There is no doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari is at cross roads as a result of last week’s resolution by the Senate, urging the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal, to resign from office, as well as the call on relevant authorities to immediately prosecute him. This resolution was made…
FROM Preye Thomas in Port Harcourt ▪Demand immediate transfer of the alleged masterminds of Police brutality and killings, Steven Hasso and Akin Fakorede Thousands of Rivers people led by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike took to the streets on Thursday to protest the mass killings by the Police and other security agencies during the December 10…
The Nigerian Senate on thursday rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The upper chamber rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination based on the security report sent by the Department of State Service (DSS). Daily Trust reports that the DSS has advised the Senate against confirming…
AGENCY REPORT FROM CNN In spite of the government’s warnings against it, many Nigerians continue to invest in Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM), a Russian company that was responsible for one of the world’s largest Ponzi schemes of all time. On 13 December, the company said it was ‘freezing’ all confirmed accounts. While many that are…
The acting Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University [OAU] Professor Anthony Elujobi and the University Bursar Mrs Aderonke Akeredolu are being quizzed at the Iyaganku office of EFCC IN Ibadan, Oyo state capital. A statement from the EFCC made available to us on Tuesday said the Vice Chancellor was being quizzed in respect of an…
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Tuesday commended the winners of the recent State and National Assembly re-run elections in Rivers State, but called on the Presidency to investigate perpetrators of electoral violence and punish the culprits to protect the nation’s democracy. According to him, the resilience and bravery of his Rivers State counterpart,…
AS The 2019 general elections is coming close, we have seen lots of alignments and the re alignment of forces going on in the country. I even hear that some elements are planning a mega party. As all these are going on I call on the leaders of the South East in particular to first…
The Edo state governorship elections and the Rivers State Legislative elections has thrown up a lots of issues about Nigeria and our Democratic journey. In 2015 general elections we saw the defeat of the incumbent government under former President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] been defeated by an opposition party the All…
AGENCY REPORT The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Osinachukwu Ideozu, winner of the of the Rivers West senatorial district election held between Saturday and Monday. Mr. Ideozu was certified winner Tuesday afternoon with 107,166 votes. He defeated Otelemaba Amachree of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who garnered…
Felix Tamuna in Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike on Sunday lambasted the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti- Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) describing him as “as a false intellectual with a broken moral compass, and a beneficiary of the current dictatorship of the All Progressives Congress-led government”. The governor, in a…
