Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Edwin Clark, is dead. According to a statement released by his family, the revered Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF died on Monday night, February 17. He was 97 years old. The statement read, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to […]
By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D Mallam Nuhu Ribadu’s recent angry outbursts regarding Canada’s visa denials to General Christopher Musa and his team constitute a regrettable diplomatic error, harming Nigeria’s global standing. His denunciation of Canada is a clear breach of diplomatic principles, as defined by international law and standards. International law solely empowers sovereign states to […]
By: George Ozalla Abuja, Nigeria – It was a very long beautiful night of jubilations at the Abuja Continental Hotel on Saturday 15 February, 2025 as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) marks a major milestone – 25 years of regulating the nation’s aviation industry. Since its establishment in 2000, NCAA has played a pivotal […]
As conversations in Nigeria continue on the reported denial of visas to military officers including the Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa, by Canada, Civil society group, HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) said the office of the chief of defence staff owes Nigerians certain salient clarification on some emerging allegations. HURIWA in […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu East Senatorial zone, Hon. Chief Chidi Okolo, has commended the Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Mbah over the launch of the Enugu Security Trust Fund and his numerous transformation and developmental strides in the state since assumption of office on May 29, 2023. Speaking in […]
Civil rights advocacy group; HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned as despicable, brutish and unacceptable, the reported well coordinated attacks of activist Omoyele Sowore orchestrated by suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress, during the Lagos City marathon race held on Saturday morning. HURIWA called for the arrest, prosecution of the political […]
IN PA AYO ADEBANJO, WE MOURN A GREAT TITAN OF OUR NATION On behalf of the Board of Trustees and National Leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and the entire people of the South-South geopolitical zone, we are profoundly shocked and saddened by the news of the passing of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a […]
By Okey Ikechukwu (Thisday Backpage, 15/2/25) Our people say everyone should be careful about the predictions of a fortune teller, or seer, who could not foresee the collapse of his house, or the coming of the downpour that took the house away. Our people also say that it is not forgetfulness when a man who […]
Abuja, Nigeria – By: Newscount Following a National Conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria, some group of civil society organizations have reaffirmed their commitment to promoting democratic values and good governance in the country. The conference, which held in Abuja few week ago, was followed by a strategy meeting yesterday equally in Abuja, where participants […]
By: Femi Odere The stage was already set from Day One of his administration that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be talked about long after he would have left the saddle. It wouldn’t matter if he spent four years or the constitutional limit of eight years as Nigeria’s president. President Tinubu would probably be considered […]
