Massive defection hit APC in Delta
A massive defection on Saturday hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state as over one thousand people defected from the APC to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in…
Samuel Ogbemudia, Great Niger Deltan, Departs…..NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission has said it received the news of the demise of the great Niger Deltan, and former military and civilian governor of the defunct Midwest and…
President Buhari’s plane touches down in Kaduna International airport at exact 7:41am.
President Muhammadu Buhari arrive the country after 49 days of medical vacation in London. He was received by the deputy governor of Kaduna state Bala Bantex, GOC 1 Division, Police…
Archbishop of Canterbury visits President Buhari in London
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the iconic Archbishop of Canterbury Most Reverend Justin Welby at the Abuja House in London on Thursday, March 9. The President himself confirmed the meeting…
Reps want Kogi, Enugu, Anambra declared oil producing states
The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Federal Government to declare Kogi, Enugu and Anambra as oil producing states. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion jointly moved…
APO 6, 2 Cops sentenced to death
A trial that lasted almost 12 years reached a milestone on Thursday when Justice Ishaq Bello of the FCT High Court, Abuja, sentenced two police officers, Ezekiel Acheneje and Emmanuel…
Gov Dickson, Ibori in closed-door meeting -peace, security and unity in N’delta dominated talks
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, this Thursday visited Oghara, the country home of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State. During the visit, the Bayelsa State…
Nigeria will save $1.5 billion yearly by investing in maternal health – UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, on Wednesday said Nigeria would be saving $1.5 billion annually by investing in maternal health. The Deputy Representative of UNFPA, Eugene Kongnyuy, made the…
Teenage bomber say, she was paid N200 for suicide by Boko Haram
A would-be teenage suicide bomber has said Boko Haram militants paid her just 200 naira ($0.64) to blow herself up in a city in northeast Nigeria. In footage obtained by…
5 killed over ethnic clash in Ile Ife, Oshun state
Several people are believed to have died and many others injured in an ethnic clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Properties worth millions of Naira were also destroyed in the violence…