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  • My administration not against rallies – Diri

    My administration not against rallies – Diri

    Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has said his administration would always respect the fundamental human rights of every citizen and abide by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    Diri stated this on Wednesday during the 158th state executive council meeting in Yenagoa.

    The governor said that the administration would not stop any group from holding rallies in the state.

    He however, emphasised that it would be unwise and counter-productive at a time lasting peace was being sought to address the political crisis in Rivers.

    He noted that Rivers and Bayelsa were sister states saying whatever happened in Rivers had a ripple effect in Bayelsa.

    Diri urged all well-meaning “Bayelsans” to work with the government in maintaining law and order in the state.

    His words: “Let me make this clear. We are not a government that goes against the rule of law.

    “We cherish and protect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And in so doing, we abide by every bit of the constitution.

    “A state of emergency has been imposed in Rivers state. President Bola Tinubu has the power to do so. All we can do from our end is to see how we can bring lasting peace to Rivers State.

    “Bayelsa and Rivers are sister states and whatever happens there has some degree of effect on our state and vice versa.

    “And then some persons say they want to hold a mega rally and all that here. We are not yet in a political season.

    ”l am not stopping anybody from exercising his fundamental human rights but as the chief security officer of the state and with information at my disposal, we must keep the peace of the state.

    “Nobody should come and rock the peace and security of this state”.

    He noted that the protocol for such rallies should be followed by first informing the state government just as the First Lady had done about her visit to Bayelsa on Thursday on the invitation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)”.

    The governor urged the people of the state to turn out en masse to accord the First Lady a rousing reception.

  • SDP condemns Kogi govt’s ban on rallies

    SDP condemns Kogi govt’s ban on rallies

    The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi has condemned the ban on political rallies and convoys imposed by the state government.

    State Chairman of SDP, Mr Ahmed Attah, issued the condemnation in a statement signed by the SDP Press Secretary, Isaiah Ijele, on Tuesday in Lokoja.

    The party described the ban as an attack on democratic principles and a blatant attempt to silence opposition voices.

    Attah urged Gov. Ahmed Ododo to learn from the past and avoid repeating old, harmful practices that have hindered the state’s progress.

    “The party views this action as an attempt to suppress the freedom of association and movement enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.

    Attah insisted that the state is not at war and urged the government to focus on development instead of engaging in political manoeuvres.

    He warned that Kogi must not return to the dark days of repression, particularly against the opposition.

  • Residents hold peaceful rally over Mohbad’s death (Video)

    Residents hold peaceful rally over Mohbad’s death (Video)

    Residents of Abeokuta trooped out in mass for a peaceful rally over the death of singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba  popularly known as Mohbad.

    In a video that has surfaced online, residents were seen in their numbers, raising cardboard papers on the streets of Abeokuta.

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  • Mohbad: Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo to lead rally for late singer

    Mohbad: Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo to lead rally for late singer

    Iyabo Ojo popular Nollywood actress has announced a protest in Lagos State to demand justice for the late singer Mohbad.

    The actress made announcement via her instagram page on Monday.

    According to her, Pinkies Foundation the NGO owned by her will submit a letter to the state government on Monday ahead of the rally on Tuesday or Wednesday.

    Iyabo called on other entertainers in the industry to join the rally to fight for justice for Mohbad,

    She said  “Governor Sanwo Olu. I want you to use your good office sir. We need you to see to it that all these investigations are carried out. We don’t want an audio investigation. We failed when he was alive. This one he had to pay the ultimate price.”

    “We parents are bringing the revolution to reality. The autopsy must be done. When I met him he was so disturbed. He was so paranoid.

    “My lawyer will write to you. My foundation will write to you one after the other. My foundation will send out a letter. We are sending the letter on Monday to all the respectable offices. And we are sending it to international bodies. We are coming to your office on Tuesday or Wednesday. So that you can understand that we need justice. We are going to do a peaceful rally.”

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the ex-Marlian Music Record signee, Mohbad, died last Tuesday at age 27 and was buried on Wednesday.

    Mohbad’s death has caused a lot of controversies on social media.

    The singer, while alive, had several times alleged threats to his life by the Marlian, a record label owned by Naira Marley.

