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By Temitope Ajayi It has become a pattern for some individuals, CSOs and a section of the media to pick one or two line items every budget cycle for sensational headlines, deliberately ignoring context in their reporting. The public that should benefit from good journalism, which should primarily educate and adequately inform, is left confused and miseducated due to mischaracterisation of issues and misrepresentation of facts. The trending issues on social media since yesterday are two items in the 2023 supplementary budget. One is the provision for a presidential yacht in the supplementary budget by the Navy and the other…
By Halimah Olamide Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers state and Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike, have arrived at the presidential Villa, Abuja apparently to honour summons by President Bola Tinubu over the crisis that has engulfed the state. NPO Reported earlier that hoodlums bombed a section of the State House of Assembly late Sunday night marking a peak of the breakdown of relationship between Wike and the Governor. While walking to the assembly complex to inspect the level of damage on Monday, security men had shot in the direction of the Governor and his entourage while water tanker was…
By Halimah Olamide A prominent leader in Rivers State Anabs Sara-Igbe who is the National Coordinator of the South-South Leadership Forum, on Tuesday accused Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike of caging Governor Sim Fubara since he assumed office on May 29 this year. He said what happened on Monday was a divine way to liberate Rivers state from the alleged grip of Wike since he left office. Speaking on a live television programme on Arise TV on Tuesday, Sara-Igbe, said Wike turned Fubara into his play thing which he tosses here and there. According to him, while Wike nominated…
Protocol. Gentlemen of the Press. Someone asked me what I would do if I lost my election petition appeal at the Supreme Court. In response, I said that as long as Nigeria wins, the struggle would have been worth the while. By that, I meant that the bigger loss would not be mine but Nigeria’s if the Supreme Court legitimizes illegality, including forgery, identity theft, and perjury. If the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, implies by its judgment that crime is good and should be rewarded, then Nigeria has lost and the country is doomed irrespective of…
Insists Tinubu Present Forged Academic Records Accuses INEC of Complicity Lists Implications for Future Elections By Kamil Opeyemi Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubabar, has said that history will vindicate him on the decision of the Supreme Court which dismissed his petition filed against the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, at a press conference on Monday said he had known before that should the apex court endorse the victory of Tinubu, the loss would not be his but that of Nigerians in all. Atiku also said that the inteRpretation. of his loss at the supreme…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged being shot at by policemen in the state capital on Monday. A video seen by the NPO Reports showed that the governor, with some of his aides and security aides, were walking to the House of Assembly complex which was set on fire late Sunday night. The video also showed that the policemen used water canons to pour water in the direction of the governor as he moved undaunted towards the Assembly complex. The water canon belongs to the police with the inscription Nigeria Police Force on it.…
By Halimah Olamide There is tension in PortHarcourt, the River state capital as the House of Assembly has been burnt down in a strange inferno that happened late Sunday. Hoodlums had invaded the complex at about 9:45pm which is a stone throw to the Headquarters of the Police command in the state. Before the hoodlums were dislodged, the hoodlums had set the main chamber of the Assembly complex on fire. It was also gathered that the hoodlums had used hand grenades to cause an explosion in the building before the fire started. This claim could not be independently verified. Emergency…
…asks the former minister to grow up and stop peddling Lies around By Kamil Opeyemi Former Managing Director of Nigeria Port Authority and current special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on policy coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, has responded to the allegations made against her by Rotimi Amaechi. Speaking at a lecture on Thursday, the former minister of transportation had alleged, among other things, that Bala Usman gave approval for a contract worth N2.8bn during her time as managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Bala-Usman was suspended as managing director of the NPA in 2021 and was replaced…
By Kamil Opeyemi A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has condemned the past Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, (NPA), Hadiza Usman for allegedly putting out false narratives in her book titled: “Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority.” Former President Muhammadu Buhari asked Hadiza Usman to step aside from her role while an Administrative Panel of Inquiry, headed by Rotimi Amaechi, investigated the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Hadiza Bala Usman, had in her book revealed that former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was behind her removal from office because she did…
He Was Respected for His Deep Insights By Halimah Olamide Nigeria has lost one of its most prominent traditional rulers, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, do Ibrahim. Though details of his death were not available at the time of filing this report, our correspondent learnt that palace sources informed that the late royal father dies in an hospital in Abuja where he had been placed on treatment for some time. The nature of his ailment was not disclosed. President Bola Tinubu while condoling with the government and people of Kogi State said the death of the Ohinoyi is a painful…