Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced, Abdullahi Umar to two years imprisonment for illegally dealing in petroleum products without appropriate license. Umar was convicted on Tuesday January 18, 2022 after pleading “guilty” to a one-count charge preferred […]
RIVPA Congratulates New Rivers NUJ Exco
Rivers State Independent Newspaper Propreitors Association ( RIVPA) has sent a congratulatory message to the newly elected executive of the Rivers State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists ( NUJ) The association in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2022 signed by its Chairman, Jerry Needam said ‘Wewish to […]
NURSS suspends election for Saturday,passes no confidence vote on Eleco Chairman
The National Association of Rivers State Students has suspended its election scheduled to hold on Saturday January 22,2022 . The union also passed a vote of no confidence on its Electoral Committee( Eleco) Chairman, Siyeofori Ogan for gross misconduct. In a 5 point communique at the end of its meeting […]
Kano orders immediate closure of school following murder of pupil by teacher
The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Noble Kids Academy,a private school in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state where a 5 – year- old pupil of the school,Hanifa Abubakar,was kidnapped and killed and her body mutilated and buried within the school premises. Her class teacher, […]
Nigeria’s Armed Forces To Partner NPHCDA On Healthcare Delivery
By Goodluck Ikiebe. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has expressed the readiness of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) in sustaining the collaborative healthcare arrangement with the National Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). This, he said is in order to further improve healthcare services for members […]
Nigerian Army holds Gender Mainstreaming workshop to enhance professionalism
The General Officer Commanding 6 Division and land component Commander , Operation Delta Safe, Major General Olufemi Oluyede says the development of gender policy by the military is an adoption of the federal government policy to promote gender mainstreaming and women empowerment in the military, which is often regarded as […]
Promotion : Nigeria’s Former President Decorates Son As Brigadier General
By Goodluck Ikiebe. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has decorated his son, Adeboye Obasanjo, as Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army, following his promotion and having passed through the military mills within and outside Nigeria. Obasanjo, a former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was accorded a […]
Buhari visits Kaduna, reiterates commitment to bequeathing lasting legacies
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians of his determination to handover a better Nigeria than what he inherited. The President who stated this on Thursday in Kafachan , where he had gone to commission newly constructed projects, said he would do all that he can to improve the quality of […]
Man remanded for allegedly killing three siblings
A Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Thursday, ordered remand of one Abubakar Usman, who allegedly killed three siblings. Usman,30, is facing a count charge of murder. The court did not take his plea as Magistrate Abimbola Amole-Ajimoti said that she needed advice from the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions. […]
Breaking: Court Bars NNPC, Petroleum Ministry From Allocating Crude Oil to Addax Petroleum
By Goodluck Ikiebe. A Federal High Court in Lagos has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Ministry Of Petroleum Resources and National Petroleum Investment & Management Respondent Services (NAPIMS) from allocating crude oil to Addax Oil Exploration Plc. It held on Wednesday that the crude is from that explored […]