DEPUTY SPEAKER OF NIGER STATE ASSEMBLY, RESIGNS

The Deputy Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Bako Alfa, has resigned. Alfa, a member representing Bida 1 at the House made his resignation known through a letter…

NINE PERSONS REMANDED BY COURT FOR TERRORISM, KIDNAPPING

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday remanded three expatriates and six Nigerians for aiding and abetting terrorism, kidnapping, and illegal possession of…

BELLO, ADAMANT ON NOT WEARING FACE MASK TO AROTILE’S BURIAL

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, attended the funeral of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, in Abuja and failed to wear a mask in breach of the COVID-19 guidelines. Arotile,…

NDDC CONTRACTS: AKPABIO REFUTES SAYING THAT LAWMAKERS WERE BENEFICIARIES

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has replied to the National Assembly denying he said that the lawmakers got 60 per cent of the contracts awarded by…

FINALLY, BUHARI SPOTTED WITH FACE MASK

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was on Thursday sighted with a face mask for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19…

(BREAKING) SENATE NDDC PANEL RECOMMENDS DESOLUTION OF IMC

The Senate ad hoc committee set up to unravel the alleged financial recklessness by the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission has recommended its dissolution. The panel…

NDDC CONTRACTS: REPS TO SUE AKPABIO FOR DEFAMATION AND PERJURY

The House of Representatives has resolved to sue Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for alleged perjury and defamation of the parliament. Akpabio had on Monday, while appearing…

SENATE PAYS RESPECT TO LATE TOLU AROTILE

The Senate on Thursday, observed a minute silence in honour of the late  Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force. The red…

BREAKING(MALI CRISIS): BUHARI, OTHER WEST AFRICAN LEADERS ARRIVE BAMAKO

Nigeria’s President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), Including other West African leaders have arrived in Bamako, the Malian capital to find a solution to the worsening crisis in the francophone…

SEVERE MOURNING AS TOLU AROTILE GETS COMMITTED TO THE EARTH

Tears and emotions flowed on Thursday as the remains of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile were laid to rest at the military cemetery on Airport road, Abuja. An ambulance belonging to…