ThisDay Editor, Magnus Onyibe uses the recent appointment of former Service Chiefs as Ambassadors as basis to focus on certain character traits of President Muhammadu Buhari. Given the pattern of events in the past six years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s stewardship as President and Commander-ln-Chief of The Armed Forces of Nigeria, it is easy to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Okoi Obono-Obla, a former aide to President Muhammad’s Buhari on prosecution has said his continuous travails at thee Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) was an effort to “hang” him for serving the country “honorably.” Obono-Obla who also served as the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public
By Jonathan Ugbal The former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has broken silence on allegations that he had a hand in the removal of his kinsman, Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Obono-Obla, a lawyer hails from Ugep in Yakurr Local Government Area while Justice Onnoghen
By Jonathan Ugbal A pastor (unnamed) was kidnapped Tuesday night in Calabar, making it the fourth reported abduction in less than a week in Cross River State. The kidnappers are said to have picked him up at Atu street in Calabar South Local Government at about 9:00PM in the night not far from where another
Says NNPC Now ‘Northern’ Corporation Seeks End To ‘Audacious Injustice’ By Jonathan Ugbal The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of paying lip service to the issues bedeviling the Niger Delta region of the country. The forum made this known in a statement issued Wednesday after a virtual meeting
By Jonathan Ugbal The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has said it is concerned about the narrative and fanfare surrounding the flag-off of the USD2.59 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project by the federal government. The body on Wednesday described as “offensive,” the “elaborate publicity” given the flag off of the project by the federal
By Patrick Obia The resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen has continued to draw mixed reactions from Nigerians with the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Mr. Joseph Abang and other legal practitioners faulting the processes that led to Mr. Onnoghen’s decision to retire. Abang who said
By Our Reporter The Chairman, Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has joined Nigerians to welcome the arrival of President Muhammdu Buhari to the country after his 103 day medical vacation to the United kingdom. Mr. Ndoma-Egba who made this known in a statement signed by himself weekend further hailed