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Chairman of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC), Most Reverend John Sentamu, assured victims of environmental degradation in the state that the commission will not rest until they get justice. The Dr. Sentamu-led panel was inaugurated in March this year by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson as an independent …

  Asks Them To Handover On Friday Attributes Success Story Of His Administration To An All-Inclusive Government AHEAD of May 29 commencement of second term in office, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday (21/05/19) held valedictory executive council meeting, promising to run an all-inclusive government in his second …

Policemen from the Warri area command in Delta State have arrested three suspects over the alleged child trafficking of a two-and-half-year-old baby girl. Those arrested included, the matron of Divine Orphanage Home, Rosemary Johnson and Madam Rose IIogbo in Ughelli. The third person was a lady, who allegedly bought the …

Nigerians living far from petroleum depots or in mountainous and riverine communities may be burdened with high price of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol if President Muhammadu Buhari signs into law the current version of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Already, the Senate has …

Suspension on our king is a suspension on the entire Umukwata—Umukwata spokesman HRM Friday Abaja Suspension is an embarrassment on Ndokwa nation—PDP Youth Leader. The six months suspension of the king of Umukwata Kingdom, in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty, Friday Abaja, by the Delta state …

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, on Monday approved the indefinite suspension of the state Coordinator of Anti-Grazing Agency, Mr Sola Durodola over alleged comments about Fulani herdsmen. The suspension comes after the state government placed a ban on all government functionaries from further addressing the newsmen on critical government policies …

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, COOUTH, Awka,  began an indefinite strike over alleged inability of Anambra State government to honour the agreement it signed with the association on January 17. Although the resident doctors were at their duty posts in the …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of 14 permanent secretaries into the state public service to strengthen the state’s ongoing reforms and deepen sustainable development. In a statement signed by the Edo State Head of Service, Isaac Ehiozuwa, the state government said “the swearing in of …

The President Muhammadu Buhari  administration, last week, announced plans to begin direct allocation to local governments from June 1 to stop state governors from hijacking those funds through their Joint Account Allocation Committees. In this interview, elder statesman and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah described the …

AS the jostle for principal officers in National Assembly hots up, a group; South-South Concerned APC Caucus has alleged that a purported endorsement of a Senator was done by people it described as factional chairmen of the APC in some South-South states. A statement by the chairman and secretary of …