The victims of the rampaging coronavirus pandemic are not just those in the cemetery or the hopefuls at the intensive care units, hospital wards or isolation centres. They include the rest of humanity, legion of those who do not yet know their status. They include those whose future have become uncertain, particularly because they have…
N118bn Unlawful Withdrawals: Rivers State Insists on Not Releasing Officials to EFCC
Rivers State Government has insisted that it would not release any government official to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for any investigation. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, said apart from the fact that the state government would not submit to a media trial of its officials by the EFCC, there…
Ogoni and Agony of Cult Violence
Since the state-sponsored military repression of the Ogoni in the 1990s, nothing else has put the Ogoni on edge as the unending cult-induced violence that has ruled the area in the past one and a half decades. Like many communities in Rivers State, Ogoni communities were infiltrated by deadly opposing cult groups, which turned the…
Hungarian-Trained-Nigerian-Doctor’s Cure for Covid-19 Claim
A Port Harcourt-based diabetologist, Cornelius Ngochindo, has made a claim to discovering a medication that can prevent and cure the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19. Ngochindo, who was trained in Hungary, said he has already approached the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to approve the medication got from scientific sources so that…
Peter Obi Mourns Nabaruma, Judge Who Gave him Anambra Governorship Victory
Peter Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State, has described the late Chief Justice of Yobe State, Garba Nabaruma, as a good man who would “remain a compass for the judiciary in its search for justice, especially at this time of trial. Besides, his contributions to the development of the country’s jurisprudence would remain indelible…
Nwakaudu, Wike’s Media Aide dies
The Government of Rivers State has announced the death of Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike on Electronic Media. A press statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, said Nwakaudu died after a brief illness at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt. Nwakaudu was chief press…
Hotel Demolitions: Eleme Chiefs Support Wike’s Actions
Traditional rulers and elders of Eleme community where the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, demolished two hotels for flouting government’s directives on closure of hotels and pubs during the period of Covid-19 have risen to support the action of the governor. The chiefs and elders met at the Palace of Oneh-Eleme XI, Philip Obele…
Wike Shifts Port Harcourt Lockdown, Says He’s Touched By The Suffering of The People
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has reviewed the total lockdown of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas which would have resumed on Thursday, May 14th. In a broadcast to the people of the state on Wednesday evening, the governor said the lockdown would now begin on Sunday, May 17th indefinitely. He said…
Enugu Says All Its Covid-19 Cases Were Imported
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Wednesday said all the cases of Covid-19 cases recorded so far in the state were imported. Ugwuanyi, who was addressing the people of the state following the confirmation of the 11th case in Enugu, said the 40-year-old latest Cocid-19 case had come into Enugu from Kano on May 4th.…
Council Chairman Blames Victims of Wike’s Demolitions for their Plight
The Chairman of Eleme Local Government, Philip Okparaji, on Sunday said the victims of Sunday’s demolition of hotels in the area by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, should take responsibility for their loss. Prodest Hotel and Edemete Hotel in Alode and Onne were demolished on the orders of Wike for allegedly violating the order…
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