NORTHERN NIGERIA REPORTERS

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  • FORMER BAYELSA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PENS TRIBUTE TO MADAM ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI

    FORMER BAYELSA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PENS TRIBUTE TO MADAM ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI

        The First Senior Advocate from Bayelsa State, Chief Anthony George-Ikoli, on Sunday described Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a paragon of virtue, compassion, and elegance. ‘’We will congregate on Friday, November 28, 2025, in Lagos to bid a fond farewell to a luminary whose radiance illuminated our lives for 93 extraordinary years. My…

  • ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI

    ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI

      The family of prominent political leader, thinker and great journalist, Ernest Sissei Ikoli, on Wednesday described Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a priceless Jewell that would be hard to replace.   “Elsie Ajayi Ikoli was an embodiment of the virtues of doggedness and resilience”.   She passed on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at the enviable…

  • LET THEM GO BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    LET THEM GO BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

      When I write about thorny issues of Biafra, the proponents of Biafra always tell me my observation is one-sided. This makes me laugh. What have they been doing since the end of the war? They have been telling a one sided story. I can’t help it but laugh. What were they expecting from me?…

  • Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93

    Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93

      The Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation on Sunday announced the passing of Elsie Ajayi Ikoli.   Elsie Ajayi Ikoli departed this earth on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in the quiet of her Lagos home — not with fanfare, but with fulfillment. She was 93.   A statement issued in Lagos by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli…

  • THE NEW AMERICAN AGGRESSION TOWARDS NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NEW AMERICAN AGGRESSION TOWARDS NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

        No Nigerian should lose sleep over the threats of Donald Trump. Nigeria is an independent Nation and not a vassal state of America. America is not concerned about Christians. Donald Trump is concerned about raw materials and white Supremacy.   This is the man who dragged white South Africans to the United States…

  • ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI

    ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI

    ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI   The family of prominent political leader, thinker and great journalist, Ernest Sissei Ikoli, on Wednesday described Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a priceless Jewell that would be hard to replace.   “Elsie Ajayi Ikoli was an embodiment of the virtues of doggedness and resilience”.   She…

  • UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   When I write about Fulani, Igbo and their negative activities against Nigeria, I am flooded with acidic comments. The replies are so juvenile and emotional, devoid of substance and laden with ethnic gobbledygook.   Some say I am Islamophobic while others say…

  • UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

      UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   Lately, there have been eruption of kings and kingdoms of the Igbo people all over Nigeria and other parts of the world. If these occurrences were not being normalized, they will be easy to ignore.   Some months ago, I wrote that the…

  • FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING

    FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING

    FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING       The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday vowed to deplore every lawful tool at its disposal, including full mobilization, protests, and industrial action to return staff to the rehabilitated National Theatre and restore dignified working conditions.   ‘’The NLC wishes to let you know…

  • NORTH CENTRAL WOMEN TASK TINUBU ON NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN

    NORTH CENTRAL WOMEN TASK TINUBU ON NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN

      NORTH CENTRAL WOMEN TASK TINUBU ON NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN CRITICIZE SENATE CLERK FOR PROMOTING ANTI-AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’S AGENDA   URGE OTHER GEO-POLITICAL ZONES TO FREE SENATORS FROM CLUTCHES OF SENATE LEADERSHIP   Women in the North Central geo-political zone on Wednesday urged President Bola Tinubu not to allow forces of progress to be intimidated.   ‘’The recent…