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The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has scheduled August 9, 2025, for fresh local government elections following the Supreme Court’s ruling that nullified the October 5, 2024, polls. RSIEC Chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), announced the new date during a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Governor Siminalayi Fubara had earlier assured the…
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A member of House of Representatives, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka, has commended President Bola Tinubu for allocating funds in the 2025 budget to carry out feasibility and technical viability study on the proposed Agro Processing Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in his constituency. Isiaka, representing Yewa North/Imeko Afon Federal Constituency, stated this on Tuesday at the constituency…
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The lingering leadership crisis within the Action Alliance (AA) has finally been resolved following a decisive ruling by the Supreme Court. The apex court specifically dismissed a suit challenging the Chief Kenneth Udeze-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. Shortly after the appeal was dismissed, Udeze, on Tuesday, said the dismissal has settled the…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday, held a two-hour closed-door meeting with the former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, at his Ibadan residence, over the lingering leadership crisis rocking the local governments in the state. The meeting was part of the moves by Adeleke to brief…
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The recent judgment of the Supreme Court that nullified the council election in Rivers State is generating apprehension in Kano, particularly regarding where the pendulum of Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court will swing. In a suit filed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the five-member panel of the Supreme Court unanimously…
