Governor Nyesom Wike has inaugurated 17 new permanent secretaries in Rivers State. This comes as the House of Assembly screened and confirmed the nine commissioner-nominees whose names were submitted on Monday for clearance. The governor, while swearing in the permanent ...
Read More »Nigeria to accept tripartite panel’s decision on border closure, Buhari pledges
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the willingness of his administration to implement the decision of the tripartite committee, made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger, on the partial closure of the country’s land border once the report is ready. During ...
Read More »NIMC moves to hasten issuance of National Identity Numbers
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said it is putting measures in place to ensure the harmonisation and integration of existing databases of Federal Government agencies to hasten the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN). The move, according ...
Read More »Malami arraigns NITDA former Director General for alleged N50 million scam
The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has arraigned former Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Peter Jack, at a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Court sitting in Apo District for an alleged N50 million contract ...
Read More »Ex-agitators urge Buhari to name substantive coordinator for amnesty programme
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 ...
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