The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision to dismiss Martin Amaewhule and 24 other members from their positions in the Rivers State House of Assembly. The ruling reinstates their status as assembly members, reversing the previous judgement that had removed them from office. By its action, the Court of Appeal has vacated the order…
“The aim of those behind this act is to cause disaffection but the plot is dead on arrival as I’m not interested in such a Greek gift”.
“It is indeed an honor and a humble one at that, that I have been nominated to lead the Southern Governors’ Forum, alongside Professor Charles Soludo, the Governor of Anambra State, as the Vice Chairman of this forum,” Abiodun said
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, Hon. Maxwell Gabriel Morris, has extended his condolences to Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON, on the passing of his mother-in-law Maryam Albishir at the age of 69. In a heartfelt condolence message, Hon. Maxwell Morris expressed deep sorrow and offered support to the Vice President and…
Justice Christopher Oba of the Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja, today, Monday 24th June, 2024, struck out the case brought by former Bayelsa Central Senator, Moses Cleopas, against the incumbent Senator representing the Senatorial District, Rt. Hon. Konbowei Benson, for abuse of court processes. It should be recalled that Senator Moses Cleopas, after losing…
Our country faced economic difficulties in the past, an experience that has been captured in folk songs. Just like we overcame then, we shall overcome our present difficulties very soon.”
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “ensure that his government’s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeria’s international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an adequate living wage”. The president in his Democracy Day Speech…
Hon. Engr. Rodney Ambaiowei can be likened to the biblical David who defended the people of Israel in the face of daunting challenges, especially when intimidated by the giant from Philistine, Goliath who boasted to defy the God and people of Israel in the field of battle but as a rare and unique personality, he stood out and led the party to victory in the 2023 general election in Southern ijaw Federal Constituency. On the 16th day of April, 2023 he was declared winner after the conclusion of the supplementary election, polling a total of 13,992 votes against his close contender, the candidate of APC who polled 12,992 votes.
.The Kaiama Declaration is a resolution made by over 5000 Ijaw youths from various communities in Nigeria in December 1998. The declaration aims to address the problems faced by the Ijaw people within Nigeria and regain control of their destiny. The Ijaw people believe that they were forcibly put under the Nigerian state during British…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said the state’s governorship election petition tribunal, which sat in Abuja, exposed the electoral fraud perpetrated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 poll in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, the party’s chairman and a serving Commissioner of Police. The…
