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01/11/2017

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Russia to build two nuclear plant in Nigeria

06/10/2017

A lot of people have come down with the symptoms but they are hiding in their houses. If they hide, there is the propensity for the infection to spread

The residents of Bayelsa State are currently living in fear as a new deadly epidemic known as "monkeypox" broke out in the state. About 11 persons including a medical doctor, who have been infected with the virus, are said to have been quarantined at the in an isolation center at the Niger Delta...

06/10/2017

One would therefore ask: which products are on ground that will require massive haulages by presence of cargo airport in the states? Is Yobe or Benue State really heavily industrialized to require cargo airport? Was the essential need for this facility really evaluated?

Press reports have shown that Yobe State Government has taken steps to set up its own cargo airport at the cost of some N11 billion, This is the same step taken by his Benue State counterpart sometimes in October 2016. While the proposed airpot will cost N27 billion naira more in Benue State...

03/10/2017

When we made George Akume governor, we thought since he had not touched money he would use the billions accruing to the state to develop it. But today, we are gnashing our teeth because Akume has squandered our resources…

The most influential politician in Benue State is neither the sitting Governor or the immediate past Senate President. Definitely not the former PDP Chairman and former PDP presidential aspirant. NBSLaw has come to the conclusion of naming Senator George Akume, a former Governor (1999 - 2007)...

30/09/2017

As for the principle of non-discrimination, the Court also added that there is no discrimination, since “States are free to reserve marriage only to heterosexual couples.”

The World Court of Human Rights has unanimously ruled that there is no such thing as “right to homosexual marriage.” Daily Independent newspaper reports that the proclamation was contained in a statement signed by 47 judges of the 47 countries of the Council of Europe that make up the full Court...

22/09/2017

We are aware of the issue because someone else called earlier to confirm the allegation. The Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State has responded to the matter and we are not ready to take the issue with anybody

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has written to a “new-generation” bank to explain the N1.4 billion gift it received from Godswill Akpabio, former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State. An EFCC source who pleaded anonymity told the Punch that the so-called gift was given in three...

14/09/2017

Adeosun said the decision to probe the agencies became evident when JAMB remitted a paltry N3 million to the Federal Government’s coffers in 2015 and that in 2017 alone, the agency, without prompting, remitted a staggering N5 billion with a pledge to remit an additional N3 billion

After Wednesday’s weekly meeting, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) ordered the investigation of past heads of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculating Board (JAMB) over massive fraud. The council stressed that the grand scale...

14/09/2017

Paying for PPV in Europe and the UK is equivalent to paying for two months subscription in Nigeria. We know Africans love boxing that is why we are bringing the best thing that is happening in the world to Africa

Multichoice Nigeria has announced it would be launching the pay-per-view (PPV) subscription model in the country. The company says this would allow subscribers watch some important programmes not available on their bouquet. Though, at an extra cost to the willing consumers. According to a report...

03/09/2017

The federal government says the two illegal mining companies – Solid Unit Limited and Geotess Nigeria Limited – that were shut down in Zurak, Wase local government area of Plateau state, last month, had illegally taken out minerals worth over N100 billion in the past few years. Kayode Fayemi...

10/08/2017

The APC chairman in Benue State, Abba Yaro, yesterday appeared before the North Central Zone Fact Finding Panel, over sundry allegations. Yaro, who was at the APC Central Zonal Office, in Lafia, which was the venue of hearing, went there with all the 23 local government chairman of the party in...

08/08/2017

"When I became governor in 2007 I saw that the Tiv nation was grossly lacking in political leaders who had national influence, those with the influence to fight for the interest of our people at the federal level. I therefore considered that I needed to support Akume to rise and build influence...

07/08/2017

The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, said at the weekend that he needs N40 billion to clear all outstanding salaries of workers in the employ of the state government. Ortom’s explanation came on the heels of a three-week ultimatum handed to him last week by the state chapter of the Nigeria...