. Task Buhari on NDDC Board Top leaders of the Niger Delta Region on Wednesday reached a consensus on how to consolidate the unity and political stability of the region. They also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Deltans as Chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured that it will continue to support efforts to curb drug abuse in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof Nelson Brambaifa, stated this while addressing participants in the Miss Niger Delta Beauty Queens Unity Walk Campaign Against Drug... Read more

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) says it concluded verification exercise for pensioners from the Civil Service Pension Department (CSPD) and the Police Pension Department (PPD). It also announced the commencement of the second phase of the Parastatals Pensioners’ Verification Exercise. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Sharon Ikeazor, confirmed the... Read more

A Palau flagged Tanker, MT APECUS, hijacked off the coast of Bonny, Nigeria last month has been conducting trading activities in Nigerian waters since 2014 without permit, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said Monday. Nevertheless, the agency said it was committed to rescue the abducted seven... Read more

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has rejected the new guidelines for the accreditation of media organisations and journalists covering the National Assembly The guidelines issued by authorities of the National Assembly (NASS) are due to become effective from June 11 2019. The Guild slammed them as primitive, undemocratic... Read more

  *Evidence of Income tax return now a prerequisite *Bars media not publishing, broadcasting daily   In what appears to be a shocker to news media in Nigeria, the National Assembly on Monday released new guidelines for accreditation of journalists. This is coming barely three weeks to the expiration... Read more

Nigeria’s Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the renewal of appointment of Mr Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, for a second term. This followed the adoption of report of the Committee on Banking Insurance and Other Financial Institutions at plenary presided over by Senate President Bukola... Read more

Oil export from oilfields in parts of Bayelsa has resumed as Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company on Friday said that it has concluded repairs on the 97 km Nembe-Bonny export line that was breached on April 21 by unknown vandals. Mr Ndiana Mathew, Spokesman of Aiteo, operator of... Read more

The election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia today struck out the case against the honourable member Representing Ohafia south constituency, Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu. In a suit No: EPT/AB/HA/11/2019 filed by the candidate of the All Progress Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon. Leonard Eme Umezuruike on the 30th day of March,... Read more

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Monday confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s acceptance of voluntary retirement of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Mr Soji Oye, the council’s Director of Information disclosed this in a statement. “Council held an Emergency Meeting today to take formal note of... Read more