South-South Governors summoned an emergency meeting over the members-designate of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) made public on Tuesday by the Presidency

Former Edo State Deputy Governor Pius Odubu is the chairman of the new board whose name has been sent to the Senate for confirmation. Other members are: Prophet Jones Erue (Delta); Edo Rep – Chief Victor Ekhatar (Edo); Rivers Rep – Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh (Rivers); Abia Rep – Nwogu Nwogu (Abia) and Bayelsa Rep […]

The Presidency on Tuesday said former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has framed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over the years

The presidency was reacting to a statement by Atiku claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was bent on framing Obasanjo in order to stop him from criticising the present administration. However, a presidency source told The Nationthat Atiku had framed Obasanjo so well in the past. According to the source, “When Mr. Atiku Abubakar reflects on some of the […]

Paul Ibe, a Senior Adviser to the presidential candidate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called for the suspension of Festus Keyamo as Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs

Ibe said this in a reaction to trending photos where the newly appointed Minister posed with a suspected fraudster, Ikogho. Iro, 31, and Chukwudi Christogunus Igbokwe, 38, were named as lead suspects. The duo allegedly coordinated with others, to launder the funds from victims. Jerry Elo Ikogho was among the 77 Nigerians arrested last week […]

The wife and two children of the Commissioner and board member of Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ASOPADEC, Hon. Adiele Ekeke, died in a fatal auto crash earlier this month

Hon. Adiele Ekeke, a Commissioner in Abia State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (ASOPADEC) has buried his two children who died alongside his wife in an accident which occurred along Enugu-Okigwe express road. The lady and her two children were reported to have been traveling along the Enugu – Port Harcourt Road on Sunday August 11, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that it has recovered $314,000 and N373m ( N486m in all) from suspects in connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into the list of nearly 80 Nigerians indicted for fraud

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, further stated that the collaboration between the commission and the FBI, led to the recovery of the funds. Magu said while the sum of $314,000 had been recovered, the sum of N373m had been traced to various commercial banks by the Lagos zonal office […]

“ignorantly joining others to wait for their time to come, whereas your time to succeed is now, will automatically amount to misplacement of priority and insensitivity on your part, engage yourself in the appointed time given to you by God, while others wait for theirs, and you moving on with your own approved time will […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Mondy raised the alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was desperately plotting to frame former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop him from criticising Buhari’s administration

Atiku, in a statement by his media office, also alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was feeding members of the media with deliberate falsehoods in an attempt to cause disaffection between him and Obasanjo on one hand, and between Obasanjo and Nigerians in general. He said, “The truth is that there is desperation […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has insisted that Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, is allegedly dishing out lies to Nigerians over the whereabouts of his principal

Adesina had released photos shot in Yokohama, Japan, declaring that IPOB has had nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari since he arrived in the East Asian Country on Monday. He was countering earlier insinuations by the pro-Biafra group that the President is nowhere in Japan 24hrs since his departure from Abuja, the nation’s capital. Comrade Emma Powerful, the […]

Residents in Akwa Ibom jubilate after killing an animal that has been terrorizing and eating all their chickens

The animal which has been identified as an African Civet cat was killed after it had terrorized the residents of Ikot Akpan Anwa in Akwa Ibom. Social media user, Mfon Japhet shared pictures of the animal killed by boys in Akwa Ibom, he  wrote, I was in the village today (Ikot Akpan Anwa) and this […]

One person has been reportedly killed and four others injured after gunmen attacked a farm along Kasuwan Haske Tanaye, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State

According to the Chairman of the Council Shiban Tikari, the five persons who are all family members were harvesting their crops when the bandits stormed the farm and opened fire on them. He said one of the victims died after he sustained serious gunshot wounds, while the remaining four are undergoing treatment in one of […]