Ayakoromo and Niger Delta Avengers
THE Niger Delta, once calm like Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’ after the formal commencement of the 2009 Amnesty Programme created by Late President Umaru Musa Yar ‘Adua which made Tompolo and other freedom activists embrace absolute peace unambiguously, now boils kodokodo. The Niger Delta boils; the Niger Delta boils because the Niger Delta Avengers, stuck to a new development ideology of their own creation, opposed to Tompolo’s revolutionary philosophy, has made the destruction of oil installations and facilities in Nigeria their pastime.
I remain PDP chairman until 2018 — Sheriff
The ousted Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, who was refused entrance to the party’s secretariat on Monday, has declared that he remained the chairman of the opposition party until 2018.
Rooney, Hodgson appeal for England fans to behave
England manager Roy Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney urged the country’s fans to avoid further violence at Euro 2016 in a video message on Monday, as the threat of disqualification hung over the team.
Ambode swears in 57 LG/LCDA Sole Administrators, warns against corruption
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday swore in Sole Administrators for the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state, warning them to avoid corruption.
Sheriff storms PDP secretariat
The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, stormed the secretariat of the party on the early hour of Monday but was denied access by the police.
IS claims Orlando shooting in radio bulletin
The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for the Orlando shooting that killed 50 people, saying in a radio bulletin that it was carried out by “one of the soldiers of the caliphate”.
