The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta said Sunday night that it has arrested six suspected pirates behind the attack that killed four of its soldiers and a Policemen at Nembe in Bayelsa. The Bayelsa Police Command had on Saturday confirmed that an attack on Nember waterways... Read more
Bayelsa government has applauded President Muhammad Buhari for approving the implementation of the UNEP report on clean up of Ogoni land. Buhari on August 5 approved the constitution of Board of Trustees for the Ogoni Trust Fund and the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) governing council. The President... Read more
The Bayelsa government on Sunday condoled with the Chief of Army Staff. Maj.- Gen. Tukur Buratai and the families of the five slain security officers by unknown gunmen over the weekend in the State. It will be recalled that Bayelsa Police Command on Saturday confirmed that an attack... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Court of Appeal in Calabar has dismissed an interlocutory appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party challenging the Ntional Assembly election petition tribunal’s refusal to allow them delete statements on oath of the petitioner’s witnesses in the suit filed by Senator Bassey Otu against Senator Gershom... Read more
Former Commissioners for Transport and Sports under the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson, Mrs. Marie Ebikake and Ebikitin Diongoli have warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against supporting Dickson for re-election, saying his candidature would spell doom for the party. They said the party will lose woefully under the... Read more
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Washington, DC – Nigeria-USA Chamber of Commerce board of directors on Friday August 7, 2015 paid a courtesy call to the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United States, Prof Ade Adefuye at the Nigeria Embassy, Washington DC. The board visited the ambassador to share the... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Calabar on Thursday received more than 455 illegal immigrants repatriated from Gabon to Nigeria on charges that they did not possess valid travelling documents while in Gabon. Cross River Comptroller of NIS, Mrs Funke Adeuyi, disclosed... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari was determined to deal with eminent public officers holders of Niger Delta extraction, especially persons believed to be close to former President Goodluck Jonathan. The IYC in a statement by its spokesman,... Read more
Ebonyi state government has pledged to partner UNICEF in the training of teachers to ensure quality education in the state. Governor Dave Umahi,made this known in Abakaliki when he received in audience, the country representative of UNICEF,Nigeria and ECOWAS,Ms.Jean Gough, on Monday. Governor Umahi, who restated that his administration... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa A Yenagoa based socio-political group, the Bayelsa Democratic and Development Initiative (BDDI), has thrown its weight behind Mr Reuben Okoya, as governorship aspirant for the Dec. 5 governorship race. The group’s Executive Secretary, Mr Ekiyor Welson, said this at a news conference in... Read more
