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Fubara Absent As Supporters Flood P’Harcourt

Hundreds of supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara were left disappointed on Thursday after they stormed the Government House, Port Harcourt, in solidarity with the governor following his reinstatement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The supporters, dressed mostly in white, arrived in busloads from the state’s 23 local government areas. Many first converged at Isaac Boro...
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Obi Warns Democracy Is Dying In Nigeria

Former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has warned that democracy in Nigeria is under serious threat, arguing that it no longer serves the people or holds leaders accountable. Obi made the remarks in Accra, Ghana, during the 2025 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Annual Democracy Dialogue, themed “What Makes Democracy Die?” held on September 17. He...
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Tinubu Arrogated To Himself Powers Of Constitution – ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has faulted President Bola Tinubu over his handling of the suspension and subsequent reinstatement of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, describing it as a dangerous affront to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said it was regrettable that...
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AA, PNT Form Coalition For Tinubu In Ondo

The Action Alliance (AA) and a campaign group, Progressives Network for Tinubu (PNT), have formed a coalition to mobilise support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Ondo State ahead of the 2027 general elections. Although an opposition party, AA said it would remain in its political platform while working for President Tinubu’s...
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Crowd Awaits Fubara At Rivers Govt House

The Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt on Thursday witnessed mammoth crowd who await the arrival of the Governor of the State, Siminalayo Fubara as he assumes office following his suspension. New Telegraph reports that the crowd began converging outside the Rivers government house, located off Azikiwe Road, as early as 8 am on...
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Nigeria’s Inflation Highest In W’Africa, Can’t Take Us To Promised Land – Adebayo

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said that the much-celebrated economic stability under President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government is a ruse. In an interview, Adebayo described the recent report that inflation has dropped to 20.7 percent as “a slap on Nigerians,” stressing that...
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Rivers Assembly Holds First Plenary

Following the lifting of the emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday and the resumption of democratic governance in the Rivers State, the State House of Assembly on Thursday scheduled 10 a.m. to begin its post-emergency plenary. New Telegraph gathered that the plenary would be presided over by the Speaker of the House, Martin...
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Atiku Reacts To Fubara Reinstatement

Former Vice President and 2023 Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday said lifting the suspension on the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and members of the state House of Assembly is not worth celebrating. New Telegraph had earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, September 17, ended...
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Female Aspirant, Uchegbu Joins Presidential Race

As Nigeria gears up for the 2027 general elections, a female aspirant, Adaobi Kate Uchegbu, has declared her intention to contest the presidential race, pledging to rescue the country from what she described as decades of failed leadership. Uchegbu, who previously contested the Anambra governorship election in 2017, said in a telephone interview with journalists...
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