Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has directed the Attorney General of the State and Commissioner for Justice, to write a strong worded protest letter to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over harassment of State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Siminialayi Fubara. Governor Wike gave the directive […]
Month: June 2022
Court Sentences three to death over Afenifere leader’s daughter’s murder
A High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Friday sentenced three persons to death by hanging over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunri, daughter of leader of Pan- Yoruba Social cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti The convicts, Muhammed Shehu Usman,Mazaje Lawal and Adamu Adamu reportedly killed […]
2023 Presidential Election : Tinubu Unveils Agenda – To Decentralize Police, Create Jobs, Ensure 12% GDP Growth.
By Goodluck Ikiebe Tinubu’s Roadmap; a) 25% annual budget for educationb) 10% annual budget for healthc) Decentralisation of policed) Introduction of commodity exchangee) Total deregulation of oil market and building if national storage to sustain supplyf) Stimulation of production and manufacturing for exportg) Target of 15,000MW generation and distribution of […]
Child Custody Shock : Nigerian Man Commits Suicide in Texas After Shooting the Wife.
By George Otumu/Goodluck Ikiebe. A Nigerian man, Obinna Igbokwe, in Texas, has shot his American wife in the head, killed Mother-in-law and Fled with 3-month-old-son and later died of self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Nigerian Standard newspaper reports that the couple’s 14-year-old son witnessed shooting, ran to a neighbor’s house for […]
Pray For Governor Wike, Rt. Hon. Dekor Urges Christians.
The member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dumnamene Robinson Dekor has urged Christians to pray for Rivers State Governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as he continues to pilot the affairs of the state. The federal lawmaker who stated this in his goodwill message […]
APC Convention: Tinubu visits Umahi.
In what looked like practical moves towards reconciling all members especially aspirants in the just concluded Presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Candidate of the party, Ahmed Bola Tinubu paid unscheduled visit to Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi. The meeting which held behind closed […]
APC, PDP there is a country to run.
Iliyasu Gadu 08035355706 (sms only) As thousands of delegates of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) converged on Abuja from all the nooks and crannies of the country for the party’s presidential primaries, large swathes of the federal capital City had been without power and fuel for weeks on […]
And the Chickens came Home to roost for the APC in Taraba.
Chief David Sabo Kente, known variously as DSK from the initials of his name and also as El Davido, along with other governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) must be feeling dazed and pole-axed at the below-the-belt punch dished out to them by their fellow […]
EFCC Arrests Four Suspected Oil Thieves.
The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command on June 7, 2022, arrested four suspected oil thieves. The suspects: Abdulgafar Salihu Ogande, Ismaila Isyaka, Ibrahim Isiaka and Iliyasu Usman were arrested at Mbiama, Rivers State alongside two DAF Trucks with registration numbers MKD 781 […]
Court Sentences Internet Fraudster To One Year in Prison
Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Obu Gabriel Ebibo to one year imprisonment for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence. He was convicted on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 after pleading ‘guilty’ to two -count charges preferred […]