The Senate on Wednesday resolved to investigate the invasion of a High Court in Rivers state.
Some suspected loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on May 11 stormed the Rivers State High Court in Port-Harcourt, killing at least two persons and destroying court property estimated in millions of naira.
The attackers breached the court security around 11 a.m. in a violent bid to stop a judge from sitting on an motion brought by a faction of the party in the state, witnesses told Colossus Gists
Moving a motion, Osinakachukwu Ideozu (PDP, Rivers West), who described the act a “brazen act of lawlessness”, said it was perpetrated in the presence of the police, especially those of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS).
He said the police failed to provide adequate security for the premises and the judicial workers, litigants, lawyers, judges, among others, “but rather prevented legitimate access to the offices, precincts and courtrooms in an attempt to obstruct, if not pervert the course of justice.”
Mr Ideozu expressed worry that nearly one week after the attack, the police were yet to make any statement on the assault on the Rivers State judiciary and have not made any arrests despite the condemnation that followed the event.
The Senate, thereafter, resolved to mandate its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to investigate the infraction and report back within two weeks.
It condemned the attack and commiserated with the chief judge, judges and staff of the judiciary of Rivers State.
It also urged the security agencies to take immediate steps to provide the judiciary all over the country with adequate security.
A total of 31 political parties have announced their decision to boycott the Local Councils’ election in Kaduna State holding on May 12.
The parties under the aegis of Coalition of Political Parties in Kaduna State, made their stand known at a press conference on Friday in Kaduna.
Newsmen report that the coalition hinged their decision on the alleged violation of the Constitution and Electoral by the state electoral body in the process leading to the polls.
Umar Ibrahim and Mohammed Wada, Chairman and Secretary of the coalition, said the State Independent Electoral Commission had ignored vital provisions of the law, which would negate the integrity of the polls.
“It is on record that the State Independent Electoral Commission has deliberately refused to make use of the INEC card reader machine for authentication of voters during the election, display the voters register at polling units for voters to confirm their names and eligibility to vote.
They added that the commission had also failed to
“display the names of aspirants to the public for a minimum period of 10 days in accordance with the extant laws.”
The coalition further raised security concern, saying that action of some key political actors in the built up to the election may lead to crisis and deprive voters the chance to exercise their civic duties.
“It is pertinent therefore, that the Kaduna State Coalition of Political Parties in the interest of peace and safety of lives and properties of our candidates and the general public, that we have decided to boycott the forthcoming local government election.
“We therefore urge the general public to remain calm and pursue their legitimate businesses, while we use this medium to appeal to our members to remain prayerful in their various places.
“As law abiding citizens we will continue to pursue all elements of illegality and violation of the electoral laws at the appropriate court of law.”
Although officials of the electoral commission were not immediately available for comment on the development, the main opposition party in the state said it was not part of the decision.
Mr Hassan Hyet, the State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said at another press conference, that the party had noted keenly the fears of the coalition, but it will still participate fully in the election.
According to him, boycotting the election is not the best option now.
“The PDP is not part of the decision to boycott the election, we are fully ready to participate in the election, however all the fears raised in the position of the coalition are noted,” the chairman stated.
“We as a party are not part of this, and we call on all our supporters to come out,” Hyet added.
Source
NAN
Some political parties have expressed serious concern over the high number of unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by registered voters in Lagos State. Principal officials of the parties expressed their concerns in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday.
They said participation in the electoral process would be limited if people who registered to vote do not pick up their PVCs.
NAN reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a report published recently said that 7,920,129 PVCs were unclaimed nationwide as of March 22, 2018.
According to the report, Lagos State has the highest number with 1,401,390 PVCs still awaiting collection. The State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mallam Shakirudeen Olofin, described the situation as worrisome.
Olofin said the issue of unclaimed PVCs was not good for democracy.
“It is not in the interest of democracy for people to register to vote and not claim their cards.
“I mean, if they do not collect their cards how will they vote? How will they elect their leaders? How can our democracy grow?
