Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Kano governor Yusuf appoints 132 LG liaison officers
Each Local Government Area was allocated three Liaison Officers to help pilot the affairs of the state at the local…
APC threatens judge with NJC over recognition of Ehie as Rivers Speaker
The Court had also in the judgment ordered the Amaewule faction loyal to Wike to stop sitting. The ruling followed…
Why Fubara ordered demolition of Rivers Assembly Complex – Commissioner
The Rivers State Government had rolled out over ten bulldozers and other earth moving equipments for the demolition of the…
Fubara presents budget to Ehie-led 4-member faction of Rivers Assembly
There are reports that the member representing OPobo/Nkoro State Constituency, Adolphus Timothy Orubi-enimigha was also elected as the Leader of…
JUST IN: Rivers govt demolishes House of Assembly Complex
Reports indicated that over 10 bulldozers and other heavy-duty equipment were rolled out for the demolition of the House of…
I can’t deliver on my mandate with 2024 budget, Beta Edu cries out
She appealed to the committee and the appropriation committee to help the ministry by providing an appropriation for its budget…
Crisis hits IPAC over alleged tenure extension plot of Yabagi-led executive
IPAC National Secretary, Malam Yusuf Dantalle, told newsmen shortly after the meeting at the IPAC secretariat in Abuja that the…
Tinubu asks Senate to confirm 19 nominees as NPC Commissioners
The request of the President was contained in a letter read out by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the plenary…
Four soldiers dead, 2 oil workers missing in gunmen ambush in Rivers
The deceased soldiers were attached to the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army.
U.S., Israel dispute Gaza future as UN describes humanitarian ‘hell’
Washington wants the Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs parts of the West Bank and is dominated by the Palestinian organisation…
Kaduna: Troops subdue bandits in gun duels, recover weapons, motorcycles
Acting Deputy Director, Public Relations of Division 1 of Nigeria Army, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya in a statement said the troops…
Gaza: UN calls for immediate ceasefire, Biden warns Israel
After dire warnings by UN officials about a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the 193-member UN General Assembly passed a…
Powerful Nigerians involved in illegal mining funding banditry, terrorism — Alake
Alake said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals for the 2024 budget defence…
Release Kanu to us as Christmas gift, Ohaneze Ndigbo begs Tinubu
By Alex Enebeli The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide on Tuesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release leader of the proscribed…
84% capital, N401bn deficit – Inside Gov. Otti’s N567.2bn 2024 budget
Otti also said that the government was focused on committing more than 20 per cent and 15 per cent of the…
OAU student Chisom Nwakwo dies in campus road accident
By Dorcas Elusogbon Mr. Chisom Nwakwo, a final-year student of the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo…
Tinubu promises to deliver improved healthcare sector
President Tinubu made this known at the unveiling of Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative and the signing of the…
APC tackles Gov. Adeleke over food poisoning of Osun pupils
The party said this in reaction to alleged food poisoning of 18 primary school pupils of St. James Primary School…
Director, 2 others arrested for illegally auctioning Kano Govt assets
Kano Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel confirmed the arrest of the three top Kano State government officials on Tuesday.
Osun native doctor, 2 others arrested for exhuming corpses from graves
Osun spokesman for Amotekun Corps said that when interrogated, the suspects made confessional statements that they exhume corpses from graves…
Pastor Eludi docked for N352k ‘special prayer’ fraud
Pastor David Eludi allegedly conspired with others, now at large, to collect the sum of N352,000 from one Florence Samuel,…
Estate developer says change in perception necessary for Rivers to attract investors
China, who is popularly known as 'Mayor of Housing', said while residents of the state are tired of the capital…
Estate developer seeks single regulatory agency for building industry
The developer advocated that a single agency should be created, instead of the present method where builders and developers are…
Fubara a failure, clueless, says Rivers APC Chairman
Tony Okocha, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC in Rivers said this while reacting to defection of 27 lawmakers loyal…
Defection: PDP demands sack of 27 Rivers Assembly lawmakers
The party's spokesperson asserted that by defecting from the PDP, the political party platform on which they were elected into…
Rivers N800bn budget caught in web of lawmakers’ defection confusion
The 27 Martin Amaewhule led lawmakers elected on the platform of PDP had defected to the APC, citing division within…
Family of missing 35-year-old Rivers man seeks help to find him
Speaking on behalf of the family in a voice note send to journalists, Uwerhiavwe explained how his brother who came…
Endless political crisis inimical to economic growth of Rivers – NACCIMA
According to him, for the state to grow economically, there must be deliberate infrastructural development across the 23 LGAs, as…
Kogi: Court restrains police from arrest, harassment of SDP’s Adejoh-Audu
The SDP spokesman had, on November 29, 2003, accused the police chief of collaborating with thugs to attack the interest…
Osun O-Meal: 18 pupils poisoned; Adeleke orders probe
The pupils reportedly became ill after eating food supplied to the school under Osun the state's government-sponsored school feeding programme,…