PDP Crisis: Party stalwarts in Oyo, Rivers, Benue, Abia, Enugu begin pro-Atiku structures
Contrary to the decision of pro-Wike governors not to identify with the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, many stalwarts in their states are mobilizing for their presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The party faithful, whose positions are not going down well with their governors, have started setting up pro-Atiku structures to be used in campaigning for the former number two-man and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Their decision, Sunday Vanguard learned, was informed by factors which mainly include post and pre-primaries intra-party crises and fear of losing House of Assembly, Senate and House of
VAT row: Senate minority caucus opposes FIRS, backs Lagos, Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The minority caucus in the Senate has thrown its weight behind moves by Lagos and Rivers states to commence the collection of their Value Added Tax. This is as the dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some states over the collection of Value Added Tax seems to be taking a new turn by the day as two more states, Ogun and Akwa Ibom, say they are ready to enact laws that will enable them to collect the tax in their states. The leader of the
Soldiers killed 20 in Rivers community – Landlord alleges
A landlord in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, who identified himself only as Emmanuel, has claimed that over 20 persons were killed by soldiers deployed to restore normalcy in the area after suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra attacked three police stations. Emmanuel alleged that the soldiers in commando style broke into houses to pick residents, adding that most of those arrested had not been seen by their loved ones. He said, “A pregnant woman died of shock after continuous gunshots. The woman fainted and there was no way to take her to hospital. Some
