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Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Since the rumour that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is nursing an ambition to be the next vice president to a northern presidential candidate in 2015 started circulating, many disturbing developments have occurred. Whether this rumoured ambition is true or not, it is totally irrelevant. The truth is that every Nigerian over the age [...]
Last week, Rivers people were introduced to another dimension of the crisis rocking the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. First, the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Otelemaba Dan Amachree wrote an “Open letter to the President,” Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, calling for [...]
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, has called on?Governor Adams Oshiomhole, to account for the alleged missing of N320 million funds belonging to the State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB. State Chairman of the Party, Chief Dan Orbih, made the call?last Thursday while reacting to the state government’s statement?that the sack of the [...]
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Secretariat says it is poised to ensure that principal officers of state governors are equipped with the right capacity to deliver good governance. Mr Myani Bukar, NGF Adviser on Knowledge Management, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. He added that the desire of the NGF secretariat was [...]
The National Assembly Committee on Civil Society and Donor Agencies has said it is impressed with the institutional framework put in place by the Cross River State government to enhance sustainability of its projects. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society and Donor Agencies, Hon (Prof.) Ini Udoka stated this?when he [...]
The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Ochei, along with 28 other members of the Assembly, has incurred the wrath of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for overriding his veto of the anti-kidnapping law. Impeccable sources who confided in our reporter revealed that the romance between the legislators and the governor went sour [...]
The Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Leyii Kwanee has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a private firm to manage a motor park built at Taaba, in Nyo-Khana Community. Hon Kwanee who signed the dotted lines to signal the commencement of operations Tuesday in his office in Port Harcourt, [...]
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, last Tuesday described the merger of opposition political parties on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a weak association that would crumble and disappear by 2014, one year before the next general election. Okupe stated this when he [...]
The New Nigerian Peoples Party ( NNPP), says it would imbibe the policy of unity government if the party wins the governorship of Rivers State in the 2015 general election just as it said no political party should be described as encyclopedia in political wisdom. The Rivers State chairman of the party, Deacon Princewill Enyi, [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last Saturday described the Edo April 20 local government election as a charade just as Governor Adams Oshiomhole commended the people for their patience. The PDP in a statement in Benin signed by its publicity secretary, Mr Mathhew Urhoghide, criticised the manner the exercise was conducted. It alleged that the [...]
