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Osita Okechukwu Replaced At VON President Bola Tinubu has appointed new heads for parastatals in the Federal Government's Information and National Orientation Sector. In all, eight new helmsmen were announced in the changes that were announced on Thursday. Among the new appointees is Alhaji Ali M. Ali who is the new Managing Director for the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. A former Deputy President of the Nigerian Guild of Ali was a member of Media Team in the campaign organization of the President. Also, a former Media Adviser to the Niger State Governor, Mr. Jibrin Baba Ndace was appointed to…

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed worry over the prevailing lawlessness and general state of insecurity in the country, especially in the South –East, and commended governors of the South-East geopolitical zone for the ongoing initiatives to collectively address the challenges. Similarly, the Guild also applauded the efforts of the Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, for his infrastructure development and for improving security in the state. In a statement after its Standing Committee meeting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and signed by the NGE President, Eze Anaba and the General Secretary, Dr Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the professional body…

By TUNDE OLUSUNLE I was opportuned to serve in the Olusegun Obasanjo/Atiku Abubakar administration at the beginning of our Fourth Republic. Obasanjo was a rather controversial personality. The media had stereotyped him as unfriendly and adversarial over time. The very fact that he opted for a medical doctor in Doyin Okupe as his very first spokesperson, broadened the hiatus between Obasanjo and the press. Okupe cut his dentition as public communicator, when he was the National Publicity Secretary of the defunct National Republican Convention, (NRC), one of the two political parties established by the regime of former military President, Ibrahim…

By SHEDDY OZOENE Simon Bako Lalong and Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha are two dogged fighters. Over time, both of them have earned their ranks in the rough terrain of Nigerian politics, fighting and winning notable battles along the way. Today the two who are still settling down in office as President Bola Tinubu's ministers are in the centre of an intriguing story. Two different genders from two different political backgrounds with a similar fairy tale of a story weaved by several twists of fate. Lalong served two terms as Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly between 1999 and 2007…

By TUNDE OLUSUNLE Let me begin by making a distinction here. Nigeria's military acknowledges two Obasanjos in its records. One has been retired for nearly 45 years now, while the other was at best a toddler when the older disengaged from military service. Both of them made it to the uppermost crust of the military, the former rising to the exclusive club of "four star" Generals," while the latter is a "one star" General. He will be decorated Major General, a "two star" General on his next elevation. One is the father, Olusegun Obasanjo, the first Nigerian to serve both…

By SHEDDY OZOENE The partial demolition of Datkem Plaza, a 5-storey shopping complex owned by the family of the former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel, has raised much dust in the state. Although the government of Prince Dapo Abiodun has gone to great length to state the facts behind the demolition and how it is about law, order and public safety, the former governor and his associates have been relentless in presenting the matter as an act of political vendetta. The demolition which occurred last Sunday, brings to the fore the soured relationship between the two leaders; more importantly,…

*Wike, Musa Dangiwa May Be Petitioned Over Sharp Practices By FHA Staff By CHIBUZOR ONYIA A violent confrontation was averted in Lugbe, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday, when owners of Corner shops at Sector 'F' resisted attempts to build new shops on the setbacks from the adjourning road which would block entrance to existing shops. The indiscriminate building of new shops on setbacks between existing buildings and the roads were allegedly approved by officials of the Federal Housing Authority which owns the estate, in clear violation of their masterplan. Before the swearing-in of the new Housing…

EXPRESSO 》》By Steve Osuji  JUDGMENT WITHOUT JUSTICE: It was an unduly long and tiresome pronouncement last Wednesday,  6th of September. One couldn’t help but feel for lead justice,  Simon Tsammani.For over 12 hours,  he rattled on and on like a cranky molue. The old jurist hurtled endlessly over a rough terrain of arcane legalese. Half the time, half his audience was tired and weary and the other half  dozed. Hardly any one in the hallowed courtroom or without seemed to have joy listening to the labourous proceedings.Even Tsammani who projected some humour during the months of trial now sounded sombre…

Two weeks after she was sworn in as Nigeria's minister of State for Labour, Ms. Nkiruka Onyejeocha has won her election petition at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia. The Tribunal, Wednesday, sacked the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Amobi Ogah. Ogar ran for the election on the ticket of the Labour Party. It subsequently ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw the certificate of return given to Ogar and issue same to the Petitioner, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Onyejeocha has since assumed…

*Party Rejects Judgment  The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) has ruled that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to prove their case against President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani first ruled that Obi failed to prove that he won the election and was denied victory by failure by INEC to substantially abide by the provisions of the Electoral Act. In its reaction to the judgement,  Labour Party has rejected the judgement by the Presidential Election Petition Court…