President Muhammadu Buhari says the destruction of oil facilities by vandals operating in the Niger Delta hurts the host communities and the environment more than it hurts government. Receiving South-South Monarchs Forum (SSMF) led by King Edmund Daukoru, Mingi XII, ...
Read More »Abuja Internally Displaced Persons lament government’s failure, seek land for farming
ICPC boss tasks youths on anti-corruption fight, nation’s future Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja have lamented Federal Government failure to provide good welfare packages for its, especially the internally displaced populace. Public Relation Officer (PRO) of Abuja IDPs camp, ...
Read More »Stakeholders urge Nigerian Ports Authority to investigate bid process
A group of concerned bidders in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) cargo survey contract system has urged the management to investigate its bid process. In a petition dated May 25, 2019, titled “Re: Cargo Surveys Contract Bids – Attempts To ...
Read More »Why Nigeria must embrace e-voting, by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that for democracy to endure in Nigeria, the country must embrace electronic voting. Deploring the military interference in this year’s general elections in Rivers State, he advised the Ninth National Assembly to review the ...
Read More »CAN, Afenifere caution against throwing Nigeria into genocide, alleged Islamisation agenda
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has warned the Federal Government against acts capable of throwing the nation into genocide, accusing some officials of the current administration of allegedly backing militia groups. Its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, gave the warning while ...
Read More »Stakeholders urge NPA to probe bid process
A group of concerned bidders in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) cargo surveys contract has urged the management of the authority to investigate its bid process. In a petition dated May 25, 2019 and entitled: ‘Re: Cargo Surveys Contract Bids ...
Read More »C’River Governor Ayade implores opponents to withdraw petitions at tribunal
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has begged petitioners challenging his re-election at the March 9, 2109 polls to drop their complaints. Speaking yesterday during the pre-inaugural thanksgiving service at St. Charles’s Lwanga Catholic Church in Calabar, he pleaded ...
Read More »Shettima sets up panel for inauguration of Borno governor-elect
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has raised an 18-member inauguration panel to swear in governor-elect, Professor Babagana Umara, at Ramat Square, Maiduguri. In a statement yesterday in Maiduguri, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Usman Jidda Shuwa, said ...
Read More »Ignore Godswill Akpabio’s quest for ministerial appointment, A’Ibom APC elders tell Buhari
Some elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have opposed purported subtle moves to consider Godswill Akpabio for a ministerial appointment. Their protestation is coming barely 48 hours to the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for ...
Read More »Stakeholders urge NPA to probe bidding process
A group of concerned bidders in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) cargo surveys contract have urged management of the authority to investigate its bidding process. In a petition dated May 25, 2019 titled: Re: Cargo Surveys Contract Bids – Attempts ...
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