Subtle moves by the Ijaw of Delta South Senatorial District to occupy Government House, Asaba in 2023, has been challenged by the Urhobo, who have argued that the Ijaw were trying to truncate the procedure for transition. They insisted that ...
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 ...
Read More »ERA/FoEN demands immediate remediation of oil spill site in Bayelsa community
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to immediately end oil spills caused by leaks on its pipeline at Taylor Creek oilfields in Bayelsa State. ERA/FoEN also aksed industry regulators, ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom State commissioner for health urges calm, says no cause for alarm
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong has disclosed that government has taken adequate preemptive measures in the last 72 hours to checkmate any circumstances that could lead to outbreak of Coronavirus in the state, insisting that there ...
Read More »Lagos assembly charges Sanwo-Olu to ensure proper sensitisation of residents on COVID-19
The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure proper sensitisation of residents on the dreaded Coronavirus, otherwise called COVID-19. Representative of Oshodi Isolo I constituency, Akeem Shokunle raised the issue under matters of urgent public ...
Read More »State government decries laxity in screening procedures for detection of Coronavirus at Kano Airport
The Kano State government has alleged that some federal agencies and airline operators at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) have refused to comply with standard screening procedures meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Besides, the state Ministry ...
Read More »Okomu Oil MD commends Obaseki on EDOGIS initiative’s ease of getting C-of-Os
Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Dr. Graham Hefer, has commended Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, describing him as a true technocrat for unveiling the Edo Geographic Information Services (EDOGIS). The EDOGIS is aimed at reducing the burden ...
Read More »Shehu Sani blames northern govs for attacks, seeks regional security outfit
Ortom urges FG to strengthen OPWS in curbing herdsmen menace Civil rights crusader and former representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has blamed northern governors for the attacks and Killings in the North and charged them to set ...
Read More »Uba Sani wants perpetrators of Kaduna killings prosecuted as El-Rufai visits communities
The representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Uba Sani has described weekend’s killings in communities of Igabi Council Area as dastardly, insisting that the perpetrators must be punished. Reacting to the attacks, Sani lamented that the cold-blooded murder of no ...
Read More »MWAN launches cancer screening in Benue, free services for 2,000 women
Benue State chapter of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has launched cancer screening with free monthly breast and cervical cancer screening for women for early detection and treatment of the disease. Unveiling the medical programme at the Federal ...
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