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The National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-agitators (NCNDE-A) yesterday enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a substantive Coordinator for the presidential amnesty programme. Its Spokesman, Jator Abido stressed that the new coordinator must be appointed from within the Amnesty Programme ...
Read More »Governor Ayade shuns NJC, appoints new acting Chief Judge
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has sworn in Justice Maurice Eneji as Acting Chief Judge of the state without endorsement of the National Judicial Council (NJC). His swearing-in yesterday followed a controversial session at the state House of Assembly ...
Read More »Dons canvass improved marketing of Nollywood movies, simplified Malaria drug leaflets
A lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Professor Barclays Ayakoroma and his counterpart in the Department of English, University of Africa, Dr. Destiny Idegbekwe have canvassed improvement in the marketing of Nollywood movies. ...
Read More »Ailing Chinese national quarantined at Lagos Airport, awaits test result
A sick Chinese national (names withheld) was kept under close observation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, pending the outcome of medical tests. He was suspected to have contacted the Coronavirus disease following several coughs, as he disembarked ...
Read More »Two suspected cases test negative, as Lagos takes Coronavirus campaign to grassroots
Two foreign nationals, who were suspected to have contacted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from Asia, have tested negative to the disease in Lagos State, Chief Incident Commander of the virus, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Sanwo-Olu disclosed that medical examination at ...
Read More »Reps summon oil firms CEOs over alleged neglect of host communities
The House of Representatives has summoned officials of 14 oil firms to explain alleged maltreatment of their host communities in the Niger Delta region. Co-Chairman, joint House Committees on Treaties, Protocols Agreements and Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Ossai Nicholas Ossai at ...
Read More »Senate mulls commission to equitably pick service chiefs, special tribunal to entertain pre-election matters
Apparently deferring to the outcry in the land, the Senate has introduced a bill seeking total adherence to the federal character principle in the appointment of service chiefs. Sponsored by the Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, the piece of legislation, which ...
Read More »Cross River Assembly rejects Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge
The Cross River State House of Assembly has rejected the confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge (CJ) of the state. Governor Ben Ayade had not been favourably disposed to the nomination of Ikpeme since she hailed from ...
Read More »Ijaw’s claim to Delta governorship race in 2023 faces challenge as Urhobo demand justice, equity
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 ...
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