BY GODWIN OBI A former Rivers State Commissioner for Works, Chief David Briggs, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu imposed ‘Abuja resolution’ on Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Briggs, in an interview with pressmen on Wednesday, said he attended the resolution meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. According toContinue Reading
BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, says his principal, Governor Siminalayi Fubara didn’t sign a “peace agreement” with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, under duress at the Presidential Villa on Monday. Johnson spoke on Wednesday during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics programme. “IContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Executive Secretary of Nigeria Shippers’ Council, Barr Pius Ukeyima Akutah, has promised to do his best by reducing cargo clearance time at the ports from 48 to 24 hours, even as he promised to strive to put down solid structures for which he will be remembered.Continue Reading
•Lagos generates higher revenue than 30 states combined BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The seventh Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report released by Economic Confidential, an intelligence magazine, has declared six states insolvent. The basis for the declaration is that their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2022 were below 10 per centContinue Reading
BY CHIGOZIE EZEH In an effort to revive the local economy, the Federal Government is providing the Chibok community in Borno State with farming equipment and other accessories for skill development valued at N210 million. This comes after the community was forcibly relocated in 2014 as a result of theContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The member representing Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Federal Constituency, Mr Ahmed Jaha, has called for deliberate efforts to return all Chibok people displaced by Boko Haram back home. Jaha said though Chibok and most parts of Borno are now safe from the activities of insurgents, a lot of people whoContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS/JAMES AKINOLA The G27 faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Mr. Martins Amaewhule, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the state government, yesterday, disagreed over the vacancy of seats in the House. While Amaewhule said their seats are not vacant, because their defection fromContinue Reading
BY CHIGOZIE EZEH President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and top-flight researcher, Ijeoma Uchegbu, on her election as President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge. Professor Uchegbu, renowned for her innovative work in nanoparticle drug delivery, is currently aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A 75-year-old grandma has been arrested in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Sunday. The suspect, Sekinat Soremekun, was nabbed on Friday in the Oshodi area of Lagos with quantities of cannabis and litres of codeine syrup wereContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has joined calls for the restructuring of the country before 2027, saying Nigeria is a failing state He insisted that Nigeria would be considered a failed state if it does not provide for the security, welfare, andContinue Reading