AHANONU KINGSLEY BLOG

The Easter Morning... And the Lord is risen, trouncing the power of death and refusing the hold of the grave. The Lord is out from the grave, destroying the power of death and restoring the light of light. Through his resurrection, he became the first of the brethren to awake from death-sleep, inspiring the assurance that we too shall arise. To the living, it's to the joyful impression that our word, our fears shall dissipate and pass away. For all we shall symbolically rise up and out of them all to experience the light and joy of victory But then, here is the deepest significance of the Easter moment: That Christ destroyed subduing death by dying. That He restored disconnected life by rising. And that we shall also rise to see him in glory. #HappyEaster

On Tuesday, 7th of April, the governor of Rivers State led some security forces to the office of Caverton airlines to effect some arrests. Governor Nyesom Wike had ordered for the arrest of two Caverton pilots for flying into his state some expartriates, in violation of coronavirus disease regulations in his state. That action by Wike has seemingly pitted him against the federal government, with the federal minister of aviation, Hon Hadi Sirika, condemning Wike for acting ultra vires. Was Gov Wike right in his action? Was Minister Sirika right in his assertion? I will try to look at both stances and summarily reach a conclusion which would be obvious in the review itself. There was a border closure order in Rivers State, which was widely publicized and of which I think the Caverton airlines and its clearing authority, the Federal Ministry of Aviation- acting for the federal government  should have known. The order by the River state government was to the effect that all forms of en...