San Francisco, CA — On Monday history was made at the Chapel of Our Lady at the Presidio in San Francisco as the first-ever state recognized human-animal marriage took place. Local resident 35-year-old Paul Horner was the groom during the ceremony. Joining him was his faithful dog Mac who is 36-years-old in dog years. Mac […]
Month: January 2018
Zoning of Governorship Divides C/River PDP Along Ethnic Lines
On the surface all appears to be well, but a search reveals deep seated animosity that has suddenly polarized the PDP in Cross River State into North-South divide in the aftermath of the zoning of the governorship position to the Northern Senatorial District. A tug of war is raging silently between the two districts following […]
Jang Urges National Assembly to Suspend Constitutional Amendment Till after National Dialogue
Plateau State Governor, Chief Jonah Jang, has urged the National Assembly to suspend amending the constitution until the proposed national dialogue has been done and its outcome duly certified. The governor, at a valedictory session yesterday in Jos, for the retired of state Chief Judge, Justice Lazarus Dakyen, also asked that the national dialogue should […]
Police Release 275 Boko Haram Suspects
The police in Rivers State Wednesday released the 275 Boko Haram suspects out of the 294 arrested on Sunday. The release came three days after the suspects were arrested and detained at the state Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Port Harcourt. The other 19 suspects who did not have any reasons whatsoever to move to […]
Fayemi, Amosun Mourn Ex-NUNS President, Okeowo
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and his Ogun State counterpart, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday mourned the death of a former President of the defunct National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS), Chief Segun Okeowo, whom they described as a “fearless reformer.” In separate statements issued Wednesday by Fayemi’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Yinka Oyebode, […]
Cross River Raises the Alarm on Security Challenges in Gulf of Guinea
The Cross River State Government has raised the alarm over the increasing security challenges in the Gulf of Guinea and wants the Eastern Naval Command to intensify maritime patrol and general security operations in the area. The state Security Adviser, Mr. Rekpene Bassey, told the new Commander of the Nigerian Naval Ship (NNS), Victory Calabar, […]
TMG Cautions Jonathan against Military Shake-up
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a civil society organisation, has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan against what it described as mass retirement of top military officers. TMG in a statement signed by its Chair, Zikrulahi Ibrahim, expressed concern over what it described as the in-appropriateness of replacing highly skilled military personnel with newer officers. “TMG is […]
Why I Defected, By Bafarawa
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week from the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday hinged his action on the need to deepen and save democracy in Nigeria. On his part, Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, who was among PDP officials that worked out […]
Defection: Court Orders Bailiff to Serve Tambuwal with Processes
Following the refusal of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, to appear in a case against his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday ordered all the parties to hand all “processes (court documents) yet to be served on the third defendant (Tambuwal) to […]
Babangida Denies Writing Jonathan
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has denied media report that he, like former President General Olusegun Obasanjo, has written a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan on the state of the nation. Babangida, in a statement yesterday by Mr. Kassim Afegbua, denied the report, which he described as “outright blackmail journalism and a sad commentary […]