Economic recession: Bayelsa workers get full salaries
The Bayelsa State Government has re-assured workers of its preparedness to pay full salaries at the end of this month, with a view to cushioning the financial hardship caused by…
Biafra, scene of a bloody civil war decades ago, is once again a place of conflict
Robyn DixonContact Reporter At first, the mood at the demonstration staged on a high school playing field in the city of Aba, Nigeria, was almost festive. Dozens of demonstrators, calling…
INEC deny it flooded Ondo with bad card reader
The Independent National Electoral Commission
Akeredolu is new Ondo Governor Elect
Tunde Ibrahim THE Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress the Governor elect in the governorship election in Ondo state. Prof Abdul Ganiyu Ambali,…
Ex Minister queries existence of black market
Osas Musa In Benin A former minister of State for Works under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi on Wednesday queried the existence of dual dollar exchange rates in…
Suicide Bomber Kills 1 at Northeast Nigerian Bus Station as Amnesty insist Army killed 150 Pro Biafra campaigners
Aliu Shehu with Agency report A civilian self-defense commander says a suicide bomber has exploded outside a bus station in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing himself and one other…
EFCC swoop on UNIBEN arrests Vice Chancellor
Osas Musa in Benin The Economic and Financial Crrime Commission is investigating massive corruption allegations against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin Professor Faraday Orumwense. Our exclusive investigation…
Shell sued in UK for ‘decades of oil spills’ in Nigeria
Shell sued in UK for ‘decades of oil spills’ in Nigeria About 40,000 Nigerians mainly from Ogoni land have dragged Royal Dutch Shell to court in London, demanding action from…
Boko Haram Besieging Villages in Chibok Area, Say Leaders
Boko Haram fighters are overrunning villages near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, forcing hundreds of people to flee as the insurgents loot and burn in the area where nearly…
5 Reasons Why Selling the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano Attack Aircraft to Nigeria is a Good Idea
AGENCY REPORT The fight against violent Islamic jihadists truly has become a global war on terror. The threat has metastasized like a cancer and is proving just as difficult to…