Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, on Monday, inaugurated Abia Traditional Rulers’ Council, urging royal fathers to promote peace, justice and development in the state.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike Monday said he has driven more development into Ijaw land in less than five years than his Bayelsa counterpart, Seriake Dickson has done for Ijaws as he approaches the end of his eight years reign as Governor.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of attacking peaceful protesters who came out on Monday to advocate for the release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and other persons allegedly arrested unconstitutional by the Department of the State Service, DSS.

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has waded into the dispute between Govs. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa and Nyesom Wike of Rivers over oil.

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos Chapter, on Monday congratulated the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mohammad Sanusi, over his recent contract extension for another five years in office. Lagos State SWAN Chairman, Debo Oshundun, in a statement, said that the re-appointment of Sanusi was a confirmation of the remarkable achievement […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said on Monday its coordinated joint security operations against all insurgents, bandits and other criminal elements across the country have yielded great results in the last three months. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu stated this while briefing journalists on the operational activities of DHQ during the year […]

The alliance among Imo political leaders especially governorship aspirants will begin immediately after the supreme court decides on the Imo governorship poll. 

Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have appealed to management to review downward the current tuition fees and other charges in the institution.

…Activates reconciliation machinery By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, waded into the disagreement between Governors Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, over recent disputes between the two states. In a release signed by the party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP national […]

Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the new appointments into parastatals under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The President in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, appointed Prof. Adeolu Akande to replace Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye as Chairman, Board of Commissioners, at the […]

Jihadists armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades killed six Nigerian soldiers in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, security sources said. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group attacked a patrol outside Tungushe, a village 22 kilometres (13 miles) from the Borno State capital Maiduguri, they said Monday. “Two patrol vans […]

Bank customers in Kano on Monday commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for reviewing downward its policy on bank charges on Sunday. Some of the customers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano, expressed happiness over the announcement of the policy. Malam Usman Baffa, a trader at Kwari […]

On Saturday the 14th day of December, 2019, passengers onboard G.U.O. transport heading to Port Harcourt were kidnapped in AHOADA, a town just before Rivers state.

After about two weeks of media silence,  the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has scheduled a live broadcast tomorrow, where he would pass his Christmas message to his people.

By Sam Eyoboka Northern States Christian Elders Forum, NOSCEF, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari, to give the Christian community in the country Christmas gift by ensuring the release of Leah Sharibu from what the forum described as “the brutal custody of the Boko Haram.” NOSCEF said, “We plead with the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to […]