Wike set to send anti-open grazing bill to Rivers Assembly

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has promised to give the ban on open-grazing in the state a legal backing by sending the...

Soyinka, Clark fault Buhari’s grazing route plan

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark on Monday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s demand for the recovery of “encroached” grazing...

Twitter removes Nigerian president’s ‘abusive’ civil war post

Twitter removed on Wednesday a post by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings.

Wike threatens to dethrone monarchs over employment racketeering

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to dethrone traditional rulers selling employments meant for their subjects. The governor...

Tompolo to Fed Govt: inaugurate NDDC board within seven days

A former Niger Delta warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo Tompolo, yesterday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to inaugurate the substantive...

Tension Rocks Anambra APC over Mode of Primaries

There is palpable apprehension and uncertainty among governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State over the mode of...

Victim of Ebonyi school bomb explosion on Thursday. Photo: Edward Nnachi

A substance suspected to be improvised explosive device went off and severed the left hand of a male pupil at Glory Land...

Wike, Amaechi clash over Rivers insecurity

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike and Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi at the weekend traded words over the latter’s attribution of insecurity in Rivers...

Southern Govs ban open grazing, demand restructuring

Southern Governors have banned open grazing and movement of cows by foot in 17 Southern States of the Federation.

Why I won’t sympathise with Adeboye over son’s demise, by Sunday...

Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has said he would not greet or sympathise with Redeemed Christian Church...

Police dismiss three officers for alleged extortion

The three policemen allegedly involved in the forceful extortion of N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba have been dismissed from service.

Security: Southeast governors, leaders insist on Ebube Agu

Southeast governors on Sunday said the legal framework for Ebube Agu has been set in motion. They directed attorneys-general of the...

THE THREAT ON PRINCE CLEM AGBA IS UNCALLED FOR…..Edo people are...

By Lois O. Adams25/04/2021He who must come to equity must not forget that cleanliness is sacrosanct. You do not fight the annoited and expect...

TIME TO SHUN VIOLENCE IN NIGER DELTA, AMNESTY BOSS TELLS YOUTHS

…URGES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO CREATE CONDUCIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR BUSINESS IN OIL RICH REGION The Interim Administrator of the Presidential...

Presidential poll: Rivers is as important as Lagos, Kano, says Wike

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said anybody jostling to be president of Nigeria will need to secure votes in Rivers to...

Princewill: Riverine should produce next Rivers governor

The APC in Rivers appears divided, with many of its chieftains working at cross purposes. What is your relationship with the Transport Minister,...

Revisit Jonathan’s Confab Report, APC Group Urges Buhari

National Chairman, Congress of Democrats (CD), a pressure group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Bola Ajimuda, has called on...

Rivers APC Heading for Danger, Abe Tells Amaechi Group

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former senator representing Rivers South-east, Senator Magnus Abe, yesterday raised the alarm that...

Oyakhilome’s channel fined N65m over COVID-19 sermon

The Office of Communications (Ofcom) in the United Kingdom has fined a religious channel, Loveworld, owned by popular Nigerian cleric, Chris Oyakhilome.

Presidency: findings on Boko Haram sponsors shocking

The Federal Government has made a shocking discovery of sponsors of Boko Haram and bandits, the Presidency said last night.