Politics
Rivers Women Chart New Course For 2011 Elections
As the 2011 elections draw near, Rivers State women have stressed the need for women to campaign and support each other as a way of achieving the 36 percent affirmative action.
Making their views public at a breakfast meeting for Women Christian leaders organised by the Ministry of Women Affairs over the weekend in Port Harcourt, they asserted that realising the affirmative action depended on how women participate in the elections.
Chairperson of the Catholic Women Association, Mrs. Julic Wika stated that Christian Women had great role to play to make the dream realistic as the church remains a veritable platform to mobilise the electorate.
Mrs Wika who is former commissioner for Women Affairs in the state also called on the women to rally behind Governor Chibuike Amaechi towards achieving his second tenure ambition.
In the view of the former commissioner, the Governor and his wife have shown enormous zeal in reducing the plight of women, hence the need for them to continue the good vision.
Mrs Funmi Dada, a representative of women wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Port Harcourt charged women to eshew all kinds of discrimination against themselves.
By cooperating with each other, she stressed that it would be easier for most female contestants to win elections, while urging, women to participate in next year’s voter registration exercise.
Another participant, Baby James Eme said women should be encouraged to contest House of Assembly elections outside their states, especially when they have sojourned in such place for over 10 years.
But Mrs. Gift Iminiki from CAN Women ‘s Wing in Okrika Local Government Area argued that such waiver could only be possible if the National Assembly would enact law to allow non-indigenes to contest elections in other states.
Mrs. Iminiki sought for the collaboration of the Ministry and local churches in sensitising women about the forthcoming elections and other activities affecting women in the state.
President of Peculiar Peoples Initiative, Mrs Dorathy Nyornce harped on the need for the Ministry to provide employment opportunities for destitute women.
She submitted that when women were gainfully employed, the society would improve and lots of young girls would not engage in negative vices.
Earlier on, Commissioner for Women Affairs, Barrister Emmanuel, George-Izunwa had challenged women to fully participate in the forthcoming voter registration exercise and elections next year.
In her words,” we want your prayers, we also need those who would take the battle to the gate.”
She hinted that the ministry would collaborate with the police and other security agencies to protect the lives of women aspirants who have been receiving death threats following their ambition.
Politics
Why I Won’t Help Tinubu’s Govt Overcome Economic Challenges – Sanusi
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he would not help President Bola Tinubu’s administration to correct the administration’s policies affecting the citizens.
Emir Sanusi spoke on Wednesday in Lagos as the chairman of the 21st Anniversary of Fawehinmiism (Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture 2025).
The emir stated that while there were “a few points” he could offer to explain the trajectory the administration had taken and how such decisions were predictable, he chose not to do so because “they don’t behave like friends.”
He said explaining the government’s policies would help the government, but he did not intend to assist them due to the way they had treated him.
“I can give a few points that are contrary, that explain perhaps what we’re going through and how it was totally predictable, most of it, and maybe avoidable. But I am not going to do that.
“I have chosen not to speak about the economy or the reforms or to even explain anything because if I explain, it would help this government, but I don’t want to help this government,” the emir said while addressing some of the points made by speakers about the economy.
He added: “You know they’re my friends, but if they don’t behave like friends, I don’t behave like a friend. So I watch them being stooges. And they don’t even have people with credibility who can come and explain what they are doing. I am not going to help. I started out helping, but I am not going to help. I am not going to discuss it. Let them come and explain to Nigerians why the policies that are being pursued are being pursued.
“Meanwhile, I’m watching a very nice movie with popcorn in my hands. But I will say one thing: What we are going through today is, at least in part, not totally, but at least in part, a necessary consequence of decades of irresponsible economic management.
“People were told decades ago that if you continue along this path, this is where you’re going to end up, and they refused to open their eyes. Now, is everything being done today correct? No.”
Emir Sanusi, who was deposed as the 14th Emir of Kano in 2020 by then-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the current national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was reinstated as the 16th Emir of Kano in 2024 by the New Nigeria People’s Party-led Kano State Government.
His emirship has faced ongoing challenges from forces believed to be backed by the federal government, including federal officials’ continued recognition of his predecessor, Emir Aminu Ado Bayero.
Last month, the police barricaded his palace, with the state government accusing the federal government of orchestrating the action to stir unrest in the peaceful state.
Politics
Reps Loses Deputy Chief Whip
The Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Oriyomi Onanuga, is dead.
Also known as Ijaya, Rt Hon. Onanuga, who was the member representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, is said to have died following a brief illness.
This was confirmed in a tweet on the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday night.
Rt Hon Onanuga, who was born in Hammersmith, London, to Nigerian parents on December 2, 1965, was a politician and entrepreneur. She held the position of Deputy Chief Whip in the Nigerian House of Representatives since 2023.
She contested and won a seat in the House of Representatives under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. She also served as the Chairperson of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development.
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Aiyedatiwa Dissolves Cabinet, Retains Finance Commissioner, Attorney-General
Gov. Aiyedatiwa, however, exempted two members of the cabinet from the dissolution due to the critical nature of their duties.
The two commissioners exempted include the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Kayode Ajulo, SAN, and the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Omowunmi Isaac.
This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Mr Adeniyan said in the statement that “All the affected cabinet members are to hand over all government properties in their care to the accounting officers of their respective ministries.
Gov. Aiyedatiwa thanked the executive council members “for their service and contributions to the development of Ondo State under his administration and wished them well in their future endeavours”.
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