    Following the videos and evidence circulating online, the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday, in a statement on its verified social media handle, stated that “Consequent upon the growing public concerns and the preliminary police review of the circumstances surrounding the death of Mohbad, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the commencement of a full-scale criminal investigation into the case.”

    On Friday, Nigerians also began signing a petition to ban the late singer’s erstwhile record label, Marlian Music.

    The petition launched on change.org, has garnered over 250,000 signatures at the time of this report.

  • 1 killed at PDP’s rally in Jigawa

    1 killed at PDP’s rally in Jigawa

    The Police Command in Jigawa has confirmed one person killed at political rally of the governorship candidate of PDP, Dr. Mustapha Sule Lamido.

    DSP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who disclosed this on Saturday in a statement, alleged that the victim was killed by PDP supporters.

    Shiisu said that the deceased, who was identified as Abdullahi Isyaku, 37, was allegedly attacked when fighting erupted between PDP and APC supporters in Maigatari Local Government Area.

    “On Friday, at about 6:20 p.m., while the PDP gubernatorial candidate was conducting campaign rally in Maigatari LGA, as they arrived at APC Secretariat, clash erupted between the supporters of the parties.

    “And the Santuraki (Mustapha Sule Lamido) vanguard attacked one Abdullahi Isyaku aged 37 and a resident of Gangare quarters in Maigatari town,” Shiisu said.

    Shiisu said that five persons were arrested in connection with the incident.

    He, however,  lamented that the deceased, who was earlier rushed to Gumel General Hospital, died while receiving treatment.

    The PPRO said that investigation had commenced at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Dutse.

  • Enugu APC critical stakeholders shun Tinubu’s rally

    Enugu APC critical stakeholders shun Tinubu’s rally

    Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State on Wednesday boycotted the presidential campaign rally held in the state capital.

    The stakeholders were at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu to welcome the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and disappeared from there.

    The stakeholders were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, the former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former Governor of the state, Mr. Sullivan Chime, and former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo among others.

    Briefing journalists, Chime said that the stakeholders were at the airport to receive the presidential candidate but because of the internal issue they had with the state chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, they would not appear at the rally.

    He recalled that the stakeholders had staged a peaceful protest to its National Secretariat in Abuja over the chairman’s attitude and regretted that nothing was done about it.

    The former governor said that someone not known by the party emerged the party chairman and since then, the party had been in disarray.

    He also complained that the governorship candidate of the party and the deputy were from the same senatorial zone noting that it had never happened since the history of democracy.

    The former governor said they would all work hard to ensure APC’s victory during the general election but they were left with no option than to distance themselves from such illegal act.

    Subsequently, the formal Senate President, Ken Nnamani while pointing out his anger, said the party had external interference.

    He said that the party chairman in the state and the governorship candidate were running the party like a sole administrator.

    Nnamani said that they neglected their leaders in all the party’s activities pointing out that the caliber of people they had in APC were people that could take the party to a greater height.

    He, however, said that if the mess did not stop, there would be no peace in the state.

    Also contributing, the former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo, said that the rally were not witnessed by the party leaders in the state due to chairman’s attitude towards the stakeholders.

    Odo explained that Gov. Hope Uzodinma as the leader of the party in South East should ensure the unity of the party instead of using mediocre to run the party.

    He therefore said that the stakeholders in the state had decided to distance themselves from such childish act.

  • TRENDING! 94yr-old Pa Adebanjo shows up at LP rally in Ibadan (Video)

    TRENDING! 94yr-old Pa Adebanjo shows up at LP rally in Ibadan (Video)

    A video clip showing Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere on Wednesday, who showed up at the Labour Party rally in Ibadan, Oyo State capital in solidarity with Obidients.

    Peter Obi the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party and his running mate Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed,  were in Ibadan for a rally ahead of the 2023 Presidential election

    Adebanjo, who addressed the crowd briefly in Yoruba, urged them not to allow tribalism to influence their vote in the 2023 presidential election.

