Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday pleaded with journalists to put behind them, the recent impasse involving the Correspondent of Vanguard, Mr. Peter Okutu and The Sun Correspondent, Mr. Chijioke Agwu  and himself.

Governor Hope Uzodinma, on Monday announced that his government has saved the total sum of N2 billion  in their ongoing discovery of padded names in the civil service system in Imo State. 

Says it cannot prevent Coronavirus infection By Chioma Obinna As Lagos State Government commenced enforcement of compulsory use of face masks, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned that several washes, drying and stretching of the fabric mask over time reduce its effectiveness even as it noted that non-medical […]

AT least, 300  rural communities in Enugu have been supplied electricity  by the State Rural Electrification Board as part of the government’s effort to extend development and amenities to the rural areas and halt urban drift.

EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has  demanded for an immediate investigation and empanelling of an independent Judicial Commission of inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the state government plan to renovate/construct the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  office building in Benin City.

IMMEDIATE past Executive Director Projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr Samuel Adjogbe, has called on Nigerians particularly Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray for Nigeria as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.

President General of Edjohe Community, Mr Clement Ufuophu and community leader, Chief Vincent Sito, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have petitioned the Inspector General of Police over alleged threat to their lives by one Mr Zik Gbemre.

THE Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has backed claims by a former IYC President, Alhaji Asari Dokubo that the “Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, is not for all Niger Deltans but for those who took up arms to protest the injustice against the region and voluntarily surrounded their arms and ammunition.”

As the concern generated by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in regards to its economic impact, immediate and future, continues to evolve into a serious global discussion, and especially in Nigeria, a New York-based and the United States of America trained Nigerian expert in Life Coaching, Mr. Andy Oyemi has said that concerns about mental […]

A communal clash between two sister communities of Mbaivur and Mbasombo in Ayati Ikpayongo, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State has reportedly claimed the life of a middle-aged man, Dekuran Nor, with many sustaining severe injuries.

YOUTHS at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, rose against suspected herdsmen, who stormed the Admiralty Neighbourhood Estate in the town to kidnap a victim, Monday, and chased them away.

By Chioma Obinna President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Francis Faduyile has described the newly approved N20, 000 hazard allowance increment as gross underpayment in view of risks involved in the COVID-19 pandemic. Faduyile, in a chat, said although the development is a good gesture, it does not meet the required hazard allowance […]

The operator of OML 30, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, acting on behalf of the joint venture partners, NPDC and Shoreline Natural Resources Limited, donated food items and medical supplies to residents and health facilities across all 112 host communities in OML 30.

Residents of Shell Camp, Owerri, the Imo State capital, were jolted, yesterday, when the lifeless body of a serving police inspector was found lying close to the Shell Camp Primary School.

More details emerged, yesterday of how inmates at the Sapele Prisons, Delta State, overwhelmed authorities of the facility during Monday’s attempted jail break, in which two  inmates escaped.