War in Calabar: Navy used GPMG to destroy Calabar police station
Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General...
Month: May 2017
BREAKING: No date for signing of budget yet – Presidential aide
The Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, has said no date has yet been fixed...
NIMASA DG Assures Nigeria Seafarers of Training
DAKUKU Peterside, director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has restated the commitment of the agency...
22,430 Former Cultists Surrender Arms in Rivers
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Monday, May 29, disclosed that 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911 assorted arms...
I still want to rule Nigeria – Donald Duke
Former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said he would still take a shot at the...
2017 Children’s Day: Be humble and study hard, Oboro Gbaraun II advises children
CHILDREN'S DAY: The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro-Gbaraun II, in a group photograph with Chiefs and students of Gbaraun...
Group Uncovers Plan To Organise Nude Protest Against Dickson
A political movement, Young Ijaw Professionals, on Tuesday said they have uncovered plans by a former governor from the South...
Buhari’s wife joins President in London
The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday left Nigeria for London, United Kingdom, to join her husband...
Woman chops off cheating husband’s penis, kills self
A woman in northern Thailand chopped off her unfaithful husband’s penis and then drank pesticide to her death, local police...
FG CANCELS OIL BLOCS AWARDED TO NIGER DELTANS
A group of investors and indigenes of the Niger Delta, yesterday, condemned the Federal Government’s cancellation of Oil Prospecting Licences, ...
FIFTY YEARS OF BIAFRA
The Nigerian Civil War broke out soon after the Republic of Biafra was declared in May 1967 and ended very...
Democracy Day: MMM-Nigeria organises ‘Green Party’
MMM-Nigeria, a group for mutual financial aid and donations on Monday organised a green party show in the Federal Capital...
Court declares LG marriage certificates illegal
A Lagos High Court has barred local government areas from conducting marriages across the country. The court, in a judgment,...
Buhari’s committed to N/Delta development, says Olu of Warri
Olu of Warri, Godfery Ikenwoli Emiko has said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is serious and committed to...
FG declares Monday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29, 2017 as a public holiday to celebrate the 2017 Democracy Day. The...
How to stop your bank from cheating you
As the levels of fraud and excessive bank charges are on the increase, it has become increasingly important to study...
We didn’t address N’Delta, B’Haram terrorism early, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, said the extremisms of the Boko Haram in the North-East and the Niger Delta...
Court remands George Turnah in prison for N3bn fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded a godson to former President Goodluck Jonathan in prison for...
EFCC goes after Jonathan’s wife’s assets
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to apply for the final forfeiture of choice properties allegedly owned...
Boro Day: Mischief makers are after Dickson-Chief Okorotie
A former Chief Whip in the old Rivers State House of Assembly, Chief Thompson Okorotie, has expressed concern over the...
Okerenkoko Community Announces Dates For 2017 General Election
Okerenkoko Federated Community in Gbaramatu kingdom has announced Saturday, 27th May, 2017 for conduct of community election. A statement signed by Hon....
Clark, a dependable voice for equity – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, on his 90th birthday. He described the nonagenarian as...
Niger Delta group vows to resist take over of Port Harcourt, Warri refineries
Niger Delta youths under the auspices of the Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum (PANDLEAF) have vowed to resist the...
Contractors beg Okowa to make road accessible for project execution at Bomadi Poly
Contractors executing projects at the Polytechnic site in Bomadi are begging Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to fix the...
Ex-councillors in Bayelsa beaten by security operative over severance allowance
Ex-Councillorss in Bayelsa state have expressed their displeasure over the ill-treatment meted to them by Governor Seriake Dickson’s security details...
Adaka Boro’s Day: INC Backs Governor Dickson
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has admitted its failure to bring together sons and daughters of Ijaw ethnic nationality, especially...
No disaffection between Dickson and Jonathan ―State PDP Boss
*Detractors twisted the governor’s speech-INC Worried over the governor’s speech delivered at the Boro day event that was wrongly interrupted...
Dickson was right we need to work together ―IYC tells critics
•No rift between Dickson/Jonathan THE Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has condemned enemies of Ijaw people who are bent on fanning...
FG, States, LGs Share N415b
…Excess crude account now $2.29b The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday shared N415.730billion among the three tiers of...
Bayelsa teachers suspend strike
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Bayelsa State chapter, on Tuesday called off its strike and directed primary school teachers...
Channels TV State House correspondent Chukwuma Onuekwusi is dead
Channels TV State House correspondent Chukwuma Onuekwusi is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday at a private...
Delta Assembly lifts suspension on Ex-Speaker Igbuya, Ex-leader Owhofere
The Delta Stated House of Assembly has listed the suspension on the former speaker, Rt.Hon. Monday Ovwigho Igbuya and ex-majority...
Oloibiri Oil and Gas festival to promote tourism – Bayelsa monarch
Ahead of the December 28, 2017 Oloibiri Oil and Gas Festival, the traditional ruler of the host communities, King Dumaro...
Troops foil militants attack in Akwa Ibom\Cross River boundary dispute
A detachment of soldiers attached to 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Ibagwa, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom...
Fani-Kayode lashes out at Jonathan’s critics
Former Aviation Minister and People’s Democratic Party member, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at critics of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan....
