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…promises outstanding Ekiti N-Power beneficiaries full employment soon …announces automatic job, post graduate scholarship for outstanding graduate, donates N4m for hole in the heart baby’s surgery Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has lamented the mass unemployment challenge currently facing the country, describing it as a time bomb to which the government must pay an […]

Management of Alheri Engineering Company Limited has vehemently denied owing Federal Government the sum of $75,500,000.00 million (about N27.18billion at N360 to $1) over fibre optic agreement. In a statement released by the company on Monday, the company described the accusation as wrong and fallacious and assured its customers that the story is “…not only […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja called on the government and people of Benue State to exercise restraint following the recent attacks on some communities, assuring that all the perpetrators of violence in the state will be made to face the wrath of the law. Receiving a delegation of political leaders, traditional rulers and elders […]

President and Convener of one of Nigeria’s foremost human rights Non-Governmental organization (NGO), Women Arise, Dr. Joe Odumakin has charged the federal government of Nigeria to put an immediate end to the incessant killings by the Fulani Herdsmen. Odumakin in a press release stated that the spate of killings in the country in recent days […]

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday threatened to name and shame politicians who are arming and supporting criminal elements in the society. He commended the gallantry of the security forces and their contribution to peace, security and development but lamented that some political leaders were engrossed in comprising security in Bayelsa. […]

A White Paper released by Ekiti State Government has barred a former governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from holding a public office in the state for 10 years. The state also barred his former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Dapo Kolawole, for the same number of years. The duo were barred based on the report of the […]

President Muhammad Buhari anti-corruption record appears to be rising, but his human rights record is sinking. And his presidency is beginning to appear more like the military dictatorship he denounced on the campaign grounds in 2015. Before rounding off his 2,562-word speech at Chatham House in the United Kingdom in February 2015, General Muhammadua Buhari […]

The Nigerian economy will be significantly better in 2018 going by the consistent positive trend of key indicators since the country emerged from recession in the second quarter of last year, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has said. Senator Udoma who was speaking at the 2018 Economic Outlook Forum […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the new Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Abubakar, a retired career foreign service officer, has been a Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations. Abubakar had extensive experience working with the United Nations in peace support […]

3 UK based solicitors have have petitioned the British MP, Lyn Brown, the PM, Theresa May and the Foreign affairs Minister Boris Johnson over the arrest and continued harrasment of Mr Daniel Elombah, by the Nigerian Police. This comes as the international Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, warned Nigerian authorities to immediately release Timothy Elombah, […]

…takes case to ICC, UN, Embassies …reject ‘cattle colonies’, demand definition …warns IGP over reckless comments The Tiv Area Traditional Council on Tuesday said it had concluded plans to report to the global community and International Criminal Court, the atrocities of Fulani herdsmen, including the recent killing of natives in Benue State. The pan-Tiv traditional […]

Campaign for the presidential and governorship elections in 2019 will begin in November, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said in a timetable released today. According to the timetable, campaign for the presidential and National Assembly election will start on Nov. 18, while the campaign for the governorship will begin on Nov. 2. Party primaries […]