We are tackling cult-related violence – Wike

By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that the state government is supporting the police and the Department of State Services, DSS, to tackle the cult-related violence in some communities in the state. He said it is uncharitable for a political party to play politics with the security…

DSS invasion: I won’t stop criticizing FG over bad policies – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday said he would not stop criticizing the Federal Government over its bad policies despite the recent clamp down on state officials by men of the Department of State Security (DSS). The governor, who arrived the state from Abuja where he had been since Sunday to attend PDP…

Building collapse: Lagos halts Lekki Gardens’ construction

  *asks directors to report to Police within 24hours By KIKELOMO SHONIBARE The Lagos State Government has expressed its condolences over the death of construction site workers who lost their lives on Tuesday as a result of the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki. In a press release…

NANS to DSS you are barbaric, threat to security of lives

  By ABUBAKAR IBRAHIM, Abuja The National Association Of Nigerian Students (NANS) has described the Department of State Security (DSS) as tools in the hands of the Federal Government, urging them to retrace their steps from being used to do the dirty job of government against the opposition. NANS in a statement signed by the…

Rivers now a killing field – APC

By CHRIS SULEIMAN, Abuja Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has been accused by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) of turning Rivers state into a killing field. The APC in a press conference addressed by the Acting National Chairman, Chief Segun Oni on Wednesday, said that Rivers State has been transformed into a killing field,…

RELIGION: CAN frowns at Buhari, el-Rufai for spiting Christianity

Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), South-South zone, Archbishop God-Dowell Avwomakpa, has faulted reports over President Buhari’s confirmation of the membership of Nigeria in the Islamic Coalition against terrorism formed by majorly Islamic countries at the instance of Saudi Arabia to fight international terrorism. The admittance is coming barely two weeks after the president…

Rivers re-run: APC calls on security agencies to investigate Wike’s threats

By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt Security organs in the country have been begged not to take lightly the continuous threats to institutions and individuals by the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, in view of his well known antecedents as a violent man and his romance with militants.   The State Chapter of…

OPINION BY IBRAHIM MODIBBO – Rivers: Before everyone is killed

  By   Ibrahim Modibbo I have no doubt in my mind that Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers state is a tragic hero. Taking full control of primitive power after a recently  dubious and highly contestable supreme Court judgement, Rivers, in the words of Karl Maier, is a house that’s fallen. Just like what Adolf Hitler…

Former Ekiti PDP Secretary Aluko loses bid to stop arrest, prosecution for alleged perjury

Attempt by the embattled former secretary of the Ekiti chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Temitope Aluko to quash the order of an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for his arrest and prosecution for alleged perjury became futile today, as the court struck out his motion on notice, seeking the setting aside of the warrant…

Atiku dazzles at PMB’s state banquet for Zuma (PHOTOS)

Abuja, Nigeria, 09 March 2016: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was among several leaders at the state banquet hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari for visiting President Jacob Zuma of South Africa at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday night, 08 March 2016. Pic 1. L-R Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Alh Samaila Isa, Asiwaju Bola…