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The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has stated that the shutdown last week of telecommunications networks by its task force in Yenagoa was a warning to international oil companies ((IOCs) operating in Bayelsa State. A statement by chairman of the central ...
Read More »Kaduna has replacement for fleeing doctors, medics, says El-Rufai as FG lists hindrances to exclusive breast-feeding campaign
Governor Nasir el-Rufai has said his administration has a replacement for the over 60 per cent of doctors and medical personnel that have left Kaduna to other states and abroad in search of greener pastures. The medics had fled the ...
Read More »‘N’Assembly’s order to Obaseki undermines Edo’s sovereignty’ cleric urges peace, political solution to crisis
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the directive of the National Assembly to Governor Godwin Obaseki over the Edo House of Assembly debacle makes mockery of a state’s sovereignty enshrined in the ...
Read More »THE NEED FOR CONTINUOUS RANDOM DRUG TEST FOR ALL SECURITY AGENTS. By our Reporter
The security of life and property of all the citizens is one of the key responsibilities of any reasonable government. The challenge of insecurity has been a major issue confronting most nations, within the ECOWAS sub-region as almost all the ...
Read More »15 persons die, others missing in Niger State boat accident
About 15 persons have been confirmed dead, while many others are still missing in a boat mishap that occurred in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. A source revealed that the victims were returning from Wara Market at a ...
Read More »How corruption fuels insecurity in Nigeria, by Magu
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has insisted that there is a strong link between corruption and growing insecurity bedeviling the country. Magu, who made the assertion in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday on Eagle ...
Read More »Christian Aid unveils database for humanitarian responses information
A non-governmental organisation, Christian Aid Nigeria has launched the Humanitarian Intervention Repository (HUIREP) for collection and management of information from disaster and humanitarian interventions in Nigeria. The HUIREP platform is a web database that would enable government, partners and other ...
Read More »Court sentences school proprietress to one-year jail for N5m fraud in Borno
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced one Josephine Udeh to a one-year jail term for obtaining N5.059 million by false pretence. The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
Read More »IMN backs down on agitations for El-Zakzaky’s release, suspends demonstrations
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites have announced a temporary suspension of their protests against the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. A statement by its Spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, disclosed that the ...
Read More »Olu of Warri seeks action on abandoned $20b Ogidigben park, southern ports
The Olu of Warri, Ogiamen Ikenwoli has sought President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention to facilitate revival of the $20 billion Ogidigben Gas Revolution Industrial Park (GRIP). He made the plea when he led a delegation of traditional rulers from Delta State ...
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