Afenifere Condemns Rivers Explosion By Pro-Wike Protesters ***Describes act as terrorism, politics taken too far
26 Jun
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Afenifere Condemns Rivers Explosion By Pro-Wike Protesters ***Describes act as terrorism, politics taken too far

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Politics tamfitronics The Afenifere Youth Progressive Front (AYPF) has strongly condemned the dynamite explosion that occurred among the pro-Wike protesters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday.The group expressed concern that the purported protest, which was organised by top political leaders from Obio/Akpor to show solidarity for the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, turned violent when one of the protesters died while attempting to detonate a dynamite, causing increased tension in the state.In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Adelowo Rotimi Johnson, AYPF stated that the actions of the pro-Wike protesters were “completely unacceptable.”Johnson described the act as “terrorism and an extreme form of political expression.”He said the incident is a stark reminder of the dangerous trajectory that politics has taken in Nigeria.Johnson urged the Federal Government to immediately distance itself from “this wicked and...
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Progressive Jamaal Bowman makes potential last stand in New York primary – live
25 Jun
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Progressive Jamaal Bowman makes potential last stand in New York primary – live

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Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics From Boebert's fate to control of Congress, much at stake in Colorado primariesWho is the opposite of Jamaal Bowman? A good case could be made for that person being Lauren Boeberta far-right Republican congresswoman from Colorado who is on the other side of pretty much every issue from the progressive New Yorker.But there’s one thing they have in common: both will be fighting to return to Congress in today’s primaries, though Boebert appears to have a better shot than her Democratic counterpart.After almost losing re-election to a Democrat in 2022 and then being tarred by a series of personal scandals that put her further at risk of being dumped by voters, Boebert has moved to an even more staunchly Republican district than the one she previously represented, an appears to have...
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Even for Senate Intelligence Committee chair, all politics is local
25 Jun
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Even for Senate Intelligence Committee chair, all politics is local

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Politics tamfitronics Skip to main contentSkip to footerYour subscription makes our work possible.We want to bridge divides to reach everyone.SubscribeAt a Monitor Breakfast, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner weighed in on AI, China, and border security. Then I asked the Virginia Democrat if he’d run for reelection.|Troy Sambajon/The Christian Science MonitorSenate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner spoke to reporters at a Monitor Breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington on June 18, 2024. June 24, 2024|WashingtonLate in our Monitor Breakfast on June 18 with Sen. Mark Warner, chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, I couldn’t resist asking: Will you run for reelection in 2026?“Sorry!” I added with a chuckle, hoping to convey to the Virginia Democrat that I knew my question seemed off-topic. We had just spent...
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