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The South-South Governors Forum has resolved to revive the BRACE Commission to tackle insecurity and developmental issues in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, saying they had agreed as a zone that there was a need to have a regional security ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday canvasses for a new constitution for the country as against an amended one. Hailed the Southwest governors for what he called their courage in establishing the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) Operation Amotekun to ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...