The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reaffirmed support of the conduct of the Local Government council elections in Rivers State on the 5th of October. The party also announced that it will participate in the elections, and has, indeed, submitted the names of its candidates for the various positions. The party made its position known in a letter to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),INEC Headquarters, Abuja, titled “Re:...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, on Tuesday, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary and his 59th birthday, reached out to some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Kabusa community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Tajudeen, who led a delegation comprising the Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu; Chief Whip, Hon. Usman Bello Kumo, and other members of the House to the IDPs’ camp, said...

The New Nigeria Peoples Party  (NNPP) has charged opposition parties to support the Federal Government in building the country. The party also kicked against inciting statements and unverified criticisms, saying that opposition parties should contribute their quota through viable submissions and suggestions to get Nigeria to greater heights. Speaking at the NNPP Independence Day Anniversary stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Lagos, the Founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam said that unguarded criticisms alone wouldn’t lift Nigeria from its challenges....

Foremost Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned the position of the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele on regionalism, saying the lawmaker has lost the trust of the people he’s representing. It will be recalled that Senator Bamidele had at the National Assembly hearing on constitutional review rejected the bill to return Nigeria to regionalism saying if the lawmakers should allow regional system in Nigeria, it would automatically give the Easterners...

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has commended Nigerians for their enduring spirit, expressing optimism that things would soon be better. The organisation also called on governments at all levels and political players to ensure they contribute to improving the security and welfare of the people. The remarks were contained in the message by the leader of Afenifere, Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, as released by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi...

The organised Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the United Action Front of the Civil Society (UAFCS) has used the occasion of Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary to call on the Federal Government and other sub national governments to urgently initiate dialogue with leaders of the fearless October 1 nationwide protests against hunger and hardship. The group in a press statement on Monday signed by the Head, Coordinating Secretariat, Olawale Okunniyi, urged security agents...