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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Umar Farouk Bala |Farooq Kperogi |Saleh Ashaka
El-Rufai Condemns Tinubu’s Suspension of Rivers State Elected OfficialsFormer Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has strongly criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to suspend elected officials in Rivers State, describing it as unconstitutional and dangerous for Nigeria’s democratic system. In a statement released on March 19, 2025, El-Rufai argued that the Nigerian Constitution does not empower the President to suspend duly elected state officials.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Umar Farouk Bala |Farooq Kperogi |Saleh Ashaka |Kabir Akintayo
Corps Member Rita, Tinubu and the Burden of Free Speech, By Umar Farouk BalaPOLITICS DIGEST – When Miss Ushie Rita Uguamaye, also known as Raye, pressed “record” on her phone to film a TikTok video about the state of the nation, she likely had no idea that her words would spark a nationwide debate.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Kabir Akintayo |Farooq Kperogi |Saleh Ashaka
How Governor Fubara Packed Out of Govt House After Tinubu’s SuspensionPOLITICS DIGEST – Suspended governor of Rivers State governor, Sir Similanayi Fubara, has left Government House, Port Harcourt. Inside sources revealed that the governor moved out on Wednesday morning. This is just as the new Sole Administrator of the State , Admiral Ekwe Ibas (rtd) is warming up to resume duty. DailyTrust reporter who visited Government House on Wednesday morning observed that the place was calm.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Farooq Kperogi |Kabir Akintayo |Saleh Ashaka
Tinubu’s Authoritarian Attack on Democracy in Rivers State, By Farooq KperogiPOLITICS DIGEST – In the wake of a Supreme Court-triggered crisis in Rivers State —masterminded by Nyesom Wike, whose outsize influence over the judiciary has earned him the fittingly dubious distinction of being the de facto head of Nigeria’s “judiciary” — President Bola Tinubu has, with a stroke of imperial presidential pronouncement, declared a state of emergency and suspended democracy.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Lasisi Olagunju |Nasir El-Rufai |Festus Adedayo |Saleh Ashaka
2027: They will write the resultsBy Lasisi OlagunjuPresident Nnamdi Azikiwe was certain that the 1964 federal elections were a farce and should not produce a legitimate government. By hook and by crook, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s Nigerian National Alliance (NNA) party got (about) 200 of its candidates elected into a parliament of 312/313 members. The winners wrote the election results and gave themselves plaques of victory. They damned the consequences..
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Abdullahi Usman |Nasir El-Rufai |Festus Adedayo |Saleh Ashaka
The Essential El Rufa’iBy Abdullahi UsmanThe man Nasir El Rufa’i may be all of what people who may have had cause to disagree with him and his preferred methods at one time or another say he is. And probably even more!The fact of the matter though is that he is human, just like each and every one of us. Certainly, as humans, we all have our own individual failings and manifest shortcomings, and I have yet to see anyone else who doesn’t.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Nasir El-Rufai |Festus Adedayo |Saleh Ashaka
N12.3bn Fraud: Court Orders Arraignment of Ex-First Bank Chair, MDA Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday ordered that the former chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Oba Otudeko, and an ex-managing director of the bank, Bisi Onasanya, be arraigned on an alleged ₦12.3b fraud. Justice Aneke in his ruling held that it is now a settled principle of law “that the plea of a defendant must first be taken, before any application”.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Nasir El-Rufai |Festus Adedayo |Saleh Ashaka
Why My Father is Nigeria’s Best President Ever – Seyi TinubuSeyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described his father as the greatest president in Nigeria’s history. In a video that went viral on Monday, Seyi made the remark while addressing a gathering of youths in Adamawa State.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Kabir Akintayo |Nasir El-Rufai |Festus Adedayo |Saleh Ashaka
Oyetola: Why Africa Must Prioritize Shipping DecarbonizationBy Kabir AkintayoThe Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged African countries to prioritize shipping decarbonization in order to achieve near zero percent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the maritime industry, a crucial step in addressing climate change.
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1 month ago | 
politicsdigest.ng | Nasir El-Rufai |Festus Adedayo |Saleh Ashaka
Governors Lobby Tinubu to Block Direct FAAC Allocations to 774 LGsState governors have reportedly commenced lobby to delay the planned implementation of Supreme Court verdict on disbursement of federal allocation to the local government councils. Presidency sources told The Punch that the governors used the opportunity of the Iftar dinner to lobby the President and renew negotiations on direct allocation to the councils, which has suffered delays.
