Reports

The Bayelsa State Government has condemned the inter-communal clash between Akenfa and Agudama-Epie communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state that reportedly resulted in the death of three people and injuries to many more. In a statement release on Friday, the government expressed dismay with the ugly situation and urged the feuding communities […]

Rising from a meeting on Friday evening in Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the supplementary election for the Anambra State governorship seat would now hold on Saturday, 30th November 2013. This is to ensure that the exercise is conducted in the 65 units where it was cancelled recently, although some of […]

The Bayelsa State Government has strongly condemned the constant recourse to lawlessness and brigandage often exhibited by some known criminal gangs, cult leaders and their fellow cultists, and funded by political opponents who have formed the habit of blocking federal highways and infringing on the rights of law abiding citizens.  According to Special Adviser to […]

The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has urged Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed D. Abubakar to prove his denial before the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs that the order for disruption of the 3rd November 2013 meeting of the G7 Governors at the Kano State Government Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, was from him. […]

Self-acclaimed billionaire, Jimoh Ibrahim, may not be finding it easy with officials of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), as he was on Monday grilled for several hours by the Special Enforcement Unit of the government agency over allegations of evading the payment of tax totalling N6.8bn. The amount is the total sum accruing to the government from […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has received the report of the Tribunal of Enquiry on incidence of collapsed buildings in the state, stating that the tribunal was set up to unravel the reasons behind past collapses in order to avoid future occurrences. The governor, who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja, the Lagos State […]

Reuben Abati earned a first class degree from the University of Calabar, a cerebral writer he is also the recipient of several awards.  Amongst them is the Cecil King Memorial Prize for the Print Journalist of the year, 1998; Fletcher Challenge Newspaper Commonwealth Prize for Opinion Writing, 2000, and four times winner of the Diamond […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Police of acting out the script of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra, by arresting election monitors from Osun State and labelling them as thugs. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has received a 16 man delegation from Houston, Texas led by Mr. Val Thompson, President Houston International Trade and Development Council. The delegation, which is in the country to explore trade and investment opportunities, was accompanied by the Consul General of Nigeria in  Atlanta, Ambassador Geoffrey Teneilabe. Ambassador […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has received a 16 man delegation from Houston, Texas led by Mr. Val Thompson, President Houston International Trade and Development Council. The delegation, which is in the country to explore trade and investment opportunities, was accompanied by the Consul General of Nigeria in  Atlanta, Ambassador Geoffrey Teneilabe. Ambassador […]

Human rights lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo has petitioned Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar over the murder of Mr. Frank Moses allegedly by Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Dr. Douglas Ineyi Ekpebu. According to Keyamo, late Comrade Frank Moses — a native of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, a […]

Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar on Wednesday paid a working visit to Awka, Anambra State capital, where he addressed police personnel serving and deployed to the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. The IGP warned them to be firm, meticulous and ensure that nothing untoward happens within their areas of jurisdiction, further cautioning the […]