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The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Wednesday asked students of the institution to remain at home till further notice. The institution’s Acting Registrar, Clarkson Ehigiator in a statement, said the directive was in line with Edo government decision to…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has pledged Five Hundred Million Naira to support the Sokoto State government to rebuild the Sokoto Central market that was gutted by fire. Wike made the pledge when he visited the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu…
The primary school teachers demoted in 2016 by the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SU EB) have protested non-payment of their six year salaries. Mrs Ekponwan Ekanem, who spoke to newsmen on Wednesday on behalf of the protesters, said they…
The Delta State Police Command has said cops from the Ebrumede Divisional Headquarters were not involved in the unfortunate incident that led to the death of a woman and her baby on Wednesday in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The…
The Delta State Governor, Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, has ordered an immediate investigation into the death of a woman and her baby. The woman, who is yet-to-be identified alongside her baby were in a commercial tricycle that was allegedly crushed by policemen chasing…
The leadership of the pan-Ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has raised fears over second wave of militancy in the Niger Delta region if the federal government fails to completely implement the full package of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP)….
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu will on Friday, 22nd January, 2021, commission some road projects executed by his administration. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, said Gov Ikpeazu will commission the projects in company of His…
The Ondo State Government has insisted that herdsmen cannot graze on their forest reserves without permission. The State Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development, Adegboyega Adefarati, disclosed that over 50,000 farmers have been registered to engage in various agricultural activities in state’s…
Stakeholders in the aviation sector, as well as residents of South-East, on Wednesday, hailed the arrival of another airline at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The United Nigeria Airline touched down at the Airport Wednesday afternoon, amidst jubilation by passengers and…
A High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday sentenced one Iniobong Okon Moses to life imprisonment for raping his 3-year-old step-daughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area of the State. In his judgement, the presiding judge, Justice Okon…
Factional President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Engr. Chidi Ibe has cautioned Amb. George Obiozor to stop speaking for Ndigbo. ND REPORTERS reports that his warning came after Obiozor delivered his maiden press briefing, wherein he cautioned Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of…
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced one Abasifreke Israel Eton to twelve months imprisonment. Eton was prosecuted by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was convicted for impersonation and…
Barr. David West, Counsel to the family of late Victor Emmanuel who was murdered for protesting police extortion, has accused the Nigeria Police Force of attempting to frustrate the efforts of the Bayelsa State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality and…
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Amb. Prof. George Obiozor, on Wednesday cautioned the leader of the Indegenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu against going ahead with his secessionist struggle. Obiozor gave the warning during his maiden press conference at the Ohanaeze…
There was palpable tension in Ebrumede Community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State as Policemen from the Divisional Headquarters, chasing suspected internet fraudsters along the DSC expressway on Wednesday crushed a commercial tricycle conveying a mother and her baby to…
Two staff of Fina Trust Microfinance Bank were on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of N720, 508 belonging to the bank’s customers. NAN reports that Sodeeq Adeleye and Idowu Popoola, aged 34 and 38, respectively, are facing…
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved a bill extending the retirement age for teachers in Nigeria from 60 years to 65 years. FEC presided by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the bill; Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021 and sent…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended the immediate past President General of the group, Chief Nnia Nwodo on his monumental achievements in office, describing him as a selfless Igbo Leader whose records would remain evergreen in the annals of…
The Police Command in Cross River State on Wednesday paraded ten suspected criminals in the state. The command also recovered one live cartridge, one handset, ATM Card, Scissors, condemned substance suspected to be cocaine, two locally and one English made pistols with…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in three members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and a member of Police Service Commission (PSC). The event took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, shortly before the commencement…
The Chairman of Orhionmwon Local Government Area, has served a one-month pre-action notice on the alleged relocation of Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Sokponba, Edo State. In a joint action by the council boss, Hon Sylvester Okoro and other two persons…
The government of Ondo State on Wednesday described the statement issued by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media, Garba Shehu on the herdsmen situation in Ondo State as dangerous for national unity. It would be recalled that the State…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has backed the quit notice issued to Fulani herdsmen by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. Omokri said Akeredolu has the right and power to issue the quit notice order to protect his…
Factional Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Imo State chapter, Ambassador Azunna Akpaelu has decried the emergence of Ambassador Obiozor as the new President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo held at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri on Sunday, 10th January, 2021. The factional State publicity…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, said Nigerians should reject the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Kanu warned that Nigeria will be doomed if Tinubu is allowed to…
Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has faulted the quit notice issued to Fulani herdsmen by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Sani said the quit notice order by Akeredolu was wrong. Recall that Akeredolu had issued an ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen…
Herdsmen quit notice: Fani-Kayode attacks Presidency for warning Gov Akeredolu Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode has attacked the Presidency for saying that herdsmen who were given ultimatum by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to vacate Ondo forest reserves have rights to reside there….
