Nigeria Anchorage

Citizens across divides who wish Nigeria are raising their voices against the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, All Progressives Congress, the APC, are determined to force down the throats of Nigerians. The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is also an affront to the Nigerian Constitution if one considers the spirit and letters of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which states… “The government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons …” The ticket is therefore all-around in bad taste and bound to fail unless the party has perfected ways and means of circumventing the will of Nigerian electorates in the 2023 polls. With the new electoral act, which prescribes electronic accreditation and transfer of results, rigg...

The Itakpe Community Development Association (ICODA) of Yala local government areas of Cross river state has called on the the Cross River State governor,Professor Ben Ayade and the Federal ministry of works to weigh into the Federal government bridge contact that connects the community to it's Benue state neighbor awarded since 2007 by the federal ministry of works in Abuja and has been abandoned to be completed for the community. The president of the community ICODA Mr. Patrick Odey make this called on Sunday in Masaka Karu local government areas of Nassawa state venue of this year annual conference of the community that brings together all sons and daughters of Itakpa community across the country. According to the President, Itakpa community lack basic amenities like, school, water and health center so the purpose of this annual conference is to bring our people together to see what the community can do for themselves without really waiting for the government Mr Odey lame...

The approaching 2023 Presidential Election promises to be like none other in the nation’s annals. And the die is already cast as the pretenders and contenders have been already defined. It is a three-horse race, with Rabiu Kwankwaso already discounting himself as a possible winner if he does not pair up with Peter Obi as his running mate. It is therefore a three-horse race. The remaining 15 political parties are just vying for honours and personal records. Barring any strange odds, the race is between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Ifeanyi Okowa, All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his yet-to-be-determined running mate; and the Labour Party and its candidate Peter Obi together with his yet to be determined running. The three are truly worthy opponents and barring all odds, one of them will become president Buhari’s successor. One thing the three front-line runners have in common is their cos...

The Minister of FCT has directed that all gardens and Recreation centres within the Federal Capital area are to shot down operation of their business premises by 7pm . This directive are to be compliance by all the operators of such businesses as from 5th of July 2022 was message in news release, by the senior assistance of the FCT on Task Force on Environmental matters Mr. ikaro Atta. This directives finally added the Nigerian capital on the list of the sharia laws state in the country.

Fourth of July: Witnesses speak of their terror after at least six killed and 30 injured at public event in Highland Park Edward Helmore, Gabrielle Canon and agencies A person of interest in the mass killing that targeted a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park has been taken into custody, the Highland Park police chief said on Monday evening. More than 100 law enforcement officers had scoured the suburb and surrounding areas after at least six people were killed when a lone gunman rained down bullets on the town’s independence celebrations on Monday morning. Thirty people were injured in the attack, with ages ranging from eight to 85, said Dr Brigham Temple, medical director of emergency preparedness at NorthShore University health center where 26 of the injured were treated. At least four of the injured are believed to be children. On Monday afternoon, the police chief, Lou Jogmen, identified 22-year-old Robert E Crimo III as a person of interest in the sho...

The Calabar port served as an important focus of trade with the outside world for the Eastern States and a natural harbour for the Northern States of Nigeria right from the pre-colonial and colonial times. The Port was privately administered and operated by various shipping companies until December 1969 when the Federal Government took over the inadequate Calabar Port facilities from the erstwhile operators and vested it on the Nigerian Ports Authority. The development, modernization and expansion of the Calabar port was embarked upon under the 3rd National Development Plan of 1975–1980 in order to upgrade the port facility to cope with the ever increasing demand of our economy. The new port complex was commissioned on 9th June, 1979 and lies 45 nautical miles (about 83km) upstream from Fairway Buoy. Today, Calabar Port Complex comprises the following: the Old Port, the New Port and the Dockyard; and has jurisdiction over Crude Oil Terminals at Antan, Odudu, Yoho, QuaIboe; and o...

RT Hon. Regina Anyogo representing the good people of Yala 1 state constituency has sent a facilitation message to the people of her constituent while praising God for the peace and tranquility experienced among her people as she welcomed them to the new month of July. In a message posted on her face book page and signed by herself read, “It is a great opportunity from the decision of the Almighty God that allow us all to witness the beginning of June and see the end of it and even given us the privilege of witness the light of another beautiful month. May this new month of July bring many opportunities your way, To explore every joy of life and turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.Wishing you a fabulous MONTH with full of great achievements and experiences. According to the Honorable,A meaningful chapter waiting to be written HAPPY NEW MONTH! She urged the people to remember, that happiness keeps you sweet, Trials make you strong...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom had lampooned the People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar over his inability to go and reconcile with Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State who he said on a live Television that he (Wike) was instrumental in his return to PDP as such he is his mentor. Ortom equally disclosed that he is in a "hibernation" mood and not sure about working for the PDP candidate until the Holy Spirit direct him otherwise. This is seen as a very dangerous step in his quest to get back at Atiku who is a traditional title holder in Tiv land. In the latest twist of events, Governor Ortom is alleged to be muscled out of his cabinet people who are working for the PDP presidential candidate and also who have a close affinity with the National Chairman of the party Dr Iyorchia Ayu. Our source gathered that, in an alleged meeting held by Governor Ortom and the PDP secretary Joseph Nyam in Government House Makurdi, the governor was in...

