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Seeks review of 13% derivation for oil-bearing states Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri at the weekend defended his request for an N2.9b loan granted by the state House of Assembly last week, saying it is in order. Speaking with journalists ...

Except they are reconsidered, the entire South East geopolitical zone as well as Edo State may not benefit from the controversial $22.7b loan approved by the Senate last Thursday. It was gathered that the exclusion of the south east and ...

Some aggrieved women groups under the umbrella of Iban Isong Efik Association (MIIE) have condemned what they described as “illegal disqualification” of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the Chief Judge of Cross River by the state House of Assembly. They made ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice M.B. Dongban Mensem as acting president of the Court of Appeal for an initial period of three months. A statement in Abuja by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the appointment takes ...

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.) has stated that Nigeria would not be complete without Ndigbo, adding that the absence of Igbo’s intelligentsia and hard work would have made the nation poorer. Addressing a debate on “National Unity: ...

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has raised the alarm over the activities of fraudulent individuals and syndicates soliciting financial rewards for a recently advertised contract verification exercise scheduled for between March 9, 2020 and April 10, 2020. This followed reports ...

The Delta State Government has urged contractors handling the Obitobon-Elolo-Ajaokurogbo-Orubu road in Ogidighen Phase One, Warri South-West Council Area of Delta State, to speed up the pace of work on the project. Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, gave the ...

The Cross River State government has canvassed special incentives and intervention from the Federal Government following its scarce resources, loss of Bakassi Peninsula and removal from 13 per cent derivation, among others. A statement from the state government disclosed that ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has postponed its 20th-anniversary celebration slated for next week, following the recent Kaduna killings and the spreading Corona-Virus as reasons for shifting the event. Earlier scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 12, 2020, in ...

Ex-insurgents not absorbed into military, army insists The Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to reunite another batch of 606 former Boko Haram fighters with their families after undergoing rehabilitation under Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor. Coordinator of the programme, Major General ...