Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has faulted the requirement of Bank Verification Number (BVN) for issuance of electronic-passport by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The governor, who lauded the service for introducing the e-passport with 10-year validity that would enable ...

Tony Iwelu, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has passed on. The aide, who died on Monday, February 17, suffered an electric shock from a shower rose in a Kaduna hotel while on ...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has delisted no fewer than 37 secondary schools from conducting the Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Benue State over examination malpractices. Benue State Commissioner for Education, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, who dropped disclosed ...

The Senate has given Seven-Up Bottling Company PLC and Rite Foods Limited two weeks within which to settle their differences. After a close-door meeting with the leadership of both firms yesterday in Abuja, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public ...

Fuel scarcity may be looming in Kano soon as petroleum tanker drivers have vowed to embark on industrial action over alleged extortion and harassment by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Besides, the tanker owners accused Customs of illegal ...

The Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) Youths Vanguard for Real Change has said the party leadership led by Adams Oshiomhole is to blame for foisting a candidate with forged credentials on the state chapter of the party. It also condemned ...

A Niger Delta militant group, Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), has blamed rising oil theft and proliferation of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta on the failure of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Its Spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, also heaped the blame ...

The Cross River State Government has pledged full implementation of all national health policies, especially those aimed at ending mother and child mortality. Governor Ben Ayade, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu, gave the assurance at ...

The National Assembly has been urged to amend the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Act by increasing penalties for oil firms that default in cleaning up polluted environments. Rivers State Head of Service (HoS), Rufus Godwins, blamed ...

The Supreme Court has adjourned hearing on the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha to Monday, March 2, 2020. It had fixed hearing on Ihedioha’s appeal, seeking a review of the ...