A Niger Deltan laments
LAST week, I mentioned the numerous challenges faced by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, an intervention agency that has never served its constituents adequately and is famed for mismanaging the vast sums of money it has at its disposal.
Christians not persecuted in Nigeria, Sultan of Sokoto insists
Miffed by the many protests against perceived religious persecution in the country, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III, has insisted there is no agenda to exterminate Christians in Nigeria through attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
Coronavirus: American football season suspended for 30 days
The United States of America, USA’s Major League Soccer, MLS, on Thursday, suspended its season for 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ABSIEC: Prof. Mkpa eligible, Abia PDP tells APGA
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia state has said that Prof. Mkpa is eligible to be the electoral umpire in the state. The PDP called as bluff the claims by the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, that Prof. Mkpa is a card-carrying member of the PDP. Prof Mkpa Agu Mkpa was appointed chairman of […]
South-West PDP leaders re-strategise to take over APC ruling states
… as Bode George, Fayose, others storm Ibadan for meeting By Adeola Badru THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the southwest states have unanimously re-strategised to take over the remaining five states being controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC), just as the party harped on unity to achieve the desired results. This was […]
Top Brazilian political aide tests positive for coronavirus days after meeting Trump
A top Brazilian political aide tested positive for coronavirus days after he met with Donald Trump, according to Brazilian news outlets. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s press secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, accompanied his boss at a dinner with Trump at Mar-A-Lago on Saturday. On Wednesday, Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo reported that Wajngarten was diagnosed with […]
Uzodinma names Justice Ijeoma Agugua acting Imo chief judge
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has approved the appointment of Honourable Justice Ijeoma Agugua as the Acting Chief Judge of the State. Justice Agugua is currently the Administrative Judge of High Court Owerri, Imo State. The governor appointed Justice Agugua hours after the former Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Paschal Nnadi retired. Justice Agugua’s swearing-in […]
Udu LG boss urges Nigerians to emulate Rotary members
Chairman of Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Onajite Brown, has commended Rotary Club members on charity and selflessness, urging individuals and groups to emulate them.
SANUSI: Ganduje’s conduct, synonymous with authoritarianism of the crudest temper— Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka, playwright and Nobel laureate has said Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State does not have friends who could have advised him against the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II.
No plans to dethrone Ekiti monarchs—Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, on Thursday, dismissed reports that the state government intends to dethrone some traditional rulers in the state.
UPDATED: Sanusi drags IGP, DSS DG, AGF to court over ‘illegal confinement’
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, on Thursday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to enforce his fundamental human rights. Sanusi, who was deposed as Emir by Kaduna State government last Monday and forcefully taken to Awe in Nasarawa State where he has been in confinement, is seeking an interim […]
