PRESS STATEMENT: ACTING PRESIDENT RESCHEDULES TRIP TO ONDO STATE

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has had to reschedule his visit to Ondo State today. The trip had been set-up in continuation of his tour of the oil-producing communities which earlier took the Acting President to Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Imo States.

Prof. Osinbajo was already air-borne this morning when weather reports indicated dusty haze and very poor visibility at the Akure Airport and other alternative airports nearby.

The presidential jet therefore had to return to Abuja following which the weather condition was closely monitored until about 2:30pm, when it became abundantly clear that the situation would not change in time for the Acting President to achieve the purposes of the visit. The visit has therefore been rescheduled for Monday, the 20th of February, 2017.

FG adopts 16-point demand on Niger Delta as working document to resolve the crisis in the oil-rich region

The Federal Government may have adopted the 16-point demand presented by Niger Delta leaders, under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), as working document to resolve the crisis in the oil-rich region, according to PANDEF.

PANDEF leaders hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for the step.

The leaders hinted, yesterday, that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo spoke about Federal Government’s favourable disposition to the 16-point demand being adopted as working document to end the Niger Delta crisis when he led a high-powered delegation to the region last week, beginning with Delta State.

Osinbajo is expected to visit two other Niger Delta states – Rivers and Akwa Ibom – as part of the peace shuttle to the region.

London-Paris Club loans: Our Governors should fear God and pay outstanding salaries and pensions (Photo)

The Federal Government has released N388.304 billion out of N522.74 billion to 35 states as refunds of over-deductions on London-Paris Club loans.

Topping the list of states with the hugest reimbursements are states controlled by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), contrary to their claims that they were being financially oppressed by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

CRIMINALITY RULES NIGER DELTA! -by Joe Igbokwe

Criminality which has been the order of the day in the Niger Delta has reached the point of no return. A reliable source tells me recently that the underdevelopment we see in Niger Delta today is self inflicted. I was told that major oil companies had in the past mapped out projects to be executed by themselves in the region that worth billions but the leaders preferred to be given just a part of it which they shared among themselves.

This has been the way of the Niger Delta indigenes since the 80s. No wonder the region has remained a war zone and the haven for bandits, gangs, kidnappers, cultists, vandals, assassins, hired killers etc. Criminality has become a culture and tradition in the Niger Delta.

KOGI, IMO RE-RUN ELECTIONS TO HOLD ON 23RD JULY; RIVERS, KANO STATES TO HOLD ON 30TH JULY 2016 SAYS INEC

Following a National Stakeholders’ Forum on the conclusion of the suspended re-run elections in Rivers, Kogi, Imo and Kano States, at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the conduct of the outstanding re-run elections as follows:

Kogi and Imo States to hold 23rd July 2016 while Rivers and Kano States are to hold on 30th July 2016.

Esrlier yesterday, welcoming the stakeholders in her address, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Electoral Operations Committee, Hajiya Amina Bala Zakari said the major Stakeholders in the Electoral Process to this forum called specifically to discuss the conclusion of the suspended re-run legislative elections in Rivers, Imo and Kogi States as well as the by election in Kano.

LET THE BOMBS ROLL ON....

Let the bombs roll on
As flames rise in the creeks again
Niger Delta, your children ignite thee
Is it your wish to be burnt by your blood?


Let the bombs roll on
As our Rivers are poisoned with crude
Children of the South now endangered species
Salvation does not destroy, destruction is not of God

Let the bombs roll on
As Nigeria loses billions of Naira per day
Darkness envelopes the entire length and breadth
Wise ones must begin to wonder and ponder for yonder

Wake Buhari Up Now Before Its Too Late!

Multiple bomb explosion hit the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja last night. The release of prisoners in Kuje prison was reported to be the motive behind Kuje bombing’.

Like many others, scores of people died in this multiple bomb blasts in Abuja yesterday night. The Maiduguri independent day bombing also claimed many live!

It seems the Boko Haram insurgency is not part of the Job schedule of DSS again. They are greatly concerned about the alleged corruption cases and abuse of office. They only ransacks Akwa Ibom government house, Dasuki's house, Rivers and Akwa Ibom INEC offices etc...


When would they ransack the houses of Boko haram sponsors ? that was accused of sabotaging the war against Boko Haram insurgency in North Eastern Nigeria Or that doesn't matter ? Only politics...

Jonathan orders $500m oil project moved from Lagos

The Nigeria's outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that a $500 million oil and gas investment project be relocated from LADOL Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Lagos to Agga in Bayelsa State, The Nationreports yesterday.

The project is a partnership between LADOL Integrated Logistics Enterprise and Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea.

The two companies are to build fabrication and integration yards for Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility for the use of local and foreign-owned oil companies.

The multi-million dollar project is in phases, and billed to be completed in the next five years.

The project is said to have reached an “advanced stage” before Jonathan issued a directive that it should be relocated.

The directive, contained in two letters dated April 27, was signed by Mr A.B Mohammed, a general manager with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

Mohammed signed the letters on behalf of the NPA Managing Director, Sanusi Ado Bayero, who is believed to be a stakeholder in Intel, an oil and gas logistics firm in Rivers State– an allegation he has denied in newspaper advertorials.

The letters read: “Pleased be informed that Mr President has vide PRES/99/MT/2/22 of April 20 approved the FPSO project be relocated to Agga in Bayelsa State when the facilities to handle such operations are developed.

“In addition, the project can be conveniently located at any designated oil and gas terminal. Please be informed that Mr President has approved, henceforth, all oil and gas related cargoes must be handled only in the designated terminals in Onne, Warri and Calabar Ports.

President Jonathan, Nigeria's number one enemy - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria's number one enemy because of his propensity to perpetrate impunity, abuse federal institutions and tolerate corruption, all in a dangerous clamour to win re-election at all costs.

In a statement issued in Osogbo on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said under President Jonathan's watch, Nigeria has been thrown into unprecedented crisis that is manifesting in the opposition strongholds of Rivers, Edo, Adamawa and Nasarawa States and elsewhere across the country.

The President has also abused national institutions perhaps more than any other President in Nigeria's history, deploying the police and the army to intimidate and harass ordinary citizens in general and opposition supporters in particular, as he did recently in Ekiti and he is allegedly planning to do in Osun state; shutting airports at will just to punish the opposition and muscling the electoral commission, INEC, to prevent incorruptible RECs from conducting elections, it said.

INEC PROCEDURE FOR 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: Only those with Permanent Voters' Cards will be allowed to vote

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said only those with Permanent Voters' Cards will be allowed to vote during the 2015 general elections.

According to the INEC, Voters are expected to check their names in the displayed voters' register. Those who registered before but do not see their names in the displayed register are to re-register during the Continuous Voter Registration process.

The CVR exercise is not for those who wish to transfer. Those wishing to transfer should write to the Resident Electoral Commissioner in their new states of domicile well before the election, as no transfer will be approved less than 30 days to the election.

15 States, Include Osun and Ekiti Are Most Prone To Electoral Violence by 2015 General Elections

A non-governmental organisation CLEEN Foundation has revealed through its research that 15 states in Nigeria may be destabilised by electoral violence during the 2015 general elections.


The organisation made the revelations in Abuja on April 9, 2014, Wednesday, while presenting the report titled 'Third Security Threat Assessment'. The NGO, which promotes public safety, security, and access to justice, warned of high security risks in the spotted areas during the 2015 general elections.

According to CLEEN Foundation, the states to watch out for as 'most volatile' are: Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.