Plot to impeach Saraki, Dogara: PDP Reps ask Nigerians to resist illegal invasion of NASS
ABUJA—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus in the House of Representatives, yesterday, raised the alarm over alleged grand design by the Presidency to invade National Assembly to impose a new leadership in both legislative chambers.
Group warns presidency against heating up polity over defections
A youth group, Ethnic Nationalities Youth Presidents of Nigeria, ENYPN, has cautioned the presidency and the national assembly members against heating up the polity over the defection of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and some governors from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and warned them against truncating the nation’s democracy.
Police nab kidnappers of Kogi monarch, cleric
OPERATIVES of Kogi State Police Command have arrested five suspects said to be behind the kidnap of a traditional ruler, a catholic cleric and the recent spate of robberies on Okene-Lokoja Road.
Akpabio: PDP senators begin search for replacement
SENATE caucus of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has begun moves to replace Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom North-West) and regretted not getting rid of him earlier.
NEMA woos insurance coys to mitigate effects of disaster in S-East
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday said it was working to collaborate with insurance companies to mitigate the effect of disaster in the South-East.
1,602 Bauchi pilgrims to perform 2018 Hajj
No fewer than 1,602 Muslim pilgrims from Bauchi State are expected to perform the 2018 Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Nigeria records declining rig count, as OPEC shows minus 13
Nigeria’s rig count for the month of June showed a slight decline of minus one, having recorded 32 as against 33 recorded in May, at a time the 14-member Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), showed a decline of minus 13.
Isoko Unity group endorses Okowa for 2nd term
MAJOR political stakeholders in Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta state under the aegis of Unity Group have thrown their weight for the re- election of the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa in 2019.
US investors vow to revamp Nigercem
A team of foreign investors from the United States of America, yesterday, promised to ensure the revitalization of the moribund premier Cement Company, popularly called NIGERCEM located in Nkalagu in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State.
Oriental Energy Resources Limited renders free medicare to 4,000 villagers in A’Ibom communities
ENWANG- MORE than 4,000 patients from Enwang, Ebughu, Effiat, Uda and Udesi communities in Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, received free medical treatment from a team of medical experts sponsored by Oriental Energy Resources Limited, an indigenous oil firm at the Primary Healthcare, Enwang, headquarters of the council, recently.
Security chiefs behind oil bandits, Rivers monarch screams
PORT HARCOURT: CHAIRMAN, Ogoni Council of Paramount Rulers, Ogoni, Rivers State, High Chief Barisi Kpaama, has raised the alarm over the menace of oil thieves in his domain and other parts of Niger Delta region, alleging that some security chiefs were aiding and abetting the criminals.
