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A Port Harcourt-based legal practitioner, Mr. Princewill Dike, has urged President Bola Tinubu to see the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as most qualified politician for his 2027 Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General. Dike stated this in Port Harcourt on Monday, expressing confident that, Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, has the political capacity to campaign and ensure Tinubu’s reelection in the 2027 general elections. He emphasized that the FCT minister had even as a governor demonstrated his political ingenuity in displacing his political opponents, declaring that as Director-General of PCC,  Tinubu’s reelection is guaranteed.…

The chairman of Ejamar cattle market in Elelenwo in Obio Akpo local government in Rivers State Alhaji Musa madaki has called on Muslim youths in Rivers State to avoid violence. Musa madaki reminded Muslim youths that Islam is a religion of peace and it should not be otherwise. Alhaji Musa madaki blame some religious leaders both christians and Muslims for what he tagged a stereotype teaching always making each of the religion look bad to the other. Advertorial He called on Nigerian youths most especially Rivers youths to embrace God instead of religion because it’s still one God both the…

An unidentified pilgrim has been arrested while allegedly trying to k!ll his sick dad in Medinah so as to get him into paradise. The pilgrim was arrested in Saudi Arabia after he was seen allegedly attempting to strangle his sick father inside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, a city in Saudi Arabia.  Advertorial During interrogation, the pilgrim told the police that he believed that if his father died in the holy mosque, he would be guaranteed entry into paradise. The police arrested and detained the pilgrim for further investigations. According to Golf Insider, the incident happened in February 2026. See…

An online trending video where the immediate past head of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit, CP Akin Victor Fakorede was given a standing ovation in a live television show has got netizens reacting. In the live television programme by Berekete Family TV, an online television station based in Abuja recently, two testifiers, presumably Arabs or from the Middle East testified on the diligent investigations of CP Fakorede which, not only got them off the hook but also restored their human dignity. But the high point of the show was the public apology rendered by the programme’s anchor…

‎‎‎‎The Integrity Youth Alliance (IYA) has strongly condemned the wave of criticism trailing the appointment of Commissioner of Police, Akin Fakorede, describing the allegations by some so-called civil society and human rights groups as malicious, unfounded, and driven by ulterior motives.‎‎In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Danjuma Lamido, the group noted that the criticism directed at CP Fakorede has only come from a few disgruntled organisations that appear uncomfortable with the officer’s well-known record of diligence, professionalism and commitment to lawful policing.‎‎According to the Alliance, Commissioner of Police Akin Fakorede has never been involved in brutality, extra judicial killings…

Commissioner of Police Akin Victor Fakorede, a trained legal practitioner and seasoned forensic criminal investigator in the Nigeria Police Force has been redeployed from Head of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters in Abuja for higher duties and responsibilities. Although, his new posting is yet to be made public, inside Police sources hinted that his new posting would be to a higher responsibilities in preparation for his promotion to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). The redeployment was reportedly approved by the current Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu. CP Fakorede…

The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara a 14 day ultimatum to sack his newly appointed Chief Press Secretary (CPS) and replace him with an indigenous professional. Arising from its Congress last Thursday February 26, 2026, it frowned at the culture of importing Chief Press Secretaries from outside the State, describing it as a “vote of no confidence” on Local media practitioners, with far-reaching implications. A communiqué issued after the Congress meeting urged the governor to review such media appointments and to source from within the state, because , according to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced a fresh timetable for the 2027 general elections, rescheduling the presidential and National Assembly polls to January 16, 2027. According to the commission, elections for governorship positions and State Houses of Assembly will now take place on February 6, 2027. Previously, INEC had slated the presidential and National Assembly elections for February 20, 2027, while governorship and state assembly contests were to be conducted on March 6, 2027. However, the commission reviewed the dates following the repeal of the Electoral Act, 2022, and the signing into law of the new Electoral Act,…

Aondoaver Asom, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Benue state Police Command has died defending his fellow passengers during an armed robbery attack in Ushongo Local Government Area of the state. The incident happened last Tuesday February 24, 2026 when the commercial vehicle he was travelling in to his new place of assignment was ambushed by armed robbers at Amile, along the Ugbema–Jato-Aka road. Our Correspondent gathered that in the course of defending himself and other passengers, the officer reportedly shot three of the attackers dead.  However, he sustained gunshot injuries during the battle and when he and another injured…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly sacked Kayode Egbetokun as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police. He is said to have appointed Tunji Disu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police overseeing the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex in Alagbon, Lagos as his successor. Although, we couldn’t immediately confirm news of the sack, senior police officials and sources close to the Police Service Commission confirmed the development. New IGP Tunji Disu “Egbetokun was at the (Presidential) Villa yesterday and was told to go and prepare his handover notes. I believe he has done that already and he will be handing over…