…………WIKE PROMISE TO FIGHT TO FINISH From Vincent Egunyanga Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that he was pulling out of all previous agreements reached to with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to resolve the lingering crisis bedeviling the party, but vows to “fight on until justice is attained.” The FCT Minister, who…
BY KELVIN ONYEKACHUKWU, ASABA In a bid to prevent the escalation of ethnic tensions in Warri, President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to engage key stakeholders from the Ijaw, Itsekiri, and Urhobo ethnic nationalities in a high-level peace meeting in Abuja. The closed-door meeting, held at the NSA’s…
The Abuja Municipal Management Council, AMMC will spend about N2. 6 billion on infrastructure this year, while the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA has outlined projects for the year. This revelation was made on Tuesday during the 14th FCT executive meeting. Briefing newsmen after the executive meeting which was chaired by the FCT Minister, Nyesom…
From Vincent Egunyanga The north-west zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement was made after a stakeholders’ meeting held in Kaduna at the weekend, where Tinubu was also adopted as the sole candidate for the poll. A …
…Osadebe House not vacant, says Joel-Onowakpo BY KELVIN ONYEKACHUKWU, ASABA The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta, has passed a vote of confidence on President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori and Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas. for providing purposeful and…
*Says feud not with Fubara but those who manipulated governor FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has again made it clear why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election. While cautioning the PDP not to make the same mistakes they made in the last 2023 presidential elections, he observed that in any case that…
Firm Confirms Clamping Done, Spill Clean-up Underway Nigerian oil firm Renaissance Energy has halted production into the country’s Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, following an operational incident. An environmental rights group said that the pipeline burst on May 6 and spilled oil…
BY KELVIN ONYEKACHUKWU, ASABA Amid growing political tension over the implementation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the fresh delineation of wards and polling units in Warri Federal Constituency, the Ijaw and Urhobo communities have jointly condemned what they described as desperate moves by some Itsekiri leaders to hijack the process through ethnic manipulation and…
A fresh controversy has erupted in Delta State over what many believe is a politically motivated academic punishment meted out to Osato Edobor, a top-performing final-year student of the Delta State College of Nursing, Asaba, following a viral TikTok video linked to an event attended by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. In March 2025,…
As the Ijaw Nation marked the 57th remembrance of Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, the Western Zone of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has called on young people across the Niger Delta to go beyond symbolic celebrations and actively resist political and developmental marginalisation in the region. Speaking during a commemorative event in Warri, Delta…
