Politics

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has appealed to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to lend its voice in solving Nigeria’s challenges.

He accused NBA of being ‘comfortably indifferent and cowardly voiceless’ to issues and challenges affecting good governance, democracy, legal system, and the rule of law.

Wike stated this on Monday at the NBA 2021 Annual Conference in Port Harcourt.

According to him, confronting the government may be tough and often misinterpreted politically, but there should be no room for reticence, retreat or surrender.

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The Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has stated that anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the northern part of the country.

Bakare who spoke to newsmen on Monday asserted that the ‘north has a way of giving you the crown and holding the sceptre.’

The controversial clergyman, however, pointed out that this can only change if the Nigerian Constitution, which he described as a ‘glorified death certificate,’ goes through a rejig.

According to him, ‘The way our country is constituted right now, no matter who wants to lead this country. …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back on Monday from his threat to expel 10 Western envoys over their joint statement of support for a jailed civil society leader.

The reversal came after the United States and several of the other concerned countries issued identical statements saying they respected a UN convention that required diplomats not to interfere in the host country’s domestic affairs.

Erdogan met his ultra-nationalist ruling coalition partner and then chaired an hours-long cabinet meeting at which his ministers reportedly advised him about the economic dangers of escalating tensions with some of Turkey’s closest allies and trading …

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has stated that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism.

Akeredolu noted that infiltration of the country’s borders and burning down of railway are activities that must be addressed as terrorism and the perpetrators treated as same.
The Governor spoke at the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit held in Abuja with the theme: “Securing Our Future: The Fierce Urgency of Now.”

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In the build-up to the 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged foreign envoys in the country to be guided by diplomatic practices to ensure that their activities remain within the limits of their profession and ethics.

The President who received Letters of Credence at State House from the Ambassadors of European Union, Japan, Denmark, Finland, Burundi, Ireland, Cape Verde, France, Qatar; and High Commissioners of Sierra Leone and Ghana, informed them that they were assuming diplomatic responsibilities in Nigeria at a very interesting political period.

This was disclosed in a statement by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to …

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba has asked workers across the country to as matter of urgency take the COVID-19 vaccine for a chance to stay alive.

Speaking during a press conference in Abuja, Wabba called on workers to take advantage of vaccination provisions made by the Federal Government, in order to reduce hospitalisations and fatalities among workers.

According to him, while health issues need to be approached with great caution, it would be foolhardy to undermine the protective powers of vaccines against the virus.

‘The truth is that despite being imperfect, the COVID-19 vaccine has …

Sudan’s military leader has declared a state of emergency across the country while dissolving its transitional cabinet and the sovereign council in a huge blow to the country’s already fragile transition towards democracy.

Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan made a televised announcement on Monday as thousands of pro-democracy protesters flooded the streets of the capital Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman, after soldiers arrested several government officials.

Among those detained on Monday is Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. He was moved to an undisclosed location after refusing to issue a statement in support of the coup, said the information ministry, still apparently under …

A Non-Governmental group, Igbos for Progressive Nigeria (IPAN), has called on voters in the November 6 Governorship election in Anambra to be vigilant to perform their civic responsibility, by voting right.

IPAN advised Anambra electorate to evaluate all the candidates based on their pedigree, either in private or public life, to determine who can manage the tiny resources of the state better.

Mr. Lawrence Onuzulike, IPAN National president, made the charge at a press conference on Sunday in Awka.

Onuzulike charged the Anambra electorate to shine their eyes, as it was time for the voters to reintegrate into the national …

Afghanistan’s Taliban government over the weekend launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for labour.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the scheme will be officially launched out around Afghanistan’s major towns and cities and employ 40,000 men in the capital alone, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said at a press conference in southern Kabul.

‘This is an important step for fighting unemployment,” Zabihullah Mujahid said, adding the labourers must “work hard’.

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Afghanistan which is already suffering from poverty, drought, …

Against the backdrop of the legal tussle over Value Added Tax collection (VAT), Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that the state has no intention to fight the Federal Government.

Wike made this clarification during a public lecture on ‘Taxing powers in a federal system’, held on Saturday to mark the 60th birthday of a lawyer, Ahmed Raji (SAN).

The governor, who was represented by Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), said, ‘I have heard a lot of comments been made that we are fighting Federal Government; there is no desire or …