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,…
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…
– The promotion takes effect from as far back as March 2014 for some officers and as recent as December 2016 – Obasanjo’s son and 112 others were promoted to the position of colonel The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of no fewer than 227 officers. Among those promoted are Adeboye Obasanjo, son…
Thomas Pere in Port Harcourt It was a great disappointment in Rivers State at the weekend as the Rivers Rerun election slated for Saturday was characterized by massive shootings, bomb explosions ballot box snatching etc. Voting did not start in most polling centres until about 10 am in the morning. In Okubolo Local Government areas,…
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, on Monday described the Igbos as “the most truthful, committed and trust -worthy people but often misunderstood in the country.’’ Speaking when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, in Government House, Owerri, Mr. Okorocha said that Imo had witnessed tremendous progress under his leadership. He described Imo…
Salau Jatau in kaduna The Kaduna State Government has officially labelled the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, an insurgent group. In a White Paper released by the state government in Kaduna on Monday, the state government said “For all intent and purpose, the IMN is an insurgent group and ought to be treated as…
A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has denied Nnamdi Kanu leader of the Indegenous Peoples of Biafra bail. Kanu’s case was decided by Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Thursday, December 1. Justice Nyako declined to release the detained leader of the IPOB leader on bail. Nyako equally…
Boko Haram fighters are overrunning villages near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, forcing hundreds of people to flee as the insurgents loot and burn in the area where nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in 2014, local leaders said Tuesday. “Chibok is now under Boko Haram siege,” the chairman of the Chibok local government area,…
AGENCY REPORT The fight against violent Islamic jihadists truly has become a global war on terror. The threat has metastasized like a cancer and is proving just as difficult to defeat. ISIS, which originated in Iraq and Syria, has conducted some 140 attacks in 29 countries just in the last two years. It has active…
