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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has expressed shock at the comments credited to the outgoing Information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari in which she claimed that the outgoing All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Governor Rotimi Amaechi is not indebted to workers in the state. In a statement by …

AKHERE Godwin, Benin A group, the South South Equity Forum, has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to cede the speakership position of the House of Representatives to the zone. The group, while making this demand under the leadership of …

Ekiti State Governor has insisted that his call for the dissolution of the Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in good faith, and in the overall interest of the party, maintaining that the NWC chairman sold the PDP out to the opposition. …

The Igbo Studies Association (ISA) has joined in the global condemnation of the xenophobic attacks and other acts of violence perpetrated against African immigrants in South Africa. The association, in a statement signed by Dr Chima Korieh, their president, said that these attacks, especially against ‘Nigerians many of whom are …

Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has called for the re-introduction of barges to facilitate the movement of containers to areas where vessels could not berth. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos on the association’s expectations from the incoming government of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the President of the association, Rev. Jonathan …

The National and State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Owerri has commenced sittings as it heard five appeals filed before it. Out of the five motions, the tribunal ruled on two ex parte motions, while the three other motions were adjourned till May 13, for hearing. The two ex …

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of ‘setting traps for the incoming government of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)’ through last-minute removal and subsequent appointment of new heads of strategic government parastatals. The allegation, contained in a statement issued, Tuesday in Port Harcourt, …

  (R-L): Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a handshake with Adamwa State, Governor-elect Umar Jibirilla Bindow, when he received the former Vice President on his return from South Africa at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Monday

Group Managing Director of Mutual Benefit Assurance, Mr Akin  Ogunbiyi, was at the Defence House, Monday, to pay a courtesy visit to the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari during which time the two dignitaries had fruitful deliberations. Mr Ogunbiyi was also at the Defence House, Monday, May 4, to formally congratulate the …

NEDU MARK YENAGOA Following the crude oil that spilled into parts of the Kolo Creek farmlands and rivers including ponds last month, over 50 aggrieved farmers from Otuasega community in Ogbia local council, have decried the damages the spill caused to their crops and appealed to Bayelsa state government to …

Three former bank employees: Amina Magaji,  Haruna Bulama Namadi and Muhammed Abdullahi (at large) were Monday, arraigned before Justice Faruk Lawan of the Kano State High Court Kano for defrauding the Late Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Alhaji Ado Bayero to the tune of N17 million. The principal accused …

Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, Monday, ordered the extradition of Emmanuel Okoyomon, former managing director and chief executive officer, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPM), to the United Kingdom to face charges of corruption and money laundering. Okoyomon’s extradition is being …

The ECOWAS Court has awarded $250,000.00) as damages for the unlawful dismissal of a police officer, Mr. EL-Tayib Bah.  In a judgment delivered, Monday, May 4, the ECOWAS Court held that the dismissal of the Plaintiff in July 2008 violated the Police Code and the Constitution of Sierra Leone. In …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the late Chief Imam of the Abuja National Mosque, Ustaz Musa Mohammed, as a great scholar who worked “tirelessly and admirably” for the unity of Nigeria throughout his public life. In a tribute to the late Chief Imam, signed by the former VP’s …

  NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Hundreds of male students of the Federal University Otuoke, in Bayelsa state, were thrown into a confused state as they were forcibly ejected from their 52-bedroom hostel apartments by the owner of the property. The Federal University is located in President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s community, Otuoke …

Ikedi Ohakim Following the dramatic resignation of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by President Olusegun Obasanjo, earlier this year, by publicly tearing his membership card, I did a piece in which I tried to situate the action of the eminent Nigerian leader in perspective. In the article …

AKHERE GODWIN, Benin Men and officers of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Edo State command, Monday, stormed the Benin Prisons and its environ in search of an inmate who escaped the facility in the early hours of the day. The inmate, whose name was not disclosed, was said to have …

  Students of the Calvary International School, Port Harcourt will be trading tackles with their counterparts from the Rochas Foundation College, Owerri, and the National College, Nike, Enugu State at the Sagamu Centre in one of the quarterfinal groups for the 2015 NNPC-Shell Cup. A statement, Monday, by the organisers, …

Madu Ezenoha, Enugu The crisis of confidence between Governor Sullivan Chime and Enugu State House of Assembly deepened Monday as a group of 14 lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Eugene Odo commenced the process of impeaching the Governor. However a group of nine lawmakers loyal to Governor Chime in a …

President of the Senate, David Mark, has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop bickering and face the new task of providing a credible and formidable opposition in the country. This is contained in a statement issued by Mark’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Paul Mumeh. The statement …

National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has constituted a post-election assessment committee to review and evaluate the party`s performance in the just concluded general elections. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary in Abuja. The statement said …

Deputy Controller of Prisons, in charge of Ikoyi Prisons, Lagos State, Mr Emmanuel Bamidele, has said that the prisons had not less than 10 workshops where inmates were acquiring vocational skills. Bamidele explained that this would make them become self-reliant and self-employed after completing their jail terms. “We have about …

THE British Council in Nigeria, Sunday, said it had awarded N7.3 million research grants to four Nigerian university lecturers. This was contained in a statement issued in Lagos by the council’s Communications Manager, Mr Desmond Omovie. According to the statement, the award was issued through the Researcher Links travel grants. …

Federal Government has faulted the N200 billion claims by oil marketers as being outstanding payment on subsidy, saying the marketers were merely exploiting the situation in order to hold Nigerians to ransom. This is even as scarcity of the commodity persists in pockets of areas in the country. Minister of …

Senator-elect under the All Progressive Congress (APC), Malam Shehu Sani, Sunday, said that the next Senate President must emerge from a free and fair process devoid of any sectional interest. Sani who made the disclosure in Kaduna decried the acrimony generated by those contesting for the position under the APC, …