President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday disclosed that results of the series of medical checkups carried out by him in the cause of his vacation in the United Kingdom had shown that he needed longer period of rest. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has pledged that the management will continue to place high premium to training of its staff in line with best practices particularly in the area of certification required for them to operate seamlessly and efficiently. Marine and Economy reports states that…
Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of sponsoring protests against the Bayelsa State Government over the state’s decision to allot the Bayelsa Palm for herdsmen operating there. A group, the Ijaw Patriot, in a statement in Yenagoa, the state capital, maintained that the ex-First Lady was behind Ms Ankio Briggs’ rally…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it spent $250 million dollars on health, education and improving the lives of the poor in Nigeria in 2016. Mairo Mandara, its Country Representative, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. She said that the foundation does not estimate…
The Nigeria Army said on Sunday that it will no longer condone any form of false allegation of brutality by its personnel from Biafran agitators otherwise known as Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The army also described the secessionist group as a “criminal gang”. This warning came from the 6 Division of the Nigeria Army,…
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has called for synergy between the state government and the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on the development of critical infrastructural projects in the state. The demand came as the Federal Government resumes construction work on the Yenegwe-Kolo-Nembe road project. Speaking during the courtesy visit of the…
Wikki Tourists have crashed out of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup competition, despite beating RSLAF of Sierra-Leone 1-0 in Bauchi today. But Rangers International and Rivers United advance into the next round of CAF Champions League. Wikki Tourists lost 1-2 aggregate, having conceded two goals away to RSLAF in Sierra Leone in the first leg. It…
GLADYS NWEKE Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that Nigeria will only experience peace and development when the several lies affecting her functionality are dismantled. He also called for immediate reforms where states are treated as federating units and not departments of the Federal Government. In his acceptance speech after receiving the award…
The Nigerian Community in South Africa has confirmed attacks and looting of Nigerian-owned businesses in Pretoria West on Saturday. Ikechukwu Anyene, president, Nigeria Union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the attacks began at 4.00 a.m. He said the union had reported the incident to the Nigerian…
Battling multiple bombers strapped with suicide vests, Nigerian troops and civilian self-defense fighters on Friday repelled the fiercest Boko Haram extremist attack in months on the key northeastern city of Maiduguri. Nine bombers and two civilians were killed, according to witnesses, soldiers and police. The United Nations said the attackers targeted refugees in the city…
