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…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has appealed to herdsmen and farmers across the country to maintain peace as the National Assembly is ready to proffer lasting solution to the perennial clashes over grazing by cattle. Saraki was speaking on Wednesday when a group of herdsmen from Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Association Jigawa state branch visited…
The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, conducted by higher institutions in Nigeria for candidates seeking admission into their schools has been scrapped. The cancellation of the exams, commonly called post-JAMB, was announced by the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja during the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions…