Ondo swears in 4 new commissioners
GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state yesterday sworn in four new Commissioners with an advise to their friends and family members not to put undue pressure on them.
Bayelsa Polls: Asari-Dokubo gives FG 7-day ultimatum to hands off alleged rigging plot
Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), has given the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government one week ultimatum to hands off alleged plan to rig the governorship election in Bayelsa State and install the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva, as winner.
Rep decries poor state of federal roads in Abia
Worried by the deplorable condition of federal roads in Aba and environs, the member representing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ossy Prestige, has cried out, fearing that the city may shutdown if nothing is urgently done to fix the roads.
Lawyers urge Buhari to probe electoral killings in Bayelsa
A GROUP, Lawyers in Defence of Democracy, LDD, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order investigation into the alleged role of security agents in the violence that characterised the Bayelsa State governorship election.
Ambode inaugurates c’ttee to boost power supply
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,Thursday, inaugurates committee to boost household and business power supply, with a charge on them to work assiduously to create an enabling environment that will ensure 24-hour power supply to residents in the state.
Supreme Court decides Rev King’s death sentence Feb 26
The judgement on the appeal filed by the General Overseer, Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King, challenging the judgement of a Lagos High Court sentencing him to death by hanging, was on Thursday, fixed for February 26, 2016, by the Supreme Court sitting in Abuja.
Buhari eulogises Kerekou
President Muhammadu Buhari said the late President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin Republic will be long remembered and honoured as a father of his nation and founding father of the ECOWAS.
SERAP to Okonjo-Iweala: Apologise to Nigerians for illegally transferring $322milion Abacha’s loot to Dasuki
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has asked former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo Iweala to “apologise to Nigerians for claiming recently that recovered Abacha loot was transparently spent while she knew that $322m (about N63billion) recovered Abacha funds were inappropriately released to finance the fight against Boko Haram.”
Supplementary Polls: We’ll resist military invasion of Bayelsa State- Ex-militants
Ex-militants under the aegis of Forum of Spokesmen of Ex-Niger Delta Militant Group, have vowed to resist any attempt to militarise Bayelsa State during the rescheduled supplementary election in Southern Ijaw Local government and few other polling units across the State.
It will be a disaster if APC fails Nigerians – Dogara
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to make conscious efforts to fulfil its promises to Nigerians.
Mitchell Elegbe, Ezekwesili, Bukky George bag HBSAN leadership awards
The Harvard Business School Association of Nigeria (HBSAN) has honoured Dr. (Mrs.) Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili; a senior economic advisor with Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) in the Social Impact category, Mr Mitchell Elegbe; Founder and GMD, Interswitch Limited in the General Management category, and Mrs. Bukky George; Founder & CEO of HealthPlus Limited and CasaBella Int’l Limited, in the Entrepreneurship category, for their exceptional leadership and impactful contributions to society.
