The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu yesterday dismissed the appeal by the 2O15 governorship candidate of the Labor Party in Ebonyi State, Mr. Edward Nkwegu, for lack of merit. It consequently upheld the verdict of the governorship tribunal in Ebonyi State which affirmed the victory Engr. David Umahi of... Read more
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state yesterday presented to the state house of assembly an appropriation bill of one hundred and one billion, one hundred and fifty four million, six hundred and forty six thousand thirty naira (N101.1 billion) only for 2016 fiscal year.The bill tagged Budget of Divine Actualisation set aside... Read more
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said his administration’s new focus for development will be agriculture, solid mineral development and industrialisation. The Governor stated this at the commissioning of the new effluent treatment plant and expansion project of the International Breweries PLC in Ilesa. This was just as... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River state has restated his administration’s determination to extend the first ultra-modern monorail in West Africa to the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar following the successful installation of all the components of the facility that spans the Calabar International... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has shut two different jetties in Port Harcourt and Calabar for failure to comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security(ISPS) Code. This is contained in a statement on Friday in Lagos by the... Read more
The founder and leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has announced a new name, Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) for the organization. The new name was announced by the group leader who spoke on Sunday during a press conference... Read more
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have called on the Senate not to deny Nigerians of their universally recognised right to freedom of expression. In a statement in Lagos on Sunday by its Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, the Guild said the draft... Read more
The federal government has described the agitations by some Nigerians, largely in the South-East, as “completely legitimate.” There have been mass protests by Igbos in South-East Nigeria for an independent country of Biafra. The protests have sometimes gone violent with reported deaths of about six people, allegedly at the... Read more
Calm has returned weeks after the bloody clashes between native farmers and Fulani cattle rearers in the Igbeti and Igboho environs in Northern Oyo of Oyo State. The Fulani cattle herders had attacked their hosts after alleging that the deaths of their cattle was as a result of poisoning... Read more
An apparent terror attack was averted last Friday, November 28, 2015 when at 3.00pm local time, a Benin City-bound ARIK Flight was delayed for over two hours at Nigeria’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Three suspicious men were said to have boarded the aircraft using the same identity cards.... Read more