September 12, 2025
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Gov Dickson signs N243.2b 2017 Appropriation bill into law …assures on strict compliance, completion of ongoing projects

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Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has signed the 2017 Appropriation Budget of N243.2 billion and the Educational Development Trust Fund Amendment Bills into law. Assenting to the two bills in Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Dickson said the budget, which is christened, “Budget of repositioning for Consolidation” was aimed at completing various on-going projects in…

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The Recent Revelations About Shell And Nigeria Are “Utterly Indefensible”, Says Development Committee Chair

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The chair of parliament’s international development committee has called for the government to make clear what it is doing to investigate a $1.3 billion oil deal signed by Shell and Italian oil company ENI in Nigeria. The call comes after BuzzFeed News and the Italian newspaper Il Sore 24 Ore published “Shell Shocks”, a cache…

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Will Trump’s $600M Fighter Plane Sale to Nigeria Mean More Civilian Deaths?

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The Trump administration is closing a $600 million deal to permit the sale of a dozen highly sophisticated turboprop fighter planes to Nigeria to combat the Boko Haram Islamic terrorists despite the Nigerian air force’s repeated bombing of civilian targets. Within the next few weeks, the White House is expected to formally notify Congress of…

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Easter: FRSC deploys 25,000 personnel, 869 vehicles across Nigeria

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The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has deployed 25,000 personnel and 869 vehicles for a special patrol to enhance road safety during the forthcoming Easter celebrations. The deployment includes 267 motorcycles, 106 ambulances and 22 tow trucks for the special patrol exercise scheduled to run from April 13 to April 18. The spokesperson of the…

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Anambra Airport Flag off: “Airport Will Be Ready In 3 Years”

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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony by His Excellency, Chief Willie M. Obiano, the Executive Governor of Anambra State for the Construction of Anambra Airport City Project between Anambra State Government, Orient Petroleum Resources Plc. and Elite International Investment Holding Limited, China Aviation Planning & Development Company Limited with Osike Synergy Nigeria Limited and Emsworth…

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Why is Gov. Wike taking Rivers people for fools? – Asks Rivers APC

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No sooner Gov Nyesom Wike was sworn in as governor of Rivers State than he embarked on indiscriminate borrowing at cut-throat interest rate from Nigerian commercial banks. The borrowing spree was carried out irrespective of the fact that the matter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside contesting the emergence of…

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Reps threaten zero allocation to ministry of transportation in 2017

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Four committees of the House of Representatives on Tuesday jointly expressed dissatisfaction over the implementation of the Federal Ministry of Transportation’s 2016 Budget. They are Committees on Aviation; Land Transport; Maritime Safety and Administration; Ports, Harbours and Waterways. The committees, which visited the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja on oversight function, threatened to give zero allocation…

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