“INEC should do a lot of sensitization on the issue as some registered voters may not even be aware that their cards are ready.
“The commission should explore the different means of communication to reach the electorate on this issue,’’ he said.
The NNPP chairman said it was the civic responsibility of every eligible voter to participate in the electoral process and urged people to check their cards at the appropriate offices.
He said the NNPP would embark on aggressive campaign on the issue and urged all other parties to do the same.
Similarly, Mr Kola Ajayi, State Chairman, Alliance for Democracy (AD), decried the situation, calling on INEC to step up enlightenment on the issue.
Ajayi said that those unaware that their PVCs were ready tended to re-register amounting to multiple registration.
“We urge Nigerians who are yet to collect their cards to check at the appropriate offices near to them so that they could partake in the process,’’ he said.
Also speaking, the State Chairman of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Mr Fatai Ibu-Owo, said the problem arose from the long time it took to process the cards.
Ibu-Owo said the problem would have been averted if PVCs were issued by INEC as soon as people registered.
“It takes about three to four months to get PVCs after registration and sometimes more than that.
“As a result, some people forget they have even registered while others cannot go through the stress of looking for their cards amidst so many.
“But if the cards are issued on registration or shortly after, we think it will address the problem,’’ the NCP chairman said.
Ibu-Owo urged INEC to make the on-going Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) less cumbersome as complaints of long queues to register were common.
On his part, the state Chairman of People’s Progressive Alliance, Mr Olumide Oguntoyinbo, appealed to residents to make efforts to collect their PVCs.
Oguntoyinbo said it was when they have their cards that they could partake in the process and choose their leaders.
Gambia’s ruling party won more than half the constituencies in the first local elections since longtime former ruler Yahya Jammeh left the west African country more than a year ago, the electoral commission said Friday.
Local councils had been dominated by Jammeh’s former party, the APRC, but President Adama Barrow’s United Democratic Party (UDP) won 62 of the country’s 120 constituencies in the Thursday vote, said Alieu Momar Njie, head of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) came second with 23 constituencies, followed by the APRC with 18, said Alieu Momar Njie, head of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The rest of the constituencies were split between smaller parties and independent candidates.
The UDP, formerly Gambia’s longtime opposition, won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections in April, easily defeating Jammeh’s party which has been cast into the electoral wilderness by his departure.
Jammeh was ousted by Barrow in a December 2016 presidential election, a result which the defeated leader fought for weeks until the threat of a regional military intervention.
Jammeh, who ruled the west African country for 22 years and was accused of rampant corruption and human rights abuses, is currently in exile in Equatorial Guinea.
The last local elections, in 2013, were largely boycotted by the opposition.
There is really no point discussing any failure in Nigeria, Zero. Every failure is the repeat of some earlier folly which has probably morphed and expanded in severity. We keep saying the same things over and over and over again. Fela sang 2018 news 40 years ago.
What is going on now is that we are locked in a holding pattern, waiting for a miracle. Like we were when Abacha expired in 1999. He was riding on to become a Gaddhafi, And as sure as rain, Nigerians would have adapted to being a Libyan clone if he’d succeeded. The really damning truth is that, if we take an honest look at ourselves we must admit that most Nigerians are the very leaders we claim to despise.
Look around, at places without politicians. Schools, estates, businesses, etc. By degrees, we act the same. Every Street I lived in Nigeria has a residents’ exco which closely mirrored NASS, including every confounded horror we have now come to expect. Just yesterday, Ugochukwu Mbamalu and I went to buy Fried Yam and Potato in Bwari, the Woman clearly ignored us and attended to everyone that could speak Her native language irrespective of the fact that we came before them; Tribal factions, sloth, incompetence, corruption, you name it, has eaten deep to our roots.
We talk a lot about the economy, the political institutions, and so on, but we do not talk enough about values, norms, cultures, beliefs, people. In a word, SOCIETY. I must say this: our society is in decay. That is a remarkably arrogant statement to make, and you would be on good ground to challenge it. No single individual decides what the state of thing as important as SOCIETY is, But consider this country of ours. Nay, consider our people, our social norms, our values.
