Financial institutions in Nigeria have been ordered to put a halt to the mass retrenchment exercise embarked upon by some of them lately. A statement issued on Friday by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed that this decision is coming due to issues in the industry. “Following spate of petitions and complaints from…
Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday night had a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting took place at the Presidential Villa, but details of it were not disclosed at anxious State House Correspondents. However, there are speculations that both men discussed the renewed attacks in the Niger Delta region by the Niger Delta…
A serving military officer has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The officer, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, was taken to court by the agency on Friday, June 3, 2016 alongside three others, including the former Director General of NIMASA, Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi. The two other persons are Kime Engozu and Josphine…
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta as well as Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd), has described the cleanup of Ogoni as both an environmental and economic lifeline for the Niger Delta. In his comments on the exercise which was flagged off by the Federal Government on…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again held crucial discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The elder statesman met with the President at the State House in Abuja on Friday, June 3, 2016. Spokesman of the President, Femi Adesina, revealed on his Facebook page the visit, but did not disclose the reason for Obasanjo’s visit…
The recently repaired facility belonging to Shell has yet again been destroyed by militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The installation was attacked in the early hours of Friday by the militant group called the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which has carried out similar attacks in the region lately. According to the group,…
With the daily bombing of oil facilities in the Niger Delta by the militants in the area, especially by a group known as the Niger Delta Avengers, the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is losing grip on governance. The party said in a…
Some gunmen suspected to be militants have abducted younger sister to a member of the House of Representatives, Henry Ofongo. The victim, Mrs Seighe Dike, was kidnapped on Thursday at Igbomotoru in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the hoodlums stormed the area in two speedboats, carried out their…
The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that the National Caretaker Committee led by Ahmed Makarfi has not been sacked as being reported in the media. This clarification was made on Thursday via a statement issued in Abuja by Head of Publicity Division, Chinwe Nnorom. It was disclosed by…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has backed the cleanup of Ogoni land launched by the Federal Government on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Wike, speaking at the flag off of the exercise, promised that the people of the state, especially from Ogoni, will support the programme. The governor explained that for decades, the entire Niger Delta…