Boniface Ihiasota Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has appealed to his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, to join hands with him in moving the state forward – The governor also appealed to the All Progressives Congress to do likewise, urging Amaechi and his party to reach an agreement with the state government for the progress of the…
Boniface Ihiasota The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the result released by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, claiming he won the 2019 presidential election is unauthentic. The electoral commission stated this in its response filed at the tribunal on Thursday, April 11 in Abuja. The commission further accused Atiku…
Boniface Ihiasota Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down after 30 years in power and is currently under house arrest. This development is coming on the hills of months of long protests in Sudan. Citizens took to the streets all over the country on Thursday, after activists circulated a statement from a purported Military Transitional…
Boniface Ihiasota Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said the leadership of the ninth National Assembly should be allowed to emerge from elected parliamentarians. According to him, any leadership that is forced on the National Assembly will fail. “Leadership forced and literally driven down the throat of elected members had never endured in…
Boniface Ihiasota The Supreme Court has canceled the suit filed by Senator Magnus Abe on the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state. In a unanimous judgment read on Monday, April 8, by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Mohammed, the apex court dismissed the application on the grounds that…
Boniface Ihiasota An Osun governorship tribunal had on Friday sacked the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the last governorship election in the state. Reacting, to this development, Oyetola has vowed to challenge the ruling of tribunal at the Appeal Court. He said this…
Boniface Ihiasota Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has described Late High Chief O.B. Lulu Briggs as a worthy philanthropist who used his wealth to bless the less privileged in the society. Speaking during a condolence visit to the family of Late High Chief O.B. Lulu Briggs on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Governor Wike eulogized…
Boniface Ihiasota President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to five more bills sent to him by the National Assembly. This decision to reserve his signatures on the bills to the Senate was communicated by the President on Wednesday through a letter to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki which was read at the plenary. The…
Boniface Ihiasota A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of scheming to manipulate the results of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State in favour of the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief…
Boniface Ihiasota The leadership crisis rocking the Delta State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC, may not be coming to an end anytime soon Excel magazine can report. This report is coming on the heels of an Asaba Federal High Court ruling which upheld the Cyril Ogodo-led faction of the party as bona fide executive of…