Author: thescale

Anytime I reflect on the ongoing Israeli – Iran war and the recent statement credited to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu that ‘strength brings peace’, I laugh in Abua. I also laughed in Iran when I watched all the victory rallies by the Iranian people immediately after President Trump declared a ceasefire, claiming they won the 12 day missiles conflict. And their Ayatollah’s claims that the Americans were forced to declare the truce when they missiled an American military base in Qatar amused me. Like the proverbial lizard, the Iranian laugh is that of victory in all circumstances, whether…

The Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Ahoada-East Local Government Area, Mr. Hector Ekeakita, has spoken out on the recent violent incident involving the Sole Administrator of the LGA, Mr. Goodluck Iheamnacho, who was allegedly assaulted and forced to sign a resignation letter under duress. In an exclusive statement circulated to newsmen in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State over the weekend, Mr. Ekeakita outlined a series of grievances against the embattled Solad, shedding light on the underlying factors that may have fueled the confrontation. According to the CSO, one of the major triggers of the violence was Solad’s alleged romance…

The leadership and membership of the Wakirike National Students Union have been called upon to play a major role in re-orienting youth against drug involvement and other criminal activities and to turn new leaves.This advice was given by the Sole Administrator of the Okrika Local Government Area, Engr. Tamunobipiboye Thompson Isodiki, when the Wakirike National Students Union and leaders of the various Campuses students union paid him a courtesy visit in his office. Engr. Isodiki expressed concern about the high level of drug addiction and other criminal activities involving the young people, stressing that if this trend wasn’t checked, it…

Despite ongoing damage assessment, President, Donald Trump has insisted that US airstrikes over the weekend has “totally obliterated” Iranian nuclear enrichment sites. In a social media post late Sunday night, June 22, Trump stated the nuclear enrichment sites hit with GBU-57 “bunker buster” bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles on Saturday night suffered “monumental damage”. Trump, in the post floated the idea of a regime change in Iran when he stated that if Iranian leaders failed to “make Iran great again,” regime change could be on the table. This contrasts with more measured remarks from other senior U.S. officials. U.S. Defense Secretary…

As 2027 presidential election inches closer, the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), a coalition of anti Tinubu politicians across the country, who are against his return to Aso Rock Villa in 2027 for a second tenure has applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for registration as a new political party. This is coming on the heels of the recent registration of two new political parties by INEC. The new political parties registered by INEC two weeks ago are Independent Democrats (ID) and Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) bringing the total number of political parties in the country to 20. If…

Three months ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promulgated a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended the executive governor and his deputy as well as the elected lawmakers, due to what he described as lack of governance in the state. The President said the action was based on the February 28, 2025 ruling of the Supreme Court which directed Gov Siminalayi Fubara to present the state budget to the Amaewhule led faction of the state House of Assembly. In that ruling, the apex court frowned at the governor running the state without a budget, describing his action as undemocratic…

A chieftain of Myetti Allah in Rivers State, Alhaji Tukur Mohammed Abubakar has condoled with the people and government of Benue state over the recent unwarranted killings in the state that took the lives of nearly two hundred persons. Alhaji Abubakar, who was the former Rivers state chairman of the body also condoled with the families that lost their loved ones in the unprovoked attack and prayed Almighty Allah to heal all the wounded in the melee that are currently recovering in various medical facilities across the state. The current State Director of the body in the state, who sent…

The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Rivers State Emergency Rule has commenced the screening of President Tinubu’s 17 nominees to reconstitute the Boards of key Commissions in the state. These Commissions include the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC); Rivers State Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Rivers State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) whose boards were disbanded three months ago by the state’s Sole Administrator. Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate Leader made this known today during the screening of the nominees, declaring that all nominees have officially declared their assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau. He also added…

Security operatives have today arrested an unidentified young woman who was transporting ammunition to bandits in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. Our Correspondent quoted a security analyst, Zagazola Makama as reportedly saying that the suspect claims to be from Taraba State. The security analyst also added that details regarding the arrest are currently unclear, but that the security agencies have commenced investigations into the matter. It would be recalled that bandits and insurgents have wrecked havoc in many parts of the North Eastern zone of the country, killing hundreds of people and rendering many homeless. In a well…

The controversy surrounding the nomination of a non indigene to head a sensitive body like the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) by the state Sole Administrator, Rtd Vice Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas re-echoed in the upper legislative assembly of the national assembly. The echoes were resoundingly loud on Tuesday when the Nigerian senate questioned the rationale and morality behind the nomination of a non-indigene as Rivers state electoral commission chairman. The Solad nominees for the constitution of the board of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) are currently facing screening by the Senate’s committee on emergency rule, where…