In Retaliation, Labour Party Dissolves Rivers Exco Labour Party chairman Julius Abure has dissolved the executive council of the party in Rivers State. Abure in a statement said the council was dissolved for gross anti-party activities and corruption in the management of Labour Party funds. The party’s action comes a few hours after the state council endorsed the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Sim Fubara, for the Saturday, March 11 election. The Labour Party noted that it is in its interest and that of “the Obidient movement in Rivers State that those who were at the helm of affairs…
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The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to grant him access to sensitive materials it used for the presidential election. Tinubu, through his lawyer, Mr Akintola Makinde, said he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral materials to enable him to prepare his defence against petitions that would seek to nullify his election. Also Read: In Retaliation, Labour Party Dissolves Rivers Excos Labour Party chairman Julius Abure has dissolved the executive council of the party in Rivers State. Abure in a…
Ahead of the March 11 elections, the Labour Party in Rivers State has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Sim Fubara, for governor. The state Chairman of the Labour Party, Deinye Pepple, stated this at a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, saying Fubara’s senatorial district had yet to produce a governor since the creation of the state. He stated, “Voting a riverine candidate in the person of Simimialayi Fubara from the South East Senatorial District of the state during the up coming governorship poll ensures that the Labour Party and her members are defenders and ambassadors of…
Ahead of the take-off of proceedings at the Presidential Election Tribunal, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a team of 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to represent the party at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The team is comprised of legal luminaries with vast experience in election petition matters, constitutional law and litigation. This team is aside from the 50 Senior Advocates of Nigeria led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) put together by the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. A statement by the National Legal Adviser of the governing APC, Barr. Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq in Abuja on…
Former governor of Ogun state, Olusegun Osoba has called on Lagos residents of Igbo extraction not to make the state’s gubernatorial election “an ethnic issue”. Osoba spoke in an interview with TVC on Monday. Since Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos during the presidential election, the heat of ethnic nationalism has increased between some of the state’s Yoruba and Igbo residents. Social media has been awash with ethnic slurs as residents count down to the governorship election billed for March 11. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos…
North Korea warned Tuesday that it would be a “clear declaration of war” if its missiles were shot down during their test launches over the Pacific Ocean. The United States and South Korea have ramped up defence cooperation, including joint drills, in the face of growing threats from nuclear-armed Pyongyang, which has conducted a wave of banned weapons tests in recent months. North Korea has said its nuclear weapons and missile programmes are for self-defence, and has bristled over US-South Korea military exercises, describing them as rehearsals for an invasion. “It will be regarded as a clear declaration of war…
Chris Aburime, press secretary to Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has dismissed an allegation of a plot to assassinate Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). A message has gone viral on social media claiming that Soludo has been offered money to assassinate Obi. “Hold Soludo Responsible If Anything Happens To Peter Obi,” the title of the message reads. “Yesterday, a Helicopter entered Awka by 1:30 am and took Soludo to a secret meeting at Government House, Owerri. The agenda of the meeting is Peter Obi and how to stop him physically, politically, and otherwise,” the message reads.…
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June, underground jostling for leadership positions in the federal parliament has commenced. INEC has said certificates of return will be issued to the senators-elect today while the House of Representatives members-elect will receive theirs tomorrow, Wednesday. Reports that the current 9th National Assembly was inaugurated in June 2019 and will come to an end in June 2023. In the same month, the 10th assembly will be inaugurated. According to the results so far declared by INEC, the ruling APC retained majority of both the Senate and House of Representatives seats,…
Football fans in Nigeria have slammed the Flying Eagles after their sluggish performance against The Gambia in Monday’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final clash at Cairo Stadium in Egypt Meridiaspy learnt. After seven minutes, Adama Bojang scored for the Junior Scorpions after racing onto a defence-splitting pass from Ebrima Singhateh. Despite trailing by the early goal, Ladan Bosso’s team dominated possession but lacked the brilliance in midfield to create chances and score. Forwards Ibrahim Muhammad, Samson Lawal, Haliru Sarki and Francis Abubakar all failed to get their strikes on target, while substitute and Belgium-based forward Ahmed Abdullahi, who won…
Many people have been reportedly killed in several communities of Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State after suspected herders launched attacks on the areas. “Mbaikyor, Mbadura, Moon and Ilyav council wards, and Swem Hills have been ransacked.” Eye witnesses said many people were still missing some with gun shot wounds on several inhabitants and burnt houses. A local said the attacks began barely a week ago and escalated during the weekend to other parts of Kwande LGA, including Moon, Mbaikyor, Mbadura and Ilyav council wards. But the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) said there was a recent confrontation…
The Lagos State Government has recruited 3,000 health workers to boost health care service delivery and meet the health needs of citizens of the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, in a terse statement. According to the commissioner, those recruited by the state included doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab scientists, and other allied professionals. This was as he called for the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who heads to the polls on March 11 to seek a second term in office. Also Read: Lagos govt gets Ambulances, Medical Emergency Gadgets The Meridiaspy earlier reported that…
Following the Supreme Court judgment, which extended the validity of the Central Bank of Nigeria currency redesign policy to December 31, some banks across the country have started paying out the old N500 and N1,000 notes to customers. Guaranty Trust Bank, Polaris Bank and some other banks were on Monday confirmed to be dispensing the old notes in Abuja and Kano. A banker who spoke with Daily Trust was quoted as saying that the directive to begin paying the old notes in their vault was from their management. She added, “The problem is that taking the old notes from customers…