With about five months to the Bayelsa State governorship elections, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has expressed optimism that he would be re-elected, based on his record of concrete achievements and grace of God upon him. Speaking with journalists in an interview in Yenagoa, he stressed that the restoration support base was far more robust now […]
*Govt Says He Must Return All Properties In his Possessions Barely six months after his resignation as the Chief of Staff to the Bayelsa State governor (Abuja office), a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Dikivie Ikiogha is yet to return some of the government properties in his possession in accordance with the […]
With less than three months to the December 5 governorship election, major tragedy was averted on Saturday in Nembe, Bayelsa State following the sudden slump of the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). During the incident which happened at a […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has begun investigation on the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, over his alleged inciteful speech and threat to sink Igbos residing in Lagos State into the lagoon, should they failed to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the April 2015 governorship election in […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba – An alleged carelessness by a 37 year old housewife,identified as Mrs. Maureen Akowe, in Asaba Delta State has thrown the family into sorrow and mourning, as she allegedly lost her four-month-old baby to her wild dog. Mrs. Akowe, a graduate of sociology from the Delta State University, Abraka, had last […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The Lagos State Police Command Saturday announced the arrest of a suspect who impersonated the State’s former Commissioner of Police (CP), Kayode Aderanti. The suspect who was identified as Friday Aguibosim was arrested on August 12, after opening a Facebook account in the name of the State ex-CP. Through the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA. Umuahia – The protracted crisis bedeviling the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Abia state chapter has escalated as over 40,000 of her members, have concluded plans to defect to the opposition All Progressives Congress APC in the state. The aggrieved members of the party, said Friday in Umuahia, that they are moving to […]
By Ayo Balogun – The All Progressive Congress Lagos Chapter has asked Chief Bode George to keep quiet for now and continue to lick the wounds inflicted on him by the colossal defeat his party suffered at both the National and the State levels in the just concluded federal elections. In a Press Statement released […]
*Alaibe, Ogoriba, Ikiogha lose out of contest With less than five months to the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, a socio-political organisation, Bayelsa for Good Governance and Accountability has protested against the zoning of the governorship slot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Central Senatorial District. The organisation therefore warned the […]
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has refuted claims by his successor Nyesom Wike that he left an empty treasury. Governor Wike had consistently maintained that he met a completely empty treasury when he took over as governor. Only on Wednesday, while trying to justify why he took a […]
*APC Foundation Members Warn Against Choice of Alaibe There are indications that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its national chairman, Chief John Oyegun are divided over the choice of the party’s candidate for the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa […]
Former member of the House of Representatives from Bayelsa State, Hon. Warman Ogoriba, has been castigated as being “blinded by political indulgence” to warrant his comments that the incumbent government in the state have nothing to show for the money so far received from the Federation Accounts. The former lawmaker who recently defected from the […]
*Insist Erring Staffers Must Be Sanctioned By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Against the backdrop of the lingering crisis in the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, members of the affiliate Joint Health Sector Union, (JOHESU) of the Hospital, have defended the Hospital’s management, threatening they will resist any attempt by anybody to drag the institution to the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase, has come under serious pressure to prosecute two stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Mr. Paul Anikwe and Mrs. Ify Ozoani for alleged forgery of PDP appointment letters and depose to false affidavit, claiming they were appointed the returning […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka – Anambra state government at the weekend rendered more than 2000 commercial sex workers, popularly known as (Ashewo) homeless, as the State Urban Development Board (ASUDEB) demolished over 50 brothels where the prostitutes live and do their business. The demolition exercise, which took place mostly at the popular cattle market, Amansea, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin City – The joy of parents of 142 children from Edo state, who were internally displaced, following Boko Haram attacks in parts of North East Nigeria, on sunday evening knew no bound, as they were officially reunited with their families at a special ceremony put together by the Edo State Government. […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Traditional ruler of Adogbalator Kingdom in Awgu Council Area of Enugu state, Igwe Chris Okoye Oti, has decried the continued payment of lip service to the agricultural sector by various tiers of governments in the country, especially in the South East zone. He regretted that over the years, successive […]
*Drags Him To United Nations A Civil Society Group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN Special Rapporteurs, urging them to use their good offices and positions to urgently request the government of Ogun State in Nigeria to immediately and unconditionally reverse the unlawful sacking and retirement of […]
By Ayo Balogun – Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has abolished the operation of multiple accounts for government transactions, just as he approves the operation of Single Account for all government transactions henceforth. The move is in an effort to curb corruption and efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the […]
The People’s Democratic Party in Bayelsa State said yesterday that those who defected to the All Progressives Congress in the state capital at the weekend are a huge disappointment and embarrassment to the party and the Ijaw nation, having benefited immensely from the party that made them who they are today. PDP acting state chairman, […]
