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The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday denied claiming that members of the National Assembly get 60 percent of contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).   In a letter read by Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker, Akpabio claimed that his reference to 60 percent was in respect of old contracts […]

Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to sue Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, for perjury and defamation.    On its part, the Senate proposed scrapping of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission.   The resolution of the House followed the expiration of a 48-hour ultimatum it gave to […]

Eyitayo Jegede, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, on Wednesday, won the governorship primary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).   Jegede scored 888 votes to beat to the second place, Agboola Ajayi, the deputy governor, who had 657 votes.   Jegede will face governor Rotimi Akeredolu on October 10 […]

  The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointments of two journalists and 38 others as ambassadors, following their nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.   The journalists are Debo Adesina (representing Oyo State) and Oma Djebah (Delta).   Buhari had submitted 42 names for confirmation but two nominees, from Niger and Niger States were dropped […]

Still smarting from the public humiliation it received from the sordid spectacle of the current Acting Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Keme Pondei walking out on the House Committee on the NDDC, after accusing the committee chair of having vested interests in the ongoing corruption investigation, and the same committee issuing […]

After bringing a motion to the floor of the red chamber, amid the rising crescendo of calls for the sack of the nation’s security heads over their failure to combat the rising insecurity in the country, Senator Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) and chairman, Senate Committee on Army, has come out to distance himself from the motion […]

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 576 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total infections in the country to 37, 801. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle.   The centre also said that four deaths were recorded in the country. It said that the 576 new […]

Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has tested positive for the coronavirus, he disclosed early Wednesday.   Fayemi announced this via tweet o his official Twitter handle, @kfayemi   “I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive,” he tweeted.    “I’m generally ok and I’m already self- isolating at home and receiving […]

    Nigeria said that international flights from the country could re-start before or in early October, according to the Minister of Aviation announced.   Hadi Siriki wrote in response to a report earlier that international flights wouldn’t resume before October.   “International flight resumption date not October,,” Sirika said in a Tweet.   Nigeria […]

Nigeria’s presidency on Tuesday said that the removal of the country’s Service Chiefs is a prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari, as they cannot be changed by any other authority.   Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President said this in a post on his verified Twitter account, @FemAdesina   Adesina was […]

Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday requested the country’s service chiefs to resign after a recent killing of soldiers and mass resignation of others engaged in the fight against insurgency and banditry in some parts of northern Nigeria.   The order followed a report on Monday that at least 23 Nigerian soldiers were ambushed and killed in […]

Nigeria’s House of Representatives members has given Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, two days  to name the members of the National Assembly who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission, as he claimed.   Akpabio had claimed on Monday that 60 percent of the contracts awarded by the commission were given to […]