Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to shut down the Bonny-Bille-Nembe Jetty in Port Harcourt which conveys travelers to various riverine communities in the state if cases of criminality or physical violence in the area continued. The governor Read more…
Delta youths on Thursday blocked the Delta State axis of the East-West road, protesting the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The angry youth under the aegis of Urhobo Youths Read more…
The Director-General Kaduna State Urban State Urban Planning Development Agency, Mr. Ismail Umaru Dikko, has given reasons for the demolition of Asher Lounge, the venue of the aborted Kaduna sex party. Officials of the agency carried out the exercise penultimate Read more…
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) plans to collaborate with the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the former’s quest to secure inland waterways in the Niger delta. A statement signed on Tuesday in Abuja by NIWA General Manager in charge of Read more…
Enugu State Government on Tuesday handed over four rapid response vehicles and a 12,000-litre capacity water tanker to the State Fire Service to aid operations of the fire fighting agency in the state. Handing over the utility vehicles to the Read more…
About 80 people have lost their lives in a road accident that occurred in Enugu State between January and October 2020. This was disclosed by the Sector Commander of FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr Kalu Ogbonnaya, at the flag-off of Read more…
Many persons on Sunday were feared dead in a motor accident in Nkwere junction along Onitsha-Awka expressway, Anambra state. The accident, which occurred minutes ago, involved a commercial mini bus and a tanker. A witness said bodies of the victims Read more…
Anambra State joint taskforce against touting and illegal internal revenue agents have arrested about ten suspected illegal IGR agents who were caught extorting money from drivers and passers-by around Main Market, Niger Bridge Head and Upper-Iweka axis in Onitsha. The Read more…
The State Government says it will distribute over two billion naira commercial Agricultural loan to registered farmers to guarantee food sufficiency in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Nnamdi Onukwuba disclosed thiswhile defending the 2021 budget estimate of the Read more…
Governor Willie Obiano has called on the federal government to intervene in the the illegal activities of Sterling Exploration and Energy Producing Company, SEEPCO, currently drilling oil at Ogbaru Local Government Area. Governor Obiano made the request while declaring open, Read more…
Seventeen people were killed and more than 700 injured in the Turkish city of Izmir after a powerful earthquake rocked its Aegean coast. Images coming from the city show significant damage, suggesting the death toll may rise. The death toll Read more…
Governor Willie Obiano has inspected flood level around Anambra East, Anambra West and Ogbaru Local Government Areas. The Governor, accompanied by Dr Paul Odenigbo of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency and other security agents took off from the Onitsha Marine. Read more…