Former Speaker of Abia House of Assembly, Mr Chinedum Orji, has offered reasons he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking in an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia on Wednesday, Orji said that he did not join APC to fight for...
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Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has commended President Bola Tinubu and the military high command, over the withdrawal of troops from Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. The governor stated this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. He said that with the withdrawal...
The Police on Wednesday said a 46-year- old man had been nabbed for allegedly vandalising the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, 34 days after it was reopened following rehabilitation. The police spokesperson in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin said...
The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Petroleum Resources Downstream and Climate Change has queried oil producing companies operating in the country over the environmental degradation. Rep. Pondi Gbabojor, the Chairman of the joint Committee, said this Abuja on Wednesday at the public hearing...
By TYAV SAM TYAV. Makurdi – Disturbed by the comments by Professor Ernest Ojukwu which bothered on the autonomy of the judiciary and why the state government was still buying cars for judges, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Benue State, Fidelis Bemsen Mnyim,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The National Coordinator and Founder of Tinubu Support Organization (TSO), Aminu Suleiman has lauded the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia for keeping to his campaign promises made to the people of the State during his electioneering campaigns. The TSO coordinator, who...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, Most Rev. Michael Ukpong, has charged the Catholic media practitioners to help disseminate the Church doctrines among the youths. Ukpong gave the charge on Wednesday, when a group, known as the Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CAMPAN), paid him...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The recent trip to the United States (U.S) by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has already attracted a delegation of investors from Australia which has arrived the sate to develop a 10 GW solar photovoltaic power plant. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that a...
The Lagos State Government has introduced Electronic Physical Planning Permit System to allow building approval to be obtained in just 10 minutes. The Special Adviser, e-GIS and Urban. Development, Dr Olajide Babatunde, made the disclosure during a ministerial press briefing to mark the first year of the second...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has announced the complete withdrawal of the military from the Okuama community in the state. The governor disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference at the Government House, in Asaba, implying that the displaced people of Okuama are now...
S The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama on Thursday. Sirika, a minister in the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Abubakar Dandare, a Registrar of the Upper Sharia Court in Gusau , Zamfara for alleged forgery and misappropriation of dead man’s N3.8 million. The EFCC Counsel, Mr Peter Attah, told the court that Dandare committed the offence on...
The House of Representatives has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the circumstances leading to the untimely death of a four-year old Miguel Ovoke, a pupil at Brickhall School in Abuja. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Kelechi Nwogu (PDP-Rivers)...
By PROFESSOR USMAN A. TAR The Borno State Government has been battling with the problems of teachers’ recruitment, remuneration and retention. Over the years, unscrupulous employment practices, particularly by Local Education Authorities, have resulted in the engagement of persons who were not qualified into the teaching profession contrary...
A journalist with Vanguard Newspaper, Ms Victoria Ojeme has appealed to the authorities to protect her from the hands of faceless, unscrupulous and callous individuals who have continued to send threatening messages to her over the alarm she raised about the senseless killing of her kinsmen in a bloody...
The Federal Government has said the bribery allegation by Binance is a diversionary strategy to run away from their wrong doings. The Minister of of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji-Mohammed Idris made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Rabiu Ibrahim on Wednesday in...
R’ South African President Cyril Ramaphosa described as “treasonous” a campaign advertisement by an opposition party that depicts a burning national flag, as antagonism between political parties rose three weeks before an election. The campaign advertisement released on Monday by the Democratic Alliance uses the burning flag as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice Chairman of Marte LGC of Borno State, Alhaji Mustapha Mohamed, has appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum to impress on the Nigerian military and Multi Joint National Task Force (MNJTF) to liberate Kirnewa town of Marte LGC to enable the residents of the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the circumstances that led to the escape of Mr Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive of a crypto currency exchange company, Binance. The House has also summoned the National Security Adviser, Mr Nuhu Ribadu, to explain what led to the escape of...