The immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has denied a media report that he has withdrawn from the Rivers State governorship race. Wike, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Monday, dismissed the report and called on Nigerians, especially people of Rivers, to disregard the report. According to him, the news that he had purportedly backed out from the race was sponsored by other governorship aspirants who were afraid of him. He said, “These planted false reports on the pages of newspapers and the electronic media that I have withdrawn from the race…
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Jim Nwobodo Former Governor of Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has lost his eldest son, Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo Jr., to cancer. He died at the Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu on Friday. He had recently just returned from the United States, where he had received treatment for cancer. Nwobodo Jr. was said to have complained of having pains on his leg and met a senior oncologist with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu. He however died of complications from medication. According to his father, Senator Nwobodo, who was visited by Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, Nwodobo Jr. was…
Men of the Nigerian Navy have released 14 journalists and six Itsekiri youths who were kidnapped by ex-militants in Gbaramatu kingdom on Sunday. The media men had attended a briefing at Ogidigben, the Itsekiri community where the contentious $16 billion Export Processing Zone (EPZ), is being sited. On their way back to Warri, however, armed Ijaw men, in six speedboats, ambushed them at about 1p.m. near Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom. The journalists are Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, Vanguard (Niger Delta); Shola O’neil, Regional Editor, The Nation and his Warri reporter, Bolaji Ogundele; Sola Adebayo, Leadership; Pilunus Odedey, Channels; Omoniyi…
National secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Kayode Ajulo has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using terrorist tactics in its attempt to lure his party into a merger. “I dare say that the APC is not a political party, but a group of persons using terrorists tactics in their plan to throw Nigeria into chaos and they should be so treated,” Ajulo said. The LP National Secretary added: “As big as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is, it does not muzzle us. The ruling party is not forcing us into a merger. APC is harassing us. It…
Although the present emergency rule in Nigeria’s north eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe have not stopped Boko Haram attacks in the region, the Federal Government is set to send a request for an extension, to the National Assembly. “After a review of the state of Emergency in the affected states, government decided that it would ask the National Assembly for extension of state of emergency in the affected states,” said Mohammed Adoke, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke. He made this known to state House Correspondents after a meeting of the National Defence…
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned politicians vying for various elective offices in the state in 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to guard their utterances and actions in order not to mislead the public. This is just as the governor reaffirmed his support for President Goodluck Jonathan and asked the political class and indigenes of the state to support the president’s re-election bid. There were reports of insider wrangling among PDP members in the state over the zoning of political offices. In a statement signed by his media aide, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, on Saturday,…
Rep. YOMI OGUNNUSI The member representing Ifako-Ijaye/Ojokoro Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Yomi Ogunnusi, has predicted that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the 2015 presidential election if it fields Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as presidential and vice-presidential candidate respectively. Mr. Ogunnusi, who is Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, also kicked against the presidential bid of former Head of State, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), saying he should not emerge as the party’s flag bearer but should instead play the role of…
A governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said he will not be intimidated out of the governorship race in the state by those opposed to his ambition. Wike, who boasted that he would contest in and win the forthcoming governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, stressed that of all the aspirants for the position of governor of the oil-rich state, he stood a better chance of winning the election in 2015. Wike, who is the immediate past minister of state for education, spoke on Saturday while addressing PDP delegates in Ahoada West Local…
In order to reduce the incidence of road crashes across the country, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will start enforcing road worthiness on vehicles, as from June 1, 2015. “Road crashes are avoidable. We are starting ‘Operation Crush the Crashes’ and starting from June 1, 2015, no vehicle will be allowed to ply the road unless it is fit,” said Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Corps Marshall. “We will check all vehicles thoroughly and certify them safe until they can ply Nigerian roads.” Oyeyemi, who spoke during a candle light procession as part of the events to mark 2014 World Remembrance…
Indications have emerged that the Federal Government is favourably disposed to extending the state of emergency declared in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States for a third time. It would be recalled that the emergency rule was first declared in the affected states on May 14, 2013 by President Goodluck Jonathan, who cited the need to stop the Boko Haram sect once and for all, who at the time were having a free-reign of terror. Since that first declaration of six months, the emergency rule had been extended twice. The third batch of six-month emergency rule expires on Thursday, November 20.…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar has blamed the poor conditions of service of judges and the deplorable state of courts in the country on state governors. According to her, governors are fond of not obeying the constitution. She also said that she was aware that judges of the lower courts in many states were working under horrible conditions. She made the comment at the opening of the 2014 Conference of All Nigeria Judges of the Lower Courts organized by the National Judicial Institute (NJI). While these problems are existent, Mukhtar appealed to judges and…
Rumors have been circulating for weeks now that Adanma Ohakim, the other twin daughter of former Imo state governor Ikedi Ohakim is set to wed. Apparently, those reports are true. I just got new from a very reliable source that the wedding has been fixed for next month December. Congrats again to her!!!
