VANGUARD NEWS The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has imposed night curfew at all entry and exit points into the state, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, and Imo States. Wike in State broadcast on Tuesday said the curfew which…
PUNCH NEWS THE Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Douye Diri, has inaugurated a 31-member committee to review payroll irregularities especially as it affects teachers and Local Government Council workers. Diri, mandated the committee to also review the salary grades of health…
PREMIUM TIMES Despite the incessant killings and kidnappings across the country, the National Assembly will not consider impeaching President Muhammadu Buhari, a senator, Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), has said. This, he said, is because now is not the time…
THE NATION A former President, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Udengs Eradiri, has urged Ijaw youths to shelve their plan to shut down Niger Delta, to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development…
THE NATION The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is set to boost power supply to Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti, with the signing of an agreement with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to deliver additional 250MW from the…
NAIRAMETRICS “What would you do if someone dumped nine Olympic swimming pools of oil into your community?” This is the question that is splayed across Amnesty International’s webpage on the Niger Delta oil spills. As it turns out, since 2011,…
THE NATION The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has issued the Federal Government a one-month ultimatum to constitute and inaugurate a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The National President of IYC, Peter Igbifa, made this known…
WWW.FT.COM A combination of explosive population growth, rampant unemployment, underfunded and incapable security forces, and easy access to small arms has made banditry a booming industry in a struggling economy, and Nigeria’s most serious security threat. “Sadly the kidnapping industry…
THIS DAY Promoters of the proposed Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC – 1) have revealed that the $2.9 billion (N1.16 trillion) project will attract $50 billion (N20 trillion) in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Nigeria when completed and operational. The…
PUNCH NEWS THOUSANDS of Ijaw people from all over Delta, Bayelsa, Edo and Ondo states converged on Oporoza town, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramotu Kingdom in the Warri South Local Government Area on Friday to celebrate the climax of a…
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