Justice Nsemeke Daniel of the High Court on May 25, 2026, sentenced Sergeant Goodnews Akpan to death by hanging for the torture and murder of a suspect detained over a bailable offence in Akwa Ibom State. The convict, who was attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Squad in Uyo, was found guilty of brutally assaulting the suspect…
“This season reminds us all of God’s abiding faithfulness and providence towards us as a people, blessed more than all other sections of our great country. So, let us prepare ourselves for the new move of God which will certainly come.”
The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Godknows Boladei Igali, has announced that May 25 will henceforth be marked as “Chief Edwin Clark Memorial Day” across the South-South geopolitical zone beginning from 2027. Igali made the declaration during the 11th Founder’s Day and 99th posthumous birthday celebration of elder statesman, Edwin Kiagbodo…
*Inaugurates Reconciliation Committee Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to well-meaning stakeholders in the Ijaw ethnic nationality to collectively ensure that the Ijaw National Congress (INC) was not factionalised. He said history would not forgive them if they allowed personal interests to overshadow the cause of the Ijaw people. Governor Diri stated…
As political activities gradually gather momentum ahead of the next general elections, many constituents believe that the achievements recorded so far make a strong case for the re-election of Hon. Engr. Rodney E. Ambaiowei.
By Mike Arnold On May 16, 2026, President Trump killed the world’s #2 ISIS commander in a strike on his compound inside Nigeria. Americans better start paying attention. Nigeria is not a sideline in the war on terror. It is today the center of Islamic end-times theology — what they believe is the prophesied launchpad…
Interestingly, on board the air-bird was the Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri, who was Passenger 1A.
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that his withdrawal from the gubernatorial race was a strategic decision driven by wisdom and political calculation rather than fear or defeat. In a strongly worded statement, Governor Fubara said no serious political leader ventures into a contest on a political terrain entirely controlled by opponents,…
The South-South Governors Forum (SSGF) has expressed strong solidarity with first-term governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s scheduled governorship primaries holding on Thursday, May 21, 2026. In a statement issued by the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, the forum commended the governors for what…
