March 2017
EFCC arrests Woman over N45m Herbal Cure Fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal office have arrested one Okiribiti Adunola Aminat over an alleged case of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence. In a rehash of the old infamous advance fee fraud tact of spiritual help and solution to all problems, a victim has recounted her ordeal in…
PRESS RELEASE FROM NDDC
Recently, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, published a list of 375 infrastructural projects in three national newspapers, as well as on the Commission’s website, as part of an ongoing process to implement the 2016 NDDC Budget, which the present Governing Board and Management inherited. Since that publication, it has come to our attention that…
A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY A CONGLOMENRATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY COALITION IN RIVERS STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE GOOWILL RALLY/PROCESSION IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S SUCCESSFUL RETURN FROM MEDICAL VACATION, THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES EMBARKED UPON BY HIS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ISSUES THERETO; TODAY MARCH 28th,2017.
Gentlemen of the Press, We have invited you here today to make our position and that of the entire Rivers people known to the world on the various achievements of the President Buhari led administration stirring us as a people and as a country. On behalf of the civil society family, vibrant youths, highly respected…
CBN team visits Gov Dickson, hailed for promoting socio-economic activities …wants other organizations to do same
The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has called on other corporate organizations operating in the state to emulate the worthy example of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to show more commitment in the fulfillment of their corporate social responsibilities. Governor Dickson made the call on Monday, when he received a 6-member team led…
Members of Nigerian terror group Boko Haram raided a village in northeastern Nigeria to steal food and medical supplies on Frida
The militants, dressed in military uniforms, raided the village of Sabon Garin Kimba, in the restive Borno State. They had reached the village in a pick-up truck displaying Nigerian army colours, civilian militia assisting troops told news agency AFP. The militants belonged to the faction loyal to former Boko Haram’s spokesperson Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who…
NCAA imposed fine on airlines
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has imposed a fine of N9.5 million on a non-schedule airline for operating in the country without flight clearance. The NCAA spokesman, Sam Adurogboye, said in a statement on Sunday that the Letter of Sanction conveying the penalties had been sent to Lyxor International, a non-schedule general aviation operator….
Geologist for Shell says company hid Nigeria spill dangers
JOHANNESBURG — Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary “fiercely opposed” environmental testing and is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from a stalled cleanup of the worst oil spills in the West African nation’s history, according to a German geologist contracted by the Dutch-British multinational. An environmental study found “astonishingly high”…
13 persons feared dead in Zaki Biam reprisal attack
Thirteen persons were feared dead as gunmen attacked Tse Chia Mbarstev ward near Kasaa in Zaki Biam Local Government Area of Benue State between Friday and Saturday. The attack is coming barely five days after some gunmen invaded Zaki Biam town, destroying the International Yam market and killing over 50 persons. Reports from the village…
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE HEADQUARTERS, AHMADU BELLO WAY, CBD, ABUJA PRESS UNIT
News Release March 26, 2016 2016 Budget: Capital Releases to MDAs reaches the N1trillion mark Capital releases to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the 2016 budget, have reached a record N1 trillion, the highest ever budgetary releases in Nigeria’s annual funding for capital projects, Minister of Finance, …