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
The on-going face-off between militants and the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Okrika Local Government Local Government of Rivers State has provoked the declaration of a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the area. But the Movement for the Emancipation of the … read more
The Director of Operations in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, is to join his boss, Nuhu Ribadu, on a compulsory one year course. Lamorde, according to sources in the commission, is to proceed on a one-year … read more
King Anderson Zidafamo, the 91-year-old father of the Bayelsa State�s Accountant-General, Mr. Thomas Zidafamo, kidnapped by militants on December 19, regained his freedom on Saturday. The nonagenarian was kidnapped at gunpoint, at his palace in coastal Bulu-Orua hometown in Sagbama … read more
More public outrage on Saturday trailed the plan by the police authorities to send the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on a study leave. A former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; former governor … read more
In what looked like a renewed offensive by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Rivers State against the camp of the leader of Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr. Tom Ateke, the Task Force yesterday uncovered three camps where the … read more
IT was supposed to be a top secret document but, by hook or crook, the guarded memo with reference number, TFRH/25/G, written by the commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF), otherwise known as Operation Restore Hope, Effurun Barracks, Delta … read more