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Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor in a statewide broadcast also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Temple Amakiri, a Director in the Ministry […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the option of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Although he acknowledges the possibility of a political resolution, he believes the IPOB leader must answer for his actions over the years, especially while he was out of the country. “Nigerians know that […]
The Lagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. The state cleared them as well as the school following the Legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi. Channels Television obtained a copy of the legal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari believes state police is not an option for the nation. The President made the remark in an exclusive interview with Channels Television which is scheduled to air on Wednesday at 7 pm (WAT). Calls for state policing have been made by several Governors as a way to solve insecurity across the country. […]
Former Governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha has mocked the State Governor Hope Uzodinma for refusing to name sponsors of insecurity as promised. Okorocha in a statement titled, ‘The Camp Hope Government In Imo, Has Become An Embarrassment,’ said the governor failed to name the sponsors “after much noise to that effect” before the stakeholders […]
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation has in the spirit of Christmas declared passenger trains across the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) system free of charge during the period. According to a communique from the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), this gesture is to enable Nigerians travel and celebrate Christmas. The spokesman for the corporation, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, where he will be commissioning various projects. There were doubts on Thursday that Buhari will still visit the state, as three explosions rocked the city just a few hours before the president’s arrival. The Commander-In-Chief who will now carry on with his schedule as […]
Three explosions on Thursday rocked Maiduguri the Borno State Capital. The explosions come a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state. Buhari is billed to commission an edifice donated by Mohammed Indimi to the University of Maiduguri. He is also expected to commission some projects executed by the Borno State Government. As […]
Nigeria on Wednesday reported 4,035 COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily infection tally since the disease was detected in the country more than a year ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its daily update about the pandemic in the country. A breakdown of the new infections showed that they were confirmed […]
The Senate has passed a 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against N16.391 trillion naira as presented by the president. The sum of N3.8 trillion is for debt service, N6.9 trillion recurrent non-debt expenditure while N5.4 trillion is for capital expenditure. The Senate increased the benchmark price of crude from 57 to 62 dollars per barrel, […]
