Boko Haram: DSS insists defendants not tortured to make statement
Abuja – A prosecution witness, John Timothy on Tuesday in Abuja testified that Dr Nafeez Yinus, the first defendant, and Umar Musa, the third defendant in court for alleged connection with Boko Haram...
View ArticleProtest in Ekiti as traditional ruler killed 40-year-old man over land dispute
Ayede Ekiti (Ekiti State) – The police have arrested two persons in Ayede Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti, following a violent protest which trailed the alleged killing of one person by a...
View ArticleCouncil approves establishment of AIDS Trust Fund
Abuja – The National Council on AIDS has approved the establishment of a special Trust Fund outside the normal budgetary provision to sustain funding and ownership of HIV/AIDS response programmes. The...
View ArticleNigeria can produce 3m barrels of crude per day, says Kachiku
Abuja – The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources , Mr Ibe Kachikwu, said that Nigeria is capable of producing three million barrels of crude oil per day from the Niger Delta region. Kachikwu stated...
View ArticleRivers Police Commissioner is dead
Abuja – The Rivers Commissioner of Police, Mr Francis Odesanya, has died. A statement issued by the Force spokesman, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Jimoh Moshood in Abuja on Tuesday, said Odesanya...
View ArticleDiaspora Voting: INEC constitutes committees
Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has constituted a 10-member committee on the Review of Diaspora or Out-of-Country Voting. Also constituted, according to the...
View ArticleFG raises alarm over Boko Haram new media propaganda strategy
Abuja – The Federal Government on Tuesday said the decimated Boko Haram sect had refocused its resources to media war and propaganda against the nation. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of...
View Article2017 Budget: Ag. President Osinbajo meets NASS leadership
Abuja – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday met with leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) in continuation of consultations between the executive and legislative arms of government over the...
View ArticleAmaechi pleads with senate to approve FG’s $29.9bn foreign loan
Abuja – The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has pleaded with the senate to approve the Federal Government’s 29.96 billion dollars loan request to enable it commence the proposed rail...
View ArticleEtsako Bye-Election: 2 arraigned over political thuggery
Benin – Mr Suleiman Nakowa, 58 and Ms Talatu Abdulahi, 24, were on Wednesday brought before an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin over alleged political thuggery. The duo were arrested for the alleged...
View ArticleContributory Pension Scheme takes off in Edo
In accordance with his budget speech in which he promised that the contributory pension scheme would commence in 2017, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has appointed 15 pension fund...
View ArticleAgain, tribunal declines Ize-Iyamu’s bid to amend petition
The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal yesterday ruled against another attempt by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to make amendments to a paragraph in the petition filed before the tribunal. Chairperson of...
View ArticleFRSC begins nationwide full enforcement of Speed Limiting Device
Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Wednesday began nationwide full enforcement of the Speed Limiting Device (SLD) on commercial vehicles plying the nation’s highways. This followed...
View ArticlePatience Jonathan: court strikes out suit against SERAP
Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos, has struck out a suit by a group, the Union of Niger Delta Youth Organisation for Equity, Justice and Good Governance, against the Socio-Economic Rights and...
View ArticleSen Andy Uba dumps PDP, defects to APC
Uga (Anambra ) – Sen. Andy Uba, representing Anambra South Senatorial zone under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uba disclosed...
View ArticleExpert warns against wrong sleeping position in pregnancy
Abuja – A gynaecologist, Dr Nathaniel Adewole, has warned that sleeping on the back side of the body at advanced stage of pregnancy could predispose a baby to brain problem. Adewole, of the University...
View ArticlePIB: Uncertainty over policies impeding investors’ interests in oil sector —...
Abuja – Non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly causes uncertainties over oil sector policies, Mr Umana Okon Umana, Managing Director, Oil and Gas Free Zones Area...
View ArticleAGF to create OGP platform for NDDC …As Commission seeks collaboration with...
The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has consented to a request by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to have a platform on the...
View ArticleNiger Delta Regional Development master plan ready for submission-Boroh
Abuja – The people of Niger Delta region will soon breathe a sigh of relief following on-going efforts by the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to improve their livelihoods. The...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS: Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure
Umuahia – Prof. Francis Otunta, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia, has confirmed the discovery of a new drug for the treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS by...
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