Buhari directs emergency response to Benue, as flood displaces 100,000
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to immediately mobilise personnel and resources to come to the aid of the victims of the flooding in Benue State.
Ambode donates N5m to widow of burnt kidnap victim
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has donated N5million to the widow and children of Osaze Omorogbe, a community leader killed and burnt by kidnappers for leading security agents to foil their operation.
Ikpoba Okhai group boosts Obaseki’s environmental programme
THE efforts being made by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State to ensure a clean environment received a great boost yesterday, as a group in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state embarked on the distribution of over 3,000 free waste baskets among commercial bus drivers and passers-by.
Ugbarojo Omaja debunks Ologbotsere family’s claims on title
Members of Ugbarojo Omaja (Assembly of Itsekiri Masses) have rejected title claim by Ologbotsere Family of Warri Kingdom credited to Mr. William Anukun, Secretary General to the family, describing it as false.
Ativie’s counsel seeks forensic experts to vary Oshiomhole’s signature
COUNSEL to the embattled former Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, Mr Olayiwola Afolabi has called for forensic experts to compare the signature of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole with that in the letter he allegedly wrote the former Deputy Speaker, giving official vehicles to her to authenticate whether they were genuine or not.
Nigeria to save N37.75bn annually as Oando tackles petroleum discharge bottlenecks
Nigeria is expected to save about $120 million or N37.75 billion (going by the current exchange rate of N314.65 to a dollar) in demurrage annually, following Oando Plc’s construction of first mid-stream jetty in the country.
Delta LG polls: Youths mobilise for Asagba
Sapele—MEMBERS of Delta Political Vanguard Youths have taken to the streets of Sapele, Delta State, in support of Mr. Paul Asagba, who is contesting for the chairmanship of Sapele LGA in the forthcoming council polls in the state.
Benue workers shun gov’s plea, declare one week warning strike
Despite appeals by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to workers in the state to shelve their threat to down tools over backlog of unpaid wages, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, at an emergency congress yesterday, declared a one week warning strike scheduled to commence on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.
Killing of Delta PDP chieftain has political undertone —Police
Delta State Police Command, yesterday, said the killing of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and chairman of the party in Ward 4, Okpe Local Government Area of the state, Mr. Felix Okugbeni, had “political undertones,” adding that the police have arrested three persons in connection with the incident.
Ika PDP stakeholders to bridge information gap on Okowa’s achievements
PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders in all political wards of Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, have resolved to bridge the information gap between the state government and Deltans with a view to informing the people of the state of the achievements of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration since assuming office in 2015.
Naira appreciates as CBN injects $297m
The naira, yesterday, further appreciated in the parallel market even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected $297 million into the interbank foreign exchange market.
