A senator from Bayelsa State, Ben Murray-Bruce, on Monday said operatives of the State Security Service prevented him from “greeting” President Muhammadu Buhari at a state dinner organised to mark 2016 Democracy Day. Read More…

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the constitutional power to prevent him from traveling out of the country anytime he wishes to do so. Read More…

The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari has not rescinded his decision to publish the amounts that have been recovered by his administration from those who had allegedly looted the nation’s treasury. Read More…

The Police in Ebonyi State on Monday arrested some clergymen who were conducting an inter-denominational service for members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), reports Premium Times. Read More…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his administration has stabilised the economy of the state through the strategic release of funds via payment of salaries and payment for key projects. Read More…

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead following protest by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Asaba on Monday. Read More…

MEMBERS of the Biafra Independent Movement and Movement for Actualization Sovereign State of Biafra, BIM-MASSOB, allegedly killed two police officers in a clash and threw two other injured policemen into the River Niger at Asaba, capital of Delta State, on Monday. Read More…

Governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, has denied the posters in Abuja and other Northern states having the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, announcing his intention to run for the 2019 presidency with Rochas as the deputy. Read More…

One year after the 2015 Presidential elections and assumption in office, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared that he was shocked that former President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat to him. Read More…

Men of Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), of the Rivers state Police command on Monday disrupted the peaceful match by members of Ralph Uwazurike-led Movement For the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOP), at Obigbo, in Obigbo Local Government Area of the state. Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the Ogoni land clean up on June 2. Read More…

Several persons including a soldier were allegedly killed today during a clash between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Onitsha, Anambra State. Read More…

FEDERAL Government and former Niger Delta militants rose from a meet­ing at the weekend and pledged to work together to put a stop to the spate of bombings and pipelines vandalism in the country. Read More…

The minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has expressed the hope that implementation of the report of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Ogoni land will reduce crime and violence in the area. Read More…

Governor David Umahi, yesterday ordered the arrest and prosecution of the state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP youth leader, Mr. Mark Onu for alleged public disorder and attempt to disrupt the 2016 Democracy Day celebration in the state. Read More…

Gunmen Saturday night stormed Ozochi community in Ahoada East Local Government of Rivers State and killed eight persons, including the oldest man in the community. Read More…

Soldiers deployed to a checkpoint along Bauchi to Jos road have shot in error, a bus conveying policemen travelling from Taraba to Kaduna. Read More…

The Nigerian Army says its troops on Sunday averted attacks on oil pipelines located at Gulobokri and Eweleso communities in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Read More…

The Nigerian Army has arrested 10 suspected members of the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers . Read More…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday, frowned at the Press Release by the Rivers State Information and Communications Commissioner, Dr. Austin Tam-George, linking Read More…

Five people were killed when an improvised explosive device exploded in northeast Nigeria, in a region where Boko Haram insurgents have operated for years, the country’s military said Sunday. Read More…

The immediate past Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Suleiman, on Sunday gave kudos to President Mohammad Buhari for his fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the country.

Suleiman gave the commendation in llorin while reacting to President Buhari’s speech in commemoration of Democracy Day and one year of his administration. He noted that there is now peace in parts of the country that hitherto had recorded mass casualties and displacement due to attacks by the insurgents.

The former minister urged the government to consolidate on the achievement recorded so far, to engender development in the area. He noted that no meaningful development could be attained in an atmosphere of rancour, hatred and acrimony. Suleiman, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Abuja, advised Buhari to bring his ministers closer to him, to be able to get direct information on issues affecting the country including the feelings and aspirations of Nigerians.

Suleiman suggested the inclusion of more economists into the administration, to fast track the country’s economic recovery. Meanwhile, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has appealed to Nigerians to offer prayers for the President to succeed in building peace, progress and political stability in the country. Tambuwal, who made the appeal in Sokoto while distributing inputs to farmers groups in the state, said that the prayers would guide the leadership to perform creditably.

He said that the inputs were procured at the cost of N159 million under the Fadama III programme to boost irrigation in the state. The governor said that the items include rice tilling machines, water pumps, seeds, chemical, animal feeds among others, which would be sold to farmers at 75 per cent discount. He explained that the gesture was to encourage the youths and women engage in all-year farming. Tambuwal called on the beneficiaries to utilise the facilities provided for them to produce enough food for local consumption and export.

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The controversy surrounding Justice  Mary Ukaego Odili’s alleged misconduct of sitting as a judge in her own case in a criminal appeal has become messier. Read More…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the state is not celebrating democracy day because the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has destroyed the foundation of democracy by plotting to allocate legislative seats in the state. Read More…