Political tension is rising in Delta crisis hotbed of Effurun, Uvwie local government area, following a life-threatening attack on a supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari over disagreement on the outcome of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal ruling. The victim, identified as Omoiri Elvis, is on danger list after he was seriously stabbed on the head,…

The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, will on Saturday start 7-day annual leave and he will not attend to any function during the period of the leave. A statement by Mr Michael Adeyeye, the Chief Press Secretary to Oba Aladelusi on Friday in Akure, noted that the annual leave, which is referred to as…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met separately with three ministers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He met with the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio and the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonanya Onu. The first meeting was with Sirika around 11.30am, followed by Akpabio at 12pm, and Onu around…

Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has banned consultancy services for the purpose of revenue collection at the Benue State Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS). He declared the practice only made consultants smile to the Bank at the expense of government. The Governor stated instead graduates would be employed to help collect revenues on behalf of…

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The National Association of Nigerian Students/Joint Campus Committee (JCC) Ekiti chapter has condemned attempts the national Public Relations Officer of NAN, Adeyemi Azeez, to blackmail and rope in wife of Ekiti Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi over the killing of two Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) students by police operatives. The students were shot during a protest…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed off five petrol filling stations in the southern part of Adamawa State for under-dispensing of fuel. The state acting Controller of the DPR, Dr. Laminga Mohammed, who was furious with the management of the stations over what he called gross under-dispensing, threatened to withdraw their operational licenses…

The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kwara chapter, Mr Toyin Saliu, has called for improved welfare for teachers in the interest of the Nigeria education system. Saliu made this call in Ilorin on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), saying that teachers remained the drivers of education. According to…

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi would be “thrilled” if Neymar returned to the Catalan side but insisted they could still win trophies without the Brazilian. Neymar-Messi In an interview with the Catalan newspaper Sport this week, Messi said the return of Neymar, who was at Barca from 2013 and 2017 when he left for Paris Saint-Germain,…

INEC to publish names of candidates and their particulars for Bayelsa and Kogi governorship polls on Friday 13th September 2019. 52 parties submitted names of candidates for Bayelsa State while 49 parties submitted in Kogi. INEC monitored Sixty-four political party primaries in Bayelsa and 59 in Kogi .   Details shortly…