President Muhammadu Buhari said the Federal Government will henceforth deal with vandals of pipeline installations across the country like Boko Haram terrorists. Buhari made this known on Wednesday in Beijing, China, and warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or be dealt with by the Armed Forces.…
**Wants Herdsmen’s Assaults Checkmated President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to look into the alleged killing of Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country. This passionate appeal was made by the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, recently following the murder of one of its members at a farm belonging to Olu Falae…
The Nigerian Army says Boko Haram terrorists have been deserting their stronghold, Sambisa forest in Borno State. A statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, on Tuesday disclosed that this followed the aerial bombardment of the forest as well as concerted efforts of the ground troops. Usman said the operations…
Those who applied for the IGP’s Affordable Housing Scheme in Enugu, Katsina, Yola and Benin can now check if their application scaled through. The Nigeria Police released names of successful applicants of the scheme on their verified Facebook page on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The initiative is to provide affordable houses for rank and file…
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has been urged by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, not to resign from office as requested by the National Assembly. The former Rivers governor was asked to apologise or resign by the legislature following the controversy surrounding the Lagos-Calabar railway project. In a statement issued…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South East has urged the National Assembly not to play politics with the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project because it says it will improve the economy of the country as a whole. Spokesman of the party in the region, Osita Okechukwu, who addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, also…
The Nigerian Senate has begun process of amending the Code of Conduct Bureau Act and that of Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015. This move is already being speculated to be a calculated attempt by the upper chamber of the National Assembly to frustrate the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has reacted to an editorial of Punch newspaper of Monday, April 11, 2016, titled ‘Audit Report: Tame NNPC Now’. In a statement signed by the Corporation’s management, it said the editorial contains some errors, which it highlighted. Read the rejoinder below: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) acknowledges the…
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, paid a courtesy call to the governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson at the Government House in Yenagoa, the state capital. During the visit, the energetic NDDC boss had talks with the governor on how to bring…
The Federal Government on Tuesday maintained that the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project was included in the 2016 budget presented to the National Assembly for approval. Speaking on the issue on Tuesday, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, said that because of the “controversies surrounding the 2016 budget, it has become necessary…