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An attack by former United States President Donald Trump on African and Asian immigrants has generated angry reactions worldwide, GBENGA OLONINIRAN writes Former United States President Donald Trump has come under backlash following his comments on Saturday at a rally in New Hampshire that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.” Specifically, Trump said immigrants from Africa, Asia, and others from all over the world were flooding the US and feared crimes and terrorism would be on the rise. Trump told the crowd on Saturday that immigrants “from all over the world” are “pouring into the country,” reiterating a phrase CNN reported he used previously…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is considering the first week of February for the conduct of re-run and by-elections arising from the 2023 general elections. Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, INEC chairman said this at an extraordinary consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu said that the commission intended to hold the two elections on the same day. He said that as the Election Petition Appeal Tribunals set up in the aftermath of the 2023 General Election gradually wind up proceedings, the commission was required to conduct re-run election in some constituencies by…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has re-affirmed Governor Ahmadu Fintiri (PDP) as duly elected and returned in the 18th March Governorship poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission, amid a flurry of controversial events declared incumbent, PDP’s Fintiri winner with 430861 votes ahead of main challenger, Aishatu Ahmed Dahiru (APC) who scored 398788 votes. Dismayed by the turn of events, Binani as she is fondly called, and the APC approached the tribunal in Suit No: EPT/AD/GOV/01/2023, questioning amongst others, the decision of the 1st defendant (INEC), to reject her declaration as winner of the April 15 Governorship rerun in…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, from organising by-elections to replace 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats were declared vacant. Donatus Okorowo, the judge, gave the order on Friday but PREMIUM TIMES got a copy of the ruling on Sunday night. A factional speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, last Wednesday declared vacant the seats of 27 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). While Mr Ehie is being backed by Governor…

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Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says his political team in Rivers state will not allow anyone to “drag” it down. Wike spoke on Sunday while addressing the traditional rulers of Ogbaland who visited him at his Port Harcourt residence. The traditional rulers led by Nwachukwu Nnam-Obi III, visited Wike to congratulate him on the occasion of his 56th birthday. The monarchs sued for peace over the political crisis in the state. Over the past few weeks, Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, and Wike have been at loggerheads over control of the political structure of the…

At least 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the boat had set off from the Libyan city of Zwara with about 86 people on board. Libya is a key transit point along the Central Mediterranean route which the IOM lists among the world’s most dangerous migration routes. The route offers migrants entry to Europe via Italy. The UN agency said most of the victims of the accident were from Nigeria, Gambia and other African countries. Flavio Di Giacomo, an IOM spokesperson, said more than 2,250 people…

Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, Ondo state commissioner for information, says Lucky Aiyedatiwa, acting governor of the state, has not put a freeze on LG accounts. On Wednesday, the Ondo house of assembly declared Aiyedatiwa as the acting governor — after months of political uncertainty in the state. The assembly took the decision after receiving a medical leave notification from Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo governor. Subsequently, reports suggested that the acting governor had ordered that the LG accounts be frozen. Reacting in a statement on Sunday, the commissioner said: “At no time has the acting governor or any functionary of the state put a…

The World Bank has reported that approximately 99.9% of targeted poor and vulnerable households are yet to receive the Federal Government’s recently announced N25,000 per month cash handout. According to The Times, data from the World Bank’s Lead Economist for Nigeria, Alex Sienaert, was presented last week in Abuja during the Nigeria Development Update, December 2023 edition. The Federal Government intends to provide cash transfers to low-income households, paying N25,000 per month for three months, according to his presentation material. President Bola Tinubu introduced the Conditional Cash Transfer Program on October 17, 2023, with funding support of $800 million from the…

NOTICE OF VACANCIES IN THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY UNDER SECTION 109(1)(G) AND (2) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999 (AS AMENDED) AND REQUEST FOR CONDUCT OF FRESH ELECTIONS IN THE 25 STATE CONSTITUENCIES IN THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY I write to formally bring to your notice vacancies in the seats of the under-listed constituencies and membership under Section 109(1)(g)of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). The under-listed members who represented the respective Constituencies indicated against their names jointly and severally decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…