The Bayelsa State Government has re-assured workers of its preparedness to pay full salaries at the end of this month, with a view to cushioning the financial hardship caused by the current economic situation facing the country The Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd), gave the assurance over the weekend at the transparency…
Robyn DixonContact Reporter At first, the mood at the demonstration staged on a high school playing field in the city of Aba, Nigeria, was almost festive. Dozens of demonstrators, calling for Biafran independence, waved red, black and green flags, and danced, clapped and chanted. Within hours, the military moved in and opened fire with live…
The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC[ has said only 11 card readers malfunctioned during the Ondo governorship election held held on Saturday. INEC Director of voter Education and Publicity Nick Dazang made this disclosure in Abuja in response to Ondo Governor Olusagun Mimiko allegations that faulty card readers that flooded the state during the election…
Tunde Ibrahim THE Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has declared Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress [APC] the Governor elect in the governorship election in Ondo state. Prof Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, INEC’s Returning Officer declared Akeredolu as the governor elect after satisfying all the requirements and having the highest number of votes. He polled…
Osas Musa In Benin A former minister of State for Works under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi on Wednesday queried the existence of dual dollar exchange rates in the country; declaring that the development is “supervised corruption”. He wondered why rate duplicity is maintained with the current interbank dollar rate at N305 while…
Aliu Shehu with Agency report A civilian self-defense commander says a suicide bomber has exploded outside a bus station in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing himself and one other person. It is the sixth attack in four weeks on the city that is the birthplace of the oko Haram Islamic extremist group. Most attacks…
Osas Musa in Benin The Economic and Financial Crrime Commission [EFCC] is investigating massive corruption allegations against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin Professor Faraday Orumwense. Our exclusive investigation revealed that the Vice Chancellor was arrested on Wednesday at the University Ugbowo Campus, in Benin, the Edo state capital but was later released…
Shell sued in UK for ‘decades of oil spills’ in Nigeria About 40,000 Nigerians mainly from Ogoni land have dragged Royal Dutch Shell to court in London, demanding action from the company to clean up oil spills in their area. Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, leader of Nigeria’s Ogale people, unpacked four bottles of water from…
Boko Haram fighters are overrunning villages near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, forcing hundreds of people to flee as the insurgents loot and burn in the area where nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in 2014, local leaders said Tuesday. “Chibok is now under Boko Haram siege,” the chairman of the Chibok local government area,…
AGENCY REPORT The fight against violent Islamic jihadists truly has become a global war on terror. The threat has metastasized like a cancer and is proving just as difficult to defeat. ISIS, which originated in Iraq and Syria, has conducted some 140 attacks in 29 countries just in the last two years. It has active…
