President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has emerged presidential candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a total of 2812 votes. Jonathan also announced Vice President Namadi Sambo as his running mate for the 2015 presidential election. Following his emergence as presidential candidate of the PDP, Jonathan has challenged the... Read more
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has given assurances that all will be well at the end of the day during the next year’s general elections. This message of hope was given at a one-day sensitization workshop held in Port Harcourt at the weekend to kick-start a series... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Mr Mike Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River Monday chided some political parties over what he called irregular conduct of ongoing primaries ahead of the 2015 polls. Igini, who stated this in an interview with journalists in Calabar, said that the political... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Senate Leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba has petitioned the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) National Assembly Electoral Appeal Panel alleging “lapses and irregularities” at the Cross River Central Senatorial primaries. The party’s primaries for the district held Dec. 7, 2014 in Ikom where Rep. John Owan-Enoh,... Read more
The Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) on has commended the National Assembly for recommending a $3.96 billion compensation for the December 2011 oil spill from Bonga oil fields. House of Assembly Committee on Environment on Wednesday endorsed a compensation of $3.96 recommended by National Oil Spills Detection... Read more
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta , Operation Pulo Shield says it has launched an operation to free three expatriate construction workers abducted by gunmen at a construction site of Friday. An Indian and two Pakistani construction workers were abducted at Emakalakala in Ogbia Local Government... Read more
With 35 players and 20 officials, the management of Pelican Stars FC, a Calabar-based female Premier League team, says they have the capacity to win this year’s female Premier League. The assurances were given in Calabar by Comrade, the Chairman of the team in an interactive session with the... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has warned against utterances of doom for Nigeria and its President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan by some elder statesmen. Recently an elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, predicted an interim administration in Nigeria to resolve critical... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chief Clement Ebri, former Governor of Cross River, has advised political parties to dig deep and present experienced persons as their candidates because the state required no rookie governor in 2015. Ebri gave the advice in an interview with journalists in Calabar Wednesday. ... Read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield has rescued Chief Augustine Ebikeme, traditional ruler of Oporoma in Bayelsa abducted by gunmen on November 16. Lt.-Col. Mustapha Anka, Spokesman of the task force told our correspondent on Tuesday that the monarch who was kidnapped at Kokori town... Read more
