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2023: NNPP working to wrestle power from corrupt, inept APC administration – Niger Chairman, Damisa
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), is prepared to take over power from the rulling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023, the Niger State Chairman of the party, Hon. Garba Maman Damisa has vowed.
He stated that NNPP will serve as alternative party that will send the leadership of the APC packing from the presidential Villa and States that are under the leadership of the party.
Addressing journalists at the party Secretariat in Minna, during the week, Hon Garba Damisa, pointed out that NNPP is prepared to take over the leadership of the country at the general election in 2023.
“We in the NNPP, we have all it required to take over the leadership of this great country from the maladministration of the APC in the last 7 years.
This is the goverment that claimed to be fighting corruption and the corruption under his watch is so monumental. He promised Nigerians that he will provide them with security and secure the country.
But you can see the security challenges on Kaduna, Abuja High way onn daily basis. The North West and North Central and some parts of the country is under siege. So what has the APC goverment has to show for Nigerians inthe last 7 years of the administration” he queried.
According to the NNPP chairman, Nigerians as people have now realized that they made a wrong choice in voting the APC into office with the assurance that they will be secured and protected under the leadership of the party, stressing that the NNPP will definitely be the only party that will take Nigerians out of the present shackle of poverty and insecurity that is pavading the county.
Reiterating the party’s commitment to better the lots and well being of the citizens, Hon. Damisa assured that with the calber of people that NNPP is parading in all elective post across the country,” we are ready to wrestle power from the government of APC across the country come 2023″.
Already, he said that NNPP in Niger State has six persons aspiring the governorship position and other elective position in the state with assurance that ” we are taking over the goverment house in Niger State and the presidential Villa in Abuja in 2023.”
The NNPP Chairman was of the view that the APC goverment in Niger State has failed in the provision of infrastructural development to the people of the state insisting that the APC led administration has nothing to offer ” and NNPP like I said, will chase the APC administration out of government house and Aso Villa come 2023″, he boasted.
Thousands have been stranded at Heathrow in the United Kingdom as fire guts electrical substation that supply electricity to the airport.
The international flights has been disrupted in the early hours of Friday with a yet to be released option as at the time of the press.
Authority said, Heathrow Airport will be closed all day Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it with power
The fire is still burning, London Fire Brigade says, with no power at Terminal 2 and 4 as well as 5,000 homes nearby. Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, warns of days of disruption – more than 1,350 flights are thought to be affected today.
The implications will stretch far wider than Heathrow, and could impact flights much further afield,
Edited by Jenna Moon and Barbara Tasch, with Charlotte Gallagher reporting from Heathrow
Smith goes on to say that 29 people from neighbouring properties were evacuated over the fire, adding around 150 people in total were evacuated to a rest centre.
He says the fire brigade will continue to have a presence in the area throughout the day.
Fire safety and fire investigation officers are working with the Met Police to establish the nature of the fire, he adds.
There remains no power at Terminal 2 or Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport, Smith says.
We’re now hearing from the London Fire Brigade, as deputy commissioner Jonathan Smith addresses reporters with an update on the fire at the electricity substation near Heathrow Airport.
The fire involved a transformer comprising 25,000 litres of cooling oil that was fully alight. 10% is still alight, he says.
Met Police declared it a major incident, he adds, saying that firefighters worked under challenging conditions.
Press watch live above to follow along. We’ll bring you more updates shortly.
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has lost its quest to remove the ally of Chief Nyesom Wike as the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the early hours of Friday affirmed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary.
Anyanwn who was planted by Wike as the National Secretary of the PDP has been engrossed in legal battle as Wike, the former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT is now loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
In a unanimous judgment, the five member panel averred that the matters bordering on the leadership or membership of a political party is its internal affair and should not be the business of a Court, hence, the Court has washed off its hands in PDP affairs.
The court proceeded to set aside the decision of Appeal Court, Enugu Division which on 20 December 2024 affirmed the removal of Anyanwu by a Federal High Court in Enugu.
The Apex Court held the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to have heard the matter instituted by Aniagwu Emmanuel.
Anyanwu contested for Imo State Governorship on the platform of PDP in 2023, but failed to secure victory.
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Emergency Rule in Rivers: Senators Dickson, Abaribe, Tambuwal walk out of Senate Chambers in protest
As the Nigerian Senate approved the emergency rule declared in Rivers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senators Seriake Dickson, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal walked out of Chambers in protest of Senate’s position.
Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District (PDP), Enyinnaya Abaribe representing Abia South Senatorial District (APGA) and Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal representing Sokoto South Senatorial District (PDP) were unhappy over the declaration of emergency that suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara out of office.
Senators Seriake Dickson and Aminu Tambuwal who was also a former Speaker of the House of Representatives are lawyers and said, the declaration was unconstitutional and would not have their support.
Notwithstanding, their objections, the Senate presided by the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio through a voice vote overwhelmingly supported the president’s move, shutting down an open debate on the matter.
Senator Dickson expressed his gratitude to colleagues who supported his stance and acknowledged the presidency’s modifications to the original declaration. However, he emphasized that the introduced oversight mechanisms did not address the core constitutional concerns.
Dickson also criticized Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of attempting to silence opposition. “The Senate is a meeting of equals, and no lawmaker should be censored for speaking on national issues,” he stated.
The walkout by the three senators highlights the deepening divisions within the Nigerian Senate and raises concerns about the implications of the state of emergency on the country’s democratic institutions.
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