The highly anticipated Local Government elections in Rivers State have been fixed by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). Africa Update can authoritatively report that October 5, 2024, has been fixed for electorates to cast their votes for those who would head the various local government Councils in the oil-rich state. At a stakeholders meeting on Monday, July 1, at the Commission’s complex, RSIEC chairman Adolphus Enebeli, emphasised that it is time to respond to the calls from stakeholders for the conduct of elections following the end of tenure…
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Fundamental Human Rights: Court Dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Against FG
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the fundamental human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government. Kanu sued the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Service for N1 billion in damages for alleged rights violations. The IPOB leader, in the suit marked FHC/CS/1633/2023, claimed that the DSS and its Director General violated his right to a fair hearing by allegedly preventing his lawyers from having unhindered interactions with…
Read More2027: Give Nnamdi Kanu contract, release him to get more votes -Fayose to Tinubu
The younger brother of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Isaac, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and give him contracts like ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did with Niger Delta militant leader, Tompolo. Fayose said Kanu’s release would help Tinubu get more votes from the Southeast in 2027. In a video on his Instagram handle, Fayose said releasing Kanu would reduce the level of insecurity in the Southeast. According to him: “Releasing Nnamdi Kanu will reduce crime in the…
Read MoreBad Road:Owerri Building Material Traders lament Erosion, Low Patronage
…Cry out for Govt’s Intervention The entire Owerri Building Material Market Traders, Naze, Imo state have cried over the spate of gully erosion, bad road network and insecurity in the market beckoning on Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma to come to their rescue. It was gathered that the ugly situation has become the undoing of the market since nearly twenty (20) years of it’s existence. According to reports aside the fact that the 30 feet deep erosion had yanked off some shops in the market with one of the…
Read MoreOhaji-Egbema/Oguta/OruWest Reps: Stop This Lawmaking By Blackmail, Intimidation, Obodo Tasks Dibiagwu
“Show your score card in 2yrs,that’s all we ask” A legal Practitioner and Activist Barr. Goodhead Obodo has advised the Member representing Ohaji-Egbema and Oru West Federal Constituency, Engr. Eugene Dibiagwu to try as much as he could to shun what he described as ” lawmaking by blackmail”, adding that, he should focus on what he’s at the National Assembly to do. Obodo also advised the lawmaker not to allow his media aides to destroy him by attacking people who are not at the National Assembly at the moment with…
Read MoreShocker! Media Report Panics Imo Speaker To Suspend 4 Lawmakers Over Alleged impeachment Plot .
“No motion, but announcement used to sack them” The Imo State House of Assembly has,on Tuesday, Yesterday, July 2,suspended four of its Lawmakers over an alleged plot to remove the Speaker, Rt. Hon.Chike Olemgbe. The suspended four Lawmakers are; Hons.Chidiebere Ogbunikpa, Okigwe Constituency, Samuel Otuibe, Ahiazu Mbaise Constituency, Henry Agbasonu, Ezinihitte Mbaise Constituency and Dominic Ezerioha of Oru West Constituency. The suspension of the Lawmakers did not come as a motion, rather it came through an announcement at the floor of the House by the Speaker,Rt Hon OLemgbe who revealed…
Read MoreNLC to Police, Vacate Rivers LGs’ Secretariats or We’ll Drive You Out
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers State have warned the police to vacate the premises of the 23 local government secretariats in the state immediately. The ultimatum was issued at an emergency state administrative council meeting held at the NLC secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Friday. Alex Agwanwor, the NLC Chairman in Rivers State, acknowledged the efforts of the police to maintain peace but stated that denying workers access to their offices is a violation of their fundamental rights. He…
Read MoreDokubo Stirs Controversy As He Claims To Be From Abia
In a bold and controversial statement, Asari Dokubo, a prominent figure in the Niger Delta region, has declared that the Ikwerre people of Rivers State are indeed Igbos. Dokubo, who is known for his outspoken views, made this assertion despite being identified as an Ijaw man himself. According to Dokubo, 80% of Rivers State land is Igboland, and he questioned why some Ikwerre people deny their Igbo identity. He emphasized that the names and language of the Ikwerre people are evident proof of their Igbo heritage. In his words; “It…
Read MoreNeed To Stop Expensive Burial In Igbo Land
By Chiemena Abara There’s a dangerous extravagant financial air that has filled the entire Igbo land which is expensive burials to make one appear like a king in death . It has become very worrisome, especially to right thinking individuals that burials in Igbo land are now made unnecessarily too expensive.. This has made a lot of families to borrow in order to burial their deceased member to meet up with the new societal burial standard. It is very disheartening and sad to observe that a person who died in…
Read MorePeter Obi: Nigeria Not Fair To Nigerians
The speech at the Valedictory Session of graduates of Physiology at Nnamdi Azikiwe University at Okofia, Nnewi, where I represented Mr Peter Obi. Three days ago, on the 26th, His Excellency Mr Peter Obi was a Guest Speaker at the 6th Annual Lecture of the Board of Fellows of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria at UNIZIK. As he left, he mentioned he would phone me about a function on the 28th, which he was struggling to plan to attend. However, he did not call back until early yesterday morning, around…
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