Members of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) Bayelsa Chapter who on Monday blocked the entrance into the Government House in the state over unpaid five months arrears say they remain resolute in demanding for their entitlements. Some of the pensioners were manhandled by thugs believed to be supporters of... Read more
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Bayelsa on Friday solicited the support of stakeholders to the ongoing Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) preparatory to 2017 census. Mr Austen Pabor, Commissioner representing Bayelsa in NPC made the appeal during the flag-off ceremony for the EAD in Ogbia Local Government Area... Read more
New Foundation to promote good leadership in Africa for launch in Lagos
News February 29, 2016
Segun Adeleye Foundation For Good Leadership In Africa (SAFFGLIA), a new initiative to promote good governance in Africa, is to be inaugurated at the Afe Balalola Hall, University of Lagos on March 10, 2016. The launch at an intellectual setting in the presence of top business executives, government officials... Read more
Eni,Italian energy firm on Tuesday confirmed an underwater gas leak from an oil field operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Kalaba, Bayelsa. Eni, parent company of NAOC which made the confirmation in an email said it had shut down the oil well producing some 120... Read more
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the immediate past Senate President, Mr. David Mark, the winner of Saturday’s re-run election in the Benue South Senatorial District of Benue State. Earlier reports had indicated that Mark, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), took an initial wide lead but... Read more
*Accuses them of collecting 6 months salary without working The Government of Osun on Friday described the demand of the state striking doctors as impossible in the face of the present economic reality of the country. Government, at a press conference addressed by the Chairman, Osun Special Committee on... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Cross River Sports Commission has expressed appreciation for the National Council on Sports (NCS) on the re-affirmation of Calabar as host of the rescheduled 19th National Sports Festival (NSF) This is contained in a message endorsed by its Chairman Chief Orok Duke through... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Port Harcourt The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) at the weekend intensified recovery of oil from the February 14, 2016 spill at the Forcados Terminal export pipeline. Supported by industry group Clean Nigeria Associates (CNA) and other oil companies, SPDC has deployed specialised... Read more
The dead body of a nephew to former president Jonathan abducted along with the foster father Chief Inegite Jonathan was on Friday found floating at Otuoke creeks witnesses say. Armed gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had on Wednesday abducted 72-year-old Chief Inegite Jonathan, but the kidnap of the... Read more
A mass grave of murdered pro-Biafra agitators has been found near the commercial city of Aba, Abia State. Sequel to the gory find confirmed by the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) the rights body announced that it dispatched a two-part letter to Nigeria’s Minister... Read more
