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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 ...
Read More »ERA/FoEN demands immediate remediation of oil spill site in Bayelsa community
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to immediately end oil spills caused by leaks on its pipeline at Taylor Creek oilfields in Bayelsa State. ERA/FoEN also aksed industry regulators, ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom State commissioner for health urges calm, says no cause for alarm
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong has disclosed that government has taken adequate preemptive measures in the last 72 hours to checkmate any circumstances that could lead to outbreak of Coronavirus in the state, insisting that there ...
Read More »Lagos assembly charges Sanwo-Olu to ensure proper sensitisation of residents on COVID-19
The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure proper sensitisation of residents on the dreaded Coronavirus, otherwise called COVID-19. Representative of Oshodi Isolo I constituency, Akeem Shokunle raised the issue under matters of urgent public ...
Read More »State government decries laxity in screening procedures for detection of Coronavirus at Kano Airport
The Kano State government has alleged that some federal agencies and airline operators at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) have refused to comply with standard screening procedures meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Besides, the state Ministry ...
Read More »Okomu Oil MD commends Obaseki on EDOGIS initiative’s ease of getting C-of-Os
Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Dr. Graham Hefer, has commended Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, describing him as a true technocrat for unveiling the Edo Geographic Information Services (EDOGIS). The EDOGIS is aimed at reducing the burden ...
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