A bloody clash on Wednesday at Abakpa Main Market in Ebonyo State left one unidentified person dead. The person was allegedly killed by the task force working for the state government for an alleged refusal to pay taxes to the government. The market is located at the centre of theContinue Reading
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted the date for the Bayelsa governorship primary from Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, August 31, 2019. This was contained in a terse statement on Wednesday by the National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu. “The party has also adopted the Direct mode of primary inContinue Reading
The Presidency came hard on Tuesday on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 23 presidential election Atiku Abubakar over the latter’s allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to frame former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It said the former vice president got it wrong by assuming that the one-timeContinue Reading
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights organisation has again attacked Governor Nyesom Wike and his administration over the alleged demolition of a mosque in Rivers State. The group in a statement on Wednesday by its Director, Isahq Akintola, also called Wike a pathological liar for “denying pulling downContinue Reading
The recent publication of the list of about 80 Nigerians arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States is a great embarrassment for our nation and more so for Nigerians living in the diaspora. Although I am not holding brief for Festus Keyamo, SAN, and MinisterContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a new board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with an Urhobo from Delta State, Bernard Okumagba emerging as the managing director. The composition, according to Olusegun A. Adekunle, Esq, (KJW), Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) on behalf of the Secretary to the GovernmentContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of the appointment of Rev. Tor Uja, as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC). A statement by the Director (Information) at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said the termination was in lineContinue Reading
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced an increase in the price of visa for Nigerians with effect from Thursday in retaliation to the increased cost of obtaining Nigerian visa by its citizens. With the announcement, Nigerians applying for tourism, student and business visas will not only pay theContinue Reading
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Tuesday linked the contract which led to a judgement debt of $9.6 billion (N3.5 trillion) by a UK court to the administration of ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua. An Irish-owned firm, Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) was granted court permission to seize up to $9bn (£7.4bn) inContinue Reading
A Dangote company truck fully loaded with cement has had a head-on collision with a Primero blue Mass Transit bus in Lagos. The incident occurred Tuesday morning. The bus with registration number LSR-228XS was conveying 40 seated and 20 standing passengers. Eyewitnesses said the Dangote vehicle had a brake failure.Continue Reading
