The Police in Katsina State has confirmed 30 persons killed by bandits in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said that the victims were killed in Tsauwa and Dankar villages in the area. He... Read more

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November governorship election, Douye Diri, has been sworn in as the governor of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State. The inauguration took place at government house, Yenagoa, the state capital today, Friday, February 14, 2020. Delivering his inaugural speech, Senator Douye Diri... Read more

From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. Barely three weeks after the Bayelsa Police Command freed a six year old kidnap victim, the Command on Thursday said it foiled another incident and freed two victims kidnapped on Wednesday. The kidnappers met a resistance when policemen responding to a distress call accosted them... Read more

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up to audit the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in its latest findings released on Thursday has alleged that the commission fraudulently awarded more than N1trillion worth of contract in seven months. The IMC said its findings indicated that the... Read more

Governor  Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has called on Traditional Rulers from the South-South to work in unity to advance the development of the political zone. He made the call on Tuesday in Government House, Port Harcourt when he hosted the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo,Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II,... Read more

• Urge South-West govs to ignore attorney general • Region’s governors will respond appropriately, says Fayemi Just five days after the launch of the South-West’s security outfit, Amotekun, a test of might is brewing over it. The dramatis personae are in two groups. On one hand are the South-West... Read more

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN) has described the new security outfit in the South-West( Operation Amotekun) as illegal. He said the security and defence of the country are within the exclusive duties of the Federal Government. He said no state government, whether singly or... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated a 50-member Contracts’ Verification Committee to confirm and document projects and contracts in the nine Niger Delta states, as part of the process to redirect the Commission’s activities. Inaugurating the committee at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Acting Managing... Read more

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 governorship election in Abia State, Alex Otti, which sought to unseat Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Delivering a lead judgement, Justice Hamiru Sanusi held... Read more