By Muhammad Ajah – The immediate past President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan was a human being with all the components of human mind. Since he eventually handed over the nation’s power after years of his leadership as the president of Nigeria, Nigerian people have been heaving signs of relief from a regime described by many […]
By Odimegwu Onwumere – Stephen King was it who wrote in the work – “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” – that Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. The former surmises the donkey weeks that it took General Muhammadu Buhari to resume office […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA – Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state on Tuesday sent 19 names to the House of Assembly for screening and confirmation as commissioners. The nominees include: Mr. Emmanuel Onwe, Mrs Elizabeth Ogbaga, Mr. Augustine Nwankwegu, and Mr. Uchenna Orji. Others are: Mrs. Rebecca Ogbuewu, Chief Sabinus Nwankwegu, Chief Emma Uguru, Chief Sunday […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Port-Harcourt – Less than a week Sea pirates killed a Naval officer in Balyesa state, three marine policemen, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) on patrol, were Tuesday killed by Sea hoodlums in Rivers State, South South Nigeria. The ugly incident our Correspondent gathered occurred near the Abonnema Jetty in Port […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has appointed Senator Isa Galaudu and Mr. Yusufu Adesola Olaniyonu as the Chief of Staff and Special Adviser, Media respectively. The appointments of the duo were the first senior aides Senator Saraki approved since his emergence as the Senate President. The Statement signed by […]
On Monday, June 22, Mr. Nyesom Wike, briefed the media and made numerous allegations. These allegations are the same ones that Mr. Wike set up a commission of inquiry to investigate. However in keeping with Rt. Hon Chibuike Amaechi’s commitment to good governance and to transparent and accountable stewardship to Rivers people, we will reiterate […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration has received firm assurances of cooperation from the United States and other countries on the recovery and repatriation of funds stolen from Nigeria. Speaking at an audience with members of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello – Possibility of the National Chairman of the ruling APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun retaining his present position is by the day, getting slimmer, just as some Governors of the party Tuesday demanded for his immediate resignation, over his role in the rampaging NASS leadership tussle. The APC Governors made the demand, […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos- The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that with the way Lagos PDP is going, it is doomed for failure as it seems not to have grasped the rudiments of productive politics in its desperation to grab power for furthering their well known looting tendency. The […]
By Obinna Akukwe @Obinna Akukwe – President Muhammadu Buhari has come under intense pressure from various security top brass to disband the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Secret Police. This is due to the alleged infamous role the once prestigious institution played in futile attempt to truncate democracy. Top security sources who spoke to […]
*As Marafa Pushes Alasoadura To The Ground Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The 59 senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) peace meeting on Tuesday ended in fiasco with senators physically assaulting one another. The APC senators, based on announcement made by Saraki during plenary, had assembled at room 301 of the Senate new wing for […]
By Chuks Ehirim – It was a day of rage for Abuja based journalists who cover the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) as they had a raw deal in the hands of Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajumobi, who, on Tuesday,used derogatory words on them, for asking him to make comment on the […]
By Ayo Balogun – The Chief Judge of the FCT High Court has assigned to court No. 37 in Kuje a suit in respect of which the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Director-General of Presidential Campaign Organization, Ahmadu Ali, and a former Minister of Finance and Director of Finance of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Organization, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja accepted an invitation from President Paul Biya to visit Cameroon at his earliest convenience for talks on the intensification of cooperation between Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the war against Boko Haram and terrorism. Receiving the invitation from Mr. Sadi Rene Emmanuel, the Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration and […]
Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Mr. Godwin Adindu, has explained that the reason his boss cut down his salary and allowances by 50 percent is to demonstrate his sincere feeling of compassion towards the plight of workers and the entire citizenry of the state who are affected by the global economic crisis […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has denied reports that it dumped dead bodies of 50 young men at the mortuary of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku Ozalla, Enugu. Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, the command’s image maker, who reacted to the allegation on in Enugu, said the mortuary’s records should […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says, due to the prevailing challenges facing the country, only leaders with the temperament, disposition and candour of President Muhammadu Buhari can see Nigeria through the woods. Governor Ahmed in a statement on the state of the nation described the administrative strategy of deep and wide consultation, critical appraisal of divergent views on […]
By Ayo Balogun- President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed that funds stolen by government officials who abused their offices in the recent past will be recovered and blocked leakages in the system. Speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari also assured the governors that the days of impunity, lack […]
By Nwaorgu Faustinus – Non-indigenes in Rivers State under the aegis of Endangered Non Indigenes Forum in Rivers State (EINFRS) have cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari, , following the threat by Governor Nyesom Wike to crack down on them as part of his determination to deal ruthlessly with associates and loyalties of the immediate […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko – Adamawa State has of recent being in the news for the very wrong reasons of serial failed governance. During the immediate past dispensation the then governor Murtallah Nyako a retired Naval General ruled with an iron fists like a dictatorial regime even as nepotism became the in- thing following series of […]
