By Emma Amaize ASABA— CELEBRATED environmental activist, Chief Newton Jibunoh, has stressed the need for Africa to produce another Nelson Mandela, as the continent and entire global community celebrated the life and ideal of the late President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, yesterday. #bbnajia: Ella evicted from Big Brother Naija season four(Opens in a new […]

CALABAR— PROFESSOR Isah Raddah, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has said that most of those stealing the nation’s resources are not poor but rich and  well placed people who are taking advantage of their positions  to make more money  at the expense of the majority of Nigerians.

The Nigeria Police Warri Area Commander, ACP Mohammed Garba, has been commended for the return of over 150 indigenes of Ugbeogungun community, an Itsekiri settlement, in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State to their homeland.

ABUJA- Former Abia State governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has extolled the virtues late South African Former President Nelson Mandela saying Mandela was the inspiration behind his backing down from contesting the deputy Senate President seat.

Two Niger Delta groups, Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum and the Persons Not Party, PNP, have called for an open and independent public debate among the governorship aspirants seeking party nominations to contest the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, noting that the interactive session with the people will stop imposition of candidates and produce an acceptable candidate that will succeed Governor Seriake Dickson.

ABUJA—Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has urged Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, to call its members accused of brutal killings and other crimes to order, saying their actions were creating enmity for the Fulani ethnic group.

Second Republic lawmaker in old Rivers State, Secretary Bayelsa Elders Forum, and Chairman  Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Thompson Okorotie, in this interview bared his mind on some topical national issues and the way forward.

ABUJA— FORMER Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe Central), yesterday, claimed the Federal Government withdrew the two-count charge against him to save its face and resources.

Director of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, NESCO, Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, Professor Peter Okebukola, has given seven reasons  why African universities are poorly ranked in global league and ways  to  improve their rankings.

Elder Monday Udo-Tom is the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of Bayelsa State. In an exclusive interview during the 2019 Post-election review held by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos, Udo-Tom reaffirmed his commitment to ensure the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa is  free, fair, and acceptable.

OVER 2.4 million poor/vulnerable individuals have so far been captured in the World Bank-assisted Federal Government-initiated Youth Employment and Social Support Operations, YESSO, programme.

ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, attributed the rising security challenges in Africa to those who profit from illegal financial activities.

CHARLES Dadi Onyeama was the first-ever Nigerian judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. And his author/publisher son, Dillibe (of Nigger At Eton fame), has written a biography of his illustrious father titled: The Man, The Legend, An Intimate Portrait.

“THE labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain”. How much importance do we, the government and people of Nigeria, really attach to this line in our national anthem? Shouldn’t the inspiring words of our national anthem which we recite at the beginning of formal and public events be so deeply etched in our hearts and consciousness as to reflect in our routine behaviours and attitudes, especially towards one another?

ABUJA—Sequel to the order of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday produced some documents the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, requested with respect to their case against the outcome of the 2019 presidential election.