We are fundamentally a low-trust society. That’s a fancy way of saying that everybody must ‘shine their eye’ because the next fellow is very likely a crook, a con man/woman, or a scam artist. It is worse for the leading lights of society, those who do not have the benefit of poverty as an excuse for any conduct. One day you are the Nigerian oil titan hanging with Jay-Z and Naomi Campbell, the next you are an international fugitive from justice. There is nothing normal about thinking the next fellow is out to get you; about preachers being venal examples of immoral living; about a country where the word SCANDAL or WRONG has no meaning.
I simply do not know what wrong conduct is in Nigeria. The word WRONG is meaningless. Does that not frighten you a little bit? We do not even have the language of social justice anymore. We do not know justice. Yes, JUSTICE. I’ve often reflected that this is the thing most wrong with our country, that there is no JUSTICE. That there is no equalizer But of course, we do have an equalizer. It is money. Money is the equalizer, It is the point of our Nigerian existence. Growing up this sort of thing was considered vulgar, yes! I was taught that contributing something, helping society, being a model citizen was a good life. Not so anymore.
We have abbreviated our value systems to money. Yes, this is, by and large, the Nigerian value system summarised. This is Nigerian justice. This is Nigerian happiness. This is Nigerian truth. MONEY. And this may be the worst legacy of our history. By design, sloth, or carelessness, we have ensured that the Nigerian is a flattened organism. He does not appreciate anything beyond how much he can earn. And do you blame him? We like to blame our ‘leaders’ for these things but that is a lie we tell ourselves to allow us live guiltlessly. We are complicit in this, We snigger when we should be outraged, We break the queue when we should maintain it, We shrug when should be angered.
I used to visit Ugo in Anthony Village many years ago, where Gani Fawehinmi had his chambers. I used to walk past there and marvel that this giant I read in TELL and other publications, railing at the military, was so close. It was a sort of temple for me. I never saw him in person. I think about Gani a lot. I think about his life, about the courage he had. I think about his legacy. I think about the common lesson which this generation has adopted, ‘Gani shout tire, go peg.
My brother shine your eye.’ Every morning while in Lagos, I drive through Obalande, down bank road on my way for school run. On the right is Dodan Barracks. Dodan Barracks! That was where he marched his mother’s corpse to after the military sacked his home in Kalakuta. He did that in the era of the military, when all that was needed was a phone call from a general and he and all his supporters would have been cut down with machine gun fire. A Nigerian did this. A Nigerian. A Nigerian.
It is not about government changing, That is necessary but government is built on something; Society. Our society is sick. We need to heal it. We need to remember what iniquities are, what justice is, what honesty means, what fair-dealing is. I think the big fights will be easier when the small ones are fought. The one in the residents’ exco. The one at the office.
The one in the danfo. The one at church. To do the right thing, to be the example of leadership you want in the nation. That shift in consciousness usually bleeds into the real structures of society. It is not easy. But individually, it is possible. The problem, my dear friends, is Us. We can repeat this for another 40 years, or start with honest conversation and small battles.
The Documentation Centre of Nigerian Political Parties (DCPN) is an initiative of Democratic Writers Association of Nigeria (DWAN) aim at providing systematic and generally accessible documentation on Nigerian political parties, with special reference to the activities of the parties.
Its tasks consists of collecting and making available documentary material on and by Nigerian political parties; the provision of (academic) information about Nigerian political parties; and academic research on Nigerian political parties.
