Prince Tonye Princewill has emerged as the Throne Magazine Man of the Year 2020. In a simple but thrilling ceremony, the management of the multimedia firm Throne Magazine presented the award to one of the most renowned, humbled sons of the Niger Delta region and scion of the King of Amanyanbo of Kalabari Kingdom, His Majesty King Prof T.J.T. Princewill. The event which was held on the 19th of February saw a member of the management team, Mr. Meeting Oyinmiebi Progress detailing the objectives of the organization and what the award represents. He said; ‘TRAA is initiated to celebrate people who have made…
Author: Nwaorgu Faustinus
As the Supreme Court ruling of Tuesday, February 16, 2021, in Appeal No.: 377/2020 between Igo Aguma V Isaac Abbot Ogbobula & 2 Ors. continue to elicit mixed reactions, conflicting interpretations, and dissenting opinions from law specialists and laymen alike, Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has offered some clarification over the speculations and seeming uncertainties that have trailed the verdict. In a statement made available to media houses, Chief Eze said the appellant, Igo Aguma, having sufficiently been made to grasp the…
A highly reputable Legal Practitioner and a critical stakeholder in the politics of Ebonyi State, Chief Roy Umahi in a statement he issued to the media houses wonders how the former Ebonyi State Chairman of PDP should in total disregard of the judgment duly delivered by a competent court of jurisdiction that ousted him from office, will still continue to parade himself as the PDP State Chairman. The highly learned legal practitioner warns Hon. Fred Udeogu to respect the court judgment and stop any act that will cause him to earn the wrath of the law which may not be…
Prince Tonye Princewill, a philanthropist, movie producer, business tycoon, politician and one time gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress and Labour Party in Rivers State, and currently a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in this interview tells youths how Dubai is what it is today, amongst other issues. Excerpt: What informs your special interventions like the Youth Programs in Dubai & Ghana? Let’s look at Ghana and then Dubai. I took over 30 youths to Ghana and then picked the best and sponsored them to Dubai. For Ghana, I had visited Accra and noticed its cleanliness. I met a lot…
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has tackled Gov. Nyesom Wike’s artfully contrived stratagem to waste a whooping N9 billion in his planned establishment of three (3) new campuses of the Rivers State University (RSU) in three different senatorial locations of the State. The party chief said men of conscience are yet to recover from the shock of the news, describing it as another tragic magic in his usual confused and deranged style of project execution in Rivers State. In a statement made…
A clean, pure, healthy environment and atmospheric air or rather oxygen that we human beings take in on a daily basis plays an important role in the longevity and good health we as human beings enjoy. However, the opposite could be said of a milieu or an environment that is polluted with soot. Few years ago in Rivers State, there was massive reportage on the issue at hand – dangers of soot, otherwise known as “Particle Pollution” called PM 2.5—particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers in diameter or smaller. Recently, many residents residing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State have taken to some…
Just as the news of the return to site of contractors handling the construction of the long abandoned East-West road project was yet to simmer down properly, Citizens Quest For Truth Initiative CQ4TI, an advocacy group, has uncovered an unsavoury plot by some self-styled community leaders to put paid to the developmental projects of the government. Reports have it that one of the youths said to be related to the Chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Victor Amadi and some indigenes of Rumuagholu Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, are demanding payment of a whopping sum…
Comments have continued to trail trending photos that captured the Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, walking with the aid of crutches during the commissioning of an orphanage home and Arabic School in Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday. While details of the circumstances surrounding the Minister’s sudden reliance on a walking aid seem sketchy, some Nigerians who gloated over the photos said the Minister may be suffering from an ankle sprain while others concluded that he may be having either plantar fascitis, hemiplegia scissors gait or motor neuron lesion and prayed for his speedy…
Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) Chief Eze Chumwuemeka, has expressed discomfort at the continued lamentations of the People’s Democratic Party over the recent movement of Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State from the badly perforated umbrella that has lost the strength and capacity to maintain its relevance and shield members from the rains, to the progressives family. In a statement made available to media houses, the party Chief restated that it remains within the exclusive preserve of every member of a political party to…
The paradoxical and absurd statement credited to former representative of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, wherein he tried very hard but failed to throw dirt at the unblemished reputation of Nigeria’s Transportation Minister and leader of the All Progressives Congress, South-South, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has continued to attract condemnation from critical stakeholders and people of conscience. Excerpts from the statement which appears grossly hubristic and self-appealing in style and content partly reads “The Rivers State version of Federal might was yesterday visited on Hon. Ben Horsfall and some members of the…
