A Lagos law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Co. has disclosed how Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tricked the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN), into waiting in vain for six hours in a vain bid to bail its Principal Partner and Head of... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Thomas Arkwright, has restated his home country’s resolve to honour a pact with Sweden to extradite Wiki Leaks founder, Mr Julian Assange. The envoy stated this in Calabar in an interview with select journalists at the end... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The management of Eastern Ports, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), has appealed for relevant stakeholders partnership to make the ports safe for business and commerce within its domain. Mr Joshua Asanga, the General Manager Eastern Ports, made the appeal in Calabar Friday during a working visit... Read more
…Receives N50m support from Sterling Bank The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has assured investors and residents in Osun speedy process of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to legitimately acquired property within ninety days of commencement of processing. The Governor stated this at the presentation of N50m... Read more
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday, asked Nigeria’s Federal Government to quickly conduct a referendum in the South-East geopolitical zone as a prelude to the region’s secession or face the total shutdown of socio-economic activities in the region and beyond. According to... Read more
A Serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, Dr. Wisdom Sawyer has been arrested by Police over alleged attempts to sell newborn baby. The Permanent Secretary, who is also a medical practitioner and owner of the Survival Hospital at Igbogene community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the Bayelsa, was arrested... Read more
Nigeria’s Supreme Court of Nigeria has declared Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu winner of the Abia 2015 governorship contest. The court also declared Governor Udom Emmauel of Akwa Ibom State as winner of the gubernatorial election he contested against Mr Umana Umana of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The seven-man panel led... Read more
The joint military for deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield says it has arrested suspected vandals behind recent pipeline blasts in the region. It will be recalled that a blast on a crude and gas pipeline at Escavos, Delta resulted to shut... Read more
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof AbulGaniyu Ambali, has revealed how the introduction of the stand-alone Tablet of Knowledge (Opon Imo) into schools by the Government of Osun influenced the decision by his institution to make it mandatory for every undergraduate of the university to have... Read more
