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The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, describing it as a “brazen dictatorial act”. Atiku also described it as the “latest action in the ongoing rape of our nation’s hard-earned democracy”.  The President had announced Justice Onnoghen’s suspension, pending the outcome of the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s case against him. Onnoghen faces charges bordering on his failure to declare some of his assets. The former Vice President went on to describe the suspension as “an anti-democratic act geared towards affecting the outcome of the 2019 presidential elections”. The decision is “symptomatic of the increasing desperation that President Buhari and the cabal pulling the strings have as February 16, 2019 draws near”, he said. Onnoghen on Thursday secured a Court of Appeal injunction ordering the lower Code of Conduct Tribunal to halt the case, pendin

The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Isima Emerge has quit his position as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ekere, we exclusively gathered, resigned today 25th January, 2019, from the commission in order to focus his energies on the governorship campaigns. This decision is coming twenty-six months after he assumed office as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In September 2018, he was nominated the Governorship Candidate and flagbearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State. The Presidency has already announced Professor Nelson Briambriafa as the Acting Managing Director. Until his appointment, Professor Briambriafa was the Bayelsa State Representative on the NDDC Board which has been dissolved with the resignation of Mr. Ekere. The President also appointed Mr. Chris Amadi as the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administratio

A group, Credible Elections Watch, has expressed concerns over what it called the unprofessional activities of the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini. The group through its leader, Moses Etim, in a statement, said that for the forthcoming elections to be credible in the state, the umpire, which is the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) must be neutral. In a statement issued in Uyo yesterday, Etim maintained that people of the state, including the opposition parties do not have confidence in Mr Igini and do not think that with his activities, he could preside over free and fair polls. He alleged that Mr Igini’s recent activities are indicative that he may be supporting a particular party to the detriment of others in the state. “Only recently, Mr Igini made some changes which were not only unnecessary but capable of derailing the process in the state. We want the changes overturned and the matter investigated.