*Accuses them of collecting 6 months salary without working  The Government of Osun on Friday described the demand of the state striking doctors as impossible in the face of the present economic reality of the country. Government, at a press conference addressed by the Chairman, Osun Special Committee on... Read more

From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Port Harcourt The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) at the weekend intensified recovery of oil from the February 14, 2016 spill at the Forcados Terminal export pipeline. Supported by industry group Clean Nigeria Associates (CNA) and other oil companies, SPDC has deployed specialised... Read more

  The dead body of a nephew to former president Jonathan abducted along with the foster father Chief Inegite Jonathan was on Friday found floating at Otuoke creeks witnesses say. Armed gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had on Wednesday abducted 72-year-old Chief Inegite Jonathan, but the kidnap of the... Read more

  Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental group says it has developed a resource material for environmental monitoring and reporting for use in Niger Delta Communities. Rev. Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of HOMEF said on Tuesday that the resource was developed to assist communities that host oil... Read more

The Nigerian Army has temporarily relocated the tactical headquarters of its 14 Brigade headquarters from Ohafia to Aba in a bid to curb the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). The Commanding Officer, 14... Read more

  Following the massive deployment of soldiers to forstall renewed sabotage on oil pipelines, the Ijaw Youths Council, (IYC) has faulted the deployment of more troops to secure oil facilities in the Niger Delta region saying that such deployment had yielded little results in the past. It will be... Read more

The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has denied report by an Abuja-based national newspaper that his  convey caused an accident along  the Kubwa Expressway in Abuja on Tuesday. Umahi, in a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, said it was unfortunate that his convoy... Read more

 …Accuses striking state doctors of collecting six months salaries without work The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has on Thursday commended members of the Association of Local Government Medical Officers of Health in Nigeria, Osun Branch for demonstrating clear understanding of their duties by committing themselves to the... Read more

As the crime of kidnapping gradually rears its ugly head in Abia, Governor Ikpeazu has vowed that any house, premises or facilities which harbour any gang of criminals, particularly kidnappers will be pulled down by the state. He said any compound where a kidnapper lives and any hotel or... Read more

By Ken Nwogbo Leo Stan Ekeh, Icon of Hope is 60! And for his family, friends and associates; words cannot express their love, respect and admiration for Nigeria’s quintessential businessman. He is an inspirational motto, lesson as well as a reminder to all that leadership is not the rare... Read more