Teni scampers for safety as gunshots disrupt concert in Port Harcourt
There was pandemonium in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital over the weekend as a performance by Nigerian singer, Teniola Akpata, fondly called Teni, was disrupted with gunshots. In a video which has gone viral on social media, Teni was serenading the crowd with one of her hit songs, Power Rangers, before her performance at a concert was brought to...
Ganduje to Kwankwaso: I won my re-election not imposed
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has faulted the claim by his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso that he did not win the 2019 gubernatorial election, but was imposed on the people by powerful forces. The governor, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, on Monday, stressed that contrary to the assertion made in an interview with a national...
I was saved by God to serve Ekiti – Bamidele
Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legislative Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele, is a major governorship hopeful of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, he speaks on his aspiration, his encounter with death and plans for the state. SEGUN OJO reports You have contested for governorship election in the state before and you are now a Senator, why...
The rites of New Year’s resolutions
y BOLANLE BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0705 263 1058 Practically everyone makes New Year’s resolutions at this period of the season - that is, towards the end of a closing year and the beginning of a new one. I made my own New Year resolutions for the “Triple T" year of Twenty Twenty-Two (2022) a fortnight ago. I have often made New Year...
Zulum: Why we closed Borno IDP camps
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has opened on why he closed down the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in the state and his plan for the 2022. On direction of leaders Our dear people of Borno, at this important occasion of marking the beginning of the New Year, it is important to share information with you as part of our...
Electoral Bill: Don’t worry, NASS can’t bite
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON Nigerians shouldn't worry about the National Assembly (NASS) overriding President Muhammadu Buhari's veto of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021. And the Presidency doesn't need to blackmail or coerce the NASS to shelve the voyage of discovery. This is because the NASS "does not have the liver" to contemplate, or attempt to override Buhari's latest refusal to sign...
DAKUKU PETERSIDE: Soot and our collective conscience (2)
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE Last week, in this column, we looked at the scientific, social, economic, and environmental challenges of soot in Rivers State, as representative of what is happening in the whole country. We further posited that all levels of government, security and regulatory agencies have disastrously failed to rise to the occasion of discharging their statutory and moral obligation...
TUNDE ODESOLA: Love, sex and scam in 2022
By TUNDE ODESOLA As the new year unfurls its carpet of promise and hope, it won’t be nice to stain the carpet, so early, with footprints from the dunghill of sufferings created last year by the retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari-led incompetent regime. Therefore, I won’t dwell on President Buhari and his regime in my inaugural article of 2022. There are...
1993 presidential candidate, Bashir Tofa, dies at 74
The presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the 1993 election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, has passed away. He died at the age of 74. Tofa, who contested against the late MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), died in the early hours of Monday after an illness. It was gathered that the former presidential candidate passed away after being...
Presidency: Why Buhari signed budget despite insertion of 6,576 projects
The Presidency has justified the signing of the 2022 Budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari despite the noticeable changes and its reservations. Also, it denied any crisis between Mr. President and the National Assembly over the budget alteration. The President had on Friday, December 31st at the State House during the signing of the 2022 Budget and Finance Bill expressed...