Below are the lists of Nigerian Political Parties
1
Party – Accord (A)
Address – Plot 488, 7th Yawri Street, Area 3, Garki, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08037038325
2
Party – Action Alliance (AA)
Address – Plot 1977 Orlu Street Area 3, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 07067277005, 0803651061
3
Party – All Blending Party (ABP)
Address – Plot 614, Zone B, Apo Resettlement, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08171902205, 07036438020
4
Party – Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
Address – Suite C7, Petsu Plaza After RCC Building along Jabi road,
Jabi, Abuja
Phone Contact - 07035821690
5
Party – Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
Address – Suite D402, Global Plaza, plot 366. Obafemi Awolowo
Way, Jabi, Upstairs, Jabi, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08038313424
6
Party – Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Address –
Phone Contact - 08164495673, 07065850881
7
Party – African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Address – No 1 Capital Plaza, Nyanyan, Kuru Road, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08059969415
8
Party – Action Democratic Party (ADP)
Address –
Phone Contact - 08033001274
9
Party – All Grassroots Alliance (AGA)
Address – Suite 23 A, 25A Kaita, Mafayas Office Complex, Zone
4, Gwagwalada, FCT, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08037870421, 08063844816
10
Party – All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP)
Address – Plot 586, Jemibewon Crescent, Gudu District, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08033802712
11
Party – Alliance for A New Nigeria (ANN)
Address – 20, Durban Street, Wuse 11, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08038092478, 08037867880
12
Party – Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
Address – Plot 1483, KM 27, Umar Musa Carriage Way Airport, Rd. Lugbe, Ext.
Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08033110760, 08067766877
13
Party – African Peoples Alliance (APA)
Address – 7, Yawri Street, Area 3, Garki, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08033493571
14
Party – All Progressives Congress (APC)
Address – No 40, Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08033345691
15
Party – Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
Address – No 10, Tandriana Close off Daare Salaam Street, behind Glo Office, Wuse
Phone Contact - 08095900111
16
Party – All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
Address – 41b, Libreville Crescent, Opp. Tulip Press, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse
Phone Contact - 08035897127
17
Party – African Peoples Party (APP)
Address –
Phone Contact - 08034913080
18
Party – Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
Address – Block 5, Lokoja Street, Area 8, Garki, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08037881988, 07066451244
19
Party – Coalition for Change (C4C)
Address – Block 3, No 49, Lake Chad Crescent, Maitama, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08033273950, 08077855110
20
Party – Democratic Alternative (DA)
Address – Suite 2/031 Area 1 Shopping Complex, Area 1, Garki, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08023423470
21
Party – Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC)
Address – Global Plaza, Plot 366, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Jabi, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08038308479
22
Party – Democratic Peoples Party (DPP)
Address – No 1, Novakehott Street, Zone 1, Wuse, Abuja, FCT.
Phone Contact - 08033381764, 0812850151
23
Party – Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)
Address –
Phone Contact - 09054546328, 08037003214
24
Party – Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
Address – No 4, Parhe Close, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08033651678
25
Party – Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria (GDPN)
Address – Nino House, No 1, Engr. Jims Pkpebholo Street, Off Bwari Dutse, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08052281862
26
Party – Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)
Address – No 5, Church Avenue, Old school bus stop, Orozo, Karshi Road, FCT
Phone Contact - 08065933765, 08027142078
27
Party – Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
Address – Plot 43, Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 080511776052, 08033122272
28
Party – Independent Democrats (ID)
Address – 1385C Gurara Street, off IBB Way, Maitama, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08065800000
29
Party – Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
Address – No 2, Calabar Street, Opp. Naval Headquarters Area 7, Garki, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 09071837163, 08023729503
30
Party – KOWA Party (KP)
Address – 129, Corner Shop, beside Total Filling station, Fed. Housing est. Lugbe,
Phone Contact - 08033354443
31
Party – Labour Party (LP)
Address – Dabo Shopping Mall, 2nd floor, Plot 73, Ladoke Akintola Boulevard,
Phone Contact - 08033005810, 08033154349
32
Party – Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN)
Address – Flat 4, No 47, Yaounde Street, Zone 6, Wuse, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08132825108, 08038932775
33
Party – Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA)
Address – House No. 24, Road 15, Efab City Estate, Life Camp, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08033264278, 08032350671
34.
