The family of Late Gen. Sani Abacha has said that former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) was responsible for the annulment of the June 12 presidential election and not their late father. The family in a statement issued Sunday by Mohammed Abacha stated this while reacting to claims made by IBB in […]

Two serving commissioners in the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, have reportedly resigned from their positions. The affected officials are Professor Simeon Emenike Weli, Commissioner in charge of Political Parties/Monitoring, and Dr. Lazbery Nyebuchi Nnah, Commissioner in charge of Budget/Research and Statistics. They announced their resignation in separate letters addressed to the RSIEC Chairman, […]

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, March 10, at 10:00 AM. This invitation was conveyed in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, on Sunday. Addressed to the Speaker of […]

A People’s Democratic Party women leader, Princess Grace Iye Adejoh, has called on the Senate to urgently reconsider the six-month suspension imposed on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, saying her suspension is a setback to democracy and gender inclusion in the country. In a press statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja over the […]

…As Atiku denies defection rumour The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has said it is not true that five governors elected on the platform of the opposition party are in support of the speculated alliance between Nasir El-Rufai and Peter Obi, former governors of Kaduna and Anambra states respectively. The forum, in a […]