There is heavy security presence around the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike’s father’s home, Rumuepirikom in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, as he (Wike) arrives to exercise his constitutional right

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 400 civil society organizations, weekend, discribed the recent shady recruitment exercise conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a grand betrayal of a change mantra of the Buhari’s administration.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday pooh-poohed the reports credited to the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, that Biafran agitators were killed in Aba, Abia State by armed soldiers over alleged provocation saying that the agitators were while praying for the repose of their colleagues earlier mowed down by security forces when the incident occured.

There are indications that there will be a structural political apathy in the today’s Federal and State Assembly rerun elections in Rivers State.

DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu gas blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for flouting the constitution and conducting rerun elections in the various State Houses of Assembly and the National Assembly, later than 30 days after elections had been nullified by the courts.

The embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, adduced reasons the 13-count criminal charge the Federal Government preferred against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, should be quashed.

Nigerians hardly agree or indulge themselves in collective appreciation of the performance of any public officer. It is like a cherished culture of endless criticism, the people hate to relinquish.

Few hours to the commencement of the Rivers rerun elections, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Elyon Ntiro Elijah and the Rivers State Commissioner for Water Resources, Chief Ibibia Walter have been reportedly kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in Rivers State.

There is calm in Buguma, headquarters of Asari Toru local government area as at about 7: 50am.

As part of efforts to grow more indigenous entrepreneurs, encourage the culture of self-reliance and deepen the Nigeria economy, the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) in partnership with Heritage Bank and its development partners is set to launch a N500 million special seed fund (YESGrant) for young Nigerians on Tuesday.

If the Kaduna State House of Assembly eventually passes into law an Executive Bill currently before it, a resident risks spending two years in jail if he plays any cassettes containing religious recordings or music in his car.

Since the incident happened, I have learnt how not to trust anybody any more. I put my trust now in the Lord. And this is better explained in the new song I recorded. The music captures my story.

Magistrate Mrs I. O. Adelaja of an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Oyingbo, on Friday, remanded the six suspects who allegedly kidnapped three pupils of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in prison.

SINCE I came back from the UK a couple of years ago, I have had dates with a string of successful, charming, university educated men from lawyers to bankers and showbiz men and, no matter how serious the relationship became, not one of them ever mentioned safe sex or used a condom without my insistence”, said Nina, in her late 20s and a fairly successful IT expert. “Which begs the question: in a city where unbridled hedonism is becoming the norm, what has happened to the AIDS conversation? There is a lack of awareness among young people, and the belief that ‘this won’t happen to me’. And saying STDs are something only dirty people get is unfortunately, a typical view which is scary, considering the sexual health record the country has.

Soldiers are on major roads in Port Harcourt.

As early as 4am they had taken over GRA junction on Aba road. The soldiers were seen questioning motorists before allowing them drive through mounted barricades.