Bayelsa: Dickson, Sylva not democrats  —Clark

Bayelsa: Dickson, Sylva not democrats —Clark

FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information an an Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, described Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and former Governor Timipre Sylva as non- democrats who do not know anything about democracy, adding that all they were interested in was grabbing power.
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CHAN: Eagles can do more than bronze — Anyansi-Agwu

CHAN: Eagles can do more than bronze — Anyansi-Agwu

As the Super Eagles prepare to storm Rwanda for the CAF African Nations Championship, Nigeria Football Federation technical committee chairman, Felix Anyasi-Agwu said the team can go all the way to the final.

Pipeline vandals disguise as scavengers, use garbage trucks

Pipeline vandals disguise as scavengers, use garbage trucks

LAGOS—Five suspected pipeline vandals, said to be on the wanted list of the Joint Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism, have been arrested with two dane guns, 23 live cartridges and 23 vehicles used to transport siphoned products recovered from them.

Rubber tappers mistaken  for kidnappers in Delta, shot

Rubber tappers mistaken for kidnappers in Delta, shot

OGHARA—MEMBERS of an Oghara-based vigilance group in Ethiope West Local Government Area, Delta State, tracking a group of kidnappers have shot two rubber tappers, Messrs Raymond Dowe and Happy, working for a contract staff of Pamol Rubber Company.

Coalition of rights groups condemns Abia appeal decision

Coalition of rights groups condemns Abia appeal decision

COALITION for Civil Societies for Credible Election, CCSCE, has condemned what it called “the spate of controversial, incoherent and varying judgments coming from the Court of Appeal,” noting that the trend was “worrisome and disturbing.”

Ecobank’s MyMall to empower 62 SMEs

Ecobank’s MyMall to empower 62 SMEs

Financial services provider, Ecobank, recently launched MyMall, an online trading platform to empower over 62 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) operators already enlisted on the platform.

FOREX hardships cripple tricycle assembly plants

FOREX hardships cripple tricycle assembly plants

DIFFICULTY to accessing foreign exchange to bring in Completely Knocked Down (CKD)parts have started crippling tricycle and motorcycle assembling plants in the country with spillover effects on outsourcing companies that supply labour to the industry.

Missing budget: Senate sets up search c’ttee

Missing budget: Senate sets up search c’ttee

ABUJA — SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki, tacitly admitted, yesterday, that the 2016 budget was missing from the National Assembly, when he openly said a search committee set up by the Senate for the missing document would present its report today.

Gov Ortom, commissioner, BSUTH boss differ on Lassa fever outbreak

Gov Ortom, commissioner, BSUTH boss differ on Lassa fever outbreak

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, his Health Commissioner, Dr. Cecilia Ojabo and the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, Prof. Orkugah Malu, yesterday disagreed over the purported outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.

Missing budget: Senate sets up search c’ttee

Missing budget: Senate sets up search c’ttee

ABUJA — SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki, tacitly admitted, yesterday, that the 2016 budget was missing from the National Assembly, when he openly said a search committee set up by the Senate for the missing document would present its report today.

Bayelsa poll: Hitler hails Jonathan over PDP, Dickson victory

Bayelsa poll: Hitler hails Jonathan over PDP, Dickson victory

A prominent chief in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, Chief Beck Hilter, has commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for the resounding victory by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Governor Seriake Dickson at the Bayelsa State governorship election.

Reps urge FG to provide funds to tackle Lassa fever

Reps urge FG to provide funds to tackle Lassa fever

ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to make available funds to the Ministry of Health, National Centre for Disease Control and other relevant agencies with immediate effect for them to tackle the outbreak of Lassa fever that has claimed many lives.

No more controversy about our salaries — Namdas,  Reps spokesman

No more controversy about our salaries — Namdas, Reps spokesman

Representative Abdulrazaq Namdas is the chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs. In this interview, he laments the lack of coordination by the government on the affairs of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs. He also among others dispels insinuations that budget for federal lawmakers are shrouded in secrecy.