By our Reporter Elders and traditional chiefs under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Opu-Nembe, have appealed for urgent peaceful intervention following the expulsion from the community of 28 elders by an aggrieved youth group Narrating their ordeal at a press conference in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, the concerned […]
Month: July 2023
Breaking:Thieves Cart away Lagos Airport Runway Lights .
The recently installed airfield ground lighting system at the domestic runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA) in Lagos has been stolen. The Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN )Yakubu Funtua, , told BBC that the agency has commenced investigation on the […]
The real Beneficiaries of Subsidy withdrawal (1).
Iliyasu GaduIlgad2009@gmail.com08035355706 (sms only) In the heat of the on-going debates on subsidy withdrawal several people have called to ask me to provide some clarity on the issue. This followed my two part article on the subject carried in my column a couple of weeks ago titled: ‘’Fallacies of the […]
Ondo Debunks Akeredolu Incapacitation Report
…. Describes purveyors of such reports as malicious wicked.. The Ondo State Government on Tuesday dismissed as untrue media reports that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is seriously unwell and incapable of performing his duties . Akeredolu had embarked on medical leave over a month ago and on June 13, transmitted power […]
Port Harcourt: Rotary, Rotaract clubs promote Oral Health, donate Tooth brushes, pastes to pupils.
By Precious Ahiakwo-Ovie It was a moment of happiness and excitement for over five hundred pupils of the Model Primary School Orogbum, D/Line, Obio-Akpor Local government Area, Rivers State, as some Rotary and Rotaract Clubs kicked off the new Rotary year with a joint, life-changing-project in that school. The projects […]
Alleged Extortion of Graduating Students at University of Abuja.
By Our Correspondent There has been serious reports of illegal payment of clearance fees by some Graduating Students of University of Abuja before going for NYSC programme. Sources in the School confirmed that the unit was specially created by the Vice Chancellor and headed by one Hajia, who molests and […]
Otus Dedicate Cross River To God.
…….. .For Peace, Progress, begin Life Sustaining Programmes . The wife of the Cross River State Governor,Mrs Eyoawan Bassey Otu in support of her husband, His Excellency, Senator Bassey Otu on Saturday at the maiden edition of the State’s International Solemn Assembly, lifted the state into the hands of God […]
NINE KULA COMMUNITIES PLEDGE COMMITMENT TO END ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING ACTIVITIES
By our Correspondent Worried by the worsening devastating effect of oil bunkering activities on aquatic lives and the environment, nine Communities of Kula Kingdom in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have vowed to put an end to illegal oil bunkering and other vices that constitute economic sabotage in […]
Nigeria’s Ministerial List: Five Former Governors Among Tinubu’s 42-Man Cabinet Of Political Unity.
By Goodluck Ikiebe No fewer than five former governors will feature in President Bola Tinubu’s list of nominees to be sent to the Senate for approval in the coming days. Dubbed the ‘Cabinet of (political) Unity’, the list will have nominees drawn from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples […]
Misconduct: PSC dismisses 7 Police Officers,Demotes CP
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of seven police officers over misconduct and abuse of office. Spokesman of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to him,the decision was taken at the 21st plenary of the commission which was presided over by […]