‘Ifeanyi’ is a generic name borne only by the members of the Igbo ethnic stock. The name means: nothing is beyond God. Why then is one who bears the name required to prove he belongs to the Igbo ethnic stock or to prove his ancestry? This pettiness of some Igbos who go to extent of claiming that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is not one of them is pathetic, mischievous or borne out of outright ignorance. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is from Owa, one of the major Ika Igbo settlements across the Niger. The differentiation being mounted artificially between the South-east Igbo and South-South Igbo is politically inspired and self-serving. For the avoidance of doubt, Ika is a dialect of the Igbo language spoken in Ika South and Ika North East Local Government Areas of Delta State and the Igbanke area of Edo State in Nigeria. It belongs to the larger Niger Igbo cluster of dialects and therefore, one of the Igbo dialects on the whole. Ika is not a distinct ethnic group. Ika is Igbo; those who hail fro...

Curious about how the federal powers, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), will conduct thier business, especially under the presidency of PMB and a new chairman,Senator Abdullahi Adamu, following the anticipations that followed the just concluded the of the APC primary elections. The“get your Permanent Voters Card (PVC)”, crusade get louder as they are many intrigues of internal party face-off that characterized many party primaries. I set out to ado-ekiti the Ekiti State capital to monitor the gubernatorial election. I picked that particular election because of some percularities.Partly because of the equivocalness of the governor, Mr. Fayemi Kayode . That has over time shown to be a-one-man-opposition to the government to then center of President Good luck Jonathan. Secondly, Ekiti state happens to be the only state in Western Nigeria (at least before the elections), that is held by a party differing from the party in power at the center. Making it of keen interest for t...

The Community Health Practitioners in the country has been urged to lives up to the expectations of the people and uphold to very strong ethical practice while dispensing their services in their various place of practice. The governing Board Chairman of the Community Health Practitioners Council Mr Sule Galadima made this call in Abuja during a five-day retreat for the New Executives of National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria (NACHPN) in his addresses, Mr Galadima called on oncommunity health workers to always uphold the ethics of the profession to enhance effective health care delivery at the grassroots as the Health practitioners represent the first point of called in an emergency in community level. According to the Chairman, “plans are already on ground to further sanitize the community health practice in Nigeria towards boosting primary health care system in the country” Mr Galadima said, a policy on community health is being developed that will es...

The leader and winner of the just concluded APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Tinubu Bola has told all contestants, that he has no grudges against them for contesting with him in the just concluded Party primary. According to Tinubu, the primary has come and gone and it is the time for the party to work together and see how we win the next election. I want you to put behind the primary and see how we can defeat the evil PDP in the incoming election. For you, the Senate President, you contest against me but you can now lick your wound, we have overcome that and I want us to move on he said. The statement of the aspirant has sparked many reactions within the ruling party but the Tinubu media organization has claimed the aspirant meant no harm while he tied to express himself at the election. Ahmed Lawan and Professor Yemi Osinbajo were the stronger contestants against Ahmed Tinubu but most of the two contestants could not even make the first two of the party primary.

The former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has clinched the Presidential primary of All Progressive Congress.(APC).The APC leader won with about 1271 votes to beat the thirteen other contestants at the Eagle Square, Abuja. In his acceptance speech, the APC presidential candidate urged Nigerians to never to return to the Opposition party again and promised, the country is better with APC and APC is ever ready to changed the Nigerian 1 Ahmed Bola Tinibu- 1271 2 Rotimi Amachi- 316 3 Prof, Yemi Osinbajo-235 4 Sen.Ahmed Lawan- 152 5 Gov,Yahaya Bello - 47 6 Engr. Dave Omahi- 38 7 Prof Ben Ayade- 37 8 Sen.Ahmed sani Rufai -4 9 Hon.Nwanjugba - 1 10 Dr Christopher Onu- 1 11 Sen.Roacha Okorocha-0 12 pastor Tunde Bakare- 0 13 Ted Rich Jack - O 14 Chief Ikot Bassey I.-0 Total Accredited votes= 2322 Invalid Cast. = 13 Valid Cast. =2309

* APC NWC reduce Aspirants to five Candidates * Ogun and Edo delegates already in Eagle square. * Osinbajo and Tinubu support seen dancing to gather as one DJ provide them music * some journalists with accreditation are been entry. * Report confirmed PMB in a closed meetings with gov Bello of Kogi State, * Tinubu supporters are more optimistic he will clink the primary than the Osinbajo groups. * Cost of bottle water is going for #200 . * Convention to comment by 10 pm later as very few V.I.P were seen in the presidential box.

