(PHOTO) Two South West Governors Visit Tinubu in London
Two South West Governors, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of Ondo State and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State have visited the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Tinubu in London where he is recovering from an undisclosed ailments….
Okowa Congratulates Sultan of Sokoto at 65
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, as he clocks 65 years. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor commended the Sultan for…
NPDC, Ogoni People Pledge Cooperation on Oil Production
The leaders of Ogoniland in Rivers State under the auspices of the Ogoni Liberation Initiative have pledged to cooperate with the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources in its territory. The…
CNPP to Lawan: Your Advice against External Borrowing Belated, Smack of Level Incompetence in Buhari Administration
…Wants Bribery for PIB Passage Allegation Investigated …Calls for Recovery and Prosecution of Heads of agencies with Unremitted IGR The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described as “belated and a clear sign of the level of incompetence and…
Block Revenue Leakages Rather Than Borrow More – Lawan to Buhari
The President of the Senate of the Federal republic of Nigeria, Senator Ahmed Lawan has suggested to President Muhammadu Buhari that reducing external borrowing through the blockage of revenues leakage from government agencies should be the way to go. Lawan…
Five Killed, 50 Abducted in Zamfara Village Attack – Police
Bandits in Zamfara State have killed five residents and abducted over 50 others in Gora Namaye village of the state. The incident, according the police, occurred very early on Monday in Maradun Local Government Area. Sources in the state have…
MRA Drags FG to ECOWAS Court for Failing to Investigate, Punish Killers of 11 Journalists
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to effectively investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murders of 11 journalists killed…
UPDATED: Court Sacks Uche Secondus as PDP National Chairman, Secondus Reacts
The Degema Division of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has granted an interim order restraining Uche Secondus from parading as himself as a member or acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
Mugabe-era Massacre Victims in Zimbabwe to Be Compensated, Others for Reburial
Zimbabwe is ready to open talks on compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took place when a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who was former President Robert Mugabe was in power, Zimbabwe’s government said at the weekend. Some…
We’re Unaware Of Court Judgment ordering Us to Resume Work – Resident Doctors
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it is not aware of any court order compelling their members to resume work nationwide. The doctors said this in an Audio sent to African Independent Television (AIT) by NARD chairman…
First Lady Of Old Eastern Region is Dead
The former First Lady of the Old Eastern Region, Lady Adanma Okpara has died at 97. Adanma, the wife of the First Republic Premier of the defunct Eastern Nigeria, late Dr Michael Okpara, passed away on Sunday in an undisclosed…