Party – Modern Democratic Party (MDP)
Address – Suite B19, Discovery Mall, Adeola Adetokunbo, Wuse II, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08093894841, 08080805809
35
Party – Mega Progressive Party (MPPP)
Address – 1st Avenue House, 53, FHA, Lugbe, Abuja
Phone Contact - 07030147731
36
Party – National Action Council (NAC)
Address –
Phone Contact -
37
Party – National Conscience Party (NCP)
Address – 1, Younde Street, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08033144131
38
Party – Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP)
Address – 28, Tunis Street, Wuse, Zone 6
Phone Contact - 09025288682, 08137855974
39
Party – National Liberty Democratic Party (NLDP)
Address –
Phone Contact -
40
Party – Nigeria Element Political Party (NEPP)
Address –
Phone Contact -
41
Party – New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGPN)
Address – No. 9B, 61/63 Road, Aliko Dangote Crescent, Gwarimpa, Abuja
Phone Contact - 08184995001, 08060519785
42
Party – National Interest Party (NIP)
Address – Suite 101, NCWS Building, Area II, Garki, FCT, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08144246272, 0803488493
43
Party – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
Address – Plot MF 01, SDP Layout City Centre Plaza, Suite G.F. 01, Cadastral Area,
Phone Contact - 08037133594
44
Party – Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC)
Address – Peace Park, Suite D415, Plot 749, Utako, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08035963971
45
Party – New Progressive Movement (NPM)
Address – Hillside Plaza, 2nd Floor, Room A2002 Aya junction, Asokoro, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08033668262, 07037477315
46
Party – National Rescue Movement
Address –
Phone Contact - 08033117340, 08037038721
47
Party – National Unity Party (NUP)
Address –
Phone Contact -
48
Party – Peoples Alliance for National Development and Liberty (PANDEL)
Address – 9, Abdou Diof off Kwame Nkruma Street, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria.
Phone Contact - 08176558660, 08023500479
49
Party – Peoples for Democratic Change (PDC)
Address – 2, Bitou Street, Off Aminu Kano Cresent, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08023645376
50
Party – Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM)
Address – 72, Missisipi Street, Maitama, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08082678233
51
Party – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Address – Plot 1970, Wadata Plaza, Michael Okpara Way, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja.
Phone Contact -
52
Party – Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
Address –
Phone Contact - 08023137834, 08094472176
53
Party – Providence Peoples Congress (PPC)
Address –
Phone Contact - 08037141200, 08035854586
54
Party – Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN)
Address – House 43, 6th Avenue, Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja Model City.
Phone Contact - 07037674661, 08062471148
55
Party – Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)
Address – Block 17, Suite 20, Efab Plaza Extention Area, 11 Garki, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08034213272, 07033777573
56
Party – Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Address –
Phone Contact -
57
Party – Peoples Trust (PT)
Address –
Phone Contact - 07037126716, 08166814254
58
Party – Rebuild Nigeria Party (RBNP)
Address – House no 2b Ficus Benjamin Street Gaduwa Estate, Abuja, FCT.
Phone Contact - 08033410691, 08033921880
59
Party – Restoration Party of Nigeria (RPN)
Address – 5, Jerusalem Street, Old Kutunku, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria
Phone Contact - 09035598566, 08036977730
60
Party – Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Address – Plot 2105, Herbert Macauley Way, opp. Sky Memorial Plaza, Block B3,
Phone Contact - 08036203435, 08089367398
61
Party – Sustainable National Party (SNP)
Address – No 1 K 2nd Avenue, kado Mbuko, Gwarimpa, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08065308089, 08065977831
62
Party – Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
Address – No 42, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse II, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08023180522
63
Party – Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
Address –
Phone Contact - 08022179684, 0703559449
64
Party – United Progressive Party (UPP)
Address –
Phone Contact - 07030521292
65
Party – Young Democratic Party (YDP)
Address –
Phone Contact - 09098432977
66
Party –
Address – Block 10, Flat No. 1, Benue Crescent, Area 1, Garki, Abuja.
Phone Contact - 08100005566, 07050505010
Compiled by Wole Adedoyin – National Coordinator of Documentation Centre for Nigerian Political Parties (DCNPP) and Nigerian Institute for Multiparty Democracy.
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