By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has directed the security agencies to raid premises suspected to be hideouts for cultists, militant support groups and other miscreants being used by politicians to disturb the peace, safety and security of the State. Wike also urged anyone with useful…
By Lizzy Okoji Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Ismail Yusuf, said no Nigerian has been identified the casualties of the earthquake that hit some cities in Turkey. Yusuf said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. According to him, the Embassy…
By Olajide Idowu A 46-year-old man, Olaleye Oluseyi, has been arrested in Osun State for posing as an officer of Department of State Services, DSS to dupe people with fake employment. Oluseyi was arrested on Jan. 15, following intelligence report that he was parading himself as DSS officer and duping…
By Alaba-Olusola Oke Ondo governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said gimmick or conspiracy cannot stop Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate from winning the February 25 presidential election. Akeredolu, spoke on Monday at the APC Ondo North Senatorial Campaign Rally held in Owo town. According to the Ondo…
By Taiye Agbaje Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, continued his battle against the national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as he had successfully obtained a court order stopping the leadership of the party from suspending or expelling him from the party. Wike filed the suit against the background oF recent…
Former President of South Africa, H.E. Thabo Mbeki, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to Nigeria, which will be holding Africa's largest democratic exercise later this month when it holds general elections on 25 February 2023. Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, constituted the Commonwealth Observer…
By Jethro Ibileke Giant campaign billboards of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, have been sighted at strategic locations within the vicinity of the Benin Airport, in Edo state. Opposition political parties in the state had…
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that plots by those he described as the 'anti-democratic elements' planning to frustrate the conduct of the 2023 general election will fail. Wike said the people of Rivers state are fully prepared to participate in the election. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele and representatives of the Nigerian Governors' Forum in Abuja. The meeting, held at the State House, Abuja, was to deliberate on the CBN's Naira redesign policies which has impoverished Nigerians. There has been scarcity of the new Naira…
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike has said Iyorchia Ayu, the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lied when he said some of his colleagues in the G-5 Governors' Forum are reaching out to him with a view to mending fences over the disagreement with the party. Specifically, the…