DELTA State House of Assembly aspirant, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, has called on the Itsekiri ethnic nationality to join forces with the Ijaw to develop Warri and fight their common enemies, which he described as poverty, oil multinationals and the Federal Government.
As part of the on-going constitutional amendment, the House of Representatives will consider boundary adjustment during the state creation to be embarked on by the National Assembly
INDUSTRIALISTS and other stakeholders in Sapele/Okpe community, Delta State, have expressed interest in the purchase of the Sapele Power Station, located in Sapele, which the Federal Government had put up for sale.
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, have quizzed 22 lawmakers of Plateau State House of Assembly in connection with N880 million constituency project funds they allegedly got in 2007 and 2008.
Another warped reasoning in Isyaku Ibrahim’s interview was his explanation of why the South-South should be grateful to the North. “When Biafrans invaded the Mid-Western region, it was the Nigerian Army, led by Murtala (Muhammed) that liberated the Mid-West … And that war was executed with the money from groundnut, cocoa, cotton, tin, etc, because the oil area was cut off … With all their talking, they were not in a position even to defend the oil.â€
THERE was pandemonium yesterday at the Government Reservation Area, GRA, in Benin City, Edo State, when a senior lecturer in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Benin, UNIBEN, Dr Balvant Rai, an Indian, was found dead few meters from his home.
The Nigerian police yesterday arraigned a 31-year-old man, Mr Adamu Danladi, before an Abuja Magistrate court on the allegation that he brutally raped a 6-year-old girl and left her unconscious
THE leadership tussle at the Tansian University, Oba, Anambra State, has taken a new dimension as unknown persons drafted about 15 stern-looking mobile policemen to the institution, who blocked the gates and scared workers and visitors
THE Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, yesterday faulted report of reactivated presidential task force which asked the Federal Government to raised bonds to finance the settlement of workers of NITEL/MTEL
FRESH crisis is looming in the Edo State House of Assembly, following plans by members of the House to impeach the Speaker, Bright Omokhodion, for alleged dictatorial tendencies and failure to check the executive.
I HAVE watched the unfolding race for the presidency with a measure of amusement at what I consider some lack of seriousness in the build-ups among the contenders. Let me start with the president, the sole Southern candidate, because we now know for sure he will run.
Following the increasing spate of allegations of brutality and unprovoked harassment leveled against officers of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend John Onaiyekan, has called upon Nigerians to commit the seeming problem of insecurity in the country in the hands of God
EXECUTIVE Assistant to the Governor on Micro Credit Programme, Dr. Antonia Ashiedu, said yesterday that the recent oil spillage at Chevron yard in Ekpan could have snowballed into another round of restiveness in the area but for the timely intervention of the State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan.
No other university in the country has deepened its scholarship scheme as University of Lagos (UNILAG) with massive awards to students, capturing the physically challenged, indigent, outstanding sportsmen and women, students with leadership qualities and scholars (academically brilliant) drawn from all the faculties at various levels with nothing less than 4.50 Cumulative Grade Points Aggregate (CGPA).
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