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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...

MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT RAJOELINA 'READY TO LISTEN' BUT IGNORES CALLS TO RESIGN. (PHOTO).


 Madagascar president Rajoelina 'ready to listen' but ignores calls to resign


Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said on Friday he was ready to listen to find solutions to problems facing the poor island nation, but ignored calls for his resignation by a nationwide youth-led protest movement.


Inspired by similar "Gen Z" demonstrations in Kenya and Nepal, the protests have grown since last week into the largest wave of unrest Madagascar has seen in years, tapping into widespread discontent with high levels of poverty and corruption.


The president disbanded the government late on Monday in an attempt to quell public anger, but the move has done little to address grievances that initially erupted in the capital on September 25 over worsening water shortages and power outages.


The United Nations says at least 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the first few days of the protests. The government rejects those figures.


"No one benefits from the destruction of the nation. I am here, I stand here ready to listen, ready to extend a helping hand, and above all, ready to bring solutions to Madagascar," Rajoelina said in a speech broadcast on his Facebook page, Reuters reported.


He said, without providing evidence, that some politicians were plotting to take advantage of the protests and had considered staging a coup while he was addressing the United Nations in New York last week.


"Criticism of existing problems does not necessarily have to be expressed in the streets; it should be done through dialogue," said Rajoelina, who himself first came to power in a 2009 coup after leading mass protests against the government.


In a post on his X account on Friday, Rajoelina said he had also met various groups for the past three days to discuss the situation.


Protests resumed in the capital on Friday after a one-day pause, with police firing tear gas to disperse some marchers, footage from Real TV Madagasikara showed.


Despite Madagascar's significant mineral wealth, biodiversity and agricultural land, the Indian Ocean island nation is among the poorest countries in the world.


Between independence in 1960 and 2020, income per capita has fallen 45% in real terms, according to the World Bank, which blames the poor economic performance on tight control of the institutions and resources by an unaccountable elite, and a lack of competition and transparency.

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