The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno’s revelation that strange persons, including Chief of Staff (COS) to the President, Abba Kyari, have hijacked powers, has validated agitations for President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation. “Following ...
Read More »Why we support private varsities in Rivers, by Governor Nyesom Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has reiterated that Rivers State government would continue to support private initiatives to create access to university education in the state. He stated this during the inaugural Founder’s Day of Pamo University of Medical Sciences at Elelenwo, ...
Read More »Ojougboh cautions against speculations on NDDC’s interim management
Executive Director, Projects (EDP) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has cautioned rumour mongers against attempts to destabilise the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the commission. Insisting that the IMC was working as a team with ...
Read More »FUPRE laments FG’s neglect, may approach national assembly for help
Management of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE), Delta State, has said it may seek National Assembly’s assistance to address its funding challenges to enable it to live up to its billing. In spite of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ...
Read More »Middle Belt Forum tasks President Buhari on insecurity in Borno, North East
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to see his being booed in Borno State as a wake-up call to do the needful by rejigging the country’s security architecture with a view to ending insurgency in the ...
Read More »Senate pledges commitment to end terrorism, names Ekerenmadu, Manager N’Assembly ‘indigenes’
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has restated determination of the Ninth National Assembly to find lasting solutions to the terrorism and insecurity in the country in collaboration with the executive arm of government. Lawan stated this in Malumfashi, Katsina State, at ...
Read More »Bush fire-induced auto crash kills five in Edo State
Five persons, including three employees of Okomu Oil Palm, were at the weekend burnt to death in a road accident that occurred along Iguobazuwa highway in Ovia South West Local Council of Edo State. The crash, involving an 18-seater bus ...
Read More »Okowa, Omo-Agege seek arrest, trial of killers of eight persons in Delta community
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has commended military and police personnel for their prompt intervention in the clash between suspected herdsmen and Uwheru communities in Ughelli North Local Council of Delta State. He, however, expressed sadness over the death of over eight ...
Read More »FG rules out refund for Cross River’s N20b road projects as state govt promises to deliver highway in April
The Federal Government has ruled out refunding the N20 billion the Governor Ben Ayade administration is spending on the Tinapa-Odukpani junction dual carriage and the Odukpani junction spaghetti flyover in Cross River State. The state has in the past two ...
Read More »HURIWA urges truce between Amnesty, military over report
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the military to find a way of cultivating working partnerships and relationships with international groups in Nigeria, particularly the Amnesty International (AI). It said there was no need for ...
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