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By Nwafor Oji Awala When the moon is full, it shines on every compound without discrimination. On Sunday, as the 2025 edition of the Eleme Chairman’s Cup Football Tournament drew its final curtain, Eleme once again felt that impartial glow: this time not from the sky, but from the communal spirit ignited by football. At the centre of the spectacle was a pulsating final where Aleto Football Club edged past Alode Football Club 2–1 to lift the coveted trophy and a sum of ₦3 million. Alode FC, gallant in defeat, went home with ₦2 million, while all other participating teams received ₦500,000 each. Beyond the figures, however, lay a richer harvest: unity, renewed brotherhood, and a reaffirmation that Eleme still knows how to gather as one people. The tournament dissolved old boundaries. Football did what endless meetings and speeches often fail to do: it reminded Eleme of itself. As our elders say, the drum that summons the village does not ask who offended whom yesterday. At the stadium, c...

By Nwafor Oji Awala There is a dangerous rhythm moving through Nigeria’s digital space, and too many are dancing to it without asking where it leads. In the market of modern relevance, attention has become currency, and some content creators are willing to spend lives, both theirs and ours, to remain trending. The recent arrest of a 20-year-old social media influencer, Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, by the Lagos State Police Command is a mirror held up to a society intoxicated by virality. A young man, behind the wheel, driving recklessly on a public road while live-streaming his flirtation with death: this was not performance art, it was a public rehearsal for tragedy. And tragedy, as expected, followed. In the viral video that led to his arrest, the road was no longer a shared civic space but a stage; other road users were no longer human beings with destinies but props in a dangerous drama. What mattered was not safety, not morality, not even sanity: what mattered was tra...

By Nwafor Oji Awala An African proverb says that when brothers sit around the same fire, the night grows warmer and shorter . On Sunday at the Alesa Unity Stadium, Eleme gathered around a different kind of fire, not of flames, but of football, and once again felt the warmth of togetherness. The official flag-off of the 2025 Eleme Chairman’s Cup by the Executive Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Chief Obarilomate Ollor, was more than the ceremonial kick of a ball; it was the symbolic lifting of a people’s spirit. At a time when December bells are ringing and Christmas draws near, a season when Christians reflect on peace, love and reconciliation; football arrived as a timely messenger of unity. Football, like life itself, needs no interpreter. Once the whistle blows, tongues, clans and political colours dissolve into a single language of hope. As our elders would say, the drumbeat that calls the children of the land does not ask about their fathers’ quarrels . On that lush tu...

By Nwafor Oji Awala  A Special Report on Governance, Development & the 2027 Political Roadmap FEATURE STORY Rivers ALGON Backs Tinubu for Second Term THE BIG PICTURE In a momentous show of unity and political conviction, the 23 local government areas in Rivers State have thrown their collective weight behind President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, endorsing him for the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement, declared during a fully attended ALGON Rivers meeting in Obio/Akpor LGA, signals not just political loyalty, but gratitude for what the leaders describe as “unprecedented federal goodwill” towards the state. THE VOTE THAT SEALED THE DEAL The motion, moved by Dr. Chidi Julius Lloyd of Emohua LGA and seconded by Dr. Thomas Bariere of Khana LGA, sailed through with a unanimous voice vote . ALGON Chairman and Port Harcourt City Mayor, Sir Allwell Ihunda , presided over the session, emphasizing that the decision reflects the renewed confidence of Rivers people in Ti...

  By Nwafor Oji Awala The atmosphere at the Headquarters Church of Commonwealth Covenant Church International (CCCI), Alode, Eleme LGA of Rivers State, was solemn on Sunday as the congregation received the new Acting General Overseer, Bishop Kenneth Nwafor Gomba, following the passing of the late Archbishop Ebenezer Orr Onungwe. Archbishop Ebenezer Onungwe  The presentation, led by Bishop Godfrey Mbaka, was marked by moments of reflection, prayer, and renewed exhortation. Quoting scripture, Bishop Mbaka reminded the church that “Christ has paid the price and died our death for us to live,” urging worshippers to remain steadfast in faith despite their grief. Bishop Kenneth Nwafor  He charged the congregation not to let sorrow weaken their spiritual resolve: “Be strong in faith and never give up,” he said, acknowledging the deep emotional weight the transition has brought upon the church. Bishop Kenneth Nwafor Gomba, who now steps into leadership after the passing of...

By Nwafor Oji Awala The political winds sweeping through Rivers State have shifted once again, this time with a force strong enough to reshape the terrain ahead of the 2027 elections. The recent defection of sixteen, indeed seventeen, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not a mere political manoeuvre. It is a barometer of deeper tensions within the state’s power structure, and a pointer to what political observers should brace for in the months ahead. A Defection That Speaks Louder Than Words In a state where political undertones often speak louder than official pronouncements, the mass exodus of lawmakers cannot be dismissed as a casual move. Led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule, this coordinated shift has altered the legislative balance and set the stage for a heightened battle for supremacy as 2026 approaches. Those who understand the peculiar rhythm of Rivers politics know that such strategic re...