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. ...
Read More »‘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 »Cross River consumers reject planned increase in electricity tariff
ELECTRICITY consumers in Calabar, Cross River State have rejected planned increase in tariff, insisting that power supply is still too low to justify any increment. Speaking at the Public Forum for customers of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) ...
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 »Supreme Court’s ruling on Bayelsa incompatible with democratic norms, APC insists
Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has castigated the People Democratic Party (PDP) over its recent comment, insisting that imposing Douye Diri as governor is incompatible with democratic norms. In a statement credited to its state Secretary, ...
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 »Benue people still under herdsmen attacks, killings, says Rep member as abducted priest regains freedom
Representative of Kwande/Ushongo Federal constituency of Benue State, Bob Tyough, has raised the alarm that herdsmen are still attacking and killing his people on daily bases. In a statement made available to newsmen, he said the reaction became necessary to ...
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 ...
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