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   The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday dethroned Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, the Obong of Calabar, Cross River State.   According to the South-South News Online, the Supreme Court’s verdict was on Friday 13th January 2023. Follows years of legal tussle. In the judgment written by Justice Amina Ahgid and read by Justice Akomaye Agim, the court ordered the kingmakers and Traditional Rulers’ Council to immediately summon a fresh selection process to produce another Obong of Calabar. According to the court, the fresh selection should be held by the 2002 constitution of the Palace. This newspaper reports that the deposed Obong is still qualified to contest and this will be the fourth time he had to step down for the selection exercise. This is the first time in the history of the throne that the apex court will dethrone an Obong. The Obong of Calabar is a first-class king in Nigeria.

The Sultan of Sokoto visited the Governor of River State but the purpose is not yet known.  But this may not be anything else apart from politics but the information revealed that he may likely come to beg the governor on behave of Atiku.

How Can Two Northerners Be Making Decisions And A Southerner Will Be Just An Adviser – Wike Blows Hot – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has reacted to the recent developments at the National Executive Council of the PDP following the resignation of the Board of Trustees Chairman (BoT), Walid Jibrin and the vote of confidence passed on the National Chairman of the Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Wike, who spoke during the inauguration of the Ahoada Campus of Rivers State University on Thursday, said he was not concerned with Jibrin’s resignation. According to him, the BoT is just advisory and not a decision-making body, so, giving the position to southerners will be to insult them. He queried thus: “Who’s talking about Chairman of BoT? What is the role of BoT, just advisory? Not a decision-making body. The presidential candidate of the party and the chairman are those who will sit to take decisions. The presidential candidate and chairman of the party are from the No

Planned Miyetti Allah vigilante security, a declaration of war — South AKURE-THE Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders, COSMBYLA, yesterday, faulted the plot by the Miyetti Allah cattle breeders to establish vigilante security in all the states in the country. The umbrella body of all the youth groups in the South-East, South-South, South-West and Middle-Belt regions said that the move “confirms a plot to Fulanize the country under the pretence of floating a security outfit in a land that does not belong to them.” Its President General, Mr Goodluck Ibem, in a statement, said: “This so-called Vigilante Security which they claim they want to float is not security outfit but Fulani Jihadists and terrorists which they want to use to overrun the country in order to Fulanise and Islamize the nation. But their evil plan is dead on arrival. “What interest does Miyetti Allah have to establish a Vigilante group in Benue, Ondo, Anambra and other states? “Are these states

  Friday, September 2, 2022 YOU ARE AN INGRATE, WE BROUGHT YOU FROM THE GUTTER AND WE WILL ASSIST PDP TO LOSE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WIKE REPLIES AYU. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to assist the Peoples’ Democratic Party lose the 2023 presidential election. Wike, who is having a running battle with Senator Iyioricha Ayu, National Chairamn of the PDP, said this at the commissioning of a road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers, on Thursday. The governor was responding to recent comments by Ayu that those asking him to step down were children. In an interview with BBC Hausa, Ayu had said, “I have not violated any rules; in fact, I am working to bring reforms to the party. I am truly not bothered by the unnecessary controversy being generated. When we started PDP, these children were not around. They are children who do not know why we formed the party. We will not allow any individual to destabilise our party.” But in his resp

News Updates By Elijah Otong Bad News For Tinubu, Bye Bye To Atiku’s Presidential Ambition As Peter Obi Finally Claims Fresh Victory. The presidential candidate of the Labor Party has gotten the support of some political parties alleged to have been deregistered by INEC, the independent electoral commission. Details from a notable news platform on Friday revealed that 15 political parties under the platform of coalition of good governance have endorsed Peter Obi for president of Nigeria in 2023. Okey Chikwendu, the spokesman of the group added that members of the group had embarked on a mission in the past few days to look for a political party that has the interest of the people of Nigeria at heart and the results of the meeting is that Peter Obi is the most qualified presidential candidate who has what it takes to lead the people of Nigeria. Recall that INEC had in 2020, deregistered some political parties for some sensitive reasons. Some parties that has never won electi