$418m Judgement Debts: Reps Minority Caucus Back Govs, Demand Probe …Urges Buhari To Halt Payment Until After Probe

$418m Judgement Debts: Reps Minority Caucus Back Govs, Demand Probe …Urges Buhari To Halt Payment Until After Probe

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)  –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has cautioned against the reported approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the payment of the $418 million suspicious debt despite wide spread national objection by stakeholders, including…

Minister’s Sack Is Diversionary Gimmick To Cover Failure – Reps Minority Caucus

Minister’s Sack Is Diversionary Gimmick To Cover Failure – Reps Minority Caucus

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has described the sack of two Ministers by President Muhamadu Buhari as a diversionary gimmick geared towards covering failure. In a Statement on Thursday September 2, 2021…

U.S. Coast Guard Begins Training With Nigerian Navy On Maritime Law Enforcement Capabilities

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: AS part of Nigeria’s military collaboration with the United States, 24 officers of the Nigerian Navy are currently participating in a four-week intensive U.S. Coast Guard Boarding Officer training programme which kicked off on Monday,…

ActionAid Condemns Planned Increase Of Electricity Tariff

ActionAid Condemns Planned Increase Of Electricity Tariff

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ActionAid Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation has condemned the alleged planned increase of electricity tariff, saying this action may further erode the purchasing power of Nigerians and add to impoverise them. The organisation in a signed…

Minority Caucus Flaws FG On Harassment Of Channels TV, The Media

Minority Caucus Flaws FG On Harassment Of Channels TV, The Media

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has flayed the Federal Government over an unwarranted harassment of Channels Television and its staff; a development that smacks of another toxic push against press freedom and…

Delta @30: Reps Delta Caucus Hails Okowa, Deltans

Delta @30: Reps Delta Caucus Hails Okowa, Deltans

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)  –From Editor’s DESK: THE Delta State Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated the Governor of Delta state, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the entire people of Delta State on the 30th anniversary of the creation of…

Nigerian Army Does Not Enlist Former Boko Haram/Islamic State Terrorists -Says Director Army Public Relations

Nigerian Army Does Not Enlist Former Boko Haram/Islamic State Terrorists -Says Director Army Public Relations

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: OUR attention has been drawn to an online video making rounds in the social media by one Young Elder and produced by Anthony Jay. In the video, the so called Young Elder attempted to draw…

MUCH ADO ABOUT THE COVEN IN KANO

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: JUST like the three witches in William Shakespeare’s classic play, Macbeth, Nigeria politicians from all geopolitical zones, came in thunder, lightning and in the rain; invited and uninvited, fair or foul, just to meet with…

Zulum Visits CDS On How To Handle Repentant Boko Haram

-Blank News Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has commenced consultations on how to react to the massive surrender of Boko Haram with a visit on Mondayto the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor in Abuja….

Another Chibok Schoolgirl Resurfaces With Two Kids From Boko Haram’s Den

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ANOTHER abducted Chibok schoolgirl has resurfaced with two children birthed in captivity seven years after Boko Haram kidnapped her alongside over 200 others. Hassana was one of over 200 schoolgirls abducted at a Government Secondary…

Germany To Build Dog School In Nigeria

Germany To Build Dog School In Nigeria -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE German Government is to build a Dog School in Nigeria for the training of sniffer dog to enhance the ongoing war on narcotics The project is expected…

NHRC Commends Court’s Ruling On Abuja Raids

NHRC Commends Court’s Ruling On Abuja Raids

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ruled in favour of six women harassed and abused during raids in the capital city by Environmental Protection…

Nigeria Summons Ambassador To Indonesia For Debriefing Over Assault Of Official (See Video)

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigerian Government on Tuesday summoned its Ambassador to Indonesia, Muhammed Buba Ahmed for debriefing over the circumstances surrounding the manhandling and arrest of the one of the nation’s diplomat in Jakarta. A Nigerian diplomat…

NDLEA Mops Large Cocaine, Heroin, Skunk In Raids Across 7 States

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a coordinated raids of seven states have seized a total of 8,268.2 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs. The states raided in a weeklong exercise include…

Abducted Chibok Girl Reunites With Parents *Presents Them With Two Grandchildren

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: RUTH PAGU, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at a secondary school in Chibok seven years ago on Saturday reunited with her parents with a gift of two grandchildren. Ruth was one of…

Oleh Diocese Of Anglican Communion Holds 8th Synod In Delta, Advocates For Restructuring Of Nigeria

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Oleh Diocese, Rt. Revd. John U. Aruakpor has advocated for the restructuring of Nigeria to reflect true federalism where the states will be in control of their resources…

One Dead, Five Injured In Police/Christian Worshippers Clash In Maiduguri

One Dead, Five Injured In Police/Christian Worshippers Clash In Maiduguri

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ONE person was killed and five others injured in a fracas between security attached to operatives of Borno Geographical Information System and some worshippers at a branch of EYN Church in Maiduguri, the Governor of…

AAU NEC Resolves To Engage Edo Govt Over Unwholesome Interference *As Meeting Ends In Asaba

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE National Executive Council of the Ambrose Alli University has promised to continue to engage the Edo State Government over the unwholesome interference in the management of the University and the enactment of the obnoxious…

ABBA KYARI: A FLY IN THE OINTMENT?

ABBA KYARI: A FLY IN THE OINTMENT?

