Politics Rivers impasse: Tinubu brokers peace, directs Fubara, Wike to abideBy straightnewsng.comDecember 19, 2023 --- 12:12 am0 The presidential intervention in the Rivers State political impasse recorded success Monday, December 18, as feuding sides reached an eight-point…
Politics Drama over defection of 27 lawmakers to APC in RiversBy straightnewsng.comDecember 11, 2023 --- 9:49 pm0 More dramatic scenes over the defection of 27 lawmakers to All Progressives Congress (APC) in the oil-rich Nigeria’s Rivers State…
Politics Replace Western Democracy with ‘Afro’ Democracy- advocates ObasanjoBy straightnewsng.comNovember 20, 2023 --- 9:10 am0 Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has advocated replacement of Western liberal democracy with ‘Afro’ Democracy for African countries because the system…
Politics Douye Diri Re-elected as Bayelsa GovernorBy straightnewsng.comNovember 13, 2023 --- 4:43 pm0 The Bayelsa governor, Douye Diri, of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has trounced Chief Timipre Sylva of All Progressives Congress who…
Politics APC’s Dodo floors Melaye, Ajaka to win Kogi Gov raceBy straightnewsng.comNovember 13, 2023 --- 1:45 am0 After a keenly-contested 2023 Kogi State Governorship election on November 11, Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has…
Politics EFCC Nabs 14 for alleged vote buying in Bayelsa, Imo and KogiBy straightnewsng.comNovember 11, 2023 --- 10:58 pm0 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested 14 people for alleged vote buying during the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo…
Politics Sen Melaye boycotts voting, calls for cancellation in 5 LGAsBy straightnewsng.comNovember 11, 2023 --- 10:17 pm0 The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye, rebuffed casting his ballot in the just-concluded Kogi State governorship…
Politics Gov polls: CDD decries vote-buying, violence in Bayelsa, Imo and KogiBy straightnewsng.comNovember 11, 2023 --- 9:36 pm0 The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday decried the widespread vote-buying and violence in the Bayelsa, Imo and…
Politics Appeal Court stops two Nigerian ex-Governors from SenateBy straightnewsng.comNovember 5, 2023 --- 10:53 pm0 The Appeal Court has stopped two Nigerian ex-Governors from entry into Senate for failing to win the February 25 National…
Politics Resist Godfatherism In Rivers, PANDEF Chief Urges FubaraBy straightnewsng.comNovember 1, 2023 --- 8:42 pm0 Iniobong Sunday The former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has sued for peace, warning that political…