By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, yesterday, at a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari, appealed to him to prevail on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to begin oil and gas exploration in the Gongola basin. The Governor also urged the President to come to […]

Says Programme owes contractors N71.4b By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The interim Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) yesterday said that the programme, which was meant to train and rehabilitate ex-agitators, has been derailed from its original focus by endemic corruption. Dikio also told State House correspondents after meeting […]

These women are Widows, some have lost children & wards… Listen to them #EndSARS pic.twitter.com/VdqeI4ToTF — The Souvenir Whisperer🍓🎗️ (@Inzaghi1) October 9, 2020

…Says over N3 trillion for debt services massive By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said the idea of new borrowing of over N4 trillion to finance a deficit in 2021 budget was worrisome. National Secretary of CUPP, High Chief Peter Ameh, who made the remarks, while reacting to […]

By Benjamin Njoku Multi-award-winning Nigerian Afro-fusion musician, two-time recipient of BET’s Best International Act award and MTV Europe Music Award’s Best African Act, Burna Boy, has been announced as a performer for the 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards Ceremony. The home-grown international music star, who has also recently been nominated for “Best African Act” at the […]

By Emma Amaize, Asaba Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, has voiced deep concern at the low-cut appropriations by President Muhammadu Buhari to projects in the Niger-Delta region in the 2021 Appropriation Bill forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. The group in […]

Idowu Bankole The Nigeria Police Public Relation Officer, Mr Frank Mba has described some o the protesters as arms dealers who are involved in shady deals and other vices. Speaking at the ChannelsTV breakfast show, Frank Mba revealed that most of those involved in the protests have something to hide. Also read: Police commence investigation […]

The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has condemned the reported killing of a policeman in Ughelli, Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Etaga Stanley, a police corporal, believed to be an indigene of Ughelli South council area, reportedly lost his life on Thursday during #EndSARS protests in Ughelli town. […]

Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on Friday said that the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) is a tool for fostering developmental regulation and ensuring digital economy. Pantami said this at the Public Presentation of the NDPR Performance Report, 2019-2020, by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja. The NDPR, […]

By Femi Bolaji The Tiv cultural and social association in Taraba state have pledged to work with the committee set up by Taraba state government to rehabilitate those displaced by the Tiv, Jukun conflict. This came a day after governor Darius Ishaku inaugurated a committee for the resettlement of displaced persons in Chonku and Asa […]