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By Ehichioya Ezomon  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly wrote a letter to the British government, urging it not to interfere in the February-March General Election in Nigeria. But Obasanjo – a renowned “letter writer” on mostly Nigerian politico-socio-economic affairs, and not one to retract his statements – has denied penning …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Politics is a game of intrigues in which politicians attempt to outwit each other by any means possible – including underhand tactics – to gain advantage. Like in war, all is fair in politics. Politicians can instigate crises in the opponent’s camp, especially during elections, such as …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Women lawyers in Bayelsa State have welcomed thirty new female wigs into the legal profession with a charge on decent dressing and call on the Federal Government to create a deliberate policy to absorb the rising numbers of lawyers graduating from the law schools. The women …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd), Friday paid a visit to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as a follow-up on the “pending 2017 Presidential Directive to employ 350 exceptional graduates” of the programme into the Federal Civil …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As is his practice every year, a young political activist, Mr. Ejoke Okreghe, has celebrated his birthday in style and with a call on the Federal Government to provide job opportunities for young Nigerian graduates, as “the future of the country belongs to them whether …

By Lilian Nkem-Worluh Women, drawn from all the wards in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, have staged a protest to the state’s Government House to register their displeasure over what they described as “an assault and intimidation of the leader of Etche legislative assembly, Hon. Cynthia Nwala.” They …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Traditional rulers and key stakeholders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have faulted the claims of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on the reasons why the executive director of Operations and Technical of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, Captain …

By Young E. Freeborn The Methodist Church Nigeria, Archdiocese of Kaduna, on Sunday January 22, 2023 ordained Rt. Rev’d Nkechi Nwosu as the church’s first female bishop in Nigeria.  Rt Rev’d Nwosu was formally enthroned as the Bishop of Jos by the Archbishop of Kaduna, Most Rev’d Joseph Nnonah at …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to petition the Bayelsa State Government and Governor Douye Diri to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to explain the spending of N3 billion that accrued to each of the eight local government areas of the state from …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Rivers State council, have urged stakeholders to commit themselves to a peaceful election in the state come February 25 and March 11, 2023. The need for a change from the violent narrative that …