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 Ughelli North and Aniocha North council areas of the state. The defection may not be unconnected with the arrival of Chief James Ibori, former governor…
The Niger Delta Development Commission [NDDC] 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 Bendel states, Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia with sadness. A statement from the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Commission Nsima Ekere said Dr….
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 Commissioner and other dignitaries.
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 in a post on his social media pages on Thursday afternoon just after the meeting. The President himself confirmed the meeting in a post on…
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 by Emmanuel Egwu, Tony Nwoye and Patrick Asadu from the three states respectively. Speaking on their behalf, Mr. Egwu said the government was aware that…
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 Baba, to death for killing two of the six Igbo traders in Abuja on June 8, 2005. The two policemen were found guilty of killing…
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 Governor held a closed door meeting with Chief Ibori in his residence. A Government House statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State…
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 disclosure in Lagos at the Unveiling of the Regional Ambassador for Maternal Health in West and Central Africa Region organised by the fund. The News…
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 Sky News, the 14-year-old girl said the militants had told her and a friend to detonate their explosive vests in a “crowded place” in Maiduguri,…
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 described by residents as a clash between Yorubas and Hausas which reportedly started in Sabo area of the ancient town. The crisis was said to…
