The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday admitted collecting N300 million from the Rivers State Government while planning its 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) initially billed for Port Harcourt. This followed the demand  by Rivers State Sole Administrator Ibok-Ete Ibas that the money, approved…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has insisted that a coalition remains the only way to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. Atiku argued against the position of 11 Peoples Democratic Party governors, who distanced the party from the proposed coalition being…

The Presidency yesterday clarified that the investigative records on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which a United States court ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release are not new. Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo…

The political crisis in Rivers has taken a new turn as a coalition of women groups stormed the streets of Port Harcourt in support of the emergency rule in the oil-rich state.  The women who were dressed in white marched from the Garrison…

The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has directed the Rivers State Administrator to appear before it and justify why an interim injunction should not be granted to halt the appointment of Sole Administrators for the state’s 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs).  The…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate for president in 2023, and the Abia state governor, Alex Otti, have jointly called a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The NEC gathering is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Abuja. In a statement signed…

Young demonstrators under the aegis of the Take-It-Back Movement on Monday defied police warning and staged protests in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, among other states. Clad in their signature orange berets, the protesters began their rally in Lagos at the Ikeja Under Bridge,…

The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to hold Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Ododo and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, responsible if she and her supporters are attacked. Akpoti-Uduaghan raised the alarm in…

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions threw out Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s petition, saying the matter was already a subject of litigation. The petition was written by Mr Zubairu Yakubu, one of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s constituents. Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi (APC –…

A Port Harcourt-based legal practitioner, Mr. Princewill Dike, has hailed the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State, saying President Bola Tinubu, acted proactively to prevent looming anarchy and bloodbath in the state. Dike said the President acted within his powers pursuant to Section…