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Civil Society Organisations in the Niger-Delta have called on agitators in the region to sheathe their swords and embrace peaceful resolutions of whatever grievance they may have. Inemo Samiama Country Director of Social Democratic Network, who spoke on behalf of the CSOs, in Port Harcourt  at a joint media briefing in Port Harcourt said the […]

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo, as Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development to the governor. The governor also appointed Chibuzor Aholu as Senior Special Assistant to the governor on financial matters. A statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, […]

The House of Representatives, Tuesday, made some changes to the Act setting up the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The changes were contained in the report of a bill for an Act to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, 2004 that was considered and adopted on […]

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has denied granting an interview to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office. Soyinka described the story of his comments on President Buhari making the rounds on the internet as a forgery and called on security agents to do something about these forgers. In his statement issued on Tuesday entitled: More Inmates […]Read More

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Tuesday criticized members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, over the killings of police officers during yesterday’s bloody protest in the South-East. In a statement by the Force Spokesperson, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, Arase ordered the disarmament of IPOB members. The statement reads “Following the manifestation of the […]

Niger Delta Avenger (NDA), the group behind recent bombing of oil pipelines in the Niger Delta has accused Tompolo of siding with the government and sitting on the fence while his people are being killed.The group also accused capt Hosa Okunbor and others of masterminding the raids in Gbaramatu. The allegations is contained in  a statement […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has dared the Federal Government to carry out the alleged plot of preventing him from travelling out of the country , saying; “under the federal system of government, State governors are not appendages of the President and as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria, he cannot be cowed by President Mohammadu Buhari and his agents.” […]Read More

With about one month to the Presidential election of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), a group Christians under the aegis of Patriotic Christian Youths of Nigeria (PCYN), on Sunday raised fears that some persons with questionable characters who were allegedly sponsoring a particular candidate that is close to the Presidency. Should they succeed, the organisation […]

A Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ad­emola Adeniyi, is under fire from chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for endorsing a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s eligibility to contest the 2015 presidential election. Justice Adeniyi had last Thursday dismissed a preliminary objection filed by President Buhari against a suit by an […]

Senator Ben Bruce, the lawmaker representing Bayelsa central senatorial district, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and his ministers spent their first year in office giving excuses. “For the past year, PMB and his ministers mistook the Federal Executive Council for the Federal Excuses Council. This must stop going forward!” he wrote on Twitter. Known […]

Former militant leader, Government Ekpempuolo, alias Tompolo, again on Sunday, said he does not know the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, and urged the militant group to cease blowing up oil facilities and embrace dialogue if it was truly fighting for Niger Deltans. Tompolo, in a statement, said: “I wish to appeal to you (Niger Delta […]

The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman has announced that 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. The director said this in Abuja,that the patrol team met with some armed militants in two […]