Recently, Governor Wike openly confessed that his administration has failed woefully in managing wastes and keeping the State clean despite billions of Naira it has sunk into waste management. As usual, he did not fail to blame the RIWAMA boss, Felix Obuah who is also the Chairman of PDP in Rivers State, for his insufferable…
Thousands of music and comedy lovers from Rivers and neighbouring states thronged the magnificent Port Harcourt Pleasure Park, last night to enjoy the bliss and glamour of the Night With The Governor, as activities marking the Third Anniversary celebration of the reigns of Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike kicked off yesterday with a music…
Security Agencies Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, made this position known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The Presidency says the recent report released by the Amnesty International alleging human rights violation by Nigerian security agencies is inherently battling with credibility, falling vehemently short…
As we approached another election year come 2019 a lot of permutations has been going on in the media as to the possible Presidential Candidates of the leading Political Parties and ofcourse the next President of Nigeria. Let me start by saying that most of the criticisms some of us have published about President Muhammadu…
The Senate has resumed plenary about 15 minutes ago after coming out of an executive (closed door) session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon. The session is holding with the mace, the official symbol of authority firmly in place, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, presiding. The Senate…
Unknown gunmen, numbering about 30, have reportedly killed four persons in Rumuoro community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, following mid-day raid by suspected assassins. The gunmen, who stormed the once peaceful community at about 12:45pm, shot sporadically to scare away villagers, who scampered for safety, amid tempered confusion, and calls for help….
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced his intention to run in the 2019 Presidential election. The announcement was made on Monday in Abuja at the All Progressives Congress(APC)’s National Executive meeting. Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, an ardent Buhari supporter, tweeted the announcement on Monday Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau told newsmen after the All…
Primate Elijah Ayodele who is the founder and spiritual leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has said there would be dire consequences if Senate president Bukola Saraki refuses to contest for presidency in the forthcoming 2019 elections. Speaking during the dedication of an ultra-modern auditorium in Isheri-Olofin Lagos, the cleric said God wants to use…
Sitting hopeless, helpless and hapless on a sickbed is a veteran journalist who served in the Bayelsa state Civil Service before his retirement in 2012. Until his retirement, he served as the substantive News Editor at the Bayelsa state Newspaper Corporation. Mr. Thompson Oyatu is not a happy man at the moment and he is…
BY VINCENT EGUNYANGA AS I write this article, I decided to pulse to pay tribute to a Nigerian, Patriotic Nigerian, proud Nigerian who is currently probably in the mortuary as his death was announced last week. Col JOHN MADAKI rtd. I decided to honour him not just because he was a member of my parish…
