KRISTINA REPORTS

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to resign immediately. Speaking at the 83rd PDP National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja earlier today, Secondus said Mahmoud needs to resign because he has proven he is unable to conduct free, fair and credible election. On the IG of Police, Secondus said the police, under the current leadership, was being used as a tool to victimize anyone that is believed to be of the opposition. Secondus, at the meeting, said “We want to do this advance warning that we are lovers of democracy and peace. We want the peace of our nation; so, let them note all they have done, even in the case of Kwara and Bauchi, where we warned clearly that they announced different results.” “That will no longer be acceptable. We therefore call on the INEC leaders

L-R Rivers Neighbourhood Watch Boss, Uche Chukwuma, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah By Obinna Ebogidi, Port Harcourt Key political leaders in Rivers State have started reacting to the disbandment of the training camp of the recently recruited neighborhood watchers of the Rivers State Government by the Nigerian Army yesterday at Nonwa Gbam. The training camp, which also serves as the orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), is in Nonwa Gbam in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. Reacting to the incident, current affairs analyst and Secretary to the Ikwerre Local Government Council, Hon. Obinna Ekem accused the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi of using state security apparatus to frustrate the efforts of the Rivers State Government to tackle insecurity and restore peace and order in the state. Ekem told Kristina Reports that the action of the Army yesterday has confirmed fea

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, applauded the Federal Government for reducing the cost of JAMB and NECO application forms. The Federal Government, after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, announced the reduction in JAMB fee from N5,000 to N3,500 for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The amount charged for Senior Secondary Certificate Examination by the National Examination Council (NECO) was also reduced from 11,350 to N9,850 and Basic Education Certificate handled by NECO was slashed from N5,500 to N4,000. The reductions take effect from January, 2019. NANS’ National Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bestman Okereafor, while reacting in a statement issued in Enugu on Thursday, commended the decision, NAN reports. Okereafor, however, urged the Federal Government to prioritise the issue of education, and especially the ongoing ASUU/COEASU strike. According to him, the strike has truncated

Henry Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa Governor By Jide Dominic, Yenagoa There are indications that the leadership tussle that has bedeviled the International Institute of Tourism and Hospitality in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State since last year was far from being resolved. This indication came as the Rector of the institute, Chief Samuel Timi Johnson recently suspended the school's Registrar, Mr. Leo Adelakun over what he described as the Registrar's insubordination, administrative lapses     and gross misconduct. According to the Rector, the suspension became necessary owing largely to the unilateral decisions being taken by the Registrar without following due process, stressing that this includes issuance of letter of appointment and undue suspension of some staff of the school. As a result of this, Chief Samuel Johnson stated that the staff of the institute staged a peace protest to throw their weight behind the suspension of the Registrar, adding that the activi

If the federal government through the Nigerian military refuses to allow the training of the Rivers State Neighborhood Safety Corps at its designated training camp, the State Government has threatened to train them inside the Government House, Port Harcourt. The State Governor, Nyesom Wike issued this threat at Odiokwu, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State where he flagged off the construction of a Model Primary Healthcare Centre, Odiokwu Internal Roads, Odiokwu-Anwuigboko and Odiokwu-Oyigbo Roads on Thursday. Wike, who was reacting to the invasion of the training camp at Nonwa Gbam in Tai Local Government Area of the State by troops from the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Bori Camp, Port Harcourt, maintained that the training must go on, asserting that “If they stop the training elsewhere, personnel of the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency will be trained at the Government House, Port Harcourt.” Governor Wike accused the Nigerian Army of being