Employment, Not My Administion Priority For Now – Otti

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that it was not on the front burner of his administration to employ new people into the state’s civil service. The governor made the disclosure during the monthly interactive session with the media on Thursday in

BREAKING: Students Feared Abducted As Bandits Raid Kogi Varsity

Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi, and abducted some students. An eye witness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9.00 p.m. while the students were reading for their upcoming

It Is A Shame Nigeria Spent N7.8 Trillion On Food Importing – Otti

The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has made a case for the establishment of agricultural ventures across Nigeria as a panacea to food insecurity. While underscoring the need for all to embrace agriculture for sufficiency, Otti highlighted that a whooping  N7.8 trillion was

Troops Attack ISWAP Enclaves, Kill Six

Troops of the Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian Army have killed six fighters of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, during a raid of a “notorious enclave” in Goniri, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. This was made known

Fed Govt, Telcos Differ On Tariff Hike

Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy Minister Bosun Tijani and telecommunication operators maintained different positions on the proposed plan to raise tariff across all networks. The telecommunication operators under the auspices of (Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) insisted that the hike in telecom tariff has become is

Emefiele’s Trial: I Was Forced To Give $600,000 Bribe For Contract Payment, Says W itness

Aprosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he was forced to part with $600,000 (N216 million at the time) before being paid for a contract he

Electricity Tariff Hike: Labour/TUC Protest, Issues 7-Day Ultimatum

The organized labour, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have written a protest letter to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. The union, through the letter, jointly signed by the NLC president, Comrade Joe

Reps To Investigate Procurement Process Of Lagos/Calabar Coastal Highway

The House of Representatives on Thursday, May 9, resolved to investigate the procurement and award process of the multi-billion Lagos to Calabar coastal highway. In a resolution following a motion of urgent public importance by Hon. Austin Achado (APC, Benue), the House also

Rivers: Watch your back – Obono-Obla warns Fubara

An All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart and former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, has stated that the acting chairman of the party in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, lacks the powers to ask the 27 APC lawmakers in the state House of Assembly to impeach

CAC Registration: Police To Go After Illegal PoS Operators

The Federal Government has said mandatory registration of Point-of-Sales operators nationwide will reduce kidnapping and help security agencies arrest recipients of ransom payments from kidnap victims. It also vowed that security agencies would go after PoS operators who fail to comply with the