Month: December 2020
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The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 26 personnel tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Port Harcourt, Major GeneralJOHNSON IREFIN. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General SAGIR MUSA, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. General MUSA disclosed that a total of […]
The Coalition of Northern Group says its state chapters will trek to Daura, the country home of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, in protest against the abduction of 333 students in the State. Under the banner of the #Bringbackourboys campaign, the CNG spokesperson, ABDUL-AZEEZ SULEIMAN, told newsmen that his members would storm the President’s residence today and […]
By Chinwendu Nwani The Rivers State governor, NYESOM WIKE, has advised the Federal Government to include the East West road among the critical infrastructural projects being funded from the coffers of the nation’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. The governor, also said the Federal Government’s directive stopping State governments from funding the construction or rehabilitation of failed […]
The Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice ADAMA IYAYE LAMIKANRA has released over one hundred inmates from correctional centers in Port Harcourt, Degema and Ahoada prisons as part of efforts to decongest the facilities. During the jail delivery, fifty-seven inmates were released from Port Harcourt Correctional Center on 30th November and 3rd of December, while forty-two […]
The Federal Government says the call, in some quarters, for the resignation of the President, Major Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the recent killing of farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists is “cheap and irresponsible”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, during a meeting on Thursday in Lagos, said the calls […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality. The panels were also to investigate allegations of human rights abuses against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has reportedly agreed to address the House of Representatives on the state of insecurity in the country, following the request by the lawmakers. According to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, a date has been agreed on and it will be announced soon. The speaker noted that the president […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has hinted that insurgency and terrorism may continue in Nigeria for another 20 years. Buratai made the remark on his verified Facebook handle few days after Boko Haram massacred rice farmers in Borno State. Boko Haram insurgents had beheaded about 110 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Jere […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the arrest of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief FEMI FANI-KAYODE. EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR, had urged the court to issue an arrest warrant against the former minister following his absence from today’s anti-graft proceedings. FANI-KAYODE […]
Rivers State Governor NYESOM WIKE has presented the 2021 Appropriation Bill of over 448.66 billion Naira before the House of Assembly. In a speech, Governor WIKE gave a breakdown of the budget in terms of recurrent and capital expenditure before the House which was presided over by the Speaker, IKUINYI-OWAJI IBANI. WIKE emphasised that the […]
