The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) on Wednesday condemned the invasion of the residence of King Amalete Turner by operatives of Department of State Security Services on Monday and demanded an unreserved apology. Turner, is the Paramount Ruler of Opume Community in Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa and an... Read more
Nigeria’s Department of State Service (DSS) this evening announced the arrest of a man recruiting Nigerians for dreaded terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In a statement signed by Tony Opuiyo, the DSS said the ISIS recruitment officer was nabbed in Kano along with other terrorists.... Read more
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FINANCE, MRS. KEMI ADEOSUN ON THE OCCASION OF ONE-DAY TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT (TSA) WORKSHOP FOR THE STATES ACCOUNTANTS-GENERAL HELD AT OAGF CONFERENCE HALL, ABUJA ON 8TH FEBRUARY, 2015 All protocols duly and respectfully observed. It is my singular honour and great pleasure to give this keynote address at the opening ceremony... Read more
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the decision by representatives at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a CO2 efficiency Standard for commercial aircraft. The Standard, which has taken six years of painstaking negotiation and technical work, was approved by ICAO’s Committee on Aviation... Read more
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on the National Assembly to come up with a law that will empower states to rehabilitate or construct federal roads in their domain and put toll gates on them. Umahi made the appeal during a thanksgiving service organised by Senator Obinna Ogba ... Read more
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FeaturedPress Releases February 9, 2016
BEING PRESS STATEMENT BY THE 2015 GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF THE APC, RIVERS STATE, DR. DAKUKU ADOL PETERSIDE, ISSUED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE STATE PARTY SECRETARIAT, OLD GRA, PORT HARCOURT ON TUESDAY, 9TH MARCH, 2016. GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS, INTRODUCTION You will recall that on... Read more
The Ebonyi State Government has taken delivery of a new set of D8 bullozers for the tilling of farmlands in preparation for this year’s planting season in the state. Five of the bulldozers which form part of the 13 imported by the the Engr. David Umahi-led government... Read more
The people of Ogun State have never had it so bad than under the administration of Senator IbikunleAmosun as many have been rendered homeless and source livelihood destroyed to pave ways for the road constructions going on in the state. This opinion was expressed in Abeokuta on Friday by... Read more
A Lagos law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Co. has disclosed how Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tricked the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN), into waiting in vain for six hours in a vain bid to bail its Principal Partner and Head of... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Thomas Arkwright, has restated his home country’s resolve to honour a pact with Sweden to extradite Wiki Leaks founder, Mr Julian Assange. The envoy stated this in Calabar in an interview with select journalists at the end... Read more
