By AMARACHUKWU, Abuja The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), representatives of the Owan and Okomu communities and a host of civil society groups have urged Governor Godwin Obaseki administration to uphold the revocation order on 13,750 hectares of land expropriated by Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc in the
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By CHRIS EKEKE, Abuja The senator representing Northern Senatorial District, of Cross River State, Dr. Rose Oko, has raised the alarm over the activities of fraudsters using her name to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. This was contained in a disclaimer statement from her media office, where she said the unscrupulous elements
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By CHRIS EKEKE, Abuja In order to boost security in Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has presented security vans to the police, saying that bad eggs among herdsmen should be identified. According to the governor, the police should in particular, tackle the menace of herdsmen and kidnapping as well as ensure peace
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By CHRIS EKEKE, Abuja Following the devastating flooding ravaging the state, Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has threatened to demolish structures on waterways and floodplains obstructing the free flow of rivers in the state. The threat by the governor is coming on the heels of revelation by the National Emergency Management
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BY CHRIS EKEKE, Abuja The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has commenced the review of 1964 Explosive Act to curb illegal usage of the device in the country. Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
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By AMARACHUKWU OKOROAFOR The federal government and the government of Germany yesterday signed a 10 million Euros aid agreement to eradicate polio in Nigeria. The agreement was signed in Abuja between Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Bernhard Schlagheck. Onyeama said that the 10 million Euros grant
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By AMARACHUKWU OKOROAFOR Rivers State governor, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, has advised the Federal Government not to allow the amendment of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited Act to sail through at the National Assembly because of the negative multiplier effect it would on the economy. This is as he said the
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By CHRIS EKEKE, Abuja The minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewale has lamented that the N351billion premium paid out for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is not commiserate to healthcare services given Nigerians. This is as the executive secretary of NHIS, Prof. Usman Yusuf has alleged that Health Maintenance Organizations, HMOs
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By AMARACHKWU OKOROAFOR Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has declared that 1,040,000 Nigerians have so far been registered since the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise on April 27, 2017. Yakubu, who stated this while hosting the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, Mr.
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By AMARACHUKWU OKOROAFOR, Abuja As part of efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on Water and Sanitation, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) partners have pledged to support the Nigerian Water and Sanitation programme with about $700billion. The Chief WASH, UNICEF Nigeria, Zaid
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