March 31, 2025
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‘The Sole Administrator, Ibas Is Strutting Around Port Harcourt, Dismantling Democratic Infrastructure’ – Udenta

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The founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy, Udenta Udenta, has strongly criticized the administration of President Bola Tinubu, accusing it of dismantling democratic values, weaponizing the judiciary, and using the 1999 Constitution (as amended) against Nigerians. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday, Prof Udenta described the suspension of Rivers State…

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OBASANJO, OBI, ATIKU, BISHOP KUKKAH MEET IN ABUJA, DECRY FAILING STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA.

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Advocate for rule of law in Nigeria and democracy entrenched in the content and context of African culture. The African Democratic system is failing rapidly, this was the submission of the formal president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo this in a Colloquium organized to celebrate the 60th birthday of the formal deputy speaker of the…

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Jonathan speaks on Rivers crisis, describes the situation like an Indian proverb, which says that “if somebody is really sleeping, you can easily wake up that person, but if someone is pretending to sleep, it will be difficult to wake the person up.”

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“Of course, what is happening in Nigeria today regarding the situation in Rivers State is like an Indian proverb…”Leaders pretending to be sleeping.” Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised members of the three arms of government in Nigeria, the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary, to do the right thing while in office and avoid…

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NORTHERN SENATORS REJECT WIKE’S LOBBYING AHEAD OF SENATE DECISION ON RIVERS STATE

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ABUJA – Northern senators have reportedly turned down an appeal from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ahead of the Senate’s decision on President Bola Tinubu’s proposed state of emergency in Rivers State. Wike, who was accompanied by Senators Philip Aduda and Sandy Onor, had a closed-door meeting with some northern…

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NATIONAL THINK TANK INITIATIVE Initiative for Policy Analysis PRESS RELEASE: CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR, AND RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE

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“Peace is not just the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice.” –Koffi Annan The recent actions taken by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in declaring a State of Emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, mark a significant turning…

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State of Emergency: A Democratic Coup Against the People of Rivers State instigated by the unchecked desperation of President Tinubu’s Minister – Nigeria’s Opposition Coalition Leaders

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… Supreme Court have held that democratic structures can not be dissolved under emergency rule as it amounts to overthrow of another arm of govt. … Usurping National Assembly powers to take over powers of State Assemblies in moments of crisis and giving it to Federal Executive Council is huge assault on our constitutional democracy….

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Natasha Suspended For Misconduct, Not Harassment Claim, Senate Replies IPU

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The Nigerian Senate has defended its decision to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the Inter-Parliamentary Union, stating that her suspension was not related to allegations of sexual harassment but due to gross misconduct. Speaking before the IPU on Wednesday, the Chairperson of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Kafilat Ogbara, dismissed claims…

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Transcript below is an incredibly powerful and deadly accurate speech in the French Senate few days ago by Mr. Claude Malhuret. This may someday take its rightful place alongside the best of Sir Winston Churchill and President J.F Kennedy.

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Trump has inadvertently done the impossible – made the EU stronger & brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it. A European military is now a certainty & it will include the UK & other European countries not in the EU. “President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers,…

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