The Global Action for Peace (GAP) has alerted the United States of America (USA) and Britain to the safety of its citizens in Nigeria following threats of attack by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). The proscribed radical Islamic sect ...
Read More »Build legacies to facilitate emergence of new Nigeria, Bakare tells Buhari
Founder of Citadel Global Church Pastor Tunde Bakare has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to chart a new cause and build a legacy that will facilitate the emergence of a better Nigeria. He stressed that providing strong leadership, determining the most ...
Read More »Ogoni cleanup may be wasted effort due to re-pollution in Bori, says HYPREP
The $1 billion earmarked for the cleanup of Ogoniland in the first five years of the exercise may amount to a waste if illegal oil bunkering and artisanal refining are not urgently curtailed. Project Coordinator of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project ...
Read More »PDP condemns killings in Kogi State, seek end to carnage
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the killing of 23 persons by marauders in Tawari Community of Kogi State, describing it as “dastardly and completely unacceptable.” In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party ...
Read More »CAN asks Buhari to rescind decision on troops withdrawal from troubled ares, laments corruption
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the Federal Government against plans to withdraw troops from restive areas in the country, pointing out that such action will endangered the people’s security. President of CAN, Rev. Dr. Supo Ayokunle Samson, ...
Read More »Not all court orders need immediate compliance, AGF insists, rationalises Sowore, Dasuki’s prolonged detention
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has maintained that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was constitutionally right in detaining the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo ...
Read More »Court grants EFCC approval to detain Adoke for 14 extra days
Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja has granted the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to detain erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), for 14 ...
Read More »Ignore publication on recruitment, NECO tells Nigerians
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has urged Nigerians to disregard a publication claiming that the examination body plans to recruit new members of staff. NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, ...
Read More »Traditional rulers condemn minister’s attack on Tor Tiv
The Konshisha Area Traditional Council has described the attack on Tor Tiv by a Minister of Special Duties, George Akume as unwarranted, sacrilegious and unacceptable. Chairman of Second Class Traditional Rulers in Tiv land and Ter Ikyor, Chief Thomas Jam ...
Read More »Yenagoa outage persists as shutdown of PHEDC operations over N16.5b debt lingers
THE outage occasioned by the face-off between the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) has entered the 10th day with unpleasant consequences. On December 23, 2019, the IYC besieged the offices of the PHEDC and ...
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