The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to sustain its support for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, especially in the area of providing facilities in the orientation camps in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit... Read more
. Buhari approves the deployment of fighter jets to combat terrorism in ravaged state The Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, has said that 15 persons have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Rikiji told newsmen in Gusau on... Read more
Chief Richard Kpodo, a former Security Adviser to Ex-Governor Timipre Sylva was on Friday arraigned before a Magistrates court in Yenagoa for unlawful detention and rape. According to the two charges filed by the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP), the accused had on June 20 2018 at Etegwe, Yenagoa,... Read more
. Back Out Of Ceasefire Agreement In N/Delta, Call Buhari “President Of The North”. Six governors of the South-South Zone of Nigeria and Niger Delta leaders under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) just came out of an emergency meeting held in Asaba, Delta State over the... Read more
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, will depart from their final training camp in Tirol, Austria on Thursday, 2nd August for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, with high level of confidence after scoring seven goals and conceding none in two friendly games. The 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup silver... Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it will offer retired Super Eagles’ safe hands Carl Ikeme coaching education as a goalkeeper trainer and then absorb him into the technical crew of the Senior National Football Team. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi disclosed at the weekend that the... Read more
Group Urges Kwara State Government, Traditional Rulers To Be Pro-active On Herdsmen/Farmers’ Clashes
The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) based in Kwara state, has noted that the herdsmen-farmers clash is not phenomenon in Kwara State. The group noted that series of feud have been occurring for decades between farmers and herdsmen, especially in areas of Kwara... Read more
Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari, former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, on Wednesday declared intention to contest for the Sokoto State governorship seat in the 2019 general elections. Shagari, former minister of water resources, contested for the seat in 2015 on the platform of the PDP, but lost to the incumbent,... Read more
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Wednesday in Markurdi, formally defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ortom made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors at the Government House Makurdi. Angry youths had earlier blocked him from... Read more
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned the Presidency and the Nigeria Police not to do anything capable of threatening the survival of democracy in Nigeria. Reacting to the invasion of the official residences of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, CAN warned the... Read more
