RIVERS State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has apologised to the people of Rivers State for what he described as “the regrettable anxieties of the last few days” in the state. In a statement issued and signed by himself late Friday, the governor restated his willingness and readiness “to embrace the …

LAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday signed an Executive Order establishing Lagos International Financial Centre (LIFC) Council in furtherance of his government’s objective to make Lagos the Africa’s premier financial centre. The LIFC is an initiative developed through a partnership between Lagos State Government and EnterpriseNGR – a member-led …

THE Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the November 11, 2023 election, Senator Athan Achonu, on Saturday declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must ensure that collation of results is done manually and electronically, pointing out that Form EC8 is a legal document needed to satisfy compliance with …

MOTORIST, commuters and residents along the Onitsha-Owerri Road, have accused some naval ratings of using teenagers to extort money for them at the checkpoints they mounted at the Enamel axis, near the upper Iweka area of the ever-busy federal road. However, on a visit to the area on Friday, it …

MINISTER of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to provide daily report of flight delays across all airports in the country. He said such a report should be made available to it on a daily basis. He spoke at the ongoing …

LEADERS of various ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta have paid a solidarity visit to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to convey the region’s appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for including him in his cabinet. The Niger Delta leaders also congratulated Wike on his appointment …

THE Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, has said Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is not yet ready for genuine reconciliation to warrant quashing the impeachment saga between him and the state legislators. Oladiji, who disclosed this in Akure, the state capital, at the weekend, said Aiyedatiwa …

SENATE Minority Whip Senator Darlington Nwokocha has been sacked from the Senate by the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos. Nwokocha, who represents Abia Central in the red chamber of the National Assembly on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), was sacked by the Appeal Court, which declared the …

BIG Brother Naija reality show star, Pere Egbi, has announced that he is relocating from Nigeria. The American military trainee said he would be moving to West African country, Ghana. He made this known via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday. He wrote, “I am moving to Ghana.” …

AN aircraft with Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, on board has crash-landed near the Ibadan Airport in Oyo State. Daily Trust reports that the incident happened on Friday night. The paper said it could not state if the minister or those on board sustained any injury in the incident. According …