Day: February 14, 2020

  • Bayelsa : Douye Diri Takes Office Amidst Violence

    Bayelsa : Douye Diri Takes Office Amidst Violence

    ….Jonathan Felicitates with new Governor  From Amos Okioma Properties worth million of naira belonging to some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party  have been destroyed and looted by irate and aggrieved supporters of APC’s David Lylon whose election was nullified by the Supreme Court. Bayelsa’s state capital , Yenagoa and other local government areas were […]

  • As Borno Finds Solace in Zulum by Usman Yahaya

    As Borno Finds Solace in Zulum by Usman Yahaya

    It is evidently clear that when a leader becomes a servant of his wards, the whole World admires him. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has proved to the world that Africans too can govern with fairness, justice and equity, no matter the hurdles and obstacles.  We are used to a leadership where an […]

  • NBA to Military: Review Security Architecture

    NBA to Military: Review Security Architecture

    The Maiduguri branch of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA); has called onFederal Government and Military to review their “securityarchitectures and strategies” to end Boko Haram insurgency. The decade long insurgency has also claimed many lives and property inBorno, Adamawa and Yobe states. NBA’s Chairman, Muhammad Umoru, made the call at news conferenceFriday in Maiduguri, Borno state, […]

  • Bayelsa Violence: Stop Oshiomhole Now, PDP Tells IGP

    Bayelsa Violence: Stop Oshiomhole Now, PDP Tells IGP

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calls on the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to immediately pull in the factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for questioning and prosecution for incitement. The party says the violence and arson being perpetuated by APC agents in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, on Friday, […]

  • NNPC Announces New Recruitment

    NNPC Announces New Recruitment

    We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the #NNPC 2019/2020 Recruitment Exercise for Graduate Trainees

  • Supreme Court ruling: Be Calm, Outgoing Governor tells Bayelsans

    Supreme Court ruling: Be Calm, Outgoing Governor tells Bayelsans

    Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has called on all political parties to be calm and embrace peace over the ruling of the Supreme Court on Bayelsa governorship poll. The Court had nullified the All progressives Congress (APC) victory at Nov 16 governorship election that brought in David Lyon. The Supreme Court had ruled that Lyon’s Deputy […]

  • Okada Aids Insecurity-Niger State Government

    Okada Aids Insecurity-Niger State Government

    The Niger state Government Thursday announced that it is resuscitating the law restricting movement of motorcycles from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in Minna and environs. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane, also warned commercial motorcyclists, in Minna and environs to desist from carrying more than one passenger […]

  • 1500 Nigerians still Stranded in Ghana

    1500 Nigerians still Stranded in Ghana

    Four days after the quartet of British Airways, Rwandair, Emirates and Qatar Airlines diverted their flights from the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos to Kotoka International Airport, in Accra, Ghana, about 1500 Nigerian passengers are yet to be airlifted back to the country,PR Nigeria has reported. The passengers, who are already stranded are […]

  • Pan Ocean Oil Corporation loses Oil Bloc

    Pan Ocean Oil Corporation loses Oil Bloc

    The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)  has officially handed over the Oil Mining Licence (OML) 98 to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Speaking at the hand-over on Friday in Abuja, Mr Sarki Auwalu, DRP Director and Chief Executive Officer, said that the licence was revoked from […]