The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for the overhaul of the nation’s security infrastructure to end the prevailing insurgency in the land, maintaining that the current strength of the military could not defeat the Boko Haram sect. It, therefore, ...
Read More »Air travel in chaos as harmattan further grounds flights, minister, NCAA apologise
For the second day running, air travel was again grounded to a halt as haze blurred air-to-ground visibility at airports nationwide. While aircraft were delayed on the ramp for hours, stuck passengers grew uneasy, throwing various domestic terminals into chaos. ...
Read More »House of Representatives want declaration of emergency on power sector
Incensed by the energy crisis nationwide, the House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the power sector. To show seriousness, the lower chamber of the National Assembly mandated its Committee on Power ...
Read More »Varsity teacher wants stiffer penalties for culprits of sex scandals
Former Vice Chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University (SAU) Ogwa, Edo State, Prof. Bernard Aigbokhan, yesterday canvassed stiffer penalties, including prosecutions and dismissals, for lecturers indicted over sex for grades. Aigbokhan said that the measure is to check the unwholesome practice ...
Read More »EFCC renews ties with military to battle oil thieves in Niger Delta region
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is renewing partnerships with the navy and the army to battle oil thieves and pirates in the Niger Delta. The Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the anti-graft agency, Usman Imam, ...
Read More »Navy arrests eight suspects, impounds 608 bags of rice in Akwa Ibom
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy at Ibaka in Mbo Local Council of Akwa Ibom State has arrested eight suspects and confiscated 608 bags of 50kg rice. Parading the culprits and the goods at Ibaka, the naval ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct Edo monarch’s wife, daughter
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped wife of the Onojie of Ewatto Kingdom in Esan South East Council Area of Edo State, His Royal Highness Ikhumhen 11, Queen Florence Ikhumhen, alongside one of her daughters. The queen, who recently retired from the ...
Read More »Ogoni cleanup mismanaged via jettisoning of emergency measures, says MOSOP
FACTIONAL president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has alleged the mismanagement of the Ogoni cleanup, insisting that the ‘jettisoning of the emergency measures of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the ...
Read More »NDDC’s IMC opens can of worms, alleges sleaze in contracts execution
Senate recognizes interim committee, supports forensic audit Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Yimebe Nunieh yesterday opened a can of worms on activities of the commission, insisting that some contractors were awarded contracts before their companies ...
Read More »Amnesty International urges restraint ahead of funeral rites
Amnesty International (AI) has enjoined the Nigerian military and police to reduce the rising tension in Afara Ukwu, Abia State ahead of the 14 February 14, 2020 funeral of the parents of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The human rights group ...
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