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: TAFA Balogun was a heavily built, haughty and hawkish cop who once traverse the length and breadth of our policing world. He was a former Inspector General of Police, who fell from office shamefully, with…

Zulum Finalizes Relocation of IDPs, Refugees to Abadam

Zulum Finalizes Relocation of IDPs, Refugees to Abadam

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has moved towards finally relocating the people of Abadam local government, in the shores of the Lake Chad back to their homes. The governor in order to actualize this…

FG Launches Strategy Document To Tackle Deforestation, Forest Degradation

FG Launches Strategy Document To Tackle Deforestation, Forest Degradation

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has launched the Nigeria’s National Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Strategy document to tackle the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation. The journey towards the development of the REDD+…

BETWEEN PATRIOTIC PLATITUDE, EMOTION AND JUSTICE

BETWEEN PATRIOTIC PLATITUDE, EMOTION AND JUSTICE

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: AMIDST the many compounded issues surrounding the ongoing trials of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Igboho, nationalistic ethos and fabricated echoes are almost always sounding like a broken record in our collective…

BREAKING: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Federal High Court

BREAKING: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Federal High Court

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): FORMER AAC presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by the Nigerian police at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore was arrested and whisked away while in court to show solidarity with the leader of…

Eid-el-Kabir: Greater Devotion To God Will Enthrone Justice, Fairness -Bashorun Askia

Eid-el-Kabir: Greater Devotion To God Will Enthrone Justice, Fairness -Bashorun Askia

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has called for prayers to God to enthrone a new era of justice, fairness and development in Nigeria. Bashorun Askia, who…

DAIRO’S DEADLY DIARY AND THE REST OF US

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: HE missed death by the whiskers. And by sheer bravery, Flt Lt Abayomi Dairo, the hero fighter jet pilot, soldier on in the bushes of death, trying to save a nation so ravaged by terrorism…

OF ROTATIONAL PRESIDENCY AND ELITE INSENSITIVITY IN RECENT TIME

OF ROTATIONAL PRESIDENCY AND ELITE INSENSITIVITY IN RECENT TIME

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: One of the major challenges of the Nigerian state, especially in a supposedly majoritarian rule such as ours, is the gross insensitivity of our elites to the real issue plaguing the nation. The mismanagement of…

2023: Elumelu Expresses Worry Over Voter Apathy, Suppression, Political Alienation, Extra-Civic Voting In Nigeria **Proffer Solutions

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: RT. HON. NDUDI ELUMELU, Nigeria’s House of Representatives Minority Leader, yesterday expressed worries over the many factors promoting voter apathy, political alienation and voter suppression, as well as extra – civic voting patterns in Nigeria….

Application Of Technology Strengthens Democratic Process, Says Bashorun Askia

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA, Warri: AGAINST the backdrop of the furore generated by the debate on the mode of transmission of election results, a wider application of information technology will strengthen the democratic process by reducing the impact of…

Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills

Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), has called on the National Assembly to urgently jettison the obnoxious Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts amendment Bill that is presently before it. In a…

COMMUNIQUÉ: MEETING OF GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN LAGOS ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AFTER THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA AT THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021 NIGERIAJuly 5, 2021 THE Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting…

Shettima Calls For Power Shift To South, Insists There Was Gentleman’s Agreement In APC For Power Rotation

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: FORMER Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima has thrown his weight behind the call for power shift to Southern Nigeria in 2023. He said it was only right for the North especially the All Progressives…

Kenya Denies Involvement In Arrest, Extradition Of Kanu

Kenya Denies Involvement In Arrest, Extradition Of Kanu

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: KENYA High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage has denied the involvement of his home government in the extradition of leader of disbanded Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s family had earlier made…

MAZI NNAMDI KANU: THE CARROT AFTER THE STICK

MAZI NNAMDI KANU: THE CARROT AFTER THE STICK

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: AMIDST the settling smoke of crossfire and the simmering waters of hate, vexation, rant, threat, abuse and wanton provocation in the Southeast between the government and IPOB agitators, the recent arrest and repatriation of Mazi…

Showdown, As Host Communities Threatens To Shut Down AGIP Oil Facilities *Gives  Ultimatum

Showdown, As Host Communities Threatens To Shut Down AGIP Oil Facilities *Gives Ultimatum

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKOROWE: Women and Men in their numbers from nine host communities of Isoko South, Isoko North and Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State, has staged a peaceful protest against Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC),…

UK Announces £12.6 Million To Combat Terrorism In Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger

UK Announces £12.6 Million To Combat Terrorism In Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: UNITED Kingdom has announced new funds to combat terror in Lake Chad Basin following the growth of terrorism on the African continent. Specifically in the new funding plan, United Kingdom will support efforts to combat…

Oma Djebah Presents Letters of Credence To The Kingdom Of Thailand

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: FRONTLINE Communications expert, journalist and former Delta State Commissioner for Information, His Excellency, Mr. Oma Djebah, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand , was on June 25th 2021 received by the Director–General of the…

Conference of Speakers: Separation Of Powers Imperative For Good Governance – Okowa

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that separation of power, checks and balances were imperative for good governance in a presidential system of government. Okowa stated this in a keynote address he…

NIGERIA: A NATION LOOKING FOR HER PAST (1)

NIGERIA: A NATION LOOKING FOR HER PAST (1)

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT is often said that when one is consistently nostalgic and desirous of the past, it is indicative of the fact that nothing is exciting about the present. Yet, this is where we found ourselves…

Sheikh Gumi Lied: Nigerian Army Not Colluding With Bandits -Brig. Gen. Nwachukwu

Sheikh Gumi Lied: Nigerian Army Not Colluding With Bandits -Brig. Gen. Nwachukwu

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigerian Army has just been alerted to a submission by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi when he featured on ARISE TV Morning Show on Wednesday, 23 June 2021 alleging that the Nigerian Military is colluding…

THE SOUTHEAST: A PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS

THE SOUTHEAST: A PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: ONE of the most sensitive issues of discourse in Nigeria today is the security challenges in the South East. It is sensitive not because of the geographical location but the people, the enterprising and resilient…