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An Abakaliki Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to 88 members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) who were arrested by the Ebonyi State Police command in Abakaliki during this year’s Biafra day celebration. Policemen had arrested the MASSOB members during an interdenominational church service held to commemorate the […]

The inability of the Ondo State government to pay its workers is taking heavy toll on residents of the state. Two civil servants have lost their lives as a result. The state is owing its workers’ salaries for five months. The Joint Negotiating Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress confirmed […]

The inability of the Ondo State government to pay its workers is taking heavy toll on residents of the state. Two civil servants have lost their lives as a result. The state is owing its workers’ salaries for five months. The Joint Negotiating Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress confirmed […]

..inherited N342 billion from ex-governor Timipre Sylva  Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday in Yengaoa said that its take home pay from federation account could no longer take it home because of the fall in oil revenue. The government of Henry Seriake Dickson specifically stressed that what it receives at present from the federation account was grossly inadequate […]Read More

The Niger Delta Avengers on Wednesday claimed it had struck at an oil well of oil giant, Chevron. The Avengers, in a tweet in the early hours of Wednesday, said it carried out the operation despite the heavy presence of the military in the Niger Delta. It said the attack was carried out at about […]

Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, in a keynote address he delivered at the 14th Maritime Seminar for Judges organised by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute. says the Federal Government is working on  the establishment of a national shipping line to ensure the maximum exploration of the maritime industry’s […]

The Nigerian Army has said that dialogue with the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, whose operations in the oil rich region has scaled down daily oil production output, was not an option. The Army while justifying its recent operations in Gbaramatu area of Delta State, said the use of force was for now the only […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced in a commission’s bulletin issued on Tuesday in Abuja, that  voters registration in Edo and Ondo state would begin on 22nd June before  the governorship elections in September and November, in both States. Adding that the exercise would run till June 26th, while June 27th would be […]

Prof Sola Adeyeye, Senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District, has responded to the accusation of Senator Ben Murray–Bruce that he, (Murray-Bruce) was barred by the Department of State Services from greeting President Muhammadu Buhari, at the state diner organized to mark the 2016 Democracy day. Murray- Bruce had tweeted: “I was at the Presidential Villa […]

 Serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and promoter of Africaptalism, Tony O. Elumelu on 27 May 2016, delivered an inspiring speech in Paris, France, selling Nigeria as an investment destination to the French business community. Elumelu, who is the Chairman of Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and proprietary investment firm, Heirs Holdings delivered the […]

The leadership of the organised labour in Ondo state have decided to proceed on an indefinite strike from Wednesday 1st of June,2016. Labour reached the decision following the state government`s inability to pay salaries for five months. Consequently, workers in the state have been directed to stay at home and hospitals are to be shut […]

Civil Society Organisations in the Niger-Delta have called on agitators in the region to sheathe their swords and embrace peaceful resolutions of whatever grievance they may have. Inemo Samiama Country Director of Social Democratic Network, who spoke on behalf of the CSOs, in Port Harcourt  at a joint media briefing in Port Harcourt said the […]