Nigeria’s major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has come under severe attack from the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A over what the group described as the frivolities of a party at the verge of extinction adding that the party was celebrating frivolities. The group made this known through its National…
By Njamanze Fidel The Niger Delta People’s Movement, NDPM, has urged the people of Bayelsa State to base their choice of the next governor of the state on the core attributes of competence, integrity, courage, initiative and focus. In a meeting held on Friday in Yenagoa to discuss the political future of the state and…
The lawmaker representing Lagos West Senatorial District at the Senate, Solomon Adeola, has urged Nigerians to live peacefully with each other. Adeola made the plea in a statement issued by his media office to rejoice with Muslims in the country, especially those in his district. He also congratulated them on the successful conclusion of Ramadan,…
The Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has donated nutritional materials to pregnant and nursing mothers in 28 councils under his district. Making the donation of over 3000 cans of a brand of milk at his Senatorial Office in Ikeja to some primary health care centres’ representatives, the federal lawmaker explained that the…
**Party Wants Sacked Council Bosses Recalled Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has been tasked to implement, without delay, the judgment of the National Industrial Court reinstating the elected 22 Council Chairmen in Rivers State sacked by Governor Nyesom Wike. The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, challenged Arase to “do the…
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed new Service Chiefs few moments after he fired the former occupiers of the positions. A statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Presidency also confirmed the appointment of a new National Security Adviser to the President. Here are the new appointees and their designations. Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin –…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the country’s service chiefs. Spokesman of the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Monday, July 13, 2015. He disclosed that their replacements would be announced later. The affected officers are the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; Air Chief, Air Vice…
Former Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe (rtd), has described situations happening in northern part of Nigeria as ‘war’. The ex-cop, while speaking as a guest on a Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily, on Monday, said the country is in a serious war situation with the recent rise in bomb attacks in some parts…
No fewer than two persons were feared dead in a suicide bomb attack on Saturday morning in Maiduguri, Borno State. The suicide bomber and one other person reportedly died in the attack, which occurred near the office of the Directorate of State Security Services and directly opposite Elkanemi College. The bomber was said to have…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced dates for the governorship elections expected to hold later in 2015 in Kogi and Bayelsa States. Gubernatorial elections were not held in Kogi and Bayelsa States on April 11, 2015 because the tenures of the governors in the two states were not terminating on May 29, 2015…