A coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has vowed to expose a northern governor from the North West who it said, masterminded the Northern version of RevolutionNow protests and anti-cabal demonstrations earlier held in the region. It disclosed that the governor ...
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Ortom condemns attack on Nasarawa deputy gov’s convoy
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has condemned the attack by an unknown gun on the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor Emmanuel Akabe along the Lafia-Abuja highway. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, the governor described ...
Read More »Lagos pledges speedy execution of affordable housing schemes
The Lagos State Government has promised to speedily complete all ongoing housing schemes to provide shelter for the teeming population. Commissioner for Housing, Maruf Akinderu-Fatai, who addressed reporters yesterday in Ikeja, stressed that the private sector’s participation would be strengthened ...
Read More »Presidency retains Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu, Laolu Akande as spokesmen
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu as Special Adviser and Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. He also sanctioned the re-appointment of Laolu Akande as Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President ...
Read More »Immigrants, traders, others groan as Nigeria closes borders over insecurity
The closure of Nigeria’s land borders to check banditry, terrorism, smuggling, proliferation of small arms and light weapons and related criminal activities may have begun taking toll in earnest on immigrants, traders, commuters, customs agents, forwarders and other maritime stakeholders, ...
Read More »Nigerian Navy seeks closer military ties with Bangladesh
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has advocated closer military cooperation between Nigeria and Bangladesh. He made this call while receiving the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria, Shameem Ahsan, in his office today. Admiral Ibas stressed that Nigeria ...
Read More »Court summons DSS, police over Sowore, others’ detention
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) and Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to appear before it on September 4 over Omoyele Sowore’s arrest and detention. Sowore and other persons have been detained in ...
Read More »Ihedioha launches state security outfit, distributes vehicles to councils
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has said that security of lives and property in the state remains one of the cardinal agenda of his administration. He disclosed that his government continues to make deliberate efforts to deliver on his campaign ...
Read More »Kwara assembly approves dissolution of commissions, probes property sales
The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved the dissolution of three statutory commissions inaugurated in May this year by the immediate past administration. Specifically, the affected commissions are Kwara State House of Assembly Service Commission, Kwara State Civil Service ...
Read More »Omo-Agege commends Belema Oil Limited for relocating to Niger Delta
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has commended Belema Oil Producing Limited for heeding Federal Government’s directive for Nigerian and multinational oil and gas companies to relocate their operational headquarters to the Niger Delta. In a letter addressed to the company, ...
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