The Niger Delta Accountability and Development Coalition (NDADC) has warned that recent actions of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC’s) Interim Management Committee (IMC) may undermine its forensic audit as earlier directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement by ...
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National Assembly to make laws on development of grids
The National Assembly (NASS) has disclosed that it is working towards making laws that will aid the development of main and mini-grids to boost electricity supply in the country. A grid is a network of wires and cables through which ...
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses Adamawa, Benue guber appeals for lack of merit
Jubilation in Makurdi, be magnanimous in victory, Mark tells Ortom The Supreme Court has dismissed appeals filed against the governorship elections in Adamawa and Benue states for lack of merit and failure to establish purported over voting in the March ...
Read More »Delta State House of Assembly partners with state police on security
Delta State House of Assembly has resolved to collaborate with the State Police Command to ensuring effective crime-fighting and prevention at the grassroots level. Speaker of the House, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori disclosed this when the newly deployed Commissioner of Police ...
Read More »United Nations condemns attacks on Borno humanitarian facility
United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon has condemned the destruction of humanitarian ‘accommodation and logistics’ by non-state armed group at Ngala in Borno state. Terrorists have severally attacked Ngala Community, which borders Nigeria with Cameroon and recently ...
Read More »Urhobo Progress Union faults calls for Omo-Agege’s resignation
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has described calls for the resignation of Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, as reprehensible and a plot to further rape and deprive the Urhobo nation of its rightful place in the nation’s polity. In a ...
Read More »FG files fresh 42-count charges against Adoke, others over Malabu oil deal
The Federal Government has filed fresh 42-count charges against former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke and six others over alleged fraud in the $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal. In a charge number ...
Read More »Fifth columnists bent on frustrating progress made in Niger Delta, group says
The Niger Delta Integrity Network (NDIN) has alleged that fifth columnists in the Niger Delta Ministry who are hell-bent on frustrating the harmony and progress of the oil producing states. It this while reacting to Minister of State for Niger ...
Read More »President Buhari meets British PM, Boris Johnson, highlights gains in economy, polity
President Muhammadu Buhari has briefed British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on major developments in Nigeria, especially the gains in different sectors of the economy and polity. The two leaders met at the United Kingdom (UK)-Africa Investment Summit 2020, in London ...
Read More »NSE president canvasses national building on different fronts
A fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and a past chairman of the Victoria Island branch of the Society, Babagana Mohammed has canvassed the need to build the country on different fronts. Mohammed, who was sworn in as ...
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