2023: We can’t miss opportunity to come back to power, Wike tells PDP leaders

2023: We can’t miss opportunity to come back to power, Wike tells PDP leaders

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has told leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that the party cannot afford to miss the opportunity Nigerians have giving it to return to power in 2023. Wike also said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and other stakeholders will work […]
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Just In: Gunmen abduct Imo ex-speaker, 4 others

Just In: Gunmen abduct Imo ex-speaker, 4 others

By Emmanuel Iheaka, Owerri Gunmen have kidnapped former Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Lawman Duruji. They also seized the wife of Frank Onwumere, an erstwhile Chairman of Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. While Onwumere’s wife was said to have been kidnapped on Sunday, a source said Duruji was abducted on […]

CSOs make fresh demands on passage of Electoral Bill

CSOs make fresh demands on passage of Electoral Bill

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As political activities build-up ahead of 2023 general elections, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, made fresh demands on passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill currently with the National Assembly. This was contained in a statement signed Executive Director, Adopt A Goal Initiative, Ariyo-Dare Atoye; Convener, Raising New Voices Initiative, […]

Just in: EFCC recovers N152Bn, $386m in 2021

Just in: EFCC recovers N152Bn, $386m in 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in continuation of the review of its operational activities for 2021 has disclosed that it recovered the aggregate sum of N152, 088,698,751.64, (One Hundred and Fifty-two Billion, Eighty-eight Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-one Naira, Sixty-four Kobo), $386,220,202.84 ( Three Hundred and Eighty-six Million, Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Two Hundred and Two Dollar, Eighty-four Cent), £1, 182,519.75 ( One Million, One Hundred and Eighty-two Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen Pounds,  €156,246.76( One Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-six Euro), 1,723,310.00 Saudi Riyal, 1,900.00 South African Rand, and 1, 400.00 Canadian Dollar between January and December 2021.

Security situation in Enugu under control – Police

Security situation in Enugu under control – Police

The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has assured residents of the state that the security agencies have brought the situation in Enugu under control, “following the alleged cases of sporadic shootings at Topland Amechi-Awkunanaw, snatching and burning of a Toyota Sienna vehicle and a tricycle at Umueze and Agbani axis of Nkanu West LGA of the State by miscreants alleged to be enforcing illegal sit-at-home order, which caused panic within Enugu metropolis in the morning hours of today”.

Bayelsa host community shuts SPDC facility over basic needs, others

Bayelsa host community shuts SPDC facility over basic needs, others

Egbemo-Angalabiri community, host to Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has shut down SPDC’s crude oil drilling rig over failure to provide basic needs and continued dealings with the outgone leadership of Tarakiri Cluster Development Board, TCDB.

Makinde announces state burial for late Soun of Ogbomoso

Makinde announces state burial for late Soun of Ogbomoso

By Adeola Badru Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has officially announced a state burial for the late Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, who joined his ancestors on December 12, 2021, while he paid a condolence visit to the family of the monarch. The governor, while addressing the family, high chiefs and […]