A former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Dr. Harold Demuren has disclosed that the attempted bombing of a United States aircraft by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian underwear bomber led to improved security at all the nation’s airports.

Niger Delta stakeholders have warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to heed to the call by some of his selfish appointees to appoint another sole administrator to man the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

SOME masked militants, who claimed to be from Rivers and Bayelsa states, have threatened the Federal Government, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources,  Timipre Sylva, and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Limited over the pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to an ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and others.

INTERNATIONAL legal consultant and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate, Delta North senatorial district, Ned Nwoko, yesterday, accused the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, of funnelling money to some leaders of the 8th National Assembly to thwart his legitimate claim against the governors, saying the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissioner, EFCC, recovered some of the funds from lawmakers.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, his vice Namadi Sambo, and other eminent Nigerians have asked presidential candidates of political parties to base their campaigns on issues that affect the people and not personalities, ahead of the 2023 elections.