Rate of surrenders by terrorists rise 213% in one week— Military
The military has recorded a 213 per cent increase in the number of terrorists and associates who have surrendered to troops in the North East in the last one week.
Govt shares $4.8bn from excess crude oil account
THE amount saved from oil windfall in the country’s excess crude revenue account has been further depleted with the sharing of $4.8 billion among the three tiers of government in the country in March.
Senate okays 36 electoral amendments
THE Senate, yesterday, voted by two-third majority to push through 36 amendments to the 1999 Constitution to alleviate the nation’s electoral system.
Don’t appoint valueless ministers, IMG tells Jonathan
The Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) has advised the Acting President, Dr.Goodluck Jonathan, to resist every pressure to appoint people from Niger Delta who will not add value to the life of the people in the region as ministers. In a statement signed by the Chief of Staff of IMG, Comrade Andrew Elijah, on behalf of […]
2011: PDP denies deal with Orji
By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—ABIA State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied any alliance with the 2011 re-election ambition of Governor Theodore Orji, saying that the Governor had not returned to the party. The party said that those who are currently spreading the rumour were fraudulent persons, trying to dupe unsuspecting politicians and embarrass the leadership […]
Alleged N2.5bn Fraud: Court remands Bayelsa Accountant-General, 2 others in prison
A Federal high court sitting in Abuja Wednesday sent the Bayelsa state Accountant General, Francis Okokuro and two others to Kuje prison over allegation of stealing N2.5billion belonging to the state government.