The Ondo State Government has declared that the presidency is emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo was reacting to the statement by the Presidency against the directive of the State government banning the operation…
About five persons have been reportedly killed, while seven others were injured in a renewed land clash between Uko Ntenghe and Uko Akpan communities in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. ND REPORTERS gathered that the lingering dispute rekindled on…
Nigeria’s Foreign affairs minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama has flagged-off the Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works, SPW, programme, targeted at 774,000 youths across the country. The job scheme, being engineered by the National Directorate of Employment [NDE] for unskilled, semi-skilled and unemployed…
Nigeria, on Tuesday, recorded 1,301 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the figure in a tweet via its Twitter handle Tuesday night. Lagos, FCT and Oyo top the list with 551, 209 and 83…
Senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has called for the arrest of the senior special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to Giwa, Shehu’s utterances are motivating Fulani herdsmen to…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Abia State has rescued a 13-year-old Uduak Willy, a house help, who jumped down from a two-storey building to evade punishment for alleged pilfering. The State Commandant of the corps, Mr Vincent Ogu,…
The federal government said logistics was the major reason more than 4,000 inmates were released from prisons across Nigeria. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, spoke on Tuesday at the inauguration of 53 operational vehicles purchased for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). He…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that the Buhari administration’s vision to lift at least 20 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next two years is within reach. He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during the virtual flag off of the cash…
The Presidency has condemned Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves. In a statement on Tuesday, Garba Shehu, said the presidency has been keenly monitoring events occurring in Ondo State. The special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari said…
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021. This information was posted on the official Twitter handle of the NIMC. The NIMC had initially…
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Readiness and Response has accused China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) of slow reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. The Geneva-based committee released its report on Tuesday. WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, set up the panel in…
The Rivers State Government has directed Civil Servants on Salary Grade Levels 1-13 to stay at home due to the spread of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Nyesom Wike, in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Rufus…
The lingering crisis that existed between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ebonyi State chapter and the governor Chief David Umahi, on Tuesday deepened, as efforts to resolve the matter deadlocked. However, the National leadership of ASUU, who held meeting with Governor…
Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, said Nigeria can be like China. Onu stated that the ministry was determined to accelerate the pace of industrialisation of Nigeria for wealth creation. He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja when a delegation of the…
Leaders of Enugu West Senatorial District of Enugu State, led by the former Deputy President of the Senate and the Senator representing the zone in the National Assembly, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday, pledged their absolute commitment towards the sustenance of the…
There was fear and anxiety in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State over the murder of a young man identified as Ajitwewunmeshe Emmah, popularly known as Lacombe, by yet-to-be identified persons. The killing led to many shops in Ugbogbo part…
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has assured that his administration will support the Road Transport Employee Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in its agenda as well as provide the association with the necessary ambience to make it flourish. Governor Ikpeazu gave…
Prof. Sunday Oge Elom has been named the third substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi. The Governing Council of the institution located at Ndufu-Alike approved the appointment. Odisa Okeke, Registrar/Secretary of the Council, made the announcement on Tuesday. Elom,…
Burna Boy’s song had been listed as one of the songs to be played on January 20, 2020, as President-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris are sworn into office in the US. This was confirmed after the president-elect, and vice president-elect…
The Abia State Social Investment Programme has disclosed that the Federal Government released 93.47 million Naira through the Abia State Cash Transfer Unit for payment to about 10,000 benefitting Households in the state. This is coming after the initial payment of 540…
The Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Eyo Effiom Ita has confirmed the expiration of his tenure as the Acting Chief Judge of the State. Justice Ita who spoke with ND REPORTERS via phone regretted that no other Acting Chief…
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has denied the rumoured impeachment plot against the state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, over alleged failure to give a percentage of the federal government refund to assembly members as agreed. Rumours had it recently that members…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has described the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) as a veritable platform that can motivate the youths and enjoined the Council to avail the youths of business prospects through education and mentorship. Governor Ikpeazu was speaking…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, has expressed satisfaction with significant progress in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage exercise. The Minister expressed the Federal Government’s appreciation for the commitment demonstrated by all stakeholders and citizens. He further urged…