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By Damilare Adeleye Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has confirmed that 15 domestic staff working for former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, are legally held at its Medium Security Custodial Centre in Okaka, Bayelsa State. The Correctional Service stated that the staff’s detention was ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. A report had claimed that the former First Lady had been keeping the aides in custody since 2019 without a fair trial, allegedly using her influence to maintain their detention. However, in a statement dated April 5, 2025, the state Nigerian Correctional Service denied the claims, insisting the detainees were well treated at the custody. The statement reads, The Nigerian Correctional Service, Bayelsa State Command, wishes to debunk reports making the rounds in some sections of the social media that former President Goodluck Jonathan and wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, illegally detained 15 domestic staff without fair ...

...AS DR. LEE IKPEA ORGANIZES HOMECOMING FOR GOV IN EDO CENTRAL Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Saturday, said a wave of massive defections will soon hit opposition political parties in the South-South zone ahead of the 2027 presidential election in the country. Governor Okpebholo spoke at a special reception held for him at Ewatto, Esan South East local government area of Edo State after the Governor’s victory at the election petition tribunal ruling last week. He thanked Edo people for their support, prayers, and counting him worthy to lead the State. He assured the people that Edo would progress and develop under his watch. “The people of Edo State will not regret voting me as their Governor. I am happy today that l am in a winning party. A party that was rejected by all and now has become the party that everybody wants to join. APC has come to stay as the government at the center is APC. “Very soon, there will be a lot of defections into the APC. Peop...

…Kidnappers fed a newborn baby to their dogs in the presence of the kidnapped mother The situation that took place in Uromi is regrettable and understandable at the same time. Regrettable because life, every life is sacred. In a normal functional society, people rarely resort to mob action and if and when they do, the consequences are usually dire. That is to be expected because the state provides adequate security for all to not warrant any resort to self help. As regrettable as the incident in Uromi is, no one living in that area can say he/she did not foresee the possibility of such an occurrence. The police in the area, if they write security reports to their superiors should have warned that this incidence was inevitable given the heightened state of insecurity attributable to a particular ethnic group operating in the environment.  The people are constantly under treat of theft, kidnapping, rape and gruesome murder in their farms with no one to turn for real hel...

The former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, is said to have held a secretive meeting with top officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Bayelsa State as tension and concerns mount over the controversial detention of 15 of her former domestic workers . According to sources from Naijaonpoint. com, the workers have been imprisoned for nearly six years without trial. According to a source close to the situation who spoke with SaharaReporters, Patience Jonathan was seen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday, shortly after reports emerged regarding the harsh conditions faced by the detained workers at Okaka Correctional Centre. It is reported that Patience Jonathan got into Yenagoa and in contact with the officials of the correctional center moment the news of the controversial detention started making the rounds the source revealed.  The source added that Patience Jonat...

Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Thursday, stood still for Governor Monday Okpebholo and Deputy Governor Dennis Idahosa, who arrived the State from Abuja after the election petition tribunal affirmed them as the duly-elected Governor and Deputy Governor respectively in the September 21, 2024 governorship election. Deputy Governor Idahosa, Secretary to State Government, Musa Ikhilor, and other top government functionaries, accompanied the Governor on a motorcade from the airport to the palace of the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare ll, where he acknowledged cheers from residents. The Governor and his entourage, while paying homage to the Oba of Benin,  thanked him for his prayers and support for the new administration since it came on board. Appreciating the people of Edo State, the Governor appreciated the judges for their unanimity in their decision in his favour based on what was provided before them by all parties. He...