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The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the election of the governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson. The five justices of the apex court, led by Justice Walter Onnonghen, unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by the Change Advocacy Party (CAP) a...
The South South region may be headed for war if the threat by some Kalabari chiefs, from Rivers State, alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan is plotting to handover oil wells belonging to them is anything to go by. Speaking with newsmen yesterday a...
Chiefs of Kalabari Kingdom of Rivers on Monday in Abuja protested what they said were plans to carve out some part of the state and join it with Bayelsa. Mr Emmanuel Awoyesuku, the Chairman of Akulga Local government Area of Rivers, told a news confere...
The PDP said on Monday that the Supreme Court judgment reaffirming the election of Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa was an incentive to make the party better. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Olisa Metuh, said this in a statement in Abu...
The dredging of River Niger will be extended to Jebba in Kwara, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said. He said this on Monday during a sympathy visit to the Etsu Patigi, Alhaji Ibrahim Umar, over the floo...
The Edo House of Assembly has ordered the dissolution of transition committee executives in the 18 local government councils of the state. The order was sequel to a matter of urgent public importance moved by Mr Paul Ohonbamu, representing Egor constit...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has condemned Sunday's bomb attack on St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Kaduna, calling on residents to remain calm and vigilant. A statement by the Secretary General of the organisation, Dr Khalid Aliyu, is...
The National Publicity Secretary, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says Nigeria cannot develop if the political leaders continue in their bids to breach the constitution. Okechukwu made this known in an interview with...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has emphasised the need for the Federal Government to restructure the nation’s petroleum industry for better service delivery. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of the party, Mr Em...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Kaduna state governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa have condemned Sunday's suicide bomb attack on a Catholic Church in Kaduna. "The President, who was extremely saddened by the explosion, described it as barbaric, ...
Africa loses one million tonnes of fish per year due to overfishing and bad governance in the fisheries sector. The continent's losses account for one-tenth of annual global losses, said Sumaila Rashid, Director of the Fisheries Centre at the Unive...
Commuters in different areas of the Kaduna metropolis were on Sunday stranded, following the bombing of St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Angwar Yero, Bardarawa area of Malali, Kaduna, earlier in the day. Many drivers of commercial vehicles scam...
The Kaduna State Government on Sunday called for calm and urged the people to ignore rumours of reprisal attacks for the church bombing earlier in the day. In a statement in Kaduna, Mr Reuben Buhari, the Senior Special Assistant (Media) to Governor Pat...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generated N3.81 trillion as revenue in nine months. The FIRS made the claim on Sunday in Abuja via a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Obeta, its Director of Communications. ``With this amount, the F...
Some traders in Lagos State have commended the state government for banning commercial motorcycles, popularly called ``Okada'', in the state, saying that it will reduce road accidents to the barest minimum. The traders, who spoke with the ...