A federal judge in New York on Monday authorized the US government to seize two private jets owned by Roman Abramovich, after they flew to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, officials said. The order from Judge Sarah Cave, based in Manhattan, is one of several sanctions from the US and other western countries aimed at billionaires from Russia since the invasion in February. Requested by federal agents in New York’s southern US district, Cave’s mandate centers on a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER that both belong to Abramovich, who is a close associate of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. US justice department prosecutors said in a statement both jets flew to Russia in March, violating export restrictions the US imposed on Putin’s regime over its attack on Ukraine. It is unclear when American officials might be able to take away Abramovich’s jets as long as they avoid the US or one of the territories that the country controls. The Boeing, worth $350m, ...

* All is now set from the convention. * Abdullahi Adamu had denied the Consensus Candiats as early announced by him urging Journalists to show him the video evidence he say so. * Osinbajo posters are the most visible among the posters in Eagle Square .you can catch a glimpse from every angle as you enter the arena. Security is very tight, no room today for area boys and party supporters if all security agencies stick to plans. my way to Eagle Square this morning, I came across this fine poster of the two major Aspirants,the news is that, Osinbajo will persuaded to set down for the Yoruba intes

It is no longer a story, the people's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary had come and gone, the rhetoric out there at the moment is not what borders some of us as masses of this country, what is common on most lips of Nigerians is the zoning of the political parties. Nigerians are gradually been driven away from the agitation for good governance, personality, leadership traits, backgrounds of aspirants, and other negative vices like hunger in the land, insecurity, decayed and outdated public service laws, fuel scarcity, institutional failures, and all the other gamut’s that constitute very better candidate for the next president. Unlike our present politicians, what should matter most now to us should be, what binds and tightens us as people but not what matters most to the politician's interests. Nigerian elites are not concerned about the youths of this country that, are home for more than three months because of ASSU strikes. The legislators a...

History have many faces.sometimes,it comes as a reoccurring events, sometime,it becomes also the template where future events take place. Whichever way,history is created, the importance thing is that, they is always lessons to be learned. For those who allowed negative history to happen again might not has learned from the impact or they are not fully in line of it's chaos, but for the oppressed,the vengeance for revenge sound sweet when pressing a for such events. When the Boko Haram was created during 2007 at the early years of the democracy depensation, the actors and sponsors never foreseen the dangers ahead.just like Ipob, they were regionists who think,the monster would be a conduits to draw political sympathy to their regions.They were all kind of political atities between the ruling party and the opposition members then,which person like me believed, led to the distraction at the time the center government should have weighed the big Hammer ...

Our country, "Nigeria," is at a crossroads, and whatever we do as a people to salvage the situation will not be too great a sacrifice. From community leaders to our politicians, the beacon is on, but the people heeding the calls are what should be most important to the masses. It is not because the current political class who threw their hats into the contest are not qualified, but Nigerians are afraid of what would still be their political actions if some of them are still returned to office. Available records of some of them have shown that most of them were corrupt-minded while in their previous office, and it is mind-boggling if one gets to know the enormity of wealth most of them have when they can purchase nomination forms of their party as high as a hundred million naira in a chicken exchange. Regardless of the image laundering done by some of them to relaunch their stolen wealth and create a nice impression of successful technocrats in their careers, it is a sm...

  The rumors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, contesting the presidency come as striking rumors to some of us. It was an ambition taken beyond many Nigerians' imagination. At first, I was minding my business, thinking such a thing could not happen, looking at the statutory rules governing the Act of the Apex bank. But this is Nigeria, my country, where the least imagined things can happen.  First, the news started flying in that a group of young Nigerians under the auspices of "Emefiele Friends" are contributing money among themselves to raise a hundred million naira to purchase a nomination form for Godwin Emefiele and then persuade the CBN governor to stand for the presidency.    The news stories about this group keep trending both in mainstream and social media. Interestingly, nobody takes this group seriously and neither does the CBN governor nor his personal aids, having seen or heard of the activities of the group, issue any press sta...