Opinion

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan: Right choice for Nigeria now, By Miabiye Kuromiema

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan: Right choice for Nigeria now, By Miabiye Kuromiema Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has just been announced by Ikechukwu Eze, his publicist, to have been appointed into the Board of an European Advisory body, an NGO focused on building Relationships among Europe, Middle East and Africa. The statement from Ikechukwu Eze noted that, by

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News Rivers

ISAAC BORO DAY: IYC Kalabari calls for unity among Niger Deltans

ISAAC BORO DAY: IYC Kalabari calls for unity among Niger Deltans By Adamu Usman Members of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Kalabari Se-Ikpangi, have called on the Niger Delta people, generally, and the Ijaws, particularly, to unite so they can speak with one voice and achieve the goal for which their hero, Major Isaac Adaka

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Delta Politics

2023 Guber: Delta Ijaw gets major boost, as Niger Delta activist endorses Otuaro

2023 Guber: Delta Ijaw gets major boost, as Olaye endorses Otuaro …says Otuaro is the best candidate for Delta The hope of Ijaws to produce the next governor of Delta state got a major boost, when Engr Messiah Doupade Olaye, a Niger Delta Humanitarian activist, endorsed Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro for the 2023 Governorship race.

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Opinion

The political lucifers, by Ekanpou Enewaridideke

THE POLITICAL LUCIFERS, BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Strategically placed from the North to the South and from the East to the West of the universe and vice-versa are political haulers by whom adamantine followers and defenders of political leaders/political office holders are hauled willy-nilly into pitiable dungeon-like living conditions established as the centres for the production

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News

[PHOTOS] Warri stands still as Ijaw nation celebrates Isaac Boro Day, 54 years after 

WARRI STANDS STILL AS IJAW NATION CELEBRATES ISAAC BORO DAY, 54 YEARS AFTER By Loveth Ojogun & Bella Moses Business activities in Warri, Delta state were on Monday grounded, as Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Western Zone celebrated the 54th remembrance day of late Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, an activist and Nigeria civil war hero.

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Delta Politics

2023: Otuaro woos Delta central PDP delegates ahead of party primary

The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, on Monday, visited Ughelli to seek the support of delegates from Delta central senatorial district ahead of the May 23 governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ALSO READ: 2023: Otuaro unveils campaign manifesto, promises wealth creation, jobs for youths in Delta Amid cheers

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Opinion

The timed Mutu and Pondi

THE TIMED MUTU AND PONDI BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE  Time often times people; and for even time that times people, its own time is also timed. This is what time may not know because it appears to be more interested in timing people than getting itself timed. And so time has just timed Rt. Hon. Nicholas

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Entertainment & Events

AMVCA 2022: Full list of Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award winners

AMVCA 2022: Full list of Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award winners The 8th edition of the prestigious African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) is currently going on at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island to its usual glitz and glamour. #AMVCA8: Watch the moment Oga Sabinus beats Mr Macaroni, others to win Online Social Content

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Entertainment & Events Video

#AMVCA8: Watch the moment Oga Sabinus beats Mr Macaroni, others to win Online Social Content Creators’ award

#AMVCA8: Watch the moment Oga Sabinus beats Mr Macaroni, others to win Online Social Content Creators’ award Follow link to watch video: https://youtu.be/kBKbaoeU7rs

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Entertainment & Events Gallery

[PICTORIAL] Check out what your favorite celebrities wore to AMVCA 2022

Check out what your favorite celebrities wore to AMVCA 2022 The commercial city of Lagos again is bubbling with life as movie stars and other stakeholders throng the city in their tens of thousands. It’s another Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, #AMVCA, night and all roads leading to the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria

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National News

2023 Presidency: Nigerian witches say, PDP will take over power from APC

2023 Presidency: Nigerian witches say,  PDP will take over power from the APC After many days of meetings particularly in the northern part of the country, Association of White Witches Association of Nigeria (AWWAN) on Friday revealed that despite the unprecedented number of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential aspirants that have obtained forms for

