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The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has arraigned former Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Peter Jack, at a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Court sitting in Apo District for an alleged N50 million contract ...

The National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-agitators (NCNDE-A) yesterday enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a substantive Coordinator for the presidential amnesty programme. Its Spokesman, Jator Abido stressed that the new coordinator must be appointed from within the Amnesty Programme ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has sworn in Justice Maurice Eneji as Acting Chief Judge of the state without endorsement of the National Judicial Council (NJC). His swearing-in yesterday followed a controversial session at the state House of Assembly ...

A lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Professor Barclays Ayakoroma and his counterpart in the Department of English, University of Africa, Dr. Destiny Idegbekwe have canvassed improvement in the marketing of Nollywood movies. ...

A sick Chinese national (names withheld) was kept under close observation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, pending the outcome of medical tests. He was suspected to have contacted the Coronavirus disease following several coughs, as he disembarked ...

Two foreign nationals, who were suspected to have contacted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from Asia, have tested negative to the disease in Lagos State, Chief Incident Commander of the virus, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Sanwo-Olu disclosed that medical examination at ...

The House of Representatives has summoned officials of 14 oil firms to explain alleged maltreatment of their host communities in the Niger Delta region. Co-Chairman, joint House Committees on Treaties, Protocols Agreements and Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Ossai Nicholas Ossai at ...

Apparently deferring to the outcry in the land, the   Senate has introduced a bill seeking total adherence to the federal character principle in the appointment of service chiefs. Sponsored by the Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, the piece of legislation, which ...

The Cross River State House of Assembly has rejected the confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge (CJ) of the state. Governor Ben Ayade had not been favourably disposed to the nomination of Ikpeme since she hailed from ...

Subtle moves by the Ijaw of Delta South Senatorial District to occupy Government House, Asaba in 2023, has been challenged by the Urhobo, who have argued that the Ijaw were trying to truncate the procedure for transition. They insisted that ...