USCIRF Observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day
. Calls for Swift Confirmation of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism   Washington, DC – On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) pays tribute to the memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, as well as millions of... Read more
Pega And Friends Foundation Offsets Medical Bills Of Patients
 . Celebrates Get-together at Orphanage home   Some nursing mothers and pregnant women at Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State have had their medical bills in the hospital paid off by a non-governmental organisation, Pega and Friends Foundation. Similarly, Pega and Friends Foundation, has offset the medical expenses of a... Read more
Musa: AFCON Ouster was Hard But It Made Us Stronger
Super Eagle’s Captain, Ahmed Musa has assured that although the Super Eagles’ exit from the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations was hard on the players, there is no time for any pity-party. According to him, the team’s shock exit at Africa’s football showpiece only made the squad stronger as lessons... Read more
Bonga 2011 Spill: Fishermen Decry Delay, Urge FG To Prevail On SNEPCo To Pay $3.6b Fine
The Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) has decried the delay in getting justice on the impact of the Dec. 20, 2011 spill from the facility of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Exploration Company (SNE0CO).   ARFAN appealed to President Muhamadu Buhari to prevail on SNEPCO to comply with the... Read more
AFCON 2021: Eguavoen Expects Tough Battle With Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles On Sunday
Nigeria’s manager Augustine Eguavoen says he expects a tough duel between his Super Eagles and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 encounter in Garoua. Tunisia’s campaign has been somewhat ravaged by positive COVID tests and the team only qualified for the... Read more
Presidential Amnesty Programme Begins New Training Model With 400 Beneficiaries
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on Tuesday said it has commenced  its newly developed training model, Train, Employ and Mentor (TEM) training programme with 400 ex-agitators.   TEM is a skills acquisition curriculum adopted by the PAP aims at making the trainees part of the businesses of their mentors... Read more
Electoral Bill: PDP Governors Urge National Assembly To Override Veto Of President Buhari
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have requested the National Assembly to consider overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto as one tenable option towards achieving the intended reform of electoral jurisprudence for Nigeria. At their meeting in Port Harcourt on Monday, under the aegis of PDP Governors Forum, with... Read more
Presidential Amnesty Boss, Dikio Backs Wike’s War Against Illegal Refineries
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has thrown his weight behind the war against illegal refineries declared by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Dikio, who spoke at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during the 50th anniversary dinner and award... Read more
Wike To President Buhari: Redouble Efforts On Nigeria’s Security, Checkmate Insurgency, Banditry
. Pledges support of RSG to members, families of Nigerian Legionnaires Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to redouble efforts in fulfilling his cardinal electoral promise of securing the country. Speaking during the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Ceremony in Port Harcourt... Read more
Black Soot: Gov Wike Declares 19 Illegal Bunkering, Refineries’ Kingpins Wanted
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared 19 persons wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites responsible for the black soot pandemic in the state. The governor also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Temple Amakiri, a Director in the Ministry of Energy,... Read more