The Rivers State Police Command has denied any involvement in the violence and ballot snatching that led to the suspension of last Saturday’s by-election into Port Harcourt State Constituency III. Briefing journalists monday at the headquarters of the Command in Port Harcourt, the state Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, said …
Read More »Presidency Earmarks N700m to Rebuild Institutions in Benue
The Presidential Committee on Victim Support Fund has set aside N700 million to rebuild institutions destroyed in the perennial attacks by suspected herdsmen in Benue State. This was disclosed monday by the Executive Director of the Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche in Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma Local Government Area (LGA) …
Read More »Okowa Emerges Best Governor on Good Governance Poll
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has emerged ‘Best Governor – Grassroots & People Development in the 2018 Nigeria’s Good Governance Poll,’ organised by the African Leadership Magazine UK. This is coming as the Permanent Secretary, Delta State Ministry of Health, Dr. Minnie Oseji, has presented certificate of awards and …
Read More »Emmanuel, Akpabio in war of words
The stakes in Akwa Ibom State were raised yesterday after Governor Udom Emmanuel waved aside threats from his predecessor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to give his intention for a second term even as he flayed Akpabio for not building a single industry in the state. Governor Emmanuel’s assertion was in response …
Read More »PDP decries use of police, military in Rivers by-election
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has decried the alleged use of security forces, including special police and military units, by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government in last weekend’s bye-election in Rivers State. The party said: “Such brazen assault on the will of the people, particularly as witnessed in the …
Read More »Shell suspends 8m barrels worth $560m as Trans Ramos oil Pipeline remains shut
THERE are indications that Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Nigeria’s highest crude oil producer with over 600, 000 barrels per day, has so far suspended the production of 800 million barrels worth $560 million as its Trans Ramos Pipeline (TRP), remains shut. The TRP that has capacity to deliver about …
Read More »1,000 entrepreneurs storm Heritage Bank’s Next Titans audition in Lagos
The Lagos audition of the Heritage Bank Plc’s foremost entrepreneurial reality TV show, popularly called the Next Titan, was held with no fewer than 1000 contestants in attendance. The enthusiastic contestants trooped to Excellence Hotel, Ogba, venue of the audition weekend, with expectation that luck would smile on them to …
Read More »Eaton to build substantial stake in NEM, buys 130m shares.
Eaton Acquisitions Limited, an investment company that focuses on identifying listed companies with high growth potential and investing, has announced the completion of the purchase of 130 million shares of NEM Insurance Plc. The cross deal, which has caught the attention of market watchers, sees Eaton, which was seeking to …
Read More »Primate Ayodele’s 2018/2019 prophetic bombshells!: VP Osinbajo will be dumped; NURTW will be scrapped
Primate Ayodele displays the newly released 2018/2019 edition of ‘Warnings to The Nations’ at a press parley in Lagos *Northern States Will Form One Party After Buhari’s Tenure Servant of God and founder and spiritual leader at INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, has released the …
Read More »Benue indigenes in diaspora condemn EFCC’s harassment of Ortom
By Sam Eyoboka A GROUP, Igede People of Benue State in Diaspora, has joined in the condemnation of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for demanding the minutes of the State Security Council meetings between 2015 and 2018, describing the act as harassment and intimidation taken to the extreme. According to …
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