Babatunde Fashola, immediate past governor of Lagos state has emerged the star in the newly constituted cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former governor was appointed minister of Power, Works and Housing. This is obviously the largest of the 25 ministries into which the federal government collapsed all federal ministries. Hitherto the ministries of power…
Wike Warns Council Chairman Against Extorting Money
By Emmanuel Obe Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is troubled about reports of harassment and bullying of corporate bodies in Port Harcourt for money by Obio/Akpor local government. Wike, who spoke while swearing in the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Obio/Akpor Local Government at Government House, warned that he did not want to…
Ogonis Close Shop for Saro-Wiwa
By Emmanuel Obe Markets in Ogoniland were closed on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the execution of the environmental rights activist, Mr. Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues by the Nigerian state. Youths, students and women groups participated in several programmes in Bori, the headquarters of Khana Local Government Area that were…
The Big Guns in The Cabinet
Anthony Akaeze, senior assistant editor is a dogged journalist. When he sets out to investigate a story, he does it with gusto such that obstacles cannot debar him. He is a goal getter. A testament to this was the Nigeria Breweries’ Golden Pen award he won shortly after we went to press two weeks ago.…
Wike’s SA Media, Inko-Tariah Quits
By Emmanuel Obe The Special Adviser to Rivers State Governor, Mr. Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has resigned from his post, citing poor funding for his department and other reasons. Inko-Tariah, who has been working with the Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, since June this year also accused the governor of spurning his professional advice. He thanked the governor…
How Thousands Dig UP, Eat and Sell Condemned Chicken in Rivers
From Emmanuel Obe There was pandemonium on Saturday and Sunday near the Trailer Park at Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers when thousands of youths, women and children descended on a burrow pit; dug out and took home several tonnes of chicken condemned and buried by men of the Nigerian Customs. The scavengers…
Nigeria: Time For Business Unusual
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is on tenterhooks. This is because the electoral gains of the party in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states are threatened, particularly in the light of the verdicts of Election Petition Tribunals over the last general elections in the affected states. Click here to download our magazines So leaders of the…
Half of Nigerian Senate Confirms Amaechi as Minister
The rules of the Senate did not envisage that there could be a walk-out by all members of political party during a major consideration in the Senate. That is why when all senators elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP staged a walk out, because they failed to make the Senate…
China Ends One-Child Policy
Authorities in China have decided to put an end to its policy of one-child per family. The policy was started in 1979 as a drastic measure to control the ballooning population in the country. It is estimated that within the last 35 years of the policy over 400 million increase in the population had been…
TELL Journalist Nominated for Award
Anthony Akaeze, a senior assistant editor at TELL, Nigeria’s leading news magazine has been nominated for an award by the African Media Leaders Forum. Akaeze is one of the three nominees for the infrastructure reporting category. The category is one of the about 12 categories for the award. But Akaeze is not the only nominee…
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