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John Okechukwu in Abuja Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a walk out walked out of the Senate during plenary on Wednesday, November 30. The opposition senators staged the walk out in protest over the defection of Sen. Yale Omogunwa of Ondo South to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Trouble started when Senate…
Nigerian Communications Commission PRESS RELEASE NCC suspends directive on data segment price floor. Following the concerns that visited the directive to introduce price floor for data segment of the telecommunications sector beginning from December 1, 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended any further action in that direction. The decision to suspend this directive…
The 25-year-old has excelled since being deployed as a wing-back in Antonio Conte’s 3-4-3 system, with supporters recognising his contributions. Victor Moses has been voted the PFA Fans’ Premier League Player of the Month for November.The Chelsea wing-back received 18,756 of 40,000 votes to scoop the prize ahead of Gylfi Sigurdsson (7,791), Nordin Amrabat (5,378),…
The Bayelsa State Government has re-assured workers of its preparedness to pay full salaries at the end of this month, with a view to cushioning the financial hardship caused by the current economic situation facing the country The Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd), gave the assurance over the weekend at the transparency…
Robyn DixonContact Reporter At first, the mood at the demonstration staged on a high school playing field in the city of Aba, Nigeria, was almost festive. Dozens of demonstrators, calling for Biafran independence, waved red, black and green flags, and danced, clapped and chanted. Within hours, the military moved in and opened fire with live…
The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC[ has said only 11 card readers malfunctioned during the Ondo governorship election held held on Saturday. INEC Director of voter Education and Publicity Nick Dazang made this disclosure in Abuja in response to Ondo Governor Olusagun Mimiko allegations that faulty card readers that flooded the state during the election…
Tunde Ibrahim THE Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has declared Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress [APC] the Governor elect in the governorship election in Ondo state. Prof Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, INEC’s Returning Officer declared Akeredolu as the governor elect after satisfying all the requirements and having the highest number of votes. He polled…
Osas Musa In Benin A former minister of State for Works under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi on Wednesday queried the existence of dual dollar exchange rates in the country; declaring that the development is “supervised corruption”. He wondered why rate duplicity is maintained with the current interbank dollar rate at N305 while…
Aliu Shehu with Agency report A civilian self-defense commander says a suicide bomber has exploded outside a bus station in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing himself and one other person. It is the sixth attack in four weeks on the city that is the birthplace of the oko Haram Islamic extremist group. Most attacks…
Osas Musa in Benin The Economic and Financial Crrime Commission [EFCC] is investigating massive corruption allegations against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin Professor Faraday Orumwense. Our exclusive investigation revealed that the Vice Chancellor was arrested on Wednesday at the University Ugbowo Campus, in Benin, the Edo state capital but was later released…
