Aniocha/Oshimili Peoples Mandate, a Socio-political group in Asaba, Delta State has commended the Judgment of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba that declared the immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as winner of…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the coup d’etat in the Republic of Niger that ousted the Administration of the democratically elected President of the country, Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday. The FG, in a statement yesterday by the spokesperson of the…
Government has been asked to reduce the cost of governance in the country not only in reduction of pecks of office but also the retinue of appointees. Addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja, the Lead Director of Speak out Africa initiative, a Non…
Delta State Deputy Governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, has said that the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration is putting up measures to mitigate the effects of flood. Following the predictions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA,…
–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Chief Pius Nweke, the Proprietor of Best Aluminum, has regained his freedom. Recalled that a Federal High Court, Awka presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had on 14th June 2023 sentenced Chief Pius Nweke (Ikemba) to ten (10)…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Baga General Hospital and a Primary Healthcare Centre in Doron Baga, both in Kukawa Local Government Area. The governor also directed the rehabilitation of a primary school in Doron Baga….
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale has underlined the importance of addressing widespread food insecurity by revitalizing Nigeria’s food systems. He described the recent declaration of food security as a national emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as…
About 23,000 households on Monday received food palliatives at distributions that were directly supervised by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum in Baga town of Kukawa Local Government Area. “Distribution of palliatives is one of the agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu….
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it has impounded two trucks conveying large quantities of stolen railway sleepers, arrested 12 suspected vandals and clamped down on two illegal warehouses with vandalised railway sleepers in the last two weeks. A…
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a Knowledge Institution and leading advocate for fiscal transparency and accountability, has expressed apprehension over recent developments regarding the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) and the establishment of the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36…
The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, has expressed willingness to work collaboratively with local and international partners to enhance effective and successful implementation of the Safe Schools programme in…
The Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives (CMPI) has called for massive awareness campaigns across the country to sensitize Nigerians on sustainable practices to arrest growing threats of climate change. CMPI is a nonprofit organisation that seeks to promote conflict-resolving media practices…
Wife of Delta State Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has visited the family of two-year-old, Ivan Omorhiakogbe slain by stray bullets from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at Okpanam area of the State, on Thursday, July 14, 2023. Deaconess…
-By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: The president general of Oleh community, Chief comr. Believe Alakri says, the ongoing protest by Oleh community over the marginalization of employment slots by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited management, will continue until the demand raised by the…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on Monday visited the family of two-year-old Ivan Omorhiakogbe killed by stray bullets from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam area of the State capital on Thursday, 13th July. Oborevwori…
The Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has called on River State Government to approach the Guinness Book of World Records for certification of its 50.15 kilometres Port Harcourt Ring Road Contract awarded at the cost of…
… Orders immediate renovation… Rewards staff for working under poor condition Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, was dismayed by the lack of electricity and other situations at the General Hospital in Gwoza town. The governor paid a surprise visit to the…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja have arrested a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Daberechi for attempting to export 7.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate…
Twenty Nigerians are departing the shores of the country between mid-July and early August for university education in India, which is fully sponsored by the Government of India. The Nigerians are mostly going in for MBA, Bsc or Msc (Zoology, Chemistry, Physics,…
–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Anambra State Police Command have arrested some boys in Anam Community in the Anambra West Local Government Area who allegedly specialised in gang raping girls and using the pants for rituals. The mother of a victim said, “they…
POLITICAL office is to serve the electorate and not for selfish gains, Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme has said. Onyeme, stated this on Thursday at Government House, Asaba, when the people of Onicha-Ukwuani clan, Ndokwa West Local Government Area…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday presided over the swearing-in of the Secretary to Borno State Government, three Special Advisers and a permanent secretary to the Borno State Civil Service. In a ceremony conducted at the International Conference Hall of…
Piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) have posed significant challenges in recent years. While 2022 saw a massive reduction in piracy incidents, UNODC in partnership with the Bayelsa State Government and with the financial support of the Government…
The federal government has revealed that more than 3.5 million children suffer from diarrheal diseases, calling for improved hygiene from Nigerians. Speaking at the Year’s National Environmental Sanitation Day (NESD), the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Mr Ibrahim Yusufu lamented that hygienic…
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday said that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the order of the court. This was contained in a statement made…
The Branch Chairpersons of the Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association Worldwide, Ekpoma, have passed a vote of implicit confidence on the Presidency of the Alumni Association, worldwide ably led by Dr. Clifford Omozeghian. They commended the recent interface with the University Management…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has appointed the former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development under the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Mallam Bukar Tijani as the Secretary to Borno State Government (SSG). The governor also reappointed Prof Isa Marte as…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday hosted the United Nation’s Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, alongside Malala Yousafzai, a girl-child education activist and UN peace ambassador in Maiduguri. During the visit, Zulum said his administration have enrolled thousands of out-of-school…
ECOWAS Court has awarded N60 million in damages against the Nigerian government for the torture of Sunday Olaniran Ayodeji by a police officer. Ayodeji, leg was amputated as a result of gunshot by a Police Officer in Kaduna State and had his…
The Executive Committee of Sapele Main Branch of Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association, ably led by Hon. Barr. Odiete Arierhie has commended the National Executive Council of Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association ably led by Dr. Clifford Imade Omozeghian Esq. for ensuring…
Delta State Government on Tuesday lauded the enterprising and wealth creation spirit of Ndigbos to the economic development of the country. Senior Political Adviser to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Senator Emmanuel Aguariavwodo stated this when he received on courtesy visit, the Chairman and…
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has called on the federal government to take immediate action to block revenue leakages and implement measures to improve the economy without further delay. The call was made on Tuesday on the heels of the interception…
–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Barrister Sly Ezeokenwa the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has pleaded with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu for the release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,…
No fewer than 4,560 kilogrammes of skunk have been seized in interdiction operations in Lagos, Adamawa and Osun by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the last few days. The Operatives also raided a skucchies factory in Ogun…
The federal government has taken it’s waste to wealth programme to the grassroots, promising to segregate waste to wealth in Kuchingoro community, a suburb in Abuja. Speaking during this year’s National Environmental Sanitation Day commemorated on Saturday at Kuchingoro, the Director, Pollution…
-By Joseph Obaro Ikupa, Worldwide Publicity Secretary, AAU Alumni Association: The impasse created by the purported astronomical increase in fees at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State has been laid to rest. This was disclosed by the Worldwide President of the…
The United Nations has raised an alarm that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 is in peril and that something urgently needed to be done to galvanize it. The world body in order to achieve this last Wednesday kicked off a communications…
Lack of funding for humanitarian assistance in Nigeria, and other countries in the Sahel, may make over 800,000 people in desperate need resort to engaging in survival sex, early marriage, or joining non-state armed groups, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…
The collaboration of both the federal government and the German government have assisted in taking about 200,000 Nigerian youths from the labour market. The collaboration which is in the areas of training in arts, fashion, painting, baking, ICT, fishery among others, also…
The Federal government has cautioned Nigerians to refrain from dumping waste indiscriminately and to promote good hygiene practices in order to arrest the ravaging flood. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had recently raised an alarm that 14 states and 31 communities…
