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Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo Polls: NSCDC Commended On Peaceful Elections

NewsDeskNgNov 12, 2023November 12, 20230

A Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations Lead By UNITED FRONT FOR PEACEFUL AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS Who Monitored The Kogi, Bayelsa And Imo In His Over 10 Page Report On The Election Across The 3 States, Applauded The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) For The Peaceful Conduct Of Elections...

Asari Dokubo, Jack-Rich sue for peace in Rivers, urge support for Tinubu

NewsDeskNgNov 11, 2023November 11, 20230

Chief Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, and Tein Jack-Rich, a humanitarian and politician, both sons of Rivers, have called for peace in the midst of the current political turmoil in the state. The two Niger Delta strongmen, who made the call on Friday when Jack-Rich...

Political Parties Reject Appeal Court Judgement On Plateau Reps, Senate Elections

NewsDeskNgNov 9, 2023November 9, 20230

Political parties under the aegis of the Conference of Allied Political Parties (CAPP) has criticized the Appeal Court judgement in the Plateau State National Assembly a rape of democracy. A statement signed by Dr Amos Sani, its director of publicity, described what happened in Plateau state as insensitive and a...

Niger Delta Will Witness Monumental Development Under Tinubu – VP Shettima

NewsDeskNgNov 8, 2023November 8, 20230

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, reiterated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment towards the overall development of the Niger Delta as well as other parts of the country. Senator Shettima who represented President Tinubu at the grand finale of the All Progressive Congress (APC)...

Senate Probes JAMB over admission racketeering

NewsDeskNgNov 8, 2023November 8, 20230

Senate has mandated it’s panels on tertiary institutions and public petitions to immediately investigate allegations of admission racketeering in higher institutions against the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) with the view to ensuring that the board administers justice and places high premium on merit . Senator Nwebonyi Onyeka (Ebonyi...

The need for world leaders to uniteand tackle climate change

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

The past year has etched its mark as the hottest ever recorded, a stark revelation from Climate Central. The unsettling trajectory of rising temperatures, attributed to climate change resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels and human activities, serves as an urgent call for global leaders to take swift and...

Prepare for the next election, stop inflaming emotions, Presidency tells Obi

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The presidency on Monday admonished Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25 general election, Peter Obi, to stop whipping up religious and ethic sentiments on the electoral case already decided by the Supreme Court. It said the LP candidate should rather channel his energy towards...

EFCC receives new date of November 8 after refusing to produce Emefiele in court

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday, refused to produce former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The Anti-graft agency told Justice Olukayode Adegbola Adeniyi, that the release order made on November 2 was not obeyed...

Remove Sylvia Agu as Imo REC to avert crisis, PDP tells INEC

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) again tasked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately redeploy the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, for allegedly being compromised to manipulate the November 11, 2023 governorship elections in Imo States...

Fire at Canadian Embassy Abuja claimed two lives – FEMA

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has confirmed the death of two persons in the diesel tank explosion that rocked the generator house at the Canadian Embassy in Abuja. FEMA however disclosed that two other persons who sustained severe burns hospitalized at the National Hospital Trauma Centre A...