Opinion: What Alamieyeseigha’s death means

By Okey Ndibe Forget what the objective facts are, former Governor Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha, who died last week at 62 years, is a candidate for official veneration. The fact is that, in September 2005, law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom arrested DSP after finding more than a million pounds sterling in cash […]

Enugu Govt Set To Demolish All Buildings Without Town Planning Approval

Enugu State government has concluded plans to pull down all structures buildings erected without Town Planning approval or that constitute nuisance that may obstruct the new Enugu State Urban Renewal. The plan according to the state,is part of measure to develop the three senatorial zones of the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER reliably gathered that there will […]

We tried to save Alamieyeseigha – Bayelsa govt

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa An Air Ambulance had been put on notice to fly the first executive governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha overseas for further treatment when he succumbed to death on Saturday, Vanguard learnt. The arrangement, according to a top Bayelsa government official, was at the instance of the state […]

Jigawa Assembly sacks LG chair, suspends 2 others

By Tina Akannam Dutse—Jigawa State   House of Assembly has removed Jahun Local Government Area chairman, Alhaji Musa Harbu, and suspended two others for alleged misconduct and negligence of duty. Those suspended include chairmen of Gumel and Birniwa local government councils, Alhaji Muhammed Bunde and Alhaji Alhassan Babandi, respectively. Vanguard gathered the House on June 24 […]

No Rivers State fund was misappropriated by Amaechi’s govt – Ex-commissioners

PORT HARCOURT — Former Rivers State commissioners who served during the tenure of Ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi, weekend, in Port Harcourt, dismissed the report of misappropriated Rivers State funds during Mr. Amaechi’s tenure, as claimed by the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry. They insisted that the report of the commission was not only a product of illegality, […]

Emir of Ilorin calls for restructuring of Nigeria

Tasks Buhari on 2014 Confab implementation By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN—The chairman, Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has expressed the urgent need for the restructuring of Nigeria and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to make the best use of the report of the 2014 National Conference to […]

Breaking News: Ex Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, dies at 63 from heart attack

Amassoma, Alamieyeseigha hometown and the entire Ijaw nation thrown into mourning over the demise of the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. His death was the subject of discussion across the length and breath of the land. Former National Youth Leader of the Alliance Congress of Nigeria ACN, Comrade Ebikibina Miriki described the […]

Ministerial list: Kaduna boils over Amina Mohammed’s nomination

THE Kaduna State polity is boiling following President Muhammadu Buhari’s listing of Mrs Amina Mohammed as the ministerial nominee from the state. She is said to be from Gombe by birth but her husband is from Kaduna State. By Luka Binniyat Leading politicians from Kaduna have vowed to kick against Mrs Mohammed’s appointment claiming that […]

Rivers govt orders Amaechi, Ukpo, et all to refund about N100 billion

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME Rivers state govern ment has ordered former governor Chibuike Amaechi , Brigadier Anthony Ukpo rtd and some appointees of the former governor to refund about 100 billion naira allegedly missing from the state’s coffer. This development is contained in a white paper released yesterday by the state government on the recommendations of […]

The Educational Marvel of Governor Imoke – By Lloyd Ukwu

By Lloyd Ukwu | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – As of 2007, the quality of education in Cross River State was awful; academic standards were dishearteningly low. Following years of neglect, academic standards and educational facilities deteriorated to a disconcerting level. And the state joined the “infamous league of educationally backward states”. This […]

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