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NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress  as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us, which INEC did. Since then, we have started political activities, embarked on the registration of members, held congresses from ward to national levels, held conventions, and concluded primaries to all offices following INEC’s timetable. We have been fully participating in all INEC activities without let or hindrance. NDC also fielded candidates, and fully pa...
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ABOUT 70 MIGRANTS FROM ETHIOPIA,DROWNED TODAY.

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                      A senior staff working with the Ministry of interior,confirmed that 70 migrants from Ethiopia,drowned today off the coast of Yemen.He said ''The small vessel was trying to reach the Red Seaport city of Al-makha when it capsized in bad weather.Security forces were striving to hunt down the owner of the boat,who we believed to be a human trafficker''.More details later.
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NYESOM WIKE,WON RIVER STATE PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES.

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                                                                       Conratulation to Nyesom Wike,the former Minister of state of Education today monday 8th December 2014 won the Rivers state PDP governorship primaries.The primaries which was held at the Community Girls Secondary School,mile 3 Port Harcourt,and Wike in his acceptance speech dedicated the victory to almighty God and the delegates who reposed confidence in him to fly the party flag in the state.Wike,Ben Dimkpa,Emmanuel Geogwill i and Senator Lee Maeba were the only aspirants present at the venue.The 16 governorship aspirants who have been agitating against the emergence of Wike are all insisting the party has been hijacked by members of Grassroots Development Initiatives,GDI,who are foot soldiers of Wike,their sponsor and patron.Former gover...
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BARRISTER FALANA,FILED A PETITION IN FAVOUR OF THE 12 SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MUTINY ''INJUSTICE''.

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                    The soldiers on May 18,2014 staged a protest over the killing of 10 of their colleagues by the Boko Haram sect.This led to the shooting of the General Officer Commanding {GOC},Major General Ahmed Mohammed at the Maimalari cantonment.Although he was not injured,but he was removed as GOC and retired from the Army for not attending to the grievances of the soldiers.18 of the soldiers were tried by the court martial,presided over by Brigadier General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo which acquitted five of them,convicted and sentenced 12 to death and jailed one for 28 days with hard labour.Falana in the petition dated December 5,2014 argued that the death sentence pronounced on the 12 officers was unjust against the background of their action.He noted in the petition that the soldiers had been protesting against poor equipment,non payment of salaries and allowances.Falana stated that the fact that President Goodluck Jona...
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