Rivers State Government has set up a Task Force to tackle the black soot polluting the atmosphere of Port Harcourt and its environs. The Task Force is mandated to investigate and resolve the environmental challenge. This was part of the resolutions of the State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday at the Government House, Port Harcourt…
Governor Seriake Dickson on Monday said, the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Bayelsa State Government and the Bank of Industry was a part of an effort to raise the N10 billion entrepreneurship development fund to create wealth for small and medium scale entrepreneurs in the state. Dickson, who made the disclosure during the signing…
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and chief executive of CEPER, Mr. Obadiah Mailafia, has disclosed that 20 per cent of the currency circulating in the country is fake. Mailafia, who made this known on Monday while delivering a lecture at the public hearing on the 2017 budget, said it…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday adjourned till March 9, the final judgment in the case of alleged extra-judicial killings of six traders by the police in Abuja in 2005. Judgement had been set to be delivered on Monday, 11 years after the act. Justice Ishaq Bello of the FCT High Court, however,…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused the Obi of Onitsha Igwe Alfred Achebe of plan to sell Biafra out to the British government. The IPOB describing Achebe as an ‘anti-biafra’ said the visit of the British High Commissioner Harriet Thompson is in line to stop the agitation of Biafra. A statement by the IPOB’s…
The Federal Government of Nigeria said it recovered another $151 million and N8 billion looted funds from three sources through whistleblowers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Mr. Mohammed said actionable information given by whistleblowers to the office of the Minister of Justice…
By Prince Ayodele Vincent The most talked about any topic in Nigeria today is corruption. It has become the most talked about topic because in Nigeria the best way to way any war against against your enemy is to accuse him or her of corruption. In every election in the country the first manifesto to…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated the commitment of his administration to the promotion of a business friendly environment for the sustained growth of the state’s economy. Commissioning the Land Ship MV “Rivers Pride” built by Charkin Maritime and Offshore Safety Centre in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Governor Wike assured that his administration …
Two main religious coalitions in Nigeria have called for prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari. The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Jama’atul Nasril Islam, JNI, made the calls in separate statements on Thursday. In its statement, signed by Kwamkur Samuel, Director of Legal and Public Affairs, CAN said it “is deeply concerned about the…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday staged a protest at the National Assembly complex, Abuja, over the rising cost of living in Nigeria. The NLC Chairman, Ayuba Wabba, said the groups were protesting the delay in the upward review of minimum wage “We are here to demand for…
