GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has vowed to take the fight against crime and terrorism in the state to the camps of militants. He said at Obiokpor that he would not wait for hoodlums to unleash fresh terror on … read more
THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has proposed a new salary structure for the president, the vice president, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, ministers and other top government officials in the country. The proposal is contained in a … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday urged Nigerians to resolve, in the spirit of the New Year, to renew their commitments towards “earnestly and actively” moving the nation further along the path to true greatness. On its part, the National Assembly, … read more
CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, met in Abuja for several hours, with top officials of the commission, in what one source said might be the first in the series of his valedictory … read more
The National Assembly is putting up a legislation in the new year that will compel the oil companies operating in the Niger Delta to comply with the Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA obtainable all over the world. The Chairman, Senate Committee … read more
Suspected militants have killed four policemen in a New Year dawn attack on two police stations in Borokiri and Trans-Amadi areas of Port Harcourt, capital of Nigeria’s oil state of Rivers, the state’s police commissioner, Felix Ogbaudu, said. He said … read more
The Rivers State government has lifted the midnight-till-dawn curfew which had been imposed in the state since August. Announcing this in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Honourable Magnus Abe, the state, however, noted that the … read more
The 36 states of the federation shared about N1.2tn between January and October with Bayelsa State emerging the richest on a per capita basis. With a population of about 1.7million, Bayelsa received about N71.8bn from the Federation Account during the … read more
Lagos State Government has earmarked the sum of N1 billion for the execution of the various ongoing beautification and landscaping projects across the state. The projects include the loops, medians along highways, setbacks and development of recreationalparks in some identified … read more
A former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Saturday joined other prominent Nigerians to urge President Umaru Yar�Adua to halt the speculated removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu. Clark said the … read more