By Elizabeth Vincent, Yenagoa The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has stressed the need for the people of the Ijaw ethnic nationality to preserve and promote the positive aspects of their culture to enable them command honour and dignity. Senator Diri stated this at the weekend while speaking as Special Guest of Honour during the public lecture of this year’s Sagbama Ebila-Oge celebration in Sagbama Town, headquarters of Sagbama Local Government Area. Governor Diri, who was represented at the occasion by his Deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, noted that…
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Bayelsa Guber: Diri Emerges PDP Flag bearer
By Elizabeth Vincent The gubernatorial primary which took place at the Dr. Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre in Yenagoa, saw the governor emerge on Wednesday, April 12th with a total of 305 votes as sole aspirant of the party. The total votes cast was 313 during the primaries, with 8 voids. The chairman and Chief Returning Officer of the PDP Electoral Panel and Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, while addressing the delegates and party stakeholders, said Gov. Diri having satisfied the statutory requirements of the primaries was declared…
Read More2023 Guber: Samdaddy Wins PDP Primary, Vows to Return Imo’s Lost Glory, Peace, Security
…Says: Party’ll take over Douglas House “I won’t take this honour, privilege for granted.” The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged the candidate of the party for the scheduled November 11, 2023 Imo governorship election. At a well attended primary election held at the PDP state office in Owerri, Senator Anyanwu popularly called Samdaddy, polled a total of 802 votes to emerge winner in a contest where he was the sole aspirant. A breakdown of the result of the exercise according to…
Read More2023 Presidential Election Petitions -After Legal Fireworks, Bar Bows To Bench!
By Prof Obiaraeri, N.O Now that the Respondents have filed their replies to the petitions by the Petitioners in the 2023 Presidential election, it is apposite (ad rem) to say that issues have been joined. The numerous grounds of the respective Petitions submitted by the Petitioners for adjudication have presumably been traversed by the Respondents to the best of their abilities. It remains for the parties to lead evidence in open Court. The burden or onus of proof is now cast on he who alleged what on all the sides.…
Read MoreOrgan Harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife, doctor to be sentenced on May 5
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5 after they were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act in the United Kingdom. The former deputy senate president, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey. They conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader…
Read MoreOseni Rufai: Complete Adversarial Journalist
Adversarial journalism refers to a kind of journalism or a journalistic role where the journalist adopts an oppositional and combative style of reporting and interviewing. [The goal of adversarial journalism is to reveal supposed wrongdoings of actors under investigation. Instead of being completely impartial, adversarial journalists take sides in what they believe to be true. They deliberately combine information with commentary or opinion in their writing. In particular, adversarial journalists remain relentlessly hostile and highly skeptical regarding government, big business companies, and political events, questions, institutions and personalities. Adversarial journalism…
Read MoreShocker! Humphrey Anumudu Is Dead
By Austin Obinna Imo State Labour Party governorship aspirant, Barr. Chief Humphrey Anumudu is dead. National Newsblast Newspaper investigations revealed that Anumudu who donated 27 Toyota Sienna SUV vehicles to the party in January, attended the meeting of the National Working Committee, governorship aspirants and stakeholders of the party in Abuja on Thursday, 23rd March, 2023. He had to rush to Lagos the next day, Friday, to collect vital documents needed for the governorship primaries billed for April 15th, 2023. When National Newsblast contacted his aide, Mr. Godson Anumudu who…
Read More2023 Elections: Attack On Ndigbo In Lagos, Condemnable, Uncivilised
Elections are supposed to be predicated on issues rather than crude and civilised touting, senseless tribalism and brigandage. In every sane society, it is normally by appealing to reasons that candidates of political parties win elections or come to power. However, the show of shame that took place in Lagos State of Nigeria during the concluded general elections calls for reflections on the usual singsong about the unity of Nigeria. Why on this earth would some Yoruba political leaders in that state resort to crudity by provoking unwarranted attack on…
Read MoreORLU ASSEMBLY: Nwadike Moves To Reclaim Stollen Mandate, As Court Orders INEC, Allow Him Inspect Election Materials
…Campaign team vows to get back victory from APC Following the rape of Democracy in Imo state which saw APC purportedly sweeping all the House of Assembly positions in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state,the Candidate of Labour Party for Orlu State Constituency,Comrade Precious Nwadike has not only applied to have the declaration of the APC candidate,Barr Ikenna Ihezuo as purported winner of the election reviewed,he also appraoched the election tribunal sitting in Owerri through an exparte motion to allow him inspect all the materials used in conduct…
Read MoreImo Labour Party Governorship Aspirant Dead
Chief Humphrey Anumodu an aspirant for the ticket of the Labour Party in the upcoming Governorship election in Imo State has been found dead in his house. Chief Anumodu, a native of Mbieri Ancient Kingdom of Imo state was reportedly found dead in his house in what family sources described as “spiritual attack.” It was gathered that the late politician had paid the sum of 25 million Naira for Labour Party’s Governorship form for the November 11th 2023 Guber contest. Chief Anumudu, a respected legal luminary and an astute politician…
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