“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” – African proverb By Lazarus ILEMS, Port Harcourt Any keen follower of recent activities in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) would admit that the two agencies of the Federal […]
No fewer than six persons were killed when gunmen attacked the 3-3 Police Divisional Headquarters, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State in the early hours of Sunday. The attack was carried out less than 24 hours after a similar attack at Ukpor and Ogidi communities where three policemen were killed. It was […]
Nigeria vice-captain William Troost-Ekong has sustained an injury ahead of next month’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The experienced defender’s Italian club US Salernitana have announced that he will be out for two weeks due to an injury with Nigeria set to face Guinea-Bissau in the AFCON qualifiers The Serie A club […]
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has again dispelled speculations that he is gearing to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike at the 114th Quarterly General Meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt, on Monday, said he remains an unrepentant member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite being impressed […]
The ACCORD in Akwa Ibom State has denied a claim that it had endorsed the Uyo Senatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Victoria Ibokette. The State Chairman of ACCORD, Rt Hon (Engr) Martins Ansa, who made the rebuttal at a news conference on Monday in Uyo, urged Akwa Ibom people in particular […]
By Henshaw NYONG in Uyo. Since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, the country has depended mainly on foreign contracting firms for its construction works and projects. In fact, in our Country, the bigger and more complex the project, the more reason it should go to a foreign company. Although foreign firms are still […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has expressed its readiness for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections, insisting that only Corps members would handle the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS during the polls. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at the weekend when he inspected the International Conference Centre ICC, which has been […]
Some commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory have decried low patronage in their business due to the scarcity of naira notes. Some of them who spoke to our source; the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled their businesses. […]
The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufai has ordered ministries, departments and agencies to continue to accept payments made in all denominations of the naira. El-rufai disclosed this in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye. He noted that agencies in Kaduna should allow old and […]
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu is meeting with 10 governors of the party. Tbe meeting started around 2:35 pm at the National Working Committee (NWC) Hall of the party National Secretariat. The meeting had in attendance governors of Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna and Kogi states. Governors […]