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Governor Bassey Edet Otu Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has nominated a former Senator, who represented Cross River North, Dr Stephen Odey as commissioner among 25 others. Odey, who has worked as chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, is among 25 others that would be screened …

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor. The nomination of former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike for a ministerial position is a ‘reward for rascality’, according to the view of our respondent in an interview on Friday. President Ahmed Bola Tinubu had Wednesday submitted his ministerial list to the Senate with …

Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, has submitted the list of his commissioner-nominees for scrutiny by the state House of Assembly. The list, seen by our correspondent on Friday, was signed by the secretary to the state government, Prof Chidiebere Onyia. They include Barr Lloyd I. Ekweremadu, son of former deputy …

Despite the “total and indefinite strike” action declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), doctors in the nation’s capital Abuja were seen at work on Wednesday. The NARD had declared the strike following government’s failure to meet its demands. But when we visited the Kubwa General Hospital on Wednesday by 12 noon, doctors …

The Senate on Wednesday called for the extradition of Simon Ekpa back to Nigeria from Finland to face the full weight of the law over his antics which it said is corrupting the minds of youth in the South East Ekpa, a Nigerian who resides in Finland, has been calling …

The Federal Government has defended the recent school fees hike in Federal Universities in the country. Federal Universities across the country have increased their fees, some of them by as much as 400%, which has led to a public outcry among Nigerians. Members of the House of Reps had moved …

No less than one person was allegedly shot and killed by an anti-riot police squad who forcefully wanted to stop protesters at Ogbete main market in Enugu on Wednesday. Enugu residents were protesting against the seal of their shops by the state government for their compliance with last Monday’s sit-at-home …

Group Chief Executive Officer Of NNPC LTD, Mele Kyari Nigerian youths have commended the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mallam Mele Kyari, for promoting transparency, probity, accountability, and good governance in the Nigerian oil and gas industry vis-à-vis his handling of the …

Lamidi Apapa Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, the acting National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to compel the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to eject the embattled LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, from the party’s national secretariat. Apapa, in a fresh suit filed before Justice Ahmed …

Photo: The Cable In a dramatic episode on Tuesday, operatives Department of State Services (DSS) rearrested the embattled Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, shortly after he was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The DSS reportedly battled operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service …