By Chekwube Nzomiwu The Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) is one non-governmental organisation no longer taken seriously in Nigeria because of its frequent outrageous and juvenile interventions in public discourse. However, in public interest, I am constrained to comment on the recent statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, asking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to…
The Senate has initiated an investigation into the oil subsidy regime operated by the federal government until its removal in May 2023. The Senate criticized the N9.3 trillion spent on the subsidy regime from January 2021 to June 2023 and called for a living wage for workers to mitigate the effects of subsidy removal. Additionally,…
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State was in Ikenne town, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State where he attended a reception in honour of the immediate past Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, for the completion of his tenure. Governor Diri alongside the immediate past governor, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, and other…
*NDLEA Decorates Bayelsa Gov As Frontline Ambassador Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has implored politicians in the state not to destroy the future of youths in the state by introducing them to drug use during election seasons. Governor Diri also stated that there was a relationship between hard drugs and crime. The governor spoke…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has restated the call for oil companies operating in the state and corporate bodies to invest in sports development. L-R: President, Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Chief Olobatoke Aka, Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, Masters category winner, Enoch Nwali, and Chairman, Bayelsa State Scrabble Association, Daniel Alabrah He made…
Two Civil Society Organisations, Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) and College of Bishops Imams and Clergy Councils (CBICC), have jointly described the recent call by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) to scrap the National Population Commission (NPC) as misguided comments that fail to recognize the importance of the Commission by law in gathering…
Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has directed that Mmesomma Joy Ejikeme, the female pupil who falsified her Unifief Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) be handed over to the State Guidance Counselor and Professor of Clinical Psychology. Soludo gave this directive in a letter to the Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi where Mmesoma is a student….
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Captain Matthew Karimu, has given the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri and his Deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, a pat on the back for their humble and purposeful leadership style, saying the duo is making laudable impacts in the governance of the state. Bayelsa State Deputy Governor…
Hon. Engr. Ebareotu Jerry Amakirisou, SSA Maintenance to the Miracle Governor of the Government House, led a high-powered delegation to Sagbama to console Comrade German Kewerekumore, also known as KK Chairman Revenue Sagbama, on the death of his beloved father, Smart German, who was the oldest man of Sagbama federated town. During the visit, the…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has in a landmark judgment, ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about $5 billion Abacha loot by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” Erevision MediaTV gathered that the court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to…
