Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national convention in Port Harcourt in August 2016, one of the chairmanship aspirants, former Minister of Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran has committed himself to lead the process to reposition the party and reclaim its national glory. Speaking in this regards through Yemi Akinbode, his media aide, Prof. Adeniran,…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has threatened to drag his colleague, Abdulmumin Jibrin, to court if he, within seven days, fails to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him. Dogara made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs,…
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Rotimi Akeredolu, has picked his nomination form to participate in the governorship election in Ondo State. Akeredolu, fondly called Aketi, promised to transform the state if elected into office as governor. He made this known in his 11-point agenda. The erudite lawyer further promised to have a…
Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed GMD of NNPC, Maikanti Kachallah Baru. The governor thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the faith invested in indigenes of the state by appointing them in federal positions. He also told the new GMD to live above board as…
The Ondo Progressive Congress, a youth group under the banner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, stormed the party’s secretariat in Akure to demand inclusiveness for the youths and the adoption of one of them as the gubernatorial candidate of the party. The youths in their hundreds from the 18…
Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has been commended for his leadership style, initiatives and approach at the foremost maritime regulatory agency. At a well-attended celebration of the ‘African Day of the Seas and Oceans’ hosted by NIMASA in Lagos, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport,…
A group known as Vanguard for Justice, Equity and Strategy has commended the INEC for carrying forward the date of the planned Rivers re-run election as a result of incessant killings of people in the state. Speaking in a seminar on Youth violence in Port Harcourt over the weekend, the vice President of the group,…
There was tension in the air on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, when two ministerial nominees failed to recite the National anthem and pledge properly. The nominees, Ibrahim Isa from Niger State and Vivian Nwunaku Okeke from Anambra State mixed up the National Anthem and pledge when the chairman of the senate committee on Foreign Affairs,…
Crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly for a while now seems to have come to an end with the resignation of Momoh Jimoh as Speaker of the House. This has led to the appointment of Ahmed Umar Alfa as the new Speaker. It would be recalled that the House has been immersed in…
An appeal has been made to the Federal Government to immediately disband the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This call was made by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Austin Tam-George, via a statement issued shortly after the cancellation of the rerun election scheduled for July 30. Tam-George noted that…