NEDU MARK YENAGOA A 24 year- old kidnapped Reverend Sister who is a student of Niger Delta University, NDU, Amassoma, Mary Okoli, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of dare-devil kidnappers for 15 days. She said she was blindfolded for those days and fed with only bread and butter …
Read More »Kidnapped cleric will be freed, Fayose assures
Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the kidnapping of a Catholic Priest, Father Emmanuel Akingbade in Ido-Ekiti as a challenge to the state, with assurance that efforts were on to get him freed. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi said the governor, in a broadcast noted …
Read More »Ekiti PDP challenges Falegan to name election contractors
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has challenged a former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank, Chief Dele Falegan to name the election contractors that he said were responsible for the poor financial situation the government of Ekiti State has found itself. In a statement by the …
Read More »PDP hails INEC for declaring Brass Assembly polls inconclusive
NEDU MARK, YENAGOA The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for reversing last Saturday’s Assembly polls result declared in favor of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the candidate inconclusive Election to the state Assembly were held over the …
Read More »5th Columnists behind strange letter to Edo Assembly – Edosomwan
AKHERE Godwin,Benin A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo South Senatorial District, Wednesday described those behind the letter purportedly sent to the just inaugurated Edo state House of Assembly for the position of the Minority leader as the handiwork of fifth columnists who are determined to give …
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Ambode hosts Dangote; reiterates commitment to make Lagos investors’ haven
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday hosted the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on a visit, giving a commitment that the present administration is willing and ready to make investors have a comfortable business profile in the State. The Governor who spoke at the Lagos House, …
Read More »Wike pledges partnership with business community
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has assured of his administration’s desire to partner with the Business Community in order to transform the state. Wike gave the assurance when he played host to representatives of the Business Community in the State comprising of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce and Industry …
Read More »NDLEA arrests tricycle rider, 3 others
A commercial tricycle rider is among four suspected drug traffickers apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The suspects were apprehended at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu while attempting to smuggle 8.876kg of various narcotic drugs to India, Turkey, Hong Kong and China. …
Read More »Oshiomhole rewards kids cup winners with scholarships
AKHERE Godwin,Benin Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has offered scholarships to pupils of Eyanogie Primary School who emerged Champions in the 7th edition of the Channels National Kids Football Competition held in Lagos. The Governor who announced the scholarships offer to the pupils and other incentives at a reception …
Read More »National Assembly leadership: Buhari accepts Saraki, Dogara; APC kicks; Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP, others congratulate them
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he has taken note of the outcome of the just-concluded election of leaders of the National Assembly, though he would rather that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been followed. Senator Bukola Saraki …
Read More »Atiku congratulates new NASS leaders, enjoins lawmakers to focus on national interest
Abuja, Nigeria, 9 June 2015: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the newly elected leaders of the National Assembly, admonishing them to see their elections beyond the narrow interests of respective political parties. The former Vice President in a press statement issued by his media office on Tuesday, 9 …
Read More »Buhari reacts to emergence of new National Assembly leaders
Abuja, Nigeria, 9 June 2015: President Muhammadu Buhari has noted the outcome of the just-concluded election of leaders of the National Assembly. A statement issued by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) said the president would rather that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the …
Read More »N8bn Scam: CBN Executives, Others To Remain In Prison Till June 15
Six executives of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Patience Okoro Eye; Afolabi Olufemi Johnson; Ilori Adekunle Sunday; Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muniru Adeola and Fatai Adedokun Yusuf, and others being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over N8billion mutilated currency recycling fraud, are to remain in prison …
Read More »House Speaker: Gbajabiamila loses to Dogara
The keen contest to elect the Speaker of the House of Representatives has recorded an upset as Hon. Yakubu Dogara from Bauchi state in the North East geo-political zone of the country has defeated the candidate of the party with the majority of members in the lower chamber, Hon. Femi …
Read More »Dickson to Sylva: Your era was the darkest in Bayelsa History
NEDU MARK, YENAGOA Months ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Bayelsa state, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has accused ex governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva of presiding over the darkest days in the history of Bayelsa state Dickson also urged Sylva who is also a chieftain of the …
Read More »Suspected cultists among others paraded in Benin
AKHERE Godwin,Benin Twelve suspected kingpins of some cult groups operating in Edo state were among the 98 suspects arraigned before the Special Magistrate Court that sat Tuesday in Benin Edo state capital. The Special Magistrate court it was gathered was set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice …
Read More »Emergence of Saraki, Dogara as Senate President, House Speaker unacceptable to APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally unacceptable and the highest level of indiscipline and treachery the conduct ofTuesday’s inauguration of the National Assembly that led to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon Yakubu Dogara as Senate President.and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. ”Senator …
Read More »Edo NULGE protest turns bloody
AKHERE Godwin Benin PANDEMONIUM broke out Tuesday in Benin City,Edo state capital as a commercial cab driver and some members of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Edo State chapter sustained series of injuries while protesting unpaid differential salary arrears of two and eight months. The protesters who …
Read More »Opinion – The Onitsha Black Sunday tragedy
NWABUEZE AKABOGU The sad news of the monumental tragedy that struck the commercial city of Onitsha on that black Sunday, May 31, 2015 was received by many people with great shock and utter disbelief. According to the media report, a petrol tanker fully laden with petroleum products otherwise known as …
Read More »Opinion – Wike: Nigeria’s strategic political tactician
Simeon Nwakaudu Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Rivers State Governor, is a politician and administrator that you underrate at your own peril. He is a master strategist with an unwavering commitment to the stability and development of Nigeria. On May 31, elected National Assembly members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, trooped …
Read More »Opinion – Aregbesola, Osun State and unpaid Salaries
Lateef Raji It is no longer news that Osun State is one of the 24 States that are currently feeling the weighty brunt of the current national economic crunch occasioned by the theft of 400,000 barrels of oil daily, slump in global oil price, which subsequently led to the reduction …
Read More »Saraki, Ekweremadu elected Senate President, Deputy
Against the wishes of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bukola Saraki of APC and Senator Ike Ekweremadu of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have emerged Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively. Immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark was elected Senate …
Read More »Court rules on Police prosecutorial powers
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division held Tuesday that the Nigeria Police Force can prosecute all offences, including those under the National Security and Civil Defence Corps Act, 2007. This ruling was delivered sequel to an appeal in Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) vs Daniel Abuh, where the Federal High …
Read More »Rivers dissolves State Independent Electoral Commission, Judicial Service Commission
The Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has dissolved the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) and the state Judicial Service Commission (RSJSC). The Governor ordered the immediate dissolution of both commissions relying upon the directive from the Rivers State House of Assembly which indicted both commissions for …
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