Traditional Ruler Wants Government Support For Media Industry
Chief Obukohwo Whiskey (Udurhie 1), Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom in Jesse, Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta, has urged the  Federal Government to intervene and prevent collapse of media industry in Nigeria.    Whiskey said this when he spoke with newsmen in Benin on Sunday.   He... Read more
Sylva Moves To Avert Looming Strike Threatening Chevron’s 140,000 bpd Output
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has taken steps to avert an impending industrial action at Agbami Offshore Oilfield  operated by Chevron Nigeria  Limited (CNL). Mr Lumumba Okugbawa, General-Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), said this in a telephone conversation  on... Read more
Rivers Government Ditects Police Authorities, Culpable Officers To Compensate Victims Of Police Brutality
Rivers State Executive Council has directed that compensations to victims of acts of violence, torture, brutality, murder and violation of fundamental rights committed by the Nigerian Police should be paid by the police authority or the officers who perpetrated the offense. The decision was taken after  the five-man committee... Read more
Rivers State Cassava Processing Factory Set For Inauguration
Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says his administration has successfully completed the State cassava processing factory that will buy-off cassava tubers from 3000 Rivers farmers regularly. At a presentation of processed cassava flour to him and members of the Rivers State Executive Council on Wednesday, by members of... Read more
Oti Elected First Female Vice Chancellor Of FUTO
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Owerri has elected Professor Nnenna Oti as the new Vice-Chancellor for the Institution. Until her appointment, Prof. Nnenna Oti was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). Prof. (Mrs) Oti is a Professor of Soil... Read more
Hold Ihejirika, Dambazau, Buratai, Others Responsible For Arms Purchase, COAS Tells Reps
Stakeholders Fault Rights Commission Bill Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has distanced himself from any wrongdoing in the procurement of arms and ammunition running into billions of naira from 2011 till date. Appearing before the Olaide Akinremi–– led House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the... Read more
Estate Agent Accuses Sunday Igboho Of Fraud, Petitions IGP
A real estate agent in Ibadan, Oyo State, Alhaji Waheed Adetunji, has said the recent police invitation to Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho was meant to question him over his involvement in alleged criminal acts, not because of his agitation for Yoruba nation. Adetunji, a complainant, provided some... Read more
Many Feared Dead, Houses Burnt As Suspected Herdsmen Attack Another Ebonyi Community
Many have allegedly lost their lives and houses burnt down by suspected herdsmen who reportedly attacked a village in Ngbo community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State in the early hours of today, Monday, April 12, 2021. “The attack, which has been described as unprecedented, affected Ebele... Read more
Trans Kalabari Road Project: Kalabari Elite Group Lauds Gov. Wike
The Rivers State Government has reassured the people of the state that Gov. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s administration will remain resolute and devoted in deliverinfg on every project it embarks on. The assurance was given when a delegation of the Kengema Kobiri Forum of Kalabari kingdom, paid a visit on... Read more
Ancient Igbo-Ukwu Town Begins Renaissance Of ‘Igbu Ichi’ To Preserve Igbo Tradition
The people of Igbo-Ukwu community in Anambra has said  plans were on to revive the traditional ‘Igbu Ichi’ rites, as a way of keeping and preserving the cultural heritage of the people reputed to be the cradle of Igbo civilisation.   The community said that they were disturbed by... Read more