Niger Delta: FG, Militants’ dialogue without Ijaw leaders will fail – Clark
Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Saturday said that any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in the Niger Delta would not yield result without involvement of Ijaw leaders....
View ArticleRivers PDP petitions IGP over alleged attachment of anti-terrorism personnel...
The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, said it was shocked that despite the subsisting police order withdrawing and cancelling attachment of officers of Counter...
View ArticleNiger Delta militants not behind attacks in Lagos, Ogun – IYC
The spokesperson for the Ijaw Youth Council, Eric Omare, has exonerated Niger Delta militants from the recent attacks in Lagos and Ogun States. Omare said those terrorising the south western states had...
View ArticlePrison break: Kogi Governor insists on FG’s investigation
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has asked the Federal Government to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the jailbreak at Koton Karfe Prison Yard in the...
View ArticleRio 2016: Nigeria may repeat Atlanta 1996 success – Amuneke
National U-20 team coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has expressed optimism that the present U-23 squad to the Olympic Games in Brazil will repeat a feat achieved by the Dream Team 1 in Atlanta 96. Amuneke...
View ArticleAnenih remains suspended, he must answer query – Sheriff
Factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Sunday insisted that a former chairman of the board of trustees of the party, Chief Tony Anenih must reply a query...
View ArticleFG to start paying ex-militants’ stipends on Monday
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd), has disclosed that former Niger Delta militants will start...
View ArticleDogara, Jibrin in show of shame; save NASS from corrupt officials – NGO begs...
Mr Olusegun Bamgbose, Coordinator, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria, an NGO, on Tuesday in Abuja, stressed the need to save the National Assembly from corrupt officials. Bamgbose made the call in an...
View ArticleRivers United Coach gives update on players, official involved in auto crash
Stanley Eguma, the Coach of Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt, said on Tuesday that four players and official involved in an accident have been discharged from the hospital. Eguma disclosed this to the...
View ArticleObama, Clinton plotting to rig US presidential election – Trump
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump says he believes the United States presidential election scheduled for November 8 will be rigged. Trump, who is up against former Secretary of State,...
View ArticleObama, Clinton plotting to rig US presidential election – Trump
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump says he believes the United States presidential election scheduled for November 8 will be rigged. Trump, who is up against former Secretary of State,...
View ArticleNigerians reject life pension for ex-Governors, legislators
As the conversation on life pension for legislators and former governors continues, many Nigerians have opposed the idea. The issue of payment of life pension to governors, their deputies, National...
View ArticleMy husband will never renounce Biafra – Nnamdi Kanu’s wife tells Buhari
The wife of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, has denied her husband is giving up on the fight for independence. This is coming following reports that...
View ArticleScores wounded as car crashes in Zamfara [PHOTOS]
Tragedy was Tuesday averted as a car conveying about five commuters crashed in Zamfara state. The accident happened at Danmarke Maru Local Government Area of the state at about 4pm. The vehicle, a Golf...
View ArticleMurdered monarch: Plateau Government announces N10million reward
The Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday said a N10 million reward has been put in place for anyone who will give useful information that will lead to the arrest of those who killed the Saf Ron...
View ArticleWe will do everything possible to flush out vandals, militants from Lagos –...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday vowed to flush out vandals and militants out of the state. Ambode said this when the Acting Inspector General of Police, Idris Kpotun...
View ArticleRio 2016 Olympics: Oliseh calls for support for Team Nigeria
Former coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has asked Nigerians to support the Nigerian contingent to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Oliseh was a member of the U-23 team, that won the gold...
View ArticleSani-Omolori confirmed Clerk of National Assembly
Mohammed Sani Omolori has emerged as the substantive Clerk of the National Assembly. Until his appointment, Sani-Omolori was the acting clerk following the expiration of the tenure of former clerk,...
View ArticleAbia crisis: It’s treasonable to sack Ikpeazu – Iwuanyanwu
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has described as treasonable, the attempt by some politicians to remove the Abia State Governor, Dr...
View ArticleDankwambo appoints Goje’s son as MD of Gombe Leasing Company
Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has appointed the son of former governor Danjuma Goje as Special Adviser and Managing Director of Gombe Leasing Company. Alhaji Ahmad Danjuma Goje, who...
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