South-South

The Co-Chairman, Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, has warned that the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East may spread to Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba states.

State governors from the South-South geopolitical zone have assured their colleague from Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, of their total support.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene decreased to N290.74 in December 2018 from N298.32 recorded in November 2018.

President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to five bills transmitted to him by the National Assembly in 2018.

Fidelity Bank Plc said it would ensure that its customers get quality service in 2019 as it gave out N16 million to 13 customers in the first draw of the year and the third in the Get Alert in Millions promotion (GAIM) season three.

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemn the non-attendance of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of the meeting of the South South Governors Forum where the governors it described as brave and courageous met to deliberate on the planned arraignment and sack of Justice Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr Tony Ojukwu, said on Monday that 103 complaints of alleged human rights violations were received by the Presidential Panel on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

The prosecution team charging Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen for false assets declaration allegations has demanded that the top jurist must show up in court to have his charges read to him.

Victor Umeh, the senator representing Anambra Central, who is seeking re-election, has replied his critics who accuse him of overstepping the boundary of his primary constituency to speak for others, saying that his calling was to serve the Igbo people.

Five out of the six governors of the South-South Governors Forum have asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, not to honour the summons from the Code of Conduct Bureau.

The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the South East governors are working for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buahri against the Atiku/Obi presidential ambition based on their quest to be allowed to return for a second tenure in office.

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and Niger-Delta leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has warned that the people of Niger Delta would sturdily defy attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to harass and force the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, out of office because of the plan by All Progressives Congress, APC, to rig the elections.

The Atiku-Obi Campaign Organization has warned the Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, to stop campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection.

The South-South Governor’s Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Forum for Sunday.

Senate President Bukola Saraki has reeled out election figures to support claims that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stands a great chance of winning the presidential polls.

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he was not in doubt that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would clinch victory a second time in the general election slated for next month.

Governors who are to serve as State Coordinators in their respective states for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 election, are conspicuously absent at the inaugural meeting currently holding at the State House Conference Center, Abuja.

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the peace accord signed by the Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and others, will not work.