The recent letter from the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems to have laid to final rest, all speculations and uncertainties about the leadership of the party and the fortunes of her teeming members in Rivers State, who have continued to endure the raging storm since 2018 amidst challenges. In a letter dated 23 December, 2020, signed by the Head of Legal Services of the APC – Dare Oketada Esq and addressed to the self-acclaimed Caretaker Committee chairman of the Rivers APC, Hon. Igo Aguma, the party said no record exists in the party’s national secretariat…
“When you first meet old people at dawn, kindness will attend you that day; if a teacher, knowledge; if a market woman, favour; but if a group of comedians, then laughter and comic relief”. The afore-quoted popular saying is true to the recent political script which seems to have been handed down to Senator Magnus, Ngei Abe – former Rivers South/East Senator and Hon. Igo Aguma, a former member of the House of Representatives, following the release of the latest episode from their catalogue where Igo Aguma was seen in a room presiding over a meeting of himself and another…
The palpable gloom of apprehension which seemed to have captured the entire circle of the Rivers State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress following the floodgate of litigation which heralded the annulled congresses and primary elections conducted prior to the 2019 elections, defiling all efforts at dialogue and culminating in the exclusion of the party from the polls, appears to be gradually winding down. This follows the expulsion of the perpetrator-in-chief of the protracted crisis and former Rivers South East Senator, Magnus Ngei Abe and other dissident members and accomplices to the political imbroglio including the unrepentant imposter deceitfully…
After several efforts by the Buni led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at reconciling members and rebuilding the distressed chapter of the party in Rivers State, hope still seems not to be on sight as peace appears to have taken perpetual flight from the circle of the Rivers Progressives family which has long been enmeshed in the turbulent waters of legal mechanics and acrobatics and which culminated in the denial of the party its constitutionally guaranteed right to field candidates for national and state parliamentary seats and other positions in government during the 2019 polls.…
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has again expressed misgivings on the trending ploy to contract former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan into the 2023 presidential race, the media consultant described proponents of the scheme as political jobbers and desperados conscripted to rubbish the hard earned integrity and reputation of the ex Nigeria leader. He called on Dr. Jonathan and Niger Delta leaders to be weary of such satanic conspiracy which he said would be fatal to the growth and development of the oil…
Nasiru Haladu Danu Medical Mission Foundation has kicked off its free medical mission in Dutse the Jigawa State capital. The three-day exercise which began with a Gala Night at the Dutse residence of the founder of the foundation, Alhaji Nasiru Haladu Danu; according to Wabiye Idoniboyeobu, Media Spokesperson to Alhaji Nasiru Danu (Dan Ammana Dutse) “witnessed a large turnout of dignitaries from within and outside Jigawa State.” A statement made available to journalists by Mr. Wabiye noted that the main exercise commenced on Saturday the 9th of November with the arrival of the NHD Medical Team in Dutse. The Medical…
Muazu Magaji, a former Engineer with Shell petroleum, who was recently appointed Commissioner for Works by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has stressed the need for staff welfare, capacity building through staff training as he resumed officially at the Kano State Ministry of Works. Engr. Magaji was received on arrival by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in company of ministry officials. Magaji in his address to the Government officials stressed the need for unity of purpose, team work, and sincerity in carrying out official duties. He told the ministry officials the welfare of the staff, capacity building through staff training…
As the Canadian federal election for parliamentarians scheduled to take place on October 21, 2019 draws near, Dave Madder, one the city’s most successful community leaders and former municipal Councillor candidate (Fmr.) has endorsed the candidature of Stephen Abara, a Nigeria-Canadian based citizen for the federal parliamentary election in Scabourough-Guild wood (ward 24) and federal electoral district Ontario Canada. In a statement signed and made available to journalists by Mr. Dave Madder, Stephen’s official campaign agent explained that Stephen Abara had spent his entire career working to keep the neighbourhoods and families of Ontarians safe from crime and violence for the last 10 years. “During…
…. Releases tribute In what could be described as a combination of tears and sorrow, the Prince of the Niger Delta as he is commonly referred, laid his older sister, Pastor Meg Mike Ifijeh to rest at the PH cemetery, led by his older brothers and his one remaining sister in the presence of their family, friends and a host of well wishers. Pastor Meg who spent her entire working life at Union Bank was known for her fierce love of God and her ever constant smile. It would be the words of the officiating Minister that would set the…
The Rivers State Chapter of Africa Action Congress (AAC) says its attention has been drawn to a sinister attempt by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to scuttle the party’s efforts to reclaim its mandate at the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, adding that the recent move by Governor Wike, is seen in the action of one Mr. Leonard Nzenwa who claims to be the acting National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC). The party in a statement signed by Engr. Biokpomabo Festus Awara AAC Governorship Candidate alleged that “Mr. Nzenwa, having received an undisclosed sum of Rivers money,…
