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On September 26, 2025, at about 1600hrs, during the activities marking the signing out of final-year students at the University of Port-Harcourt, the University’s Internal Security team confronted a suspected cult member , Police Corporal Onwukwe Godswill ‘m’ attached to the Elimgbu Division and a 200-Level Biomedical Technology undergraduate student of the University, Ifeanyi Israel ‘m’ in anticipation of a clash with rival Cultists on campus. In a swift response, Operatives of the Command attached to the Anti-Cultism Unit (ACU) were dispatched to the scene and the suspects were arrested. A thorough search of the suspects yielded the following exhibits:…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that renaming the renovated National Theatre after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka was a fitting way to honour the legacy of a man of many parts, whose works have permanently put Nigeria on the global stage in terms of the creative industry and human rights advocacy. He expressed his belief that the rebirth of the theatre will revive the promotion of arts, culture, and the creative economy in Nigeria. In July 2024, President Tinubu renamed the theatre the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts in honour of Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has stated that he sacked all commissioners and other public officers not screened by the Speaker Martins Amaewhule led House of Assembly serving under his administration in line with the Supreme Court decision of February 28, 2025. The governor, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, said the sacking was with immediate effect. Meanwhile, Fubara thanked members of his cabinet and the other political appointees for their services and contributions to the development of the State in the last two years. He…

Serious condemnations and negative reactions are trailing the recent malicious and defamatory Facebook posts of Sandra C. Duru, alias Prof Mgbeke against Commissioner of Police (CP) Akin Fakorede, Head of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit in Abuja, describing it as an unwarranted attack aimed at destroying his hard earned reputation. The recent condemnation against her seditious and malicious posts came from Friends of Akin Fakorede (FAF), a group of his friends and admirers who frown against such unwarranted posts and publications which they observed are against our laws and security architecture. FAF National Chairman, Dr Okorieem Mente…

Fellow Nigerians, Today marks the 65th anniversary of our great nation’s Independence. As we reflect on the significance of this day and our journey of nationhood since October 1, 1960, when our founding fathers accepted the instruments of self-government from colonial rule, let us remember their sacrifice, devotion, and grand dream of a strong, prosperous, and united Nigeria that will lead Africa and be the beacon of light to the rest of the world. 2. Our founding heroes and heroines—Herbert Macaulay, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Margaret Ekpo, Anthony Enahoro, Ladoke Akintola,…

“As we begin the march towards the 2027 elections prematurely foisted on the nation by the desperation of the opposition ganging up against President Bola Tinubu despite his glaring giant economic strides, we are once again regaled with a cacophony of voices, most of them full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, to paraphrase inimitable Williams Shakespeare in one of his classic works, Macbeth. “One recent statement that stands out in its absurdity is Professor Jerry Gana’s. The former Minister of Information and National Orientation, moving to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2007 presidential race, affirmed that the…

It was a potpourri Of Joy and an unseeming calmness across Rivers state four days after the lifting of the emergency rule as the jubilations that trailed the resumption of Gov Siminalayi Fubara continued on the third day. As early as 7am on Friday morning, second day of the post emergency, supporters of the governor, inspite of their disappointment the previous day at the Government House where the governor was no where to be found, trooped out and overwhelmed the VIP section of the Port Harcourt International Airport to welcome the people’s governor. Among the governor’s supporters and admirers who…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state, who was expected to resume duty yesterday in Brick House, seat of the state government, after the expiration of the emergency rule imposed on the state by President Tinubu six months ago, today Friday September 19, 2025 assumed his duties accordingly. Gov Fubara, who arrived the Port Harcourt International Airport, few minutes after noon to a rousing welcome by his supporters who had thronged the airport to welcome him back to the state, immediately drove straight to the Government House in Port Harcourt where he addressed another crowd of his supporters and promised a…

Eighteen hours after President Bola Tinubu lifted the emergency rule he imposed in Rivers state, the whereabouts of suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara is still unknown. Several of his supporters from across the 23 LGAs in the state trooped out early in the morning and converged in front of the Government House in Port Harcourt to welcome back their governor. But they were disappointed when after several hours of their carnival like displays, singing and dancing in front of the Government House, the governor was no where to be found. Neither was there anyone to address them. The crowd of supporters…

As protests heralded the resumption of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd) as the Sole Administrator of Rivers state six months ago, so also protests marked his exit from Brick House at the expiration of the emergency rule in the state. Recall that Simplified women of Rivers state mounted a huge protest at the Isaac Adaka Boro Park in Port Harcourt against the presidential declaration of emergency rule in the state on the very day, March 20, 2025 that Ibas resumed duties at the Government House. Such anti emergency rule protests lined up by Rivers people were only aborted at the…