    “To those saying this one is Igbo, that one is Yoruba, the talk of president in Nigeria is not a talk of the Igbo or Yoruba but the talk of entire Nigeria,” he said

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  • Delta APC Rally and Political End of the Road – By Kingsley Emu

    Delta APC Rally and Political End of the Road – By Kingsley Emu

    By Dr Kingsley Emu

     

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) rally that took place in Warri has more than anything else spelt the end of the road politically for the APC in Delta State and to a very large extent in Nigeria. A few days to the rally, there were no telltale signs that such an event was going to hold. There was no fanfare of any kind and party members were indifferent and those close to the Delta State APC governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege were not even sure if the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was going to attend. The governorship candidate, Senator Omo-Agege was also not sure. He painfully remembered how a few weeks ago, he and others waited endlessly for Tinubu who never showed up to their embarrassment. Agege was distraught and he confided in a handful of close supporters that should he lose the governorship election, he would be returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) his real party. He told his listeners that he was glad that his running mate, Hon. Friday Osanebi was also of the PDP stock. Agege then told them the story of how Tinubu abandoned him in his earlier quest to be governor of Delta State in 2011.

    Having made so much noise abusing Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta State Governor and making so much hype about his own political prowess, Agege was now confronted with the reality of failure. He called and begged other party leaders nationwide for them to prevail on Tinubu to attend the Warri rally. His other headache was how to get Deltans to attend the rally. Information reaching him indicated that the people were not keen on attending the rally. He panicked and in desperation it was agreed that people should be heavily induced monetarily for them to attend. That was why Agege and his followers had to dole out money to ensure that people are mobilized form beyond Delta State in order to give an impression of a well attended rally. Buses and huge amounts of money were sent to every ward in Delta State. They sent words, buses and money to neighbouring states in order for them to hold a rally with the false impression of a big event.

    Those who observed what happened at the rally would have seen the many disconnects that showed that the APC has reached a political dead end in Delta State. Party leaders were absent. The only party leader from Delta Central prominent at the rally was Agege. The notable leader from Delta South at the rally was Agege. The political heavyweight of the party from Delta North was Agege. Those who spoke; Tinubu, Agege, Oshiomhole, etc, had nothing new to say other than to abuse Governor Okowa and the PDP. Tinubu who has become a slurring human contraption castigated Governor Okowa and abused Warri. He pointed at Lagos as a place that has benefitted from development. Oshiomhole, expired labour leader, disgraced former APC chairman and humiliated noisy ex-governor of Edo State also took a swipe at Governor Okowa and the PDP. He tried to compare Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to Governor Okowa. Agege also spoke and called Governor Okowa a Judas Iscariot. The three men could only resort to abuse and name calling. They couldn’t tell the people gathered at the stadium what they will do for Delta State.

    Now back to what the three men said about Governor Okowa and Delta State. Tinubu making reference to Lagos as an example of development is laughable. The humungous amount of money available to Lagos annually would transform the whole of Nigeria if well managed. And Tinubu should tell the world how much of Lagos money he collects monthly as the godfather. Tinubu’s idea of Lagos is restricted to a few places that the government of Nigeria built up many years ago. Lagos is not only about Ikoyi, Victoria Island and other such lush locations. Tinubu’s Lagos is the world’s dirtiest city. Tinubu’s Lagos is the capital of disorder and crime. Tinubu’s Lagos is home to squalor and over 17 million of the city’s 20 million people live in grinding poverty without portable water to drink. Tinubu’s Lagos is a frustrating city without roads befitting its size and revenue accruing to it. So, who is Tinubu deceiving?

    Oshiomhole, faded and down, saw the Warri rally as an opportunity to talk, but he did so without thinking as usual. He compared Rivers State with Delta State pointing at infrastructure. Oshiomhole in his thoughtless ignorance didn’t know that Delta State is a multi-ethnic State with the highest number of urban centers in Nigeria. Delta State has about thirty urban centers where government’s development strides are seen. Unlike other states where governors focus on just the State capital, development is evenly spread in Delta State. Every rural community in Delta State is feeling government presence. Delta State has the highest number of state universities in Nigeria. The State has the highest number of functional hospitals in Nigeria. Delta in the last seven years has constructed about 1900 kilometers of roads the highest by any state government in Nigeria. So, what is Oshiomhole talking about?

