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A political volcano erupted in Rivers State, yesterday, as the upwelling crisis in the state spilt over. Sections of the state House of Assembly were burnt as 24 lawmakers made moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who said he escaped an assassination attempt from police gunshots. Amid the dust, 26 members of the Assembly suspended the Speaker, Martins Amaehwule. and …

The main items in the supplementary budget are issues of security and the payment of wages to workers in the public sector. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Monday, approved the sum of N2.1 trillion as supplementary budget for the year 2023. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of …

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion emergency aid request for conflicts in those countries and others has already hit roadblocks in the divided Congress. President Joe Biden’s Cabinet secretaries will be …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, and former Senate president Bukola Saraki have paid tribute to the late constitutional lawyer Professor Ben Nwabueze. The family of the former Minister of Education confirmed his death with Nwabueze who hailed from Atani in the Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State said to have died on Sunday at the …

Moves by 24 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara resulted in turbulence in the state on Monday, as the governor’s loyalists stormed the assembly complex in protest against the plot. This came after the bombing of the state House of Assembly located along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt by suspected arsonists on Sunday. …

The 14th Amendment disqualification trial against Donald Trump began Monday in Colorado with a group of voters tying to use the Civil War-era amendment to remove the former president from the 2024 ballot, citing his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, the CNN reports. In a Denver courtroom, Trump’s lawyers clashed with the challengers, bashing their case as an …

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union’s six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file. According to report by the Associated Press, the deal UAW …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara The governor of Rivers State, Similanyi Fubara, has accused security agencies of compromise while addressing some of his supporters on the crisis rocking the state. Fubara made this known on Monday morning after Edie Edison was removed as Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly. He said, “From what I have seen the security …

Falana said it has been confirmed that four out of 10 persons nominated as REC last week by President Bola Tinubu are constitutionally disabled. He said the nation cannot afford to have the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that is constituted by card-carrying members and loyalists of the ruling party and its collaborators. Falana, the Chairman of Alliance on Surviving …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday said he has “absolute confidence” in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. ⁣⁣Tinubu said this just before the commencement of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ⁣⁣His comments come just 48 hours after a report emerged that the CoS may be battling an …