Niger Delta

Youth Leaders of Different Ethnic Nationalities endorse Senator Godswill Akpabio for Senate Presidency

A group, Nigeria Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Council (NENYLC), has called on all Senators-elect across party lines to elect Senator Godswill Akpabio  as president...

PHOTOS: Diobu Gang War Spreads as Suspected Cultists Shot One Person Dead

Suspected cultists on Wednesday night about 7:55pm shot  a man in his mid twenties popularly Known as 'Asari' dead at Ekwe/Ikwerre road, Mile 3...

Akwa Ibom to Host Maiden ECOWAS Cultural Festival

Akwa Ibom is set to host the first edition of the food and cultural festival for the Economic Community of West African States. Director General...

FG Declares Friday, Monday as Public Holidays for Eid-Al-Fitr Celebration

The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays for Muslims in the country to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting. In a...

FG Retires Acting Immigration Chief, Idris

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere Idris, has been asked to go on retirement. The board of the Civil Defence,...

KADUNA: Eight Schoolgirls Escape from Kidnappers

The eight female students of Government Secondary School, Awon, Kachia Local Council of Kaduna State, who were kidnapped by terrorists on Monday April 3,...

POS Operator Arrested for Spending N280m ‘Mistakenly’ Transferred to his Account in Kwara

A Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Alfa Rafiu, has been arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, for allegedly squandering the sum of...

FG to Increase Tax on Tobacco Products to 50%

The Federal Government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of...

Rivers: Factions of Cult Group Engage in Shootout Over Territorial Control as Police Says No Casualty Recorded

There was pandemonium at Elechi beach axis of Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt today as two suspected factions D12 and BS houses of Deygbam...

FG to Commence 40 Percent Salary Increment for Workers to Cushion Effect of Fuel Subsidy Removal

The federal government says it will begin payment of the planned increase in civil servants’ pay by the end of this month. Speaking to newsmen,...

CAFCC: Rivers United to Host Young Africans in Uyo on Sunday

With a few days to the first leg of the Quarter-Final of the CAF Confederation Cup against Young African of Tanzania, the Commissioner for...

NNL Slams N2million Fine on Crown FC

Supporters of Crown Football Club of Ogbomoso are to stay away from the Soun Township Stadium, Ogbomoso, home ground of the club for their...

Osinbajo, Lalong at NIPSS; Warn Against Ethnic Profiling and Religious Bigotry

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has warned against ethnic profiling, religious bigotry and the promotion of divisive rhetoric particularly by Nigerian elites in the quest...

FG Disburses N45.3bn Reimbursement to States, FCT for NG-CARES Programme

The federal government has approved the release of N45.3 billion as reimbursement to states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the implementation of the...

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