NDDC to complete 2-km road in Rivers
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that the commission will soon complete the 2-kilometre double-lane Kaa-Ataba road with two bridges in the Khana and Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ogbuku…
LP Lawmaker Dumps Party, Moves To APC
The member representing Jos South and East Federal Constituency Alfred Illiya Ajang has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, during…
Shettima presides over 146th NEC meeting
Vice President Kashim Shettima is currently presiding over the 146 National Economic Council (NEC), which is being attended by state governors and representatives of relevant federal government agencies. The NEC, which convenes every month, is expected to deliberate on various…
Bayelsa gov candidate, running mate, others dump Labour Party
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd) have announced their resignations from the party. It was gathered that most of the local…
I stand by what I said on Nigeria’ – Badenoch replies Shettima
The leader of the United Kingdom (UK) Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, says she stands by her remarks about Nigeria, despite criticism from Vice President Kashim Shettima, who accused her of denigrating the country. Badenoch, born in the UK but largely…
Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 criminals: White House
Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history. “I am…
OMPAN Condemn Failed Abduction of the State Chairman, Okoro in Umuahia by Police over alleged Defamation
Abia State Chapter of OMPAN Condemn Failed Abduction of the State Chairman Promise Uzoma Okoro in Umuahia by Police Officers from Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID ) over alleged Defamation The Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) Abia State…
A’Court faults NUC over Abia private varsity closure
The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court, Enugu, which nullified the 2006 closure of Richmond Open University, Arochukwu, Abia State, by the National Universities Commission. In a unanimous decision delivered on December…
Oyo court restrains Farotimi from further publications, sales of book
Justice M. A. Adegbola of an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday granted an interim order restraining, human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, his publishers, and their re-publishers from further publication and sale of the book titled: “Nigeria…
Wike’s Aide Challenges Those Alleging Land Grabbing To Provide Evidence Of Ownership
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has challenged those using the Social Media to circulate falsehood about their lands being grabbed by the Federal Capital…