NIS Advises UK on Visa Regime

NIS Advises UK on Visa Regime

Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris on Wednesday advised the United Kingdom (UK) to review its strict visa regime, insisting that it was such action that powers irregular migration. Idris said this in Abuja at the opening session…

Sudan Government Calls for Classification of RSF as Terrorist Group

Sudan Government Calls for Classification of RSF as Terrorist Group

The Sudanese Government has called for the classification of the rebel group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which is currently in battle with the Sudanese Army, a terrorist group. The government equally said it is yet to close the widow on dialogue and…

EU Insists World is Interested in Democratic, Peaceful, Strong and Prosperous Nigeria

EU Insists World is Interested in Democratic, Peaceful, Strong and Prosperous Nigeria

The European Union has offered to collaborate with the ECOWAS Commission to address the multiple challenges in West Africa and advance peace and security and economic integration agenda of the sub-region, insisting that democratic, peaceful, strong and prosperous Nigeria is in the…

Reuters Allegations: Civilians We Were Accused of Killing, Saved My Life When I was Shot by Boko Haram, Major tells NHRC Panel

Reuters Allegations: Civilians We Were Accused of Killing, Saved My Life When I was Shot by Boko Haram, Major tells NHRC Panel

A Major with the Nigeria Army, Kehinde Aboseh has put lie to the allegations of violations of human rights in the report of Reuters of the Nigerian Armed Forces’ counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast. Giving witness on Wednesday in Abuja at the…

NIWA Orders Demolition Of Illegal Structures On Right Of Way In Onitsha 

NIWA Orders Demolition Of Illegal Structures On Right Of Way In Onitsha 

From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National lnland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Dr. George Moghalu has ordered the demolition of all illegal structures built along the waterways in Onitsha, AnambraState. He gave the order on Monday in Onitsha, while inspecting…

UN Calls on Schoolgirls to Take up Careers in STEM

UN Calls on Schoolgirls to Take up Careers in STEM

The Director of United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Abuja, Ronald Kayanja, has advised girls and young women to aspire and acquire skills for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), insisting that these should not been seen as exclusive professions for…

Dangote, Otedola, Ooni of Ife, Etsu Nupe, govs, others to grace Zainab Marwa’s book launch

Dangote, Otedola, Ooni of Ife, Etsu Nupe, govs, others to grace Zainab Marwa’s book launch

Billionaire businessmen, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola top the list of private sector leaders who are expected to join state governors, ministers and other eminent personalities at the public presentation of a book: 101 Nigerian Women of Impact, authored by…

God’s presence in Govt House greatest legacy to Oborevwori – Okowa

God’s presence in Govt House greatest legacy to Oborevwori – Okowa

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, said that one of the greatest legacies he would bequeath to his successor was the presence of God at the Government House. Okowa stated this in Asaba at the launch of a music album…

Nation’s Record of Ease of Doing Business Responsible for Economic Woes- Lawmakers

Nation’s Record of Ease of Doing Business Responsible for Economic Woes- Lawmakers

Nigerian lawmakers have complained about the nation’s economic situation, insisting that Nigeria’s record of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) has not been stable and was responsible for the ongoing challenging confronting the country. This was one of the positions of the Nigerian…

Isoko Alternative Energy: The Way Forward – IDU

Isoko Alternative Energy: The Way Forward – IDU

–From Michael Ekokoruwe: The Akpotu led Isoko Development Union has underscored the need for an alternative energy for the Isoko nation to midwife development in the area through Gas turbine, Independent Power Plants, Benin Electricity Distribution Company and urged Isoko to explore…

Seplat’s AGM Holds Tommorow, May 10

Seplat’s AGM Holds Tommorow, May 10

Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil and gas company; Seplat Energy Plc has announced that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for Wednesday 10th May, 2023 has received further affirmation today Tuesday May 9, 2023 from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and…

DELTA COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR CONSPIRACY, ARMED ROBBERY

DELTA COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR CONSPIRACY, ARMED ROBBERY

