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The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has urged the House to probe the former governor, Rochas Okorocha, for allegedly spending about N500m to renovate the state House of Assembly complex. The call followed a motion moved by the majority leader, Chigozie Nwaneri, demanding the …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of 11 houses and 22 bank accounts linked to Delta-North Senator, Peter Nwaoboshi. Justice Taiwo Taiwo made the order on July 2 but a certified true copy of the order was only issued on July 5 (Friday). The judge …

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday raised the alarm over the alleged stockpiling of arms and ammunition by some persons, under the guise of politics, to cause breach of the peace in the state. This is just as the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in the Oredo …

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Sunny Onuesoke, has appealed to the Federal Government to seek a solution to the perennial congestion in Apapa Wharf that is responsible for the delay in discharging of cargoes. Onuesoke who made the call while speaking to journalists at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, …

National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has dismissed the Federal Government’s rebuttal of the petition it forwarded to the British Parliament over the insecurity in the country, saying it was lying. The NCEF had written the British Parliament, apprising it of the high level insecurity in the country but the government, …

IJAW civil society groups, CSOs, yesterday, threatened to close down Government House, Asaba, Delta State, over alleged deliberate exclusion of Ijaw ethnic group in the appointment of judges in the state. Spokesperson of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, Daniel Ezekiel, who confirmed the planned protest march, said the CSOs took …

The shut-ins and shutdowns of some terminals by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation led to another monthly drop in the gross oil revenue that comes to the federation. Latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that the country’s oil receipts dropped to N410.18bn in May 2019, shedding N62.2bn …

Group Call On Buhari To Intervene & Stop Premium Steel Ltd From Selling Off Steel Company. A group known as The Emerging Delta (TED) has called on President Buhari to call to order Premium Steel & Mines Limited from what they termed “outright sales of the assets and properties” of …

The Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Ogbaru Diocese, Anglican Communion, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to implement, without further delay, the reports and recommendations of the 2014 National Conference. The Church of Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to consider …

Bakassi youths took to the streets and marched to the Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday to demand the return of the 76 oil wells handed to Akwa Ibom State by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007. The youths led by Kingsley Asuquo carried placards with inscriptions such …