A civil rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has raised the alarm over the likely extra-judicial execution of two Nigerians detained in police custody in Ogun State. In a statement issued on Saturday, Executive Chairman of the CHRSJ, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman stated that... Read more
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have expressed shock at the donation of N200 million of State’s funds to victims of killings of the Fulani herdsmen massacres in Benue State by Governor Nyesom Wike “whereas victims of killings and criminality in various parts of Rivers State... Read more
Cultism is a malaise that government needs to tackle in a very fundamental way–Ebri
News November 1, 2017
Former Governor of Cross River, member of the defunct Constituent Assembly, Economist and All Progressives’ Congress (APC) Chieftain, Chief Clement Ebri spoke with newsmen recently on national issues. Chief Ebri dwelt on burning national issues in Nigeria including cultism, restructuring and monkey pox. Dianabasi Effiong, who was there brings you the... Read more
Nigerians have been urged to build a nation of our collective dream where freedom, peace and unity reign. The immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, stated this in his Independence Day message to Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 57th independence celebration. According to the... Read more
Radio Bayelsa GM on N2.5 m ‘tackles station’s accountant for recovering staff loan deductions from advert revenue
News July 16, 2017
The General Manager of Radio Bayelsa Mr John Idumange has raised alarm over the disappearance of N2.5 million revenue accruing from outside broadcast of the station. Idumange who withheld N1.7 million loan repayments to a commercial bank said on Friday that he had submitted a written petition... Read more
The gang of kidnappers who abducted Mrs. Edith Moron, the wife of the Principal of Gbanrainowei Grammar School, Okolobiri, Bayelsa have demanded a ransom of N3 million to free her. Mr. Moron Pereowei who confirmed the kidnap of his wife said that the abductors of his wife had... Read more
50 year old man defiles 15 month old baby in Bayelsa
News June 22, 2017
A 50 year old man was on Wednesday arrested over alleged defilement of a 15 month old baby at the Swali area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital. Chairperson of Bayelsa chapter of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Mrs Dise Ogbise said on Wednesday that the arrest followed... Read more
The Cross River Government says that no fewer than 750, 000 children would be reached in the 2017 school-based deworming programme across the state. The state’s resolve was stated in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Calabar by Mr Thomas Igbang, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Coordinator... Read more
Dickson intervention ended IYC leadership tussle Aide
News June 12, 2017
Mr Kennedy Tonjo-West, Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa Gov. Seriake Dickson  on Niger Delta Youth Matters, says the intervention of the governor in the Ijaw youths leadership crisis led to a peaceful resolution. Two factions of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) emerged from separate elections conducted in Burutu, Delta,... Read more
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwright, has commended Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State for developing infrastructure in the state barely two years of his administration. Arkwright,made the commendation during a state banquet organised in his honour by the state government in Abakaliki on Sunday night.... Read more
