PERSPECTIVE – The proof Buhari needs
President Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his 78th birthday on Thursday. For the event, he could not have picked a worse location on the almanac or on the map: his hometown of…
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Southern, Middle belt leaders reject 1999 Constitution; declare autonomy dispute with Nigerian Govt; give 90-day ultimatum, say layout is unitary union of death
President Muhammadu Buhari. The ethnic groups from the South-West, South-East, South-South and the Middle Belt have declared a sovereign dispute with the Nigerian government and rejected the 1999 constitution as a fraud put together to…
Okowa congratulates Saraki at 58
Dr. Bukola Saraki. Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated former president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on his 58th birth anniversary on Saturday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr…
Elumelu family builds, handover ultra-modern palace for Onicha-Uku monarch
Imposing edifice... the new Onicha-Uku Palace built by the Elumelu family. Obi of Onicha-Uku, HRM Raphael Agbamuche, on the throne in the new palace, listening to address by the former deputy governor of Delta state,…
PRESS RELEASE – LGA POLLS: NO AUTOMATIC TICKET FOR SERVING COUNCIL CHAIRMEN, DELTA PDP REFUTES CLAIMS
Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, Delta PDP Publicity Secretary. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has refuted claims that 16 serving Council Chairmen have been given the waiver to contest the Local Government Council elections…
DIALOGUE WITH MY COUNTRY – The North and its failed political industry – Weep my brother
Mr. Dan Agbese. By Dan Agbese Chief Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me…
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Conduct elections in restored Aniocha South Constituency 1, HoReps orders INEC, as Elumelu makes case
Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, during plenary. The House of Representatives has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to, as a matter of urgency, conduct a bye election to fill in the Aniocha South constituency 1…
PERSPECTIVE – The biggest hoax in 60 years?
President Muhammadu Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense On Thursday, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, died at 85. I condole with his family. He was a well-educated lawyer who attracted the attention of…
Okowa congratulates Wike on birthday
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike, CON, on his birth anniversary on Sunday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr…
PERSPECTIVE – When the snail enters a head-butt competition of animals with horns
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. By Owei Lakemfa THE House of Representatives is sulking that President Muhammadu Buhari did not honour the invitation to address it on Thursday over serious insecurity in the country.…