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The lawmaker representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Senator Kelvin Chukwu, has dumped the Labour Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Chukwu, who hails from Amuri Community in Nkanu West local government area of Enugu State, disclosed this on Wednesday during a town hall meeting at the village market square to brief his constituents on some of his achievements in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. The federal lawmaker told his constituents that his decision to quit the Labour Party was informed by the protracted crisis rocking the party which has led to its division. He noted that this development has seriously affected the members of the party even as he added that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was equally currently swimming in a deep mess. He declared that he would formally declare for his new party at the floor of the Senate during plenary when the lawmakers resume. The senator had during the meeting which was attended by the immediate-past state C...

  The Managing Director of South South Development Commission, SSDC,   Usoro Akpabio has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on the reforms he is driving in the Commission in the last two years.   She gave the commendation in Abuja on Thursday when she led the management team of SSDC on a courtesy visit to Olukoyede at the EFCC corporate headquarters.   “We would like to acknowledge the reforms you and your Commission have put in place in the anti-corruption fight  under your watch. You have brought in a lot of accountability, integrity and transparency in this Commission. We are here to say that we want to collaborate with you. We are open to initiatives and training from the EFCC, especially in ensuring that all our internal and external activities embrace full compliance not just for the commission, but also to join in the fight to uphold ...

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE CESSATION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE My Fellow countrymen and, in particular, the good people of Rivers State. I am happy to address you today on the state of emergency declaration in Rivers State. You will recall that on 18th March, 2025, I proclaimed a state of emergency in the state. In my proclamation address, I highlighted the reasons for the declaration. The summary of it for context is that there was a total paralysis of governance in Rivers State, which had led to the Governor of Rivers State and the House of Assembly being unable to work together. Critical economic assets of the State, including oil pipelines, were being vandalised. The State House of Assembly was crisis-ridden, such that members of the House were divided into two groups. Four members worked with the Governor, while 27 members opposed the Governor. The latter group supported the Speaker. As a res...

As the countdown to the November 2025 Anambra Governorship Election gathers pace, the Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONet), a foremost body of civil society organisations in the State, has raised alarm over the growing trend of hate speech, campaign of calumny, and political violence. The Network through Prince Chris Azor, Chairman, Anambra Civil Society Organizations Network (ACSONet) warned that unless urgent steps are taken, the state risks sliding into a dangerous cycle of conflict, distrust, and instability. ACSONet expressed worry that beyond inflammatory rhetoric, incidents of violence are already surfacing. In Nri community, Anaocha LGA, supporters of rival parties recently clashed over campaign billboards, pulling down one another’s posters until security operatives intervened. At a burial ceremony in another community, suspected gunmen attacked mourners, leaving several feared dead, creating a climate of fear that could spill into the political space. Most recently, the St...