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National News

Amaechi hurriedly inaugurates governing board of NPA, NIWA, others

Amaechi hurriedly inadequates governing board of NPA, NIWA, others The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday hurriedly inaugurated the governing boards of agencies under his supervision. President Muhammadu Buhari in April approved the reconstitution of the governing boards of five agencies under the Ministry of Transportation. ALSO READ: 2023 PRESIDENCY: Rotimi Amaechi resigns as

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National News

Petroteum Minister, Timipre Sylva, forced to resign, submits presidential nomination forms

Chief Timipre Sylva, the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, has been forced to resign from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Chief Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa State, was said to have been forced to submit his resignation letter to Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) late Friday,

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Delta Politics

[PHOTOS] Delta South Senatorial hopeful visits NNPP Presidential aspirant, Kwankwaso, in Abuja

Delta South Senatorial hopeful, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (Rtd), on Friday paid a courtesy visit to former governor of Kano State and national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as he continues in his consultations leading to next year’s general elections. ALSO READ: Meet Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama NNPP candidate

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Job Alerts

Urgent recruitment at Delta State Mother and Child Care Center/Advanced Medical Diagnostic Center ongoing

Recruitment at Delta State Mother and Child Care Center and the Advanced Medical Diagnostic Center ongoing – Consultants – Senior Medical Officer II – Nursing Officer i – Nursing Officer II – Pharmacists – Higher Executive Officer – Confidential Secretary – Clerical Officer – Health Records Officer – Medical Laboratory Scientists – Radiographer – Biomedical

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National News

IN RIVERS: Federal High Court remands Farah Dagogo in Port Harcourt correctional centre

Less than 24 hours after a detained governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Hon. Farah Dagogo, was granted bail by a Federal High Court, a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded him at the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Correctional Centre. ALSO READ: Drama

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National News

Drama as Rivers governorship aspirant, Farah Dagogo, is carried to court by three policemen unconcious

A mild drama played out in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State’s capital on Friday, as the People’s Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, was carried into the State High Court by three policemen. Dagogo, who looked unconscious, was brought to the court in a police van and hand lifted by the operatives

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Breaking News

President Buhari says departing ministers will be replaced without delay

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja bade farewell to outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), saying the departing Ministers would be replaced without delay. The president affirmed that a significant number of them had been sufficiently equipped to aspire to higher elective offices, including the Office of the President. ALSO READ: President

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National News

Deborah Samuel: Atiku deletes Twitter, Facebook posts after Islamic extremists threatened his presidential ambition

Following series of threats by some Islamic extremists on his social media handles, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, late last night deleted his condemnation of the murder of Deborah Samuel. The deceased, a 200-level student of the Department of Home Economics, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was yesterday killed by an angry mob for

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Business

Naira crashes further as aspirants mop up dollars ahead of APC, PDP primaries

Naira crashes further as aspirants mop up dollars ahead of APC, PDP primaries Ahead of the primaries of the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), aspirants are mopping up dollars across the country, leading to the further depreciation of the naira. According to Daily Trust, the dollar

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Politics

Asari Dokubo cautions Goodluck Jonathan against joining APC

Asari Dokubo cautions Goodluck Jonathan against joining APC Former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has cautioned ex-President Goodluck Jonathan against joining the All Progressives Congress, APC. Dokubo urged Jonathan to join other political parties and not APC if he wanted to run for the Presidency again. ALSO READ: Goodluck Jonathan meets APC chairman amidst attempts by

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News

IN RIVERS: Gunmen hijack three vehicles on East-West road, scores kidnapped

Scores of travellers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West Road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha Road regained their freedom. ALSO READ: Gunmen kill 11 in Rivers In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen

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National News

2023: Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, submits presidential nomination form

