From PortHarcourt to Owerri: Reminiscing Amaechi days in Rivers State
I recently passed through Port Harcourt on a trip to Owerri, Imo State. The road was a bit lonely, thus raising security concerns for me. But I received assurance from my very gracious driver and travel companion Chimdi that a local vigilante is actively securing the road. With his assurances, wrapped in the song “Take a message to Mary” by Everly Brothers playing in the background, I fell asleep.
Benue leaders to military: Forest hideouts of bandits are all known
…Begin ‘operation clear our forests’ to dislodge, neutralise criminal herdsmen, terrorists, bandits By Peter Duru, Makurdi Last Saturday, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state narrowly escaped death when suspected herdsmen militia opened fire on him in his farm at Tyo Mu community in the outskirts of Makurdi town on Makurdi-Gboko road. The Governor in his […]
Outrage, condemnation greet Obaseki’s demolition of opposition politicians’ properties
…Demolition was for public interest – Government By Ozioruva Aliu AS at 3:45 pm on Tuesday, Mrs Precious Odubu, wife of the younger brother to the immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu was relaxing at home with her children without any inkling of what would befall them in the next 15 […]
School abductions: How we ‘re protecting our children in Ekiti – Gov Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said that his government has put various measures in place to protect school children against attacks and abductions.
Teni The Entertainer: How academic frustration inspired my hit single ‘Uyo Meyo’
Shares story behind her debut album` By BENJAMIN NJOKU Award-winning pop star, Teni the Entertainer recently revealed that there’s a story around the name of her newly released debut album “Wondaland”, which she promised to share with her fans after dropping the album. The album finally dropped last Friday, and the “Uyo Meyo” crooner has […]
I caught my 4-month pregnant wife in bed with another man, cleric tells court
A cleric, Abdulrasheed Olalere narrated how he caught his wife, Mariam in bed with another man when she was just four months pregnant. Olalere who filed a divorce suit against Mariam, accused her of infidelity and attempts to elope with her lover. He said they settled and he accepted his wife back after he caught […]
BUHARI: Garba Shehu Vs Hakeem Baba Ahmed
Govt has run out ideas … President should speak to us – Baba Ahmed Buhari is doing a lot…he is not a showman for TV – Garba Shehu By Dirisu Yakubu Nigerians were treated to a feast of vitriolic between Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and Mallam […]
Monthly sanitation: Two Kano factories get N1m fine for violation
No fewer than two factories in Kano State have been fined the sum of N1 million for violation of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
Aba North/ South by-election: Gunmen kidnap party agent in Aba
Unknown gunmen have abducted the collation officer for the All Progressive Congress, APC, for Aba North council, Engr. Mike Ozoemena, at the ongoing by-election for Aba North/ Aba South federal constituency.
NDLEA arrests 70-year-old bandits’ drug supplier in Niger
A 70-year-old drug trafficker, Mohammed Rabiu Wada, who supplies illicit substances to Boko Haram insurgents and bandits, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Niger state.
FIDA denies report on Wike, Rivers’ CJ
The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, has rebutted a statement credited to it by a national daily (not Vanguard) ‘RIVERS LAWYERS KICK OVER WIKE’S ALLEGED PLAN TO IMPOSE CJ’ dated March 23.
Onuesoke hails Baba-Ahmed for speaking out on Buhari’s style of governance
By Ephraim Oseji Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and former Delta State governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has commended the spokesman for Northern Elders Forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, for speaking out on the alleged docility of the Presidency. Recall that while appearing on a Channels Television programme last Friday, Ahmed accused the Buhari-led administration of downplaying […]
Ortom suspends another Benue monarch over communal crisis, threatens to wield ‘big stick’
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has ordered the immediate suspension of a paramount ruler, Zaki Ortar Agwa Mnyange Kwahar, from office to pave way for investigation into his role in the crisis at Mbatyough, Mbagen Council Ward of Buruku Local Government Area, LGA, of the state.
A wrong man for this season?
Fatherhood By Muyiwa Adetiba The mind flashes back some forty years ago to1983 when the then civilian President requested a dashing young man to rid the North-East of some cantankerous invaders from a neighbouring country. This young man who was a GOC (General Officer Commanding) at the time, rose to the occasion and gave the […]
Ebonyi Defection: EX-PDP Chair, State excos, former chairmen of LGAs, 171 others defect to APC
THE embattled and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State, Barr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi and the State Executive Committee of the Party, Saturday decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC in the State.
Arewa House Lecture: He was institutional builder per excellence — Buhari, Tinubu, extoll Sardauna’s virtues
President Muhammadu Buhari and National leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have on Saturday at the Arewa House Kaduna, extolled the virtues of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello who was described as
a visionary and transformational leader.
