The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has blamed the failure of the Federal Government to rein in those engaged in illegal oil bunkering and refining on the complicity of its security agencies. Wike also alleged that the bane of Nigeria’s seeming endless woes over the years had been the lack of... Read more
Quadri Aruna has broken his own record to achieve a new feat in the world ranking after the Nigerian yesterday hit 11th spot in the February 2022 ITTF world rating. After his quarterfinal finish at the 2021 World Championships in Houston, United States, Aruna rose to 14th in the world ranking... Read more
*Urges CDS, Gen. Irabor to punish culpable officers Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says illegal crude oil refinery operators are causing great health hazard to residents in the State and destroying the national economy, which his administration will not tolerate. Governor Wike made the declaration when he received a... Read more
. 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
. 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
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
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
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
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
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
