By Asiayei Enaibo AZIZA Father Igologolo, Aferekiripon! I dip my fingers into your pot of power to redeem my father’s vow made before your sacred altar in the days of antiquity before I came to see the light of the Earth when I was you and now I am you then you in your mercy…
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has criticized the Federal Government for employing mercenaries allegedly connected to Mujahid Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), to protect the Abuja-Kaduna road, which has become notorious for criminal activities. HURIWA stated that the government, particularly the Nigerian Army and…
The family of the Amanayabo of Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State has officially announced the passing of their father and King of the Kalabari Kingdom, Prof. T. J. T Princewill. In a statement released in Abuja, the family stated that the formal announcement followed the completion of various traditional rituals, which included briefing the Buguma…
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Reuters asked rhetorically in a report on Thursday if President Bola Tinubu is “Baba Go-fast” in apparent reference to the quick reforms his two weeks old administration is undertaking in the economic sphere. The well respected news agency wrote: “Nigeria’s new President, in office for less than a month, is pushing to…
…grants children of the four deceased scholarships to first-degree level … automatic employment for wives His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today attended the funeral of the four (4) Bayelsa Queens Football Club supporters who died in a fatal auto crash along the Kwale-Asaba highway in Delta State. Making his tribute at…
The member representing southern Ijaw federal constituency, Hon. Engr. Rodney Ambaiowei, has offered condolences to the families of Igali, Ogidi, and Diripigi, all of Eniwari and Fonibiri communities in Southern Ijaw LGA, over the painful deaths of their sons, Late Eze Igali, Kurotimi Igali, Clement Diripigi, and Philemon Ogidi.k Engr. Rodney, in a condolence message…
I am pleased to welcome distinguished gentlemen of the press to this briefing to clear the air on the needless controversies being generated around the expenditure on the preparatory activities for the 2023 Census. However, my first task today is to express the profound appreciation of the Commission to the Nigerian media for the robust…
The National Population Commission (NPC) on Wednesday said the processes for the 2023 census were being reviewed in order to ensure the preparation do not become obsolete. The Jigawa State Director of the National Population Commission Irahim Iro, made this known during a breakfast meeting on the 2023 Population and Housing Census with the media…
The government of Bayelsa State and construction giants, Julius Berger, have assured that there was no cause for concern over a crack on a portion of the Berger flyover in Yenagoa, the state capital. The flyover was constructed about 10 years ago during Senator Seriake Dickson administration. This followed concerns raised on the social media…
Former President of the United States, Donald Trump has promised to “demolish the New World Order” in what will be a “final Biblical battle” in the next few years. “We are a failing nation. We are a nation in decline. And now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law…
