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Rivers Chief Judge receives impeachment notice against Fubara
Rivers State House of Assembly has confirmed that the Chief Judge, Simeon Amadi, has received the impeachment notice against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu.
The impeachment process, which began last week, stems from allegations of gross misconduct. The notice, reportedly signed by 26 lawmakers, was read aloud by the Assembly Leader, Major Jack.
On Friday, the Assembly passed a motion directing the Chief Judge to set up a panel to investigate the allegations, which include budgetary impropriety, failure to present the 2026 Appropriation Bill, unauthorized expenditure of public funds, and withholding statutory allocations for the legislature, among other infractions.
This is coming even as Justice Florence Fiberesima of the High court had granted an order prohibiting the Chief Judge from receiving, forwarding, considering, or acting on any request, resolution, or articles of impeachment submitted by the Assembly.
The order followed separate suits filed by the governor and his deputy (OYHC/7/CS/2026 and OYHC/6/CS/2026).
Despite the court order, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Petitions, and Complaints, Enemi George, stated that the impeachment letters and supporting documents had already been delivered and acknowledged by the Chief Judge.
George said, “It is important to inform the people of Rivers State that the Speaker has fully complied with the Constitution. All relevant documents, including the Notices of Allegations of Gross Misconduct, were attached and acknowledged.”
He emphasized that the Assembly’s actions are fully anchored in Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which governs the impeachment of a governor. George urged residents to remain calm and not be influenced by efforts to undermine the democratic process.
“All subsequent steps in the impeachment process are clearly outlined under the Constitution. The people of Rivers State should not be misled by those seeking to truncate democracy,” he added, thanking residents for their support and prayers and assuring them that the Assembly is acting within legal bounds.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
Details later…..
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