No going back on planned shutdown of NDDC HQ— Ijaw Youths
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Ijaw youths from the states of the Niger Delta region have vowed to proceed with their planned protest and shutdown of the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over the failure of the Federal Government to address the issue of wrongful appointment of […]
ABCON tasks CBN on forex stability in 2021
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), on Tuesday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue to stabilise the foreign exchange rates for economic growth. Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, ABCON President, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Gwadabe said that the association’s […]
Militants bomb ex-leader’s home in Bayelsa
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South A coalition of militants in Niger Delta has bombed the country home of a former militant leader in Bayelsa State, “General” Ogunbos, who they claimed abandoned his boys to suffer in the creeks and is living big in the city. The aggrieved militants under the auspices of Niger-Delta Cleansing […]
Candidates in no retreat, no surrender as Ohanaeze polls begin today
By Clifford Ndujihe IN spite of the announcement of a parallel election committee, the Ohanaeze 2021 general elections will begin today across the seven-Igbo speaking states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Delta, Imo and Rivers. According to the Chief Enwo Igariwey election committee raised by the Ime-Obi led by out-going President-General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, […]
Zulum signs N248bn 2021 budget
By Ndahi Marama Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has signed into law the 2021 appropriation bill passed by the Borno State House of Assembly. The budget was however jerked from N208billion proposed by Zulum to N248 billion (about N40 billion). According to the House of Assembly, the increment was to cater for industrial projects by […]
Rights group condemns alleged shooting of soldier by Plateau local govt protesters
*Says protest ‘ve been hijacked by politicians, hoodlums *Hails OPSH on professionalism in handling situation By Joseph Erunke A coalition of civil rights group has flayed the shooting and wounding of a soldier attached to Operation Safe Haven, a military outfit in Plateau State by aggrieved Plateau local government workers protesting non implementation of minimum […]
