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Barely 24 hours after sacking his Commissioner for Agriculture, Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel has suspended Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Dr. Valentine Attah, for allegedly employing persons without government’s approval. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, ...

68 students graduate with first class Vice Chancellor of Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka, Professor Victor Peretomode, has said the campaigns against cultism have yielded positive outcomes, as most of the students stayed away from cult activities. Speaking at a ...

Bauchi State Governor-elect, Abdulkadir Bala Mohammed has alleged that the state’s debt profile has risen to N96 billion and indicted the outgoing government for the development. Mohammed, who stated this in Abuja through Head of the Transition Team, Ladan Salihu, ...

Commercial activities were paralysed in Yenagoa and Kaiama, hometown of the late Ijaw hero, Isaac Adaka Boro, as the Ijaw of Bayelsa State converged to celebrate this year’s Isaac Boro Day. Shops, markets and other businesses were closed down in ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has concluded investigations of alleged human rights abuses and brutality by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had, as Acting President during President Muhammadu Buhari’s 10-day ...

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has said the 2018 Budget suffered a revenue projection loss of 45 per cent, which made the implementation difficult due to low revenue performance. She stated this ahead of signing of the recently ...

Unidentified gunmen have killed no fewer than seven persons in attacks on Wukari and Donga council areas of Taraba State. The Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, David Misal, said the incidents took place in the early hours ...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has dismissed widespread claims, stating that Nigeria’s oil sector downstream sector had receded in the last 20 years, especially in refining utilisation. In a report entitled “Commodity Dependence: A Twenty-Year Perspective” ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has condemned the recent campaign by Governor Seriake Dickson against international oil companies (IOCs) in the state. Addressing the press in Yenagoa, the publicity secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, said the governor was ...

A former Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, has said Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit could be addressed through debt financing. He, however, noted that the widespread notion that public debt should be used to finance the ...