•Groups caution against scrapping agency •Suggest ways to reposition commission •’Looters must return stolen money’ Scores of women yesterday barricaded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to demand transparency and accountability in the affairs of the agency. The protesters, comprising activists from various civil society organizations and farmers, called […]

• Group tells Buhari, el-Rufai to resign over Kaduna killings • Ashiru wants president to overhaul security architecture • Forum urges security agencies to be neutral in ending killings Gunmen have killed an employee of the Kaduna State Ministry of Justice, Haro Gandu, and abducted his wife and son. The Guardian gathered that the hoodlums […]

• State plans to reopen schools soon • Police arrest six suspects for rape, other sexual offences Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has announced an upward salary review of 70 to 80 per cent for the state health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). Besides, he assured of his administration’s […]

Govt commends motorists for compliance with traffic guidelines Lagosians, yesterday, faced the reality of the new normal in commuting between the mainland and the island in the country’s commercial capital on the first working day since the partial six-month closure of the Third Mainland Bridge at the weekend. It was a tough experience, better imagined […]

The Federal Government says it has so far spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances in its teaching hospitals and medical centres across the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at a meeting with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) leadership on Monday in Abuja. The meeting […]

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Concerned Nigerians, a pro-democracy and human rights group has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna state Governor, Mallam Nasir Elrufai to put an end to killings in Southern Kaduna or resign. The group in a statement signed by its convener, Deji Adeyanju and made available to journalists on Monday in Abuja said, the continued […]

THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) received a whopping N946.91 billion as budgetary allocation in 18 years, findings by The Nation has shown. The sum is part of the N9.43 trillion allocated between 1999 to 2019.as 13 per cent derivation to the nine oil producing states and other agencies of the Federal Government involved developing […]

The Federal Government has said Secondary schools in the country will reopen on August 4, 2020 for pupils in exit classes to sit for their examination. The government said students will have two weeks to prepare for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination organised by the West Africa Examination Council. WAEC exams, the government […]

Arik Air on Monday announced the resumption of its flight operations to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, and Yola Airport from July 28. Mr Adebanji Ola, its Communications Manager, said in a statement in Lagos that both services would originate from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with connections to and from Murtala Muhammed Airport, […]

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants across the country to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, made this disclosure on Monday during a live appearance on the popular morning show, “Your View”, on TV Continental (TVC) via video link. According to a […]

Following alleged misappropriation of funds rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), stakeholders of the oil-rich region are set to stage a massive protest against the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC). The protest by the stakeholders, under the auspices of Niger Delta Development Initiative […]