‘Suspected hoodlums have set sections of Eleme and Ikwerre local government secretariats in Rivers state on fire. The torching comes barely hours after Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police, ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from the secretariats of the 23 LGAs of the state. Grace Iringe-Koko, police spokesperson in Rivers, who announced the development, […]

Having lifted about 103 million litres of petrol from Dangote Refinery between September 15 and 30, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is now set to implement a new pricing regime for the product. The refinery was able to load 2,207 of 3,621 trucks sent to it within the period under review, the report […]

The Federal Government says many Nigerians in Lebanon have expressed unwillingness to be evacuated amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday, October 6, 2024. Abu-Obe said approximately 2,000 Nigerians reside in Lebanon, noting that many of them […]

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to secure a court injunction to block releases from the Federation Account to the 22 Local Government […]

A former Commissioner for Information in Rivers State, Austin Tam-George, has asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to focus on his job. Tam-George, who served under Wike’s administration, called on his former boss to leave the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, alone to work for the people and stop plotting to destabilise […]

A former Senator, Dino Melaye has been acquitted in the twelfth and final case against him by the Federal Government. This lengthy legal battle began six years ago. According to him, Justice Sylvanus Oriji delivered the verdict at the FCT High Court in Maitama, clearing Melaye of two charges of providing false information concerning an […]