Nobody saw it coming. Not even seers. For victims and families of the sad incident, last Saturday would forever remain a black day in their lives. Port Harcourt going by its industrial nature is a very busy town. Like the saying goes, “no food for lazy man”. This probably was the driving spirit of most of the victims of the sad incident who defied the heavy downpour that morning to be on the streets to eke out a living

IT was cheery news recently when Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Abia State counterpart, Governor Theodore Orji, promised at the end of their meeting in Port Harcourt, to partner with a view to addressing the security challenges in border towns between the two states.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige Last Tuesday, members of the two chambers of the National Assembly passed a special resolution pursuant to section 145 of the 1999 constitution, empowering Dr Jonathan Goodluck to act as the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It began as a rumour which was stridently denied by the principal actors in the alleged face-off, Governor Babatunde Fashola and his immediate predecessor and mentor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Although the rumour mill has for some time given the impression that all was not well between the duo in spite of their pretension to the contrary, they had maintained that their father-son cordial relationship remained intact.

MOVING round some popular streets in Apapa Local Government Area, one will not fail to notice certain billboards conspicuosly mounted at strategic locations. On each of the billboards are the carefully displayed photographs of the Apapa Local Government Chairman, Hon. Ayodeji Joseph and a bad road placed side by side a newly constructed one with drainage system.