The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democ ratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop speaking while he is under the influence of alcohol. Wike had while addressing supporters at the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday stated that he was drinking a 40-year-old whiskey when Atiku led protesters to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja in a protest.
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Donald Duke returns to PDP
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker
Committee in Cross River State, Effiok Cobham, disclosed this on Wednesday at a
press briefing in Calabar.
When asked to confirm the speculations that the former
Governor had returned to the party, he said, “Yes, he has registered.”
This development follows the defection of Governor Ben Ayade
to the All Progressives Congress on May 20.
Duke earlier defected from PDP to the Social Democratic
Party, where he contested the 2019 presidential election.
This file photo shows Thai Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan. AP
BANGKOK: Three cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts on Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 against the government then in power.
The Criminal Court in Bangkok found Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam guilty along with about two dozen other defendants in a case that was launched in 2018.
Nataphol was among 10 cabinet member who survived a no-confidence vote on Saturday over their performance in the current government. The verdicts can be appealed to a higher court but under the law the cabinet ministers must relinquish their jobs immediately.