Justice J. Nwokorie of a Federal High Court in Benin , Edo state has ruled against continued gas flaring in Iwhrekan community, Delta state in a case filed by Mr. Jonah Gbemre for the community against Shell , SPDC,  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, as first, second and third defendants respectively.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti—Former Secretary to the Ekiti State government and All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in the state, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has said agitations for the zoning of the ticket to Ekiti South Senatorial district cannot deprive him of his fundamental rights to vie for the position. Oyebanji, who is from Ekiti Central, […]

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Sunny Onuesoke has said that Nigeria had a better economy under PDP.

By Dayo Johnson The Senator representing Ondo South at the National Assembly, Nicholas Tofowomo, has said that the dismantling of roadblocks on the Sagamu/Ore/Benin highway would ameliorate the frustration of commuters plying the road. The new Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Oyediran Oyeyemi, had, during an unscheduled visit to the Benin/Ore expressway to supervise the […]

By Ochuko Akuopha THE Delta State government has approved the establishment of three independent power plants at Ozoro, Warri and Agbor to boost electricity supply in the state. The state Commissioner for Energy,  Jonathan Ukodiko who disclosed this yesterdya at Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, during the Conference of the Isoko Development Union, IDU, […]

EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state that he will not negotiate behind the party leaders as the 2023 general elections draw near.

The Federal Government and the family of the late Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in Côte d’Ivoire after she was wrongly jailed have rejected the autopsy on the cause of her death. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the father of the deceased, Mr Emmanuel Babalola, on Tuesday gave […]

By Emem Idio – Yenagoa THE National Directorate of Employment, NDE, has commenced the training of one hundred unemployed graduates across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State on entrepreneurial and business skills. The Director General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, who flagged-off the weeklong trainingz tasked unemployed graduates on the need to embrace […]

No fewer than seven persons died in a boat mishap at Zhigiri village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Mr Silas Saba, the spokesperson of Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA) made available to journalists in Minna on Tuesday night. Saba, who decried the current challenges […]

Carrier neutral data centre colocation provider, Rack Centre, has emerged the winner at the Data Centre Dynamics, DCD, global award, the first for the Middle East and Africa Data Centre Development Award category for being the largest carrier neutral data centre deployment in West Africa.