-From Onoriode Etatsemi: The Effurun High Court I, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has convicted and sentenced two men, Emmanuel Ruekpe and Peter Okoro to death by hanging on two count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery. The Court…

Obiodeh congratulates Oborevwori on Appeal Court victory, urges support for Gov.-Elect

Obiodeh congratulates Oborevwori on Appeal Court victory, urges support for Gov.-Elect

Hon. Chief Goodnews Emamusi Obiodeh has congratulated Delta Governor-Elect, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on his victory at the Court of Appeal on a pre-election suit filed by a PDP Chieftain, Chief Ikie Aghwarianovwe. Obiodeh in a chat with newsmen in Asaba, the…

Speakers’ Conference urges Oborevwori to build on Okowa’s legacies

Speakers’ Conference urges Oborevwori to build on Okowa’s legacies

The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria on Monday called on Delta Governor-elect, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oboriwori to see his elevation as a platform to build on the achievements of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in the last eight years. The chairman…

Senate President Calls on Political Leaders to Imbibe Tenets of Democracy, Give Attention to Issues of Security in West Africa

Senate President Calls on Political Leaders to Imbibe Tenets of Democracy, Give Attention to Issues of Security in West Africa

The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has said elected representatives must be focused and grow the collective ability of imbibing the tenets of democracy, calling for more attention on issues of security in the sub-region in order for development. Speaking at the…

Gov Soludo To Sack Over 100 Journalists, Close Down Anambra Owned National Light

Gov Soludo To Sack Over 100 Journalists, Close Down Anambra Owned National Light

From SUNNY A. DAVID: Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo’ move to sack over hundred journalists and other media workers in the State by closure of the National Light newspaper, is fast becoming real as the Commissioner for Information, Chief Paul Nwosu,…

Anambra Workers Defecate In Bushes Around Secretariat Complex, As Epidemic Looms

Anambra Workers Defecate In Bushes Around Secretariat Complex, As Epidemic Looms

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: Epidemic looms around Anambra State Secretariat Complex Awka as workers defecate in nearby bushes due to lack of water to flush toilets. A source from one of the Ministries who pleaded anonymity for fear of losing his job,…

NDLEA seizes 8,852 kgs illicit drugs consignment after half hour gun duel in Lagos

NDLEA seizes 8,852 kgs illicit drugs consignment after half hour gun duel in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilogrammes (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in…

Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum Underscores Mutual Investment, Trade Opportunities

Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum Underscores Mutual Investment, Trade Opportunities

Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, in partnership with the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Muslim Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Mozambique (AMEEM), today organized the Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum, as part of three-day trade…

NCoS Promotes Officer for Gallantry During Kuje Jailbreak

NCoS Promotes Officer for Gallantry During Kuje Jailbreak

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has promoted one of its officers for the gallantry he displayed during last year’s Kuje jail attack. The officer, James Benjamin was promoted from Assistant Superintendent of Corrections II to Assistant Superintendent of Corrections I. A statement…

Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Checkpoint In Anambra

Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Checkpoint In Anambra

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: It has been confirmed three policemen were killed on Thursday when unknown gunmen attacked a Police checkpoint at Umunze, in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident, which occured around 12 noon was said…

Corruption: Panic As ICPC May Storm Anambra Ministries, Others

Corruption: Panic As ICPC May Storm Anambra Ministries, Others

From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it is ready to conduct systems study on ministries, agencies and parastatals in Anambra State, if invited by the State government. The Resident Anti Corruption…

INEC to Prosecute 774 Election Offenders, Enters Working Arrangements with NBA

INEC to Prosecute 774 Election Offenders, Enters Working Arrangements with NBA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that he has a list of 774 persons arrested during the 2023 General Elections for various electoral offences, stating that an arrangement has been concluded with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for their prosecution….

