyo State Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the state capital, on January 23. Olatunji said, in a statement…
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