If Jonathan had won there would have been no more Nigeria — Olomilua
The formation of APC is a landmark in the political development of this nation, the party was made up of all Nigerians from every part of the country. In those days, principally in the West, we were Action Group, we couldn’t get votes from certain states in the north.
Niger Delta people, flow into a common river
THE people of the Niger Delta are “one people from the same tree.” This is a basic fact, but it assumes far greater significance when this open secret is revealed by HRH Omoba Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko, the Olu of Warri, leader and symbol of the Itsekiri Nation.
Wike assures on free, fair re-run election
Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that only those in support of political armed robbery will kick against his declaration that any plan to rig election in the state will be resisted.
More bloodletting in Rivers as gunmen kill 5
Five persons were allegedly shot dead in Ogbele community, Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State, by gunmen, Saturday night.
NOC drags Directors of Sports to classroom
A two-day robust programme for all Directors of Sports in all the State Sports Councils in Nigeria that would lecture on the negative use of drug abuse among others holds from March 4 to March 5 at the Command Guest House, Apapa, Lagos.
Sea bandits lay siege to Delta, Bayelsa
ARMED pirates have invaded the Burutu-Warri waterways and riverine communities in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, where they robbed passengers of valuables and carted away speedboats and engines.
Diarrhoea kills 30 in Imo
OWERRI—About 30 children have reportedly died, following what Imo State Government called “fresh outbreak of diarrhoea” in the state.
Agenda for Buhari rescue confab
THIS morning, I am surprised but hopeful. I am surprised at the speed and expedition with which President Muhammadu Buhari accepted the rescue lifeline thrown to him by his newfound friend and sympathiser of his All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government, Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka.
90-yr-old Bayelsa monarch relives kidnap experience
Yenagoa—The paramount ruler of Tombia town in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Chief Christian Otobotekere, said the 17 days he spent last year in the kidnappers’ den were his “darkest days.”
91-yr-old ex-CBN Director kidnapped in church
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen, yesterday, kidnapped 91-year-old retired Director, Foreign Operations, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Chief Joseph Ogedegbe at St. Michael’s Anglican Church, Emevor, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State.
REC warns against violence in C-River polls
NO acts of violence, intimidation of voters, cheating or rigging of results would be tolerated in the re-run for the Yakurr II, state House of Assembly seat which became vacant following the sack of Mr Eteng William of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the occupant of the seat by the Appeal Court.
