Coalition of Human Rights Groups in Nigeria (CHRGN) has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to face its core mandate of prosecuting suspects. The group advised the EFCC to channel its efforts to diligent prosecution to achieve convictions and desist its media trial of accused persons in... Read more

The United Nations, UN, has undertaken to work with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to facilitate the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The Permanent Representative of the United Nations in Nigeria, Ambassador Edward Kallon, made the pledge while endorsing the strategies for intervention in the region... Read more

Concerned stakeholders in Bayelsa have asked the Governor Seriake Dickson-led government to properly fund education, rather than engaging in rhetorics and propaganda to score political points. The stakeholders made their positions known at the weekend during a public hearing on “Compulsory Primary and Secondary Education Bill, 2017”, organised by... Read more

PRESS RELEASE We the people of the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity Movement (RSM) – a newly born aggressive but non-violent umbrella body for all intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta Region, having lived together in the past as a... Read more

June 8, 2017 Press Release   The Directorate of State (DOS) of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is glad to announce that it has adopted the Referendum Template of the Lower Niger Congress (LNC). As one of the pro-Biafra organizations, IPOB wishes to state that the LNC Referendum... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong   The Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed release of N375.8 million to the first batch of 20 providers of information under the Whistle blower Policy.   A statement made available to our correspondent by Salisu Dambatta, Director (information) in the Ministry, explained... Read more

  President, Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-azzez Suleima (left); President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima and North Central Coordinator, Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Mohammed Eneji Abdulhamid, at the presentation of a joint paper on the Igbo’s persistence for secession in Kaduna …yesterday. • Ask relatives in S’ East... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed two more Memoranda of Understanding, MOU, as part of the new management’s strategy and vision to drive sustainable development in the Niger Delta region.   The MOUs signed on Wednesday with Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND and BudgIT... 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