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The raging political crises in Rivers State take different u-turn each passing day. Many have happened and are still to happen if opinion leaders, stakeholders and holders of sundry portfolios do not rise and send this anarchical approach that some persons have mapped out to unseat a sitting and an elected governor of Rivers State. […]

In furtherance to its commitment to ensure that a vast number of Nigerians enjoy superior financial services, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, through its mobile payment solution FirstMonie is partnering with Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Networks). The partnership aptly titled the ‘Firstmonie Talkmore Campaign’ was formally launched on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 and it will […]

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Presidency of being too clever by half for claiming that the ongoing Rivers crisis is not a threat to the country’s democracy, saying the crisis is not just a threat to the nation’s democracy but also to the peaceful co-existence of its people. In a statement issued […]

Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Leyii Kwanee has spoken against the summoning of Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Chidi Lloyd by the Force Headquarters while some of the legislators who were equally involved in the brigandage have been overlooked. Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Kwanee […]

President of the Senate, David Mark has revealed that members of the upper legislative chamber were actually blackmailed into voting favourably for the contentious early marriage law. Deputy President and Chairman of Committee on Constitution Amendment, Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday had earlier defended senators against the allegation that they approved an early marriage law, saying […]

The governors of four northern states who visited Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State in the heat of the political crisis that saw a bloody fight in the State Assembly have received a dose of criticism from the Presidency for warning that the crisis could lead to the end of the country’s democracy. The four […]

Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Chidi Lloyd has been detained by the Police High Command over the crisis that engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly, an off-shoot of the political tussle between the State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and President Goodluck Jonathan. The crisis had seen five renegade members of […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has joined the opposition party in principle and is only still in the PDP to ensure that the party becomes extinct. The party chairman also warned the governor to be wary of his utterances, which show him as […]

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed a Corporal Amadi Idahosa over the death of a final year student of the University of Benin, Ibrahim Momodu. Amadi, whose dismissal was announced after an orderly room trial and will now face prosecution at the law court, was an orderly to Chief Superintendent of Police and Divisional Police […]

It would have been enough to dismiss the utterances as the ranting of an overzealous and misguided presidential handler. But against the backdrop of the supercilious rampage and the embarrassingly obvious spectacle of presidential lawlessness in the ongoing crisis in Rivers State, it is risky to ignore the recent statements of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, Special […]

There is disgruntlement in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the composition of a 30-man reconciliation committee by National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and members of the Interim National Working Committee without consulting key organs of the party. The committee, chaired by Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has former Governor Asheikh […]

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health, Dr. Muhammed Pate voluntarily resigned his appointed from President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet to take up appointment with a university’s institute in the United States of America.  While some are beginning to see the resignation as a pointer that the ex-minister had lost hope in the country in the face […]