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Atiku Addresses To Nigerians On Rivers’ State Of Emergency

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has outrightly condemned the State of Emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. New Telegraph had earlier reported that on Tuesday, Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast declared a state of emergency in the South-South state, citing a protracted political crisis. In a political move, the president suspended...
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Reps Approve State Of Emergency In Rivers

The House of Representatives has unanimously approved President Bola Tinubu’s state of emergency proclamation in Rivers state. The House gave this approval on Thursday at the plenary presided over by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. In endorsing the president’s request, the House recommended that a national committee should be set up...
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Emergency Rule: Tinubu Acted In Good Faith

Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has said that President Bola Tinubu acted in good faith by declaring a state of emergence in Rivers State. Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) who spoke on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital said that...
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Obi Urges Akpabio, Abass To Save Nigeria’s Democracy

…Seeks Respect of Separation of Powers Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has called on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, to save Nigeria’s democracy by overriding President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State. In an open letter to the National...
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Ratify Tinubu’s Declaration, Nwuche Urges Nat’l Assembly

Prince Chibudom Nwuche, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives has called on the National Assembly to expeditiously ratify President Bola Tinubu’s declaration on Rivers State in the interest of peace, progress, development and good governance in the state and the country. New Telegraph Recalls that the president had on Tuesday, declared a state of...
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Rivers Crisis: Ex-Agitators Sue For Peace

Leaders and beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), have sued for peace in Rivers State reaffirming their commitment to peace, vowing not to be used by any sponsors to escalate the crisis. The National Chairman of PAP Phase 2, Ibena Rufus Salvation gave this assurance during an emergency meeting convened in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State...
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Natasha: CNPP Calls On UN To Protect Women In Politics

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and civil society organizations (CSOs) under the Coalition of National Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOs) have called for urgent intervention to uphold justice and protect women in Nigerian politics. The coalition made the call letter in letter addressed to the United Nations (UN) Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria. The letter,...
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