Appeal court verdict: Pro-Fubara Assembly heads to Supreme court
The Victor Oko-Jumbo, led Rivers State House of Assembly, loyal to governor Siminalayi Fubara, has said it has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge the judgement of the Appeal Court delivered on Wednesday in Abuja.
Oko-Jumbo, said this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday by the factional Clerk of the House, Dr G. M. Gillis-West, and sent to newsmen.
The factional Speaker said the Assembly strongly believes that the Court of Appeal was in error when it held that the Rivers State High Court lacked the Jurisdiction to hear and determine SUIT NO. PHC/1512/CS/2024″.
Oko-Jumbo declared that he remains the Speaker of the state legislature because there cannot be two Houses of Assembly in the state.
Tinubu congratulates UK Labour leader, Starmer on election victory
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, on the victory of his party in the United Kingdom general election.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, the President said as a former leader of the opposition in Nigeria, he specially notes the determination and courage the incoming Prime Minister of the UK demonstrated throughout his years in the opposition and as the leader of the Labour Party.
The President stated that the party’s ability to reform, mobilise, and position itself for victory after 14 years clearly affirms the leadership qualities of Starmer.
Stop killing people, economy – Nigerian workers call for reversal of fresh electricity tariff hike
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The Nigerian Labour Congress has asked the Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to reverse its recent tariff hike for Band A customers.
Joe Ajaero, NLC president disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
This comes as the Discos in Nigeria hiked the electricity tariff to N209.9 per Kilowatt-hour from N206.80 for Band A customers getting 20-24 power supply.
However, Ajaero described the hike as a crass display of insincerity and insensitivity by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government.
Alleged Invasion: Court adjourns case against military, CDS, others, awards N50,000 fine
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The Federal High Court, sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday, awarded a cost of N50,000 against the Nigerian Army and the Chief of Defence Staff in the ongoing fundamental rights case against the Nigerian Army, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Attorney General of the Federation as Respondents by a Niger Delta Activist and Lawyer, Festus Daumiebi Sunday.
Recall, that DAILY POST, recently reported that Igbomotoru 1 & 2 communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, were invaded by the military in search of the hoodlums responsible for the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The Applicant, Festus Daumiebi Sunday, whose country home is Igbomotoru I community, approached the court for alleged invasion and destruction of properties worth hundreds of millions of Naira.