It was raging debate at a time in the country, when the land was beleaguered and almost totally asphyxiated by insurgency. Should we procure the services of foreign mercenaries or not? There were strident arguments for and against. At the security council meeting, the issue came up, and there were points for and against. President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman of the meeting, finally waded in. What was his position? Nigerian Army had distinguished itself in Burma, Congo, Lebanon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and many other theatres of conflict round the world. Why should we then be hiring mercenaries before we can…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress announces that in its revised Campaign Timetable just released, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has shown further personal commitment to the cause of the All Progressives Congress and its Presidential flag-bearer, ASIWAJU Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the 2023 Presidential election, by indicating his readiness to be physically present at some of our forthcoming presidential campaign rallies. Recall that Mr. President, out of his very busy schedule, had earlier attended the flag-off of the Presidential Campaign in Jos on the 15th of November, 2022. This was also after graciously accepting to be the…
By Valerie Oyibo-Itie Four persons have been reportedly gunned down in Sapele at a time all thought peace had been restored in the town. The killings took place in the mornings of Wednesday when some unknown gun men stormed a boutique along the Mission Road by Lexi Junction, killing the owner of the boutique, his sales girl and two others. The victims were identified as Alhaji Bello, a business man who specialises in buying of trycycles and motorbikes for youths on a “balance- and-take arrangements. The other victim were identified as Mr. Matthew Ekiopa Eroso, owner of the boutique, Miss…
By Valerie Oyibo-Itie A middle aged man in Sapele has slit the throat of his younger brother during a scuffle over the younger brothers money that was paid into his account. The victim, who later died before he could be taken to the hospital for help, was identified as Obaro, alias Chop Ukodo, while his elder brother was identified as Obakpororo. An eye witness accounted that when Obaro was expecting the said sum that caused the scuffle, he confineded in his elder brother, and since his account had some issues, he arranged that the money be paid into his elder…
By Onoriode Etatsemi The Delta State Chairman of the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC), Hon. Justice Godwin Obriki – Okolosi has said that the merit award as the best performing new state on Administration of Criminal Justice for 2021/2022 at the 2nd Annual Conference of ACJMC is an indication that the State was in the right direction in the area of Administration of Criminal Justice delivery. Hon. Justice Okolosi , who stated this in an exclusive interview with journalists in Asaba , attributed the award to the commitment of the stakeholders. He said that the performances of the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD The presidential candidate of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Ph:D, FNSE, has asserted that it had become imperative for Nigerians to take responsibility and elect credible Nigerians in the forthcoming general elections to enthrone good governance. He made the assertion during an interview with journalists that was coordinated by the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in Asaba today. Flanked by Alhaji Buba Galadima, the two times governor of Kano State who commended Prof. Chike Edozie, the Asagba of Asaba @ 98, noted that the problem of Nigeria is…
By Alumona Chris On Wednesday 4th of January 2023, Dr. Goodnews Agbi, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), welcome’s the Presidential candidate Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to Delta for a rally and a visit to the HRM Prof. Chike Edozien the Asagba of Asaba. The two political leaders were welcomed by a large crowd of supporters and party members who were excited to hear their messages and plans for the future of Delta and Nigeria. During the rally, Senator Kwankwaso highlited the importance of supporting the NNPP and its vision for the state. He emphasized the party’s…
By Fred Edoreh From time, I had never been excited about Gen Olusegun Obasanjo’s personality and his letters. I am very conversant with the fact that, besides training in handling of weapons, military generals are deft contrivers of lies, propaganda, decoy and deception with which they can win wars by simply confusing and creating disaffection across lines even before firing a shot. From the coups of Major Kaduna Nzeogwu through Gens Murtala Mohammed, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, the sing-song that sustained them was the propaganda of corruption against the civilian class of leaders while, in actual fact,…
The Delta North Citizens For Good Governance (DNCFGG) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu to stop including Senator Peter Nwaoboshi in it’s list as the All Progressives Congress Candidate for Delta North Senatorial District. The Coordinator of the Forum, Chief Onwuka Mordi Stated this on Tuesday when speaking to journalists in Asaba, Delta State Capital. According to the Coordinator, INEC’s continuous parading of Nwaoboshi as APC’s Senatorial Candidate for Delta North Senatorial District in the forthcoming 2023 election is a misnomer and an aberration because of his conviction and sentence by the Federal Appeal…
By Dele Alake On the whole, the latest epistolary misadventure by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a gratuitous insult on the collective intelligence of Nigerians. In particular, his laborious attempt to prey on the innocence of much younger generation constitutes a grievous assault on public morality, seeking to force morsels of sheer falsehood down the throats of a demography perhaps too young to comprehend events which Obasanjo furiously tried to misrepresent. It is noteworthy that it was the Obasanjo administration that abolished the teaching of history in Nigerian schools ostensibly to aid this kind of historical revisionism he routinely engages in;…