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
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental group says it has developed a resource material for environmental monitoring and reporting for use in Niger Delta Communities. Rev. Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of HOMEF said on Tuesday that the resource was developed to assist communities that host oil... Read more
The Nigerian Army has temporarily relocated the tactical headquarters of its 14 Brigade headquarters from Ohafia to Aba in a bid to curb the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). The Commanding Officer, 14... Read more
Following the massive deployment of soldiers to forstall renewed sabotage on oil pipelines, the Ijaw Youths Council, (IYC) has faulted the deployment of more troops to secure oil facilities in the Niger Delta region saying that such deployment had yielded little results in the past. It will be... Read more
The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has denied report by an Abuja-based national newspaper that his convey caused an accident along the Kubwa Expressway in Abuja on Tuesday. Umahi, in a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, said it was unfortunate that his convoy... Read more
