HOSTCOM tells Okowa to give DESOPADEC N4b derivation money
NATIONAL Coordinator of the Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSTCOM), Prince Maikpobi Okareme, Friday, asked the governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to pay N4 billion, being 50 per cent of the 13 per cent derivation collected by the state government for the month of May to the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC.
Let APC work and let this system work – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that all APC faithful must collectively come together to rise above the current crisis threatening to engulf the party.
Buhari condemns Borno attacks, asks terrorists to stop abasement of Islam
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja condemned the latest wave of killings by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno, describing them as most inhuman and barbaric and that they should stop abasement of Islam.
Tambuwal orders probe of death of suspect in NSCDC custody
Sokoto – Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has directed its Human Rights Agency to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of a 38-year-old Jamilu Abdullahi. Abdullahi was reported dead while in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Sokoto State Command. A statement by Tambuwal’s spokesman, Malam Imam […]
Obama’s grandmother to cook for president on Kenya trip
President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed Friday to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East African nation, the birthplace of his father, later this month.
15-yr-old female suicide bomber kills 12 in mosque: witness, vigilante
A young female suicide bomber killed 12 worshippers when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, a witness and a vigilante aiding the military against Boko Haram said Friday.
