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About 17 kidnappers and cultists have been killed in separate operations carried out by the police and vigilance groups in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. In one of the operations, the vigilante group in Rundele ambushed and killed 10 members of the Degbam Cult members who had raided the community two days earlier, killed and beheaded four members of the OSPAC vigilante group in the community. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nwonyi Emeka, who however confirmed four of the killings, said the police had responded to signals by members of the community of the invasion of the cultists.…

Information filtering into our newsroom indicate that three weeks after the current governor of Rivers state, Siminialayi Fubara was sworn in as governor of the maritime, oil and rich state on May 29, 2023 the former governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike is still in control of the reins of governance in the state. Events playing out in technicolor, are giving credence to widespread fears that, the present governor may just be a figure head while the power behind the throne, Nyesom Wike is the one calling the shots and pulling the strings of government from his comfort zone…

-A Call For Urgent Action By The Ben Nwabueze Center For Constitutional Studies And Rule Of Law. An unprecedented and thoroughly depressing chapter in the contemporary diminution of the judiciary and consequential erosion of the rule of law in Nigeria was written with two contributions on the Senate floor during the valedictory session of the 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senator Rochas Okorocha expressed mock awe at how the Senate President Ahmed Lawan found his way back to the Senate without contesting in his party’s primaries for the seat, and hence ineligible for the election at all;…

Deltans have been told to disregard media reports claiming that the deputy governor of the state, Sir Monday Onyeme is currently angry over the looting of his office at the Government House, Asaba, and his lodge in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by hoodlums allegedly loyal to his predecessor, Kingsley Otuaro.  According to the report in some media, (not National Point) Onyeme, who was sworn in as deputy governor alongside the state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori on Monday, May, 29, 2023 in Asaba, was shocked to discover that several government properties ranging from gadgets, light bulbs, air conditioners, new and old cars…

No fewer than five suspected armed robbers have been arrested by the police in Delta State. A press statement by the police public relations officer (PPRO) of the State Police Command, DSP Edafe Bright, revealed that the suspects have confessed to be members of a criminal gang troubling Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of the state. According to the PPRO, “On the 5/06/2023 at about 1740hrs operatives of Agbor Division while on anti-crime Patrol along Baleke Street, Iregua Agbor, the team sighted a motorcycle with three passengers, carrying a bag. “On sighting the police, two of the passengers…

The South-south zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has congratulated Vanguard correspondent, Sir Festus Ahon on his appointment as the chief press secretary (CPS) to the Delta State governor. Sir Ahon was last week appointed by Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, as his spokesman. The congratulation was passed down June 7, 2023, during a courtesy visit by the student’s umbrella body in the zone led by the national assistant secretary, Comrade Chika Kessy Ossai, deputy coordinator of NANS Zone B, Comrade Dio Oghale and NANS presidential aspirant, Comrade Pedro Obi, they expressed delight with Ahon’s appointment describing it…

The national leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has upheld the expulsion of the former director of projects in the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Cairo Ojuogboh. The decision to ratify Ojuogboh’s expulsion as recommended by the Delta State chapter of the party is coming barely 24 hours after the party’s national legal adviser, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, Esq. nullified the punitive action, saying that the chieftain was not given fair hearing. In a letter dated June 7, 2023 addressed to Ojuogboh’s counsel, El-Marzuq, however, upturned the nullification, stating that subsequent facts…

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has cautioned fuel marketers in the state against hoarding of Petroleum products especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Festus Ahon in a statement in Asaba, quoted Governor Oborevwori as saying that the state government would not tolerate acts that would make life difficult for Deltans.  He said the government’s desire is to grow the economy of the state through its MORE agenda and  solicited the support of all stakeholders in the government determination to make life more meaningful for Deltans.  The CPS’ statement, noted, “We have heard and…

Stallion Times with the support of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the MacArthur Foundation on Saturday 40 journalists from various media organizations in Kano on investigative journalism. The training which was under the “Get  Involved, Dialogue, and Improve (G-DRIP) Project”, has the objective of building the capacities of participants with key skills and techniques used in investigative reporting, to empower journalists on how to write good pitches for investigative reports, and to demonstrate to participants how to gather data and present evidence(s) in investigative reports. Editor-in-Chief of Stallion Times, Isiyaku Ahmed, who also doubles as the…

Edo State commissioner of Police , CP Mohammed Dankwara has ordered detectives from the Homicide Department  to fish out the suspected gunmen who murdered a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Charles Onomhoale Ighechi of the Benin Archdiocese on Wednesday, June 7 in the Edo State capital. Mr. Dankwara’s marching order came after operatives of the command stormed the crime scene shortly after the remains of the priest were reportedly evacuated to an undisclosed hospital by his relatives. The Edo State Police spokesmen, Mr. Chidi Nwabuzor who said on Friday in Benin city, appealed to members of the public to furnish…