THE Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee has suspended its National Vice Chairman (South-South), Dan Orbih, for his alleged involvement in sabotaging the party’s efforts in Edo State. The PDP Edo State Chapter has been dealing with internal conflicts since the governorship primary election on February 22, 2024, which resulted …
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THE people of Olugboboro community in Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa have appealed to the state government to intervene on a massive oil leakage from a pipeline allegedly operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, (NAOC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the community pressed their plight …
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AN Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has narrated how Mr Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), moved funds to his wife, Mrs Margaret Emefiele. Ogbonnaya told an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday how Emefiele used the bank to move …
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THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has predicted flooding in nine Local Government Areas in Benue. Mrs Zubaida Umar, the agency’s Director -General, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Makurdi during the Downscaling of Flood Early Warning Strategies for Early Actions in the State, said about nine LGAs may be …
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THE domestic bourse on Tuesday maintained a downward trend for the fourth consecutive session, causing investors to lose N114 billion. Selloffs in Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Zenith Bank, FBN Holdings, Access Corporation, Ikeja Hotel, May & Baker, and RT Briscoe, among other declining equities, drove the market down. Specifically, …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has tasked the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity. The president inaugurated the committee on Tuesday in Abuja and appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, as Co-Chairman of the Committee. Tinubu said the …
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THE FCT Police Command has sent Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) for mental assessment and evaluation following his rather troubling action, which caused apprehension among the populace on Monday, July 8, 2024, by climbing a high broadband mast at ASO Radio in Katampe, Abuja, and …
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The Coalition of Civil Society Groups for Good Governance, a key stakeholder in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, has called on oil marketers and distributors to partner with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. to ensure seamless delivery of petroleum products across the country, which is crucial to the …
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Former Equatorial Guinea justice minister Ruben Maye Nsue Mangue, who had been imprisoned since August 2022 for criticising the country’s leader, has been released following a presidential amnesty. Mangue, also a pastor, was detained for calling President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo a ‘demon’ and accusing him of sequestering the nation’s …
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OGUN State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has warned of a tough time for criminals, saying that his administration would use all means available to chase them out of the State. Governor Abiodun gave the warning on Tuesday when he received officers and men of the State Police Command who rescued …
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