The All Progressives Congress has raised an alarm over alleged acts of impunity in Ekiti State, where only seven members of the House of Assembly conducted a plenary on Monday morning. The party in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, alleged that over 200 armed policemen are currently offering protection to the seven Peoples Democratic Party members of the House, who convened purposely to impeach the Speaker, approve the list of Commissioners-designate as well as the Caretaker Committees for the local councils in the state. We had earlier reported that the seven PDP…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no deadline will be fixed for a nationwide enforcement of the new vehicle number plate and driver’s license. The Corps Marshal and Chief executive of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi made this known on Monday, while addressing newsmen shortly after a strategic retreat for its Zonal Commanders, in Abuja. “On the uniform licensing scheme, the Court of Appeal judgement, the scheme is on course but we are not setting any deadline date,” he said, adding that “its going to be a circle period, so once your drivers licence expires, you go back and renew your…
Apparently disturbed by the worsening state of security in some parts of the North occasioned by Boko Haram insurgency, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, at the weekend, advised Nigerians to rise up in defense of themselves, rather than depend solely on the security agencies for protection. Speaking when members of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) visited him, the emir decried a situation where few miscreants are allowed to take over towns unchallenged. “A situation whereby 50 people or less are allowed to take over a town is worrying and we must not allow…
A former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd), yesterday raised an alarm over the 2015 election, calling on Nigerians not to cease praying to avert the looming dangers ahead. Akanbi spoke with newsmen in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, after a special one year remembrance prayer for his late wife, Hajiya Munfaatu Aduke Akanbi. The anniversary was marked with series of activities, including the opening of a mosque and an entrepreneurship centre in memory of the deceased. The eminent jurist noted that the apparent desperation on the part of some politicians as demonstrated by the number…
In flagrant display of the federal might behind him, immediate past Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff stormed Maiduguri, the state capital yesterday, accompanied by hundreds of soldiers, led by a serving colonel of the Nigerian Army, to strategize ahead of the 2015 general election. It was learnt that the former governor, whose private jet touched down at the Maiduguri International Airport around 2.30pm, was received by several police men and operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS). Shortly before his arrival, security operatives in armoured personnel carriers (APCs) had cordoned off the airport with several soldiers…
source: livetradingnews.com The Federal Government has introduced some austerity measures and has reduced the crude oil benchmark for the 2015 budget in order to insulate the economy against the effect of falling crude oil prices. The oil benchmark for the 2015 budget earlier fixed at $78 per barrel has been cut down to $73, as crude oil prices continue to drop on the international market. As far back as Thursday, last week, the price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at $75.15 dollars a barrel, and there are indications the fall would continue this week. The Coordinating Minister for…
Akwa Ibom State has set up a family court to tackle the increasing cases of child witchcraft in the state. Justice Theresa Obot of the State High Court made this known on Sunday, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. According to her, the court created after a commission of enquiry set up to investigate allegations of child witchcraft concluded its assignment, is set up to prosecute cases and allegations of child witchcraft in the state. Obot noted that priority attention is being given to cases of child witchcraft in the state, as the stigmatisation of children…
I don’t think he even owes anyone any explanation, but I guess that’s why I’m not him. Over a week ago, 42-year-old rapper Eminem took to the stage at the Wall Street Journal’s Innovator Of The Year awards in New York to honor his former mentor Dr Dre and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine who won awards for their entrepreneurship. His appearance however caused some controversy as his gaunt and pallid face surprised the public. A lot of people said his new look is not unconnected to his drug abuse few years ago, but a his close friend says it is…