Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, former Secretary General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and a host of other prominent Nigerians will on May 1st, pay tribute to the late Niger Delta Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark who passed in February at the age of 97 years. A press release on Tuesday signed by Mrs. Baroong Tony Urata on behalf of the Organising Committee, noted that associates, friends and relatives of...

Former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has told the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki that he lacks the moral right to comment on his defection. According to Okowa, Saraki had at a point dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and so shouldn’t tackle him over his defection. Recall that key political stakeholders in Delta State, including Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Okowa and political appointees in the state, officially defected to the All...

… Seeks Establishment Of State Police LAGOS – Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization has expressed concern over the upsurge in terrorism across the country, especially North East, North Central and North West, and demands the enforcement of anti-terrorism law, counter-terrorism strategy and establishment of  state police. The National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a press statement on Monday also lamented over kidnapping incidents in parts of the South West. He said,...

The national chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Sani has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is stifling opposition political parties in the country through state capture. Sani stated that the ruling party uses institutions of government like the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intimidate opposition parties. Reacting to the defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the...