The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and Abuja has faulted the Muslim Rights Concerned (MURIC) for linking Christianity with kidnapping, banditry and other crimes in the country. Specifically, the group said the attention of its ...
Read More »Elders, party supporters disrupt INEC’s stakeholders meeting in Bayelsa
Two elders loyal to the two contending political parties in the November 16, 2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa, almost engaged each other in a fisticuff at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yenagoa. Consequently, ...
Read More »Bayelsa APC inaugurates campaign council, insists PDP lacks substance to win guber
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated its 2019 Governorship Campaign Council, insisting that the party was in a better position than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win the November 16 gubernatorial election. State ...
Read More »Shun partisanship, monarchs tell security agencies, INEC assures of successful poll
The Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers has urged security agencies to shun partisanship in the November 16, 2019 governorship election, saying its members were neutral and will not support any political party or candidate during the poll. Chairman of ...
Read More »Delta proposes N389b 2020 budget, allocates more funds for capital expenditure
Okowa reviews policy to revive agriculture The Delta State government has approved a budget proposal of N389b and allocated N217b for capital projects compared to N171b appropriated for current expenditure. Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, who briefed journalists on the ...
Read More »FAO, states, farmers, expert canvass zero hunger, infrastructure, jobs, others
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), an organ of the United Nations (UN), some states of the federation and experts have canvassed zero hunger, better infrastructure, jobs creation and others, urging global leaders to address malnutrition in all countries of ...
Read More »ERA/FoEN urges Federal Government to ban e-cigarettes, novel products from tobacco industry By Edu Abade
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Federal Government to ban e-cigarettes, shisha and other so-called novel products from the tobacco industry in the wake of rising deaths attributable to vaping globally. It said ...
Read More »Ayade pays N200m compensations to Bakassi indigenes for deep seaport
After four years of site cleaning and dredging, the Cross River State Government has announced payment of N200m as compensation to Bakassi indigenes. The money was paid for the donation of 35,000 hectares of land towards the development of the ...
Read More »867, 088 voters to cast ballot in Bayelsa guber poll, INEC declares
· Dickson inaugurates Diri campaign team, office The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that 867, 088 eligible voters are expected to vote in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. INEC’s National Commissioner for Bayelsa, Edo ...
Read More »19 journalists attacked between January and September, AI report reveals
A report by Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria in Abuja has revealed that no fewer than 19 journalists and media practitioners were attacked in the country between January and September this year, the highest since 2015. The 40-page report, which analyzed ...
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