Lawyer and public affairs analyst, Fred Agbaje has said that the imposition of state of emergency on some troubled northern states is comparable to a military coups d'état. Mr Agbaje, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise daily, said President Goodluck Jonathan did the right thing by not suspending constitutionally elected officials while declaring the emergency rule. He howe ...

The Nigerian government on Wednesday pledged a donation of US$ 2 million (about N320m) in support of agricultural development and conduct of free and fair elections in Mali. Vice-President Namadi Sambo made the pledge in Brussels at the International Donors Conference on the Development of Mali, organised by the European Union, a statement by Umar Sani, the Vice-President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media ...

The River State House of Assembly has written to the President to intervene in the crisis in the state to avoid total breakdown of law and order.In the letter addressed directly to President Goodluck Jonathan, the state lawmakers claim that the state has been witnessing lawlessness since the Abuja high Court judgment upturning the election of the state executive committee of the state chapter of the Peoples ...

The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Annenih has given a pass mark to the leadership of Governor Theodore Orji as he speaks to newsmen  after a private meeting with the Governor during  his visit to the State. Anenih, who was in the state to see the governor and all the legacy projects he has embarked on, expressed delight that Governor Orji is doing well ...

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has kicked against the agitation for the imposition of state of emergency in the troubled states in northern Nigeria. The NGF made this known in statement signed by its chairman, the Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, where it called on the federal government to “ignore the ongoing agitation for a state of emergency in some parts of the country.” “These requests are ...

As the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) crisis in Rivers state deepens with the closure of the state House of Assembly, the Rivers Youth Movement (RYM), has pledged their support and loyalty to the Rivers State Governor, and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Amaechi. The group which claims a two million membership via its coalition also passed a vote of confidence on the Rivers State Governor fo ...

Over 500 members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, have decamped to the All Progress Grand Alliance (APGA) in Obowo local Government area of Imo state. This happened at a sensitization rally by the Imo state government at Obowo local Government area of the state. The Imo state Governor; Rochas Okorocha represented by his Chief of Staff; Jude Ejiogu, commended the indigenes of the area for their continu ...

Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari firmly stated today that the All Progressives Congress would be too strong for the PDP to resist come 2015. If the optimism being expressed by former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari is anything to go by, then the ruling Peo ...

Yobe PDP has suffered a major crisis as prominent members have shifted their loyalty to the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party (ANPP) ahead of their convention which is billed to hold for this weekend in Gusau the capital of Zamfara State. Former deputy Governor of the state from 1999-2007 Alhaji Aliyu Saleh Bagare, Senator Adamu Talba who lost out in the last election and former Speaker of the State House of Assem ...

The House of Representatives has directed the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar to withdraw police officers from the premises of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Speaking on the motion on Thursday, member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Representative Sekonte Davies, observed that the deployment of such force is anti-democracy and capable of sending wrong signals of politi ...