Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has said that the Electoral Act’s amendment by the National Assembly will be mere charade if the card reader is not to be used to determine the validity of every vote cast. According to a statement by his media aide, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the... Read more
The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law otherwise known as Intersociety has expressed mixed feelings over the sack of Nigeria’s military service top brass noting that their removal was long in coming even as Nigerians suffered undeserved inhumanity due to their dereliction of duty. The body which... Read more
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the decision of a Dutch Court of Appeal in favour four Bayelsa farmers impacted by oil spills. Dutch court on Friday ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Bayelsa. The Court of Appeal... Read more
Investigation into the Jan. 16, oil spill near Funiwa offshore facilities off the Atlantic coast,near Bayelsa has taken regulators and environmentalists beyond Chevron facilities to nearby Auntie Julie platform. The team, which on Jan. 23, visited communities affected by the oil leakage in Koluama in Southern Ijaw Local... Read more
Candidate for a seat on the venerable FIFA Council, the highest decision-making organ in football in the universe, Amaju Melvin Pinnick will on Saturday be honoured with a Special Recognition Award at the maiden edition of the Sportsville Awards in Lagos. Chairman of Sportsville Communications (organizers of the Awards), Hon.... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has expressed optimism about possibility of a speedy resolution of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West. In cognisance of the significance of the South West to the survival PDP, Governor Wike said all stakeholders interested in the... Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Rivers State Government to stop fabricating tales in an effort to deny Governor Nyesom Wike’s interest to contest the presidency in 2023. According to a statement issued by the party’s Spokesman, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, the APC said the Governor’s real intent... Read more
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns Iranian authorities’ mistreatment of religious prisoner of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee in the wake of her transfer to Amol Prison on January 24. “USCIRF is appalled by Iran’s ceaseless persecution of Golrokh Iraee, a peaceful activist who has been isolated... Read more
Bashorun Askia Ogieh, Managing Direct0r, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), says Governor Ifeanyi Okowa does not interfere in the running of the commission. He stated this on Wednesday at the PTI Conference Centre, Effurun, near Warri, at the official launch and matriculation ceremony for 160 trainees... Read more
A former Theatre Commander of operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was removed by the Nigerian Army High Command for failing to stop Boko Haram in 2017, has been elevated to the position of Chief of Army Staff by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The... Read more