New diplomats promise not to let Nigeria down

New diplomats promise not to let Nigeria down

Newly commissioned Ambassadors-in-Situ have pledged not to let the federal government down in the discharge of their statutory duties in Nigeria or while on foreign mission, outside the shores of the country. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada…

Ekweremadu: Dabiri-Erewa Pleads with UK Government for Leniency

Ekweremadu: Dabiri-Erewa Pleads with UK Government for Leniency

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has joined others in pleading with the UK government to show leniency with former Nigeria Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu awaiting the verdict of the court on organ harvesting. In a statement on…

EU Emphasizes Importance of Media to Democracy

EU Emphasizes Importance of Media to Democracy

The European Union (EU) has emphasized the importance of free, independent and pluralistic media to resilient and healthy democracies, even as it lamented that press freedom is at stake in most parts of the world today. The EU in a statement on…

Sudan: Igbos were among the first evacuees, FG Insists

Sudan: Igbos were among the first evacuees, FG Insists

The Federal Government has clarified that Igbos were among the first set of Nigerians that were evacuated crisis ridden Sudan. The Nigerian government especially theChairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa was called out by a stranded Nigerian in Sudan…

Shutdown Benue ethanol company put up structure to arrest pollution

Shutdown Benue ethanol company put up structure to arrest pollution

Shutdown Benue ethanol company put up structure to arrest pollution Shut ethanol- producing company, Pure Biotech Company Limited has put up a state of the art facility to control its emission of pollutant into River Benue. The National Environmental Standards and Regulations…

Buhari administration helping to improve living standard of many Nigerians -Umana Okon Umana

Buhari administration helping to improve living standard of many Nigerians -Umana Okon Umana

-From Harrison Akamule: Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has said that the Buhari administration is helping to improve the living standard of many Nigerians by providing them with vocational training in a wide range of marketable skills that…

May Day Celebration: Keep The Flag Flying, Oborevwori Tells Nigerian Workers

May Day Celebration: Keep The Flag Flying, Oborevwori Tells Nigerian Workers

Delta State Governor-Elect and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has commended workers in the country for their “immense and invaluable contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.” In a Press Statement to mark this year’s…

How STEP took me out of poverty- Airenogbuan

How STEP took me out of poverty- Airenogbuan

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Augustina Airenogbuan hails from Oshimili North Local Government Area. She was one of the pioneerpersons with disabilities (PWDs) who benefitted from the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the 2016/2017 cycle.  She was trained and established in Hairdressing, Braiding and Makeover. She is the CEO of AugustinaHairdressing and Makeover. In…

Shutdown Benue ethanol company appeals for reopening

Shutdown Benue ethanol company appeals for reopening

Shut ethanol- producing company, Pure Biotech Company Limited has appealed to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to reopen its premise for operation after it installed a state-of-the-art Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), to prevent the reoccurrence of wastewater contamination,…

Why We Supported Oborevwori For Delta Governor – Obidients Group

Why We Supported Oborevwori For Delta Governor – Obidients Group

A group of the Obidients Movement in Delta State has revealed that they abandoned the Labour Party candidate to vote for Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori of the PDP in the Delta State Governorship election because they were convinced he would prioritise good…

2023 INT’L WORKERS DAY: BAYOKO SALUTE DELTA WORKERS, SAYS THEY’RE INDISPENSABLE ASSETS IN NATION BUILDING

2023 INT’L WORKERS DAY: BAYOKO SALUTE DELTA WORKERS, SAYS THEY’RE INDISPENSABLE ASSETS IN NATION BUILDING

-By Aruoriwo Ivovi: As Nigeria joins the global community in celebrating the 2023 International Workers’ Day, the Delta State Head of Service, Mr. Reginald Bayoko has commended civil servants in the state for their hard work, dedication, loyalty and patriotism towards the growth and development of Delta State….

Sudan: FG Gives Update on Evacuation of Nigerians

Sudan: FG Gives Update on Evacuation of Nigerians

The Federal Government has said that 637 Nigerian evacuated from troubled Sudan had arrived the identified safe borders at Aswan, Egypt and are undergoing necessary documentation and clearance before admission into the Egyptian territory for their eventual evacuation to Nigeria, with the…