The Nigeria Customs Service Eastern Marine Command Port Harcourt and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps [NSCDC] are to synergise for effective performance in the discharge of their duties in the state. This synergy followed the courtesy call by the new commandant of the NSCDC Mohammed Haruna to the Comptroller Eastern Maritime Command Usman …
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday affirmed a former Governor of Borno State, Ali Sheriff, as the authentic Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The court set aside the judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Rivers State who recognized former Kaduna State…
By Gladys Nweke Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, says the State Government is ready to partner investors in revamping moribund state owned agro-firms as a way of creating employment and boost food production. Speaking during an inspection visit to Siat Nigeria Limited (FormerRison palm) at Ubima recently, Chief Wike said that through commercial agriculture…
The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Thursday three key sectors of the economy received the largest foreign exchange allocations between December 2016 and January.2017 The CBN said out of a total of $2.83 billion disbursed during the two months to critical sectors of the economy, manufacturing, agriculture and raw materials got the lion’s shares….
The Federal Government on Thursday said the January allocation from the Budget Support Facility (BSF) to Ekiti State was suspended because the state failed to comply with the basic requirements for participating in the facility. A statement by the Ministry of Finance signed by the Director of Information, Salisu Dambata, said the BSF is a…
Kieron Monks, CNN CNN)The rancorous reign of the 45th US President faces a fresh controversy. A Nigerian economic and social rights group [SERAP] has written to the White House demanding the return of $500 million of stolen funds, which it claims are being held by the US. “(We urge) the administration to attach and release…
Senate President Bukola Saraki is leading a four-member delegation of National Assembly members to see President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Speaker Yakubu Dogara, his deputy, Yusuf Lasun, and Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, will meet the president who travelled to the UK for a 10-day vacation on January 19, but later extended the trip indefinitely. Wole…
Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Tuesday in Yenagoa celebrated the first year of his re-election and five years in office as the governor of the State, with a pledge to lift embargo on employment into the civil service and broaden the scope of governance by rewarding those who worked for him. He also…
Barely a week after Nigerians held a pro-government rally tagged I stand with Buhari in Abuja , a coalition of Buhari Support Groups held another rally of their own on Tuesday in Abuja in support of President Muhammadu Buhari. The coalition, Truth and Justice Movement of Nigeria, held the rally under the banner: “I Support…
Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the state is not in contention with the Federal Government as it remains committed to the unity, progress and indivisibility of the country. Speaking on Monday at the Special Town Hall Meeting between the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and Rivers State Stakeholders at the Government…
