The commissioner for information in Enugu State, Chuks Ugwoke has dismissed the rumour making the round that the state governor, Sullivan Chime was dead. Ugwoke,s reaction followed widely circulated rumour that the governor has passed on. He insisted in his reaction that the governor was very much alive. Ugwuoke described the rumour as the handiwork of mischief makers. The commissioner ... Read More »
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for measures put in place to ameliorate the impact of loss of Bakassi 76 oil wells on the state. The People’ Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees(BOT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after leading other members of the BoT to a closed ... Read More »
The Royal Court of Justice on the Strand in London, Thursday, threw out an appeal by former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to have his 13 years jail term for money laundering slashed, citizen journalism website Sahara Reporters is reporting. Two justices of the appellate court dismissed Mr. Ibori’s appeal for want of merit. On April 2012, a Southwark ... Read More »
The Imo State Governor was today, May 1, 2013, commended for labour friendly policies, which they crowned with Labour 2013 Award of Excellence by the Imo workers through the Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Imo State Chapter, Chief Dr. R.A. Anyadike for having performed more excellently above his predecessors. During the event, His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha took the salute ... Read More »
The Foreign Investment Protection Agreement (FIPA) has been signed between Nigeria and Canada in Ottawa the Canadian capital today. The ceremony was witnessed by the Vice President Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo while Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga and Hon. Ed Fast his Canadian counterpart conducted the signing agreement. Earlier on arrival at the Canadian Parliamentary building ... Read More »
The Head of the African Union Diaspora Forum, Ambassador (Dr) Erieka Bennett has asserted that the negative image which Nigeria seem to have outside its shores can only be changed by Nigerians who should speak well about the Nation and project its rich historical and cultural values at every given opportunity A statement issued by the Director of Media in ... Read More »
The Africa Peoples Congress (APC) on Tuesday hailed a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja which granted their suit to cause a judicial review of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over their rejected bid APC’s to become a political party. The political group added that the ruling has paved way for a full blown legal battle ... Read More »
In the quest to deliver uninterrupted power supply to Bayelsans and set the pace for industrialization, the Bayelsa State Government has signed a memorandum of Understanding with IPP Energy Limited and GMB Leasing Partners for the development of 100 Mega Watts Gas Turbine Power Station in the State. Speaking at the ceremony, Governor Seriake Dickson described the agreement with the ... Read More »
The Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has expressed gratitude to the people of the state for their prayers and concern while he was away for medical treatment abroad. Okorocha who said this while addressing journalists shortly after his arrival from the United Kingdom at the Government House Owerri, noted that he was involved in a minor auto accident that ... Read More »
Plans by members of the Islamic Boko Haram sect to strike in Kano, northern Nigeria, on Workers’ Day was foiled by the Joint Security Task Force (JTF) who arrested seven mebers of the sect, demolished bomb factories and enclaves of the dreaded Islamic militants. The JTF as part of its routine raid and based on information raided Farawa and Sheka ... Read More »
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