The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has denied the existence of a new PDP in the state, saying the party remained a united body marching ahead to fulfill its destiny as laid down by the founding fathers.   In a statement in Yenagoa, the ,Secretary of PDP... Read more

By: Diana Okon-Effiong The Cross River Government says it expects residents of flood-prone communities to comply with its earlier admonition to relocate to safer areas to save lives. The government’s position was restated Thursday in Calabar by Mr David Akate, the Director of Information, for the State Emergency Management... Read more

From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has appealed to key players in Taraba politics to desist from turning it to “State of Impunity’’. He sated this in Calabar in an interview with journalists at the on-going bar conference at Tinapa Resort. According to Falana... Read more

The 600-metre bridge across the Qua Iboe River in Akwa Ibom State, built by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been completed and would be officially handed over to the benefiting communities soon. Inspecting the 6.7-kilometre Iko-Atabrikang-Opolom-Iwuo Achang road and the 600-metre bridge on Friday, the acting Managing... Read more

President Goodluck Jonathan will launch an agricultural initiative at the opening of this year’s Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) 19 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja today (Tuesday). The programme, referred to as Nagropreneurs programme, is targeted at encouraging youths into commercial agriculture. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural... Read more

President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, said that the 14-year-rule of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a blessing to the Nigeria. In a speech to the Special National Convention of the ruling party, Jonathan hailed the numerous achievements in many sectors of the country including communication, power, education and transportation as... Read more

Nigeria charged two of its citizens on Wednesday with assisting an Iranian militant cell in planning possible attacks on Israeli targets, alleging that one had travelled to Tehran and Dubai to receive cash and had known about spying on Israeli interests. The secret service (SSS) arrested Abdullahi Mustapha Berende... Read more

Exercising powers that are exclusively reserved for the Federal Government of Nigeria in the conduct of international relations, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso whose state does not boast of the best of education funding and standards, has confirmed channeling more than N1 billion (about $6.5 million) of the state’s... Read more

From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar,   President Goodluck Jonathan has  commended the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association for its choice  of “Law , Leadership and challenges of Nationhood in the 21st Century Nigeria’’ as theme for its 2013 conference. He sated this in an address at the flag-off of... Read more