Wike threatens to unseat lawmaker in 2027
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has threatened to unseat an unidentified lawmaker for criticising his successes as the FCT Minister.
He made the threat during the inauguration of the construction of Mabushi Bus Terminal, Phase I, in Abuja, yesterday.
He said he overheard somebody, a lawmaker in the National Assembly on Arise TV castigating the successes being recorded in the FCT.
The minister said the lawmaker particularly criticised the rot in schools and the absence of quality hospitals in the territory.
“You, as a legislator, what have you done? How many bills have you sponsored for us to improve our education and health sector?
“I challenge that legislator. If you are very popular, in 2027, come and run under Abuja, we will fail you.
“Do you think that what happened last time will happen again? It will not happen again.
“Luckily for me, I am the FCT Minister now. So, that is my territory, and I’m not afraid,” he said.
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Rivers election body fixes LG polls Oct 5
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The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), has fixed October 5 for the conduct of local government elections in the state.
RSIEC chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd), announced the date at a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt yesterday.
“The aim of this meeting is to unveil the timetable and guidelines for the conduct of elections into the 23 local government councils in the state,” he said.
Enebeli said campaigns would take place between September 4 and October 3, while the elections would be held on October 5.
He urged political parties willing to participate in the exercise to obtain, complete, and submit their expression of interest forms to the commission, latest by July 15.
Enebeli said the commission was empowered by Section 5 of the RSIEC Law No 2 of 2018, to provide guidelines and to conduct local government elections in the state. He said only registered political parties could sponsor candidates for the elections by submitting duly completed expression of interest forms to the commission.
Uzodimma hands over airport tollgate to FAAN
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Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has handed over an electronically-powered tollgate at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, to the management of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
While handing over the facility yesterday, he said it would enable the FAAN operatives to provide quality service to Imo people, who patronise the airport in particular, and Nigerians, in general.
Performing the brief, but important ceremony, the Governor said: “The facility was provided by the State Government to, not only beautify the airport and its ambience, but also to enable traffic management in and out of the airport, and also as an encouragement to FAAN to be able to provide quality service to the people.”
He acknowledged that the road to the airport had earlier been commissioned by President Bola Tinubu in his last visit to the state when the digital facility was in the works.
“Now, I found it expedient to hand it over to FAAN on behalf of the President when the facility was ready for use,” Governor Uzodimma said.
The Governor, thereafter, inspected the facility to ascertain its optional functionality.
Earlier, the airport manager, Mrs Nkechi Ihekwuaba, had welcomed the Governor and his entourage for finding time to formally hand over the facility to the agency.
She thanked the Governor for providing the structure that beautifies the airport, and humbly requested him to approve that FAAN goes ahead to start the use of the tollgate.
Edo LP fumes as Obidient Movement backs APC candidate.
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A group on the platform of Obidient Movement has pledged support for the Edo State All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the state.
The group, which comprised members from the Edo South Senatorial District, on Monday, declared support for the APC candidate because of his close ties with the people.
However, the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party condemned the support to the APC candidate, saying that it was absurd for people who called themselves members of the Obidient Movement to support candidates of other parties.
The Obidient Movement, a youth movement which became famous during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, was to coordinate and propagate the activities of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, for the election.
After the election, the party, under the leadership of Julius Abure, created the Obidient Directorate to cater to the yearnings of the members, but it was renamed after Obi’s rebuttal.
Obi had claimed that the Obidient Movement did not belong to any political party and should not be named as a directorate of any party.
Speaking during a meeting with Okpebholo, the Coordinator General of the Obidient Movement for Okpebholo, Ikhuenbor Igbinevbo, described the members of the movement as lovers of good governance, fairness and accountability.