Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Nsima U. Ekere, has directed the immediate payment of all outstanding scholarship fees for beneficiaries of the 2016 NDDC Overseas Post Graduate Scholarship. In a meeting in Port Harcourt, Ekere expressed unhappiness that beneficiaries of the scheme were facing unfortunate hardship due to delays in remitting…
The Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday described the comments by the Makarfi faction of the party, on the submission of his committee’s report as “mere propaganda”. According to him, rather than embark on name-calling, propaganda and outright lies, it was high time the…
The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, Tuesday evening held a closed-door meeting with Senate President Bukola Saraki, hours after it appeared a showdown was imminent between the Senate and the retired army colonel. “He (Mr. Ali) has come and gone,” a Senate President’s office insider told PREMIUM TIMES at 6:40 p.m. Earlier…
The new commissioner of Police in Rivers state Zaki Ahmed says the Federal Government is aware of the orgy of violence rocking the state. The commissioner said the alarming level of violence in the state was as a result of high proliferation of illegal arms in the state. He stated this during the inaugural media…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has described retiring Justice Margaret Akpomiemie has a thorough, firm and impartial Judge, whose contributions to the state Judiciary has added value in the administration of justice. He gave the commendation on Monday, at the public presentation of a book titled, “Selected Judgements of Justice Margaret Akpomiemie,” as part…
The president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said they visited President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss matters of “national interest”. The leaders of the National Assembly met with the president behind close doors for 40 minutes. Mr. Saraki told State House correspondents that the president “engaged…
The Rivers state Police Command now has a new Commissioner of Police in the person of CP Zaki Ahmed. Zaki Ahmed arrived Rivers state Monday as the 38th Commissioner of Police in the State, taking over from Late CP Francis Odesanya. Ahmed once served as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in…
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has strongly solicited the cooperation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in extending the requirement for Bank Verification Number (BVN) to account holders in Microfinance Banks (MFBs), to facilitate the detection of bank accounts which might have been opened and operated in such banks for ghost workers…
Bayelsa State has emerged the overall champion of the second edition of the Governor Dickson National Wrestling Classics, which took place at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Yenagoa. Speaking at the event, Governor Seriake called for synergy between the state government and the Federal Ministry of Sports, as well as…
At least 35 persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash that occurred on Sunday on the Yola-Ngurore road in Adamawa State. The accident reportedly happened after a trailer conveying cattle traders and their livestock tumbled after its driver lost control. A witness, who lost two relatives in the accident, said the trailer was…