    Agege couldn’t tell the rally what his agenda is. Rather he took to his new hobby of abusing Governor Okowa. He called him a Judas Iscariot and asked him to step down from his vice presidential ticket. Should Agege call somebody a Judas? Agege who betrayed the whole of Souther Nigeria by working and voting for the candidacy of Alhaji Lawan, the Senate President at APC’s Presidential Convention? Agege who betrayed his greatest political benefactor, Great Ogboru? Agege who betrayed his old benefactor James Ibori by leaking sensitive documents? Agege who betrayed his Urhobo people in 2007 when they chose to vote for Ogboru? Agege who betrayed his Orogun people by extorting project contractors and chasing them away? Agege who stalled the execution of forty-eight projects in Orogun? Haba, those who live in glass house should not throw stones.

    Agege’s heart is guilt laden. When Tinubu called his name and handed him the flag, he was neither happy nor able to laugh. He smiled weakly and tiredly raised his fists like a beaten boxer. Deep down in him he knew the end of the road is near. The crowd at the rally was also not enthusiastic. They didn’t wholeheartedly applaud Tinubu or Agege. Deltans know that the APC is alien and there is no room for it. They have long resolved that it is PDP, Atiku/Okowa and Oborevwori/Onyeme. When Tinubu said that Delta State was not an ATM for migratory politicians, he was unknowing hitting Agege hard because he is the most migratory of Delta State politicians. From PDP to AC to RPN to ACN to PDP to Labour Party to APC, no other Deltan has this unenviable history of political prostitution. This is the end of the road for him politically.

  • PDP members in Plateau wash Jos venue of APC presidential flag-off

    PDP members in Plateau wash Jos venue of APC presidential flag-off

     

    Supporters of the opposition PDP on Wednesday in large number stormed the Rwang Pam stadium, venue of the APC campaign flag-off to engage in cleansing exercise.

    Their action came barely 24 hours after the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential flagged off its presidential campaign in the Plateau capital.

    Several of the support groups of the PDP who were among the youths, said their action was to show their commitment to voting out the APC in Plateau, in the next political dispensation.

    Kamru Sani, the Director General, Atiku Motivational Movement, who made this known, said the action was meant to sweep out what the APC brought to the state.

    Sani stated that Plateau is a stronghold of the PDP, and is set to return to its winning ways.

    “We are here to sweep out all they brought here, as PDP is for Plateau and Nigeria”.

    “The party is set to be on winning ways again, as it has shown that it is the true party for the state.

    “The party will bring relief to the sufferings that citizens of the state and Nigeria have had to endure in the last seven years,” he said.

    Also speaking, Mohammed Hassan, national coordinator, PDP youth Amendment Movement, said the movement would protect the future of the youths in Nigeria.

    Hassan said Nigerians are witnesses to the type of leadership experienced in the last seven years, and called on Nigerians to vote PDP in 2023.

  • 2023: PDP hosts massive rally in Borno as Atiku vows to end insecurity, reduce taxation

    2023: PDP hosts massive rally in Borno as Atiku vows to end insecurity, reduce taxation

    Atiku Abubakar, PDP Presidential Candidate has vowed to end insecurity in the North East, reactivate the Lake Chad Basin in Borno and reduce the exorbitant taxation policy in the state.

    The Former Vice President said this when he addressed a massive crowd of PDP supporters at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri.

    Atiku and his entourage had earlier visited the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba, who told him to focus on certain areas if elected president.

    Addressing the crowd, Atiku said:

    ”Before I arrived here, I visited the Shehu of Borno and in his address, he requested us to attend to about four or five issues that are the problems in Borno.

    ”One of them is to restore peace and security in the state. and I promise you that by the grace of God, if PDP is elected, we shall restore peace and order in Borno state.

    ”Secondly, he requested us to make sure that we reactivate Chad Basin development so that our farmers can go back to farm so that we can produce food and reduce unemployment.

    ”He requested that we should make sure the local governments are supplied with electricity which we promise, we would do.

    ”Again, he requested that we should reactivate the exploration of oil in the Chad Basin which we promise to do by the grace of God.”

    Atiku thanked the people of Borno for the massive reception accorded him in the state, and urged them to vote for PDP at all levels during the 2023 polls.

    He said:

    ”People of Borno, we thank you very much for this reception and support. We look forward to the day you will vote for PDP.

    ”Enough of hunger, enough of insecurity, enough of unemployment, enough of sufferings and enough of too much taxation. We will make sure that you are exempted from exorbitant taxation.”