A leading All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Thursday, submitted his completed nomination form at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja. The aspirant, who submitted his form through the Director-General of his Campaign Organisation, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, expressed confidence that he would pick the ruling party’s presidential ticket in the

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Cross River News

Cross River governor dethrones traditional ruler for dabbling into politics

Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the certificate of recognition of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area, Prof. Itam Hogan Itam, for dabbling in partisan politics. The order was contained in a letter addressed to the embattled paramount ruler dated 11th May 2022 and signed by

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Uncategorized

Federal High Court orders release of Farah Dagogo from police custody

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the immediate release of a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers, Farah Dagogo from police custody. Justice E A Obile in an ex parte application filed by Dagogo, ordered the Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, to ensure the release of the

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Delta Politics

BURUTU NORTH: APC aspirant vows to do better than sharing cup of rice, groundnut oil to constituents

A frontline 2023 aspirant for Burutu North Constituency in Delta State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Marvel Ebikeme, has vowed that if elected, he would change the narrative of sharing cup of rice and bottle of groundnut oil as dividend of democracy to constituents. Prince Ebikeme, who

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News Oil & Gas

PICTORIAL: Tonlagha resumes duties at Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission 

Tonlagha resumes duties at Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission  Capt. John Tonlagha has resumed office as the new Executive Commissioner, Health, Safety, Community and Environment of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). ALSO READ: Read full details of how Nigerian senate confirmed Tonlagha, others nominated by Buhari into NUPRC He arrived at the NUPRC premises

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National News

Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Mary Odili retires at 70

Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Mary Odili retires at 70 Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Odili retires at 70 Erudite jurist, Justice Mary Ekaego Peter Odili of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is to officially bow out of the nation’s Judiciary today Thursday, May 12, 2022. Mrs Odili, who is one

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National News

[PHOTOS] Akpabio submits presidential form with over 370 delegates’ endorsement

Akpabio submits presidential form with over 370 delegates’ endorsement Immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and APC presidential aspirant, Chief Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday night submitted his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for the presidential primary election having secured the endorsement of over 370 delegates required by the party. ALSO READ: Godswill Akpabio

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National Politics

Kano 2023: Why I endorsed my deputy governor to succeed me – Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has explained why he endorsed his Deputy, Nasiru Gawuna, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress and his former Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Murtala Garo, as the running mate. ALSO READ: President Buhari orders ministers with political ambitions to resign, gives deadline Ganduje made

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National News Politics

2023 PRESIDENCY: Rotimi Amaechi resigns as Transport Minister

Nigeria’s minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has resigned following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on office holders seeking to contest in the 2023 general elections. ALSO READ: President Buhari orders ministers with political ambitions to resign, gives deadline Buhari, earlier on Wednesday ordered that all cabinet members vying for elective offices in the 2023 elections, should

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National News

Godswill Akpabio resigns as Niger Delta Affairs Minister, ready for 2023 presidential race

Niger Delta Affairs Minister Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, ahead of 2023 presidential race. ALSO READ: 2023: Massive turnout as Godswill Akpabio declares for President The President during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting ordered all cabinet members eyeing elective offices to quit before May 16. In a

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National

INEC to suspend online voter registration May 30

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will suspend the registration of Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) online pre-registration nationwide on May 30 2022. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday said the online pre-registration and physical registration will continue until the CVR exercise is suspended on June 30, 2022. ALSO READ: Nigerian political parties ask

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National News

Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan grabs new international appointment

Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed to the international advisory board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council). By this appointment, Dr. Jonathan becomes the first sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the board of the ECAM Council, a non-profit organisation established with the purpose

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Science

ALERT: Nigeria To Witness Lunar Eclipse Monday – Unizik Don

ALERT: Nigeria To Witness Lunar Eclipse Monday – Unizik Don Prof Augustine Ubachukwu, Astronomy Research Group Lead, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, said that Nigeria and some African countries will witness the first total Lunar eclipse of the year on May 16. Ubachukwu, in an interview on Wednesday with the News Agency of Nigeria

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