By Godfrey Bivbere The trial of five Guinean nationals arrested by officials of Nigeria Customs Service for allegedly trying to export N22.3bn worth of Pangolin scales and elephant tusks has stalled by the absence of a translator. The accused were supposed to have been arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, on a four-count charge […]

*IDPs in states ’ll require a total of $1.01bn in 2021, says Farouq By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented that two million Internally Displaced Persons in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, otherwise known as BAY states, were feeling the heat of climate change in the country. This came on the heels of […]

Awaits IGP’s panel reports By Mary Benson The Police Service Commission, PSC has set up an in-house panel to study in detail, available documents related to the suspension of the former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT DCP Abba Kyari, who was indicted by a report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for publishing the name of Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo and Dr. Onyekachikwu Gilbert Ibezim as the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the party respectively for the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. The APGA, […]

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The Federal government of Nigeria is to collaborate with the Republic of Korea on the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure also known as the Deep Blue Project, to protect the Gulf of Guinea from piracy and other maritime-related crimes. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated this yesterday while receiving […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA -MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on why the government invoked the “no work, no pay” policy against the striking resident doctors. The resident doctors on the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, had embarked on strike since August 2 over […]

By Nwafor Sunday The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, Thursday, condemned the arrest of a former governor of Abia state, Senator Theodore Ahamefula Orji, at the Abuja airport by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Orji was intercepted at about 10 am this morning and brought to the headquarters […]

By Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU,  has urged the Federal government to ensure that the proposed upward review of hazard allowance in the health sector be based on the two decade hazard allowance template of flat pay across the board. In a Memo/ Communiqué tagged: “Facts on the Issue of Hazard Allowance for […]

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has stated that the Federal Government is downplay the crisis in the country, noting that the country was at war with itself. The National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Hon Ken Robinson, in Port Harcourt yesterday, said it was unfortunate that the FG was […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government, through the State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has assured residents that in the next few days the ongoing rehabilitation works around major landfill sites across the state will be completed soon and ready for immediate operations. Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, stated this during an inspection and […]