The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended three judicial officers for one year without pay over acts of misconduct, including abuse of judicial authority, unlawful detention of litigants and violations of established judicial procedures.
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Clerk of the National Assembly to produce documents in a suit challenging the alleged defection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Kingsley Chinda, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Wike, who leads the coalition, made the declaration during the official unveiling of its candidates in Port Harcourt, where he called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across Rivers State and other parts of the country to support Tinubu, regardless of their party affiliations.
Wike led a delegation comprising members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and chairmen of the 23 local government councils, to the meeting with Fubara and his supporters at the governor's private residence in Port Harcourt.
The command also ordered a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the controversial renovation after a video and reports of the incident circulated widely on social media.
The explosion occurred at about 5 p.m. along Old Bori Road, sending flames through nearby residential and business premises and triggering panic among residents.
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has hailed Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, for his professional and balanced handling of security affairs during the height of the political crisis in the State, urging him to sustain the same impartial approach as Nigeria moves towards the 2027 general elections.
The lists published on the INEC website on Saturday omitted the names of governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ogun and Gombe states, Ladi Adebutu and Isa Ali Pantami, respectively. Among the 13 candidates in Ogun and 16 in Gombe, none of them are from the PDP.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed how the late National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South South, Chief Daniel Orbih, resisted intense political pressure and financial inducements to support his emergence as Governor of Rivers State in 2015.
Efforts to consolidate the political reconciliation in Rivers State received another boost on Tuesday as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, APC governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda and their supporters met Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of his political camp in Port Harcourt.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
