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Saudi Arabia Immigration has intercepted 300 pilgrims with fake travel documents attempting to perform this year’s hajj. The discovery comes as the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday announced the completion of the first phase of 44,450 pilgrims airlifted ...
Read More »Abdulsalam, Jonathan unveil new Yenagoa City, commend Governor Seriake Dickson
Former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd) and erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday lauded Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson for his developmental strides as the state unveiled the new Yenagoa City. Abubakar, who was chairman of the occasion, ...
Read More »President Buhari promises to intervene in Edo, Bauchi crises
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to resolve the crises rocking the Bauchi and Edo state legislatures. The pledge was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, after receiving some aggrieved members of ...
Read More »Court restrains National Assembly from taking over Edo State legislature
The Federal High Court, Abuja has halted moves by the National Assembly to take over the affairs of the Edo State House of Assembly. Justice Taiwo Taiwo ordered parties in the suit challenging the alleged plans by the federal legislature to ...
Read More »Pro-democracy group seeks expulsion of Amnesty Int’l from Nigeria, monarch advises Nigerians against unpatriotism
Democracy Watch Africa has demanded the expulsion of Amnesty International from Nigeria for allegedly sponsoring the RevolutionNow protests. The group, which claims to consist of over 30 civil society organisations in West Africa, described the protest as a grave offence ...
Read More »Security agents foil protest in Rivers on Wike’s order, Anambra NBA ex-chair cautions over Sowore’s detention
The Department of State Services (DSS) and the police have foiled the planned RevolutionNow protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Ten police and one DSS patrol vans were used to barricade the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt ...
Read More »Police arrest, manhandle journalists, others in Calabar during protests, Fani-Kayode knocks FG over Sowore’s arrest
The Police in Cross River State have arrested some persons, including the correspondent of The Nation newspaper, Nicholas Kalu, for covering the RevolutionNow protests at the Cultural Centre in Calabar. The managing editor of an online medium, CrossRiverWatch, was also arrested alongside some ...
Read More »Institute seeks domestication of code to check building collapse
The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has called on the National Assembly to domesticate the nation’s building code to check the frequent collapse of structures nationwide. Its President, Kenneth Nnabuife-Nduka, submitted that the rampant caving in of houses was due ...
Read More »Edo ranks highest on performance among APC states, TETFund lists varsity for intervention
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has ranked Edo highest in term of performance among states controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Its peer review mechanism considered the reforms, initiatives and programmes of the Obaseki administration in arriving at the ...
Read More »Youths, women protest against Obaseki’s suspension of council boss
Economic activities were disrupted for four hours in Auchi and its environs as youths and women protested against the suspension of Chairman of Etsako West Local Council of Edo State, Musa Yakubu, by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Barricading the busy Auchi-Okenne-Abuja ...
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