Governor Seriake Dickson has alleged that the supplimentary election of Saturday was marred by electoral malpractice and violence in Brass, Nembe, Ekeremor town and parts of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. In a statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to Bayelsa Governor, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor accused the... Read more
The incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Seriake Dickson, was on Sunday, declared winner of the State governorship election following a rerun poll. Dickson who emerged winner with a total of 134,998 votes, beat Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with... Read more
The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, Malachy Agbo, has been appointed the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Agbo, alongside 16 others were appointed by the Enugu State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Thursday. Ugwuanyi immediately inaugurated the chairmen... Read more
The card readers deployed for the supplimentary poll in Southern Ijaw performed optimally in places visited amidst incidents of ballot box snatching in pockets of polling units in Amasoma Southern Ija LGA.Voters who expressed their viewson commended INEC for correcting the lapses of the card readers in December 5,... Read more
By Donald Ekpo WHEN THE CATTLE THIEF ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHEPHERD’S DOG AS A WOLF. RE: BIAFRA; “IT’S A PLOT BY IGBO TO COLONISE SOUTH SOUTH – Alhaji Sagir Ringim Sir, I want to thank you for your concern about the welfare of the people of the... Read more
*Says it’s only panacea to human survival The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the passion with which his administration pursues its goal in the education sector arises from the conviction that education is the fulcrum upon which life and living rest. Governor Aregbesola stated this... Read more
…calls on people to pay their taxes. A foremost traditional ruler in Nigeria, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has bestowed upon the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola the title of “Omoluabi of Yoruband” just as he urged Osun people to pay their taxes. The Monarch... Read more
In keeping with his promise to accord priority to the welfare of workers, the Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has assured workers that their January salaries would be paid on the 15th. Umahi gave the assurance in his country home, Uburu... Read more
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps,(NSCDC) Bayelsa Command says its operatives apprehended 40 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 106 illegal refineries in 2015. The State Commandant, NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, made the disclosure during the Command’s end of year press conference at NSCDC headquarters in Yenagoa, on... Read more
Abductors of Bayelsa Commissioner for Local Government Madam Serefina Otazi have demanded for ransom of N40 million according to family sources. Otazi, was abducted on December 20 in Otuoke on her way to Ewoi Community in Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA) for funeral at a gun point.... Read more