The Director-General of Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) Mr Osita A bolo ma disclosed in a one day Stakeholders forum Organized by the agency recently in Lagos in A papa that he wants (SON) to come back to the ports. ...
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‘It takes five years to get justice in Rivers high court’
Borno, Katsina, Kebbi top table of speedy adjudication of cases A national ranking to measure the speed of justice delivery at states high courts has ranked Rivers State as the slowest in justice delivery, as it takes at least five ...
Read More »Wike urges commissioners interested in ethnic politics to resign
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has advised commissioners serving in his administration who are interested in playing ethnic politics to resign. He gave the charge at Government House, Port Harcourt while swearing-in the nine commissioners who were screened and ...
Read More »Army releases 223 children cleared of ties with Boko Haram terrorists
The Nigerian Army has released no fewer than 223 children, including 10 girls from its administrative custody and Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison after they were cleared of suspected ties with the Boko Haram sect. Some of the children had been ...
Read More »U.S. places $7m bounty for information on B’Haram leader, Shekau
The United States Department of State has announced a $7 million or N2.5 billion reward for anyone that provides credible information that will lead to the arrest of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. Rewards for Justice Programme (RJP), the counterterrorism ...
Read More »Ohanaeze writes IGP, alleges herdsmen’s provocative activities in South East
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
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