By Emmanuel Obe The controversies attending the Bayelsa State Governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress appeared to have run into trouble as some major aspirants called for its outright cancellation Tuesday afternoon. The aspirants led by Mr. Timi Alaibe, Ebitimi Amgbare and Preye Aganaba, declared that they had lost confidence in the…
Mama Awo’s Glorious Exit
By Folu Olamiti Report on the death of Mama, Chief Mrs. HID Awolowo hit me like a thunderbolt last Saturday. It came at exactly 4pm while awaiting my flight aboard Arik Airline at Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Ikeja, to Abuja. My initial reaction was to call the Consultant to the Nigerian Tribune titles, Mr Segun Olatunji for confirmation…
Massive Police Deployment in Yenagoa
By Emmanuel Obe The Nigeria Police Force has deployed several thousands of policemen in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State ahead of Tuesday’s governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). There were also deployments of policemen at new checkpoints on major roads leading to Bayelsa State from neighbouring Rivers and Delta States. The…
Death for Treasury Looters!
Areoye Oyebola Ibadan, Oyo State Constituency The Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation declares its full and unconditional support to the present call of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC, for death penalty for those who have stolen billions of public funds, and who thereby have virtually ruined our economy. Corruption in…
Challenges Of Cleaning Ogoni (Cover Story)
Adekunbi Ero, executive editor, is a general in every sense of the word. When she leads an editorial battalion to the battlefield, there is no room for excuses nor is there impossibility in her dictionary. Just as you are suggesting for her to take some rest, she is insisting on charging ahead, most times breaking…
Descent Into Impunity
Convinced it was doing its legal duty, the Directorate of Security Service, DSS, launched a probe into a development in Akwa Ibom state government house. Click here to download full copy But it ran into murky waters, and in the process drew flaks for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. We got curious: what informed…
Hello! Hello!! Is That The New NITEL?
For Tony Manuaka, senior associate editor, business reporting is a way of life. Here in the newsroom he is one of those who have the task of watching the health of the economy. That was why when the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE finally sold the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited, NITEL the editorial board asked him to…
Fatal Accident At Ojuelegba
An unknown number of persons have been killed after an articulated vehicle fell off the flyover bridge at Ojuelegba, Surulere, Lagos around 5:00 pm on Wednesday. The dead are said to be occupants of two vehicles, a car and a sports utility vehicle, apparently caught up in traffic jam under the bridge. State officials are…
Rulers Who Feast in the Morning
By CHINAZO-BERTRAND OKEOMAH Every great leader obeys a law called the law of delayed gratification. Simply put, the law expects one to shift enjoyment of certain benefits to the future if such act will make the future better. Thus anything we do today that puts our future in jeopardy is a breach of the…
100 Days Still Waiting For Buhari
Olusegun Adeosun, staff writer hardly allows challenges to overwhelm him, once set on a task. And he did contend with some in his assignment in the past weeks. For two weeks he combed Ile-Ife, in Osun State talking with and somewhat ‘stalking’ community leaders, kingmakers and princes. His mandate was to go look for those…
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