The Ijaw Youth Council IYC has called on the Federal Government to have an economic plan as an alternative for the people of the Niger Delta region who are involve in the oil bunkering activities and illegal refinery before stopping them from accessing their only means of livelihood... Read more
Edo FA Wants Falode In Women’s Football Revolution
Sports October 26, 2015
The Edo State Football Association led by highly experienced sports journalist, Frank Ilaboya, has added fillip to the questions being raised by administrators of the game and said that Edo Queens Chairperson’s, formerly known as Inneh Queens, Aisha Falode has the capacity to turn things around. Ilaboya, who... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has proposed a budget of N350 billion for the 2016 fiscal year. Christened “Budget of Deep Vision”, the 2016, which is Ayade’s first budget as governor represents 273.7% increase over the 2015 appropriation bill of the immediate... Read more
Ex-militant leader orders followers to disarm, urges Buhari to include them in Amnesty scheme
News October 25, 2015
The leader of Ifalibabou Revolutionary Movement, ( IRM),a former militant group in Niger Delta, Gen. Keithy Sese has urged his followers still in the creeks to drop their arms and engage the Buhari administration through lawful channels. In a statement he issued on Sunday in Yenagoa, Sese, also... Read more
Electricity: UMAHI directs EEDC to reconnect Afikpo communities
Nigeria October 25, 2015
The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has called on the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to restore electricity to communities in Afikpo North Local Government Area on or before Monday next week. Governor Umahi made the appeal at Government House Abakaliki when the management and board of the EEDC... Read more
The Nigerian Army on Thursday sought to partner with the Ebonyi State Government in area of agriculture to achieve collective gains. The Chief Transformation/Innovation Officer of the Army, Maj. Gen. Edward Nze, disclosed this when he led a delegation from the Army headquarters in Abuja on a courtesy visit ... Read more
Political prisoners and the call for Biafra
Opinion October 24, 2015
By Olufemi Olu-Kayode I am not a Biafran and neither am I igbo. I do however believe that it is the inalienable right of any human being or ethnic nationality to aspire to be free and to be able to determine their own destiny. The right of self-determination is... Read more
The Lagos State Government has urged citizens in the state to remain calm but very vigilant as the Police and other security agencies intensify their efforts to rid the state of hoodlums, armed robbers and suspected terrorists. Speaking against the background of the arrest by the Department of State... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Aggrieved youths in Cross River have questioned the integrity of the National/State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal in Cross River State and demanded for the probe and suspension of the current President, Court of Appeal in Nigeria. They voiced their grievances in Calabar... Read more
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has nullified the gubernatorial election held in the state on April 11, 2015. The three-man tribunal chaired by Justice Suleiman Ambursa nullified the declaration of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the... Read more