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) had been advised to tread with caution in its ongoing face-off with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige, to avoid a situation that may lead to any fatal chaos. Giving the advice in a statement issued and circulated in Abuja on Sunday, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, reasoned that further antagonistic posture against Dr Ngige by the leadership of the NLC would definitely be sending negative notes to the world about their intentions and motives, especially at a period when everyone…
Chief Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has commended Dr. Chris Oyirinda Amadi for restoring hope to the youths and elders of Rivers State. In an open letter to the acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration (EDFA) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Chris Amadi, Chief Eze said that after watching and reading how Dr A decided to host the Critical Social Media Influencers in Rivers State, involving many of the educated youths to champion the creation of the type of Rivers state of his dreams, he was moved to write this…
…Interrogates Wike Sincerity in Call for Political Harmony ….Hails Him on Lifting Of Embargo on Employment For the overall interest and genuine peace of Rivers state and its people, the state government has been advised to urgently convene a peace, security and reconciliation summit as a matter of urgency, which will study and proffer solutions to the seeming intractable security situation across the State. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who gave the word of advice in a statement issued and circulated in Port Harcourt on Sunday also charged the…
… As he describes it as hope for the emancipation and rapid development of Niger Delta …Commends Alhaji Danu, Keyamo for being peacemakers The recent decision of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and the former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to mend fences in the interest of their party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the development of the country has been lauded as exceptional. A chieftain of the APC in the South-South region and one-time spokesman of the defunct new People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who commended the two political leaders…
…as Abe threatens to kill him, wipe out his family A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has sent out an urgent SOS to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, to come to his aid and protect him from threats to life against him by Senator Magnus Abe and his hooligans. Eze, a well known apostle of good governance and a chieftain of the APC in Rivers state, in a statement issued and circulated in Port Harcourt on Sunday, alleged that some followers of the Senator…
……Recruits Abe, Fani-Kayode, Reno Omokri, Others to Anchor Media War Although he recently went out to call a truce in the political faceoff with his former boss, now Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, facts have emerged that the Rivers state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has set aside a whopping sum of N100 billion war chest for a media campaign against the Minister. Impeccable sources, who are well informed of the plot, said the governor has already assembled a team of sworn anti-Amaechi People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition elements, including Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, the National Chairman…
…Rewards Abe for his loyalty and inputs ….Targets Commissioners that failed to win their Areas In what might be a post-elections reappraisal of his dismay and awful performance in the last governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike has sacked 12 council Chairmen and 15 party council Chairmen, in whose domains the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had woefully performed. Indications also emerged on Friday that the governor, who was said to be apparently angry with the failure of his men to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) backed Biokpomabo Awara of the African Action Congress…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has raised the alarm over an alleged fraud by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the recently issued Certificate of Return to the Rivers state, Chief Nyesom Wike, and all the House of Assembly members-elect in the State. Eze, in a statement issued and circulated in Port Harcourt on Thursday, alerted that the certificates issued to Wike and others had been issued and signed since the 14th of March, 2019, almost three weeks before the contentious Rivers state election was concluded, a fact affirming…
…Lists Twenty One Reasons Rivers People Don’t Want Wike to Secure a Successful Second Term A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has written off recent call for peace by the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, as mere ‘play to the gallery’, saying his message fell below the expected. Eze’s message was contained in a statement issued and circulated to the media in Port Harcourt on Monnday. Chief Eze, who has been very vocal about the deteriorating economic and political situation in the state, said Governor Wike’s message, which was passed through…
…..Says this concocted INEC Results will not stand the test of time A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Nyesom Wike, and his camp not to rejoice yet over the results being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as same is an illegality that will not stand a legal test. Eze, in a statement circulated in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, noted that besides the fact that the results collated by the INEC had been grossly manipulated in favour of Governor Wike, to allegedly justify the…
