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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 20th, 2013
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The All Progressive Congress on Sunday described the alleged plot to force Governor Rotimi Amaechi to resign, as a ‘’last desperate act’’ to frustrate him out of office. The APC in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also condemned the reported plot to abduct […]
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Edo, Governors, Headlines, Imo, Prince Charles Dickson, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 20th, 2013
Three Governors – Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, Rochas Okorocha of Imo and Rotimi Amechi of Rivers – did not attend the South-East/South-South governors meeting held on Sunday in Enugu. The meeting was attended by eight of the 11 governors in the two geo-political zones. Governors who attended the meeting include Theodore Orji of Abia; […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
FROM TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt will today rule on the bail application and admissibility of photographs presented as exhibits, on the gruesome murder of four students of the University of Port Harcourt on October 5, 2012. The 12 accused persons were Lawal Segun, ex-Sergeant Lucky Orji, Ikechukwu […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
FROM ADE ADEYEMI, IJEBU-ODE It was a tragic end for a father of four and his lover who were found dead naked in a room, at Ago-Iwoye, in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun state yesterday. The man, identified as Akeem, believed to be in his 50s was a father of four children living […]
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Anambra, Lagos, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
By OKONKWO EZE ONITSHA — The Federal High Court 4 sitting in Lagos, presided over by Justice Anumogobia is expected to commence hearing on January 29, 2014 in a N1 billion civil suit instituted against Lagos State Government, by the 76 victims who were deported from the state and abandoned in Onitsha, Anambra State […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Veteran political operative George Moghalu, presently chairman of the Ngige Campaign Organization answers questions on the candidate’s quest and questions around him. BY LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU On plans for the election We are set and are on ground. We have started talking to various interest groups with a view to re-introducing our brand. Our brand […]
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Articles, Benue, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | October 12, 2013 – Below is the speech delivered by Leonard Shilgba at the Tiv Day Adamawa State event held at the Ribadu Square, Yola on October 5, 2013. This day, to me, marks the beginning of a pursuit of a new agenda for my Tiv […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
Arthur Eze promised to buy the house for Mr. Lar’s family. The members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Bamanga Tukur, paid a condolence visit to the Abuja home of the pioneer chairman of the ruling party, Solomon Lar, only to be shocked that the late politician […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
Mr. Amaechi says the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Rivers State holds dire consequence for Rivers, Niger Delta and Nigeria Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to investigate the “grave and deteriorating human rights situations” that he alleged were orchestrated by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Joseph […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
Cross Rivers State Deputy Governor, Efiok Cobham Unknown gunmen in the wee hours of Friday kidnapped the octogenarian father of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Chief Essien Cobham, from his home in Creek Town, Odukpani Local Government Area of the state. An uncle of the deputy governor whose name could not be […]
