Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised the alarm over what it described as acts of provocation allegedly being perpetrated by armed herdsmen to cause disaffection and derail the peace in parts of Igboland. The group, in an open letter, addressed to the ...
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Governor Wike inaugurates 17 perm secs as Rivers Assembly clears nine commissioners
Governor Nyesom Wike has inaugurated 17 new permanent secretaries in Rivers State. This comes as the House of Assembly screened and confirmed the nine commissioner-nominees whose names were submitted on Monday for clearance. The governor, while swearing in the permanent ...
Read More »Nigeria to accept tripartite panel’s decision on border closure, Buhari pledges
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the willingness of his administration to implement the decision of the tripartite committee, made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger, on the partial closure of the country’s land border once the report is ready. During ...
Read More »NIMC moves to hasten issuance of National Identity Numbers
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said it is putting measures in place to ensure the harmonisation and integration of existing databases of Federal Government agencies to hasten the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN). The move, according ...
Read More »Malami arraigns NITDA former Director General for alleged N50 million scam
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 ...
Read More »Governor Ayade shuns NJC, appoints new acting Chief Judge
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 ...
Read More »Dons canvass improved marketing of Nollywood movies, simplified Malaria drug leaflets
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. ...
Read More »Senate mulls commission to equitably pick service chiefs, special tribunal to entertain pre-election matters
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 ...
Read More »Cross River Assembly rejects Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge
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 ...
Read More »C’River lawmaker berates NBC over constant communal clashes with neighbours
Representative of Biase State constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Ogbor Ogbor Udop has blamed the National Boundary Commission (NBC) for recurrent communal crisis between the state and its neighbours in Ebonyi, Abia, Benue and Akwa Ibom ...
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