Federal Board Appointments Tear Delta APC Apart

Tension is brewing in Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Progress (APC) over the timetable announced for the formal reception of the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the 2015 governorship election in the state, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, ex-Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Victor Ochei, and several chieftains of other political parties in the state.

Face your legislative duties; you can’t determine how Buhari fights corruption – APC replies PDP Senators

The All Progressives Congress has asked senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to face their legislative business and come to terms with the reality that they cannot determine how the Buhari administration fights corruption.
The APC, via a statement signed by its National Secretary, Mala Buni on Wednesday, said this in response to the PDP Senators’ declaration of suspension of support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

FG, North South Power Company to partner on hydro power

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu on Wednesday said that the Federal Government is partnering the North South Power Company Ltd., in the development of existing dams for power generation, Vanguard reports.
Adamu said “The ministry is thinking toward that direction of partnership with the private sector in the development of the new and existing infrastructure in the sector for the small hydro power schemes’’.

Crackdown on Boko Haram

NIAMEY - A multinational force has begun operations against Boko Haram along the border between Niger and Nigeria, a general from Niger said on Tuesday.

Brigadier-General Abdou Sidikou Issa, tactical chief of staff for troops based in Niger's southern zone of Diffa,

Oronsaye given permission to travel abroad for medical check-up

Abuja - Former Head of Service, Stephen Oronsaye has been granted permission to travel abroad for a medical check-up, Naija247 reported.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted Oronsaye to be given his international passport in order to be able to travel.

Nobody can sack you – JOHESU orders health workers to begin 7-day strike

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has directed its members nationwide to proceed on a seven-day warning strike.
A communiqué issued on Wednesday evening by its President, Biobelemoye Josiah, at the end of its meeting with the Federal Government at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, urged its members not to be agitated over sack threats.

Saraki laments increase in sexual harrassment in schools

Abuja - Senate president, Bukola Saraki has raised alarm over the increase in sexual harassment complaints in tertiary institutions across the country as alarming.
According to Vanguard, Saraki who made the disclosure on Tuesday, June 21 while declaring open the public hearing on the bill to provide for the prohibition of incidences of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions, said sexual harassment incidences were becoming too frequent that it could no longer be ignored.

FG Not Taking Niger Delta Avengers Dialogue Seriously, IYC Says

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) said the federal government is not serious in its supposed commitment to opening dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).

IYC President Udengs Eradiri said although a proper invitation had not been extended to the IYC, the discordant tune coming from members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet and the absence of the president at the meeting has made the IYC lose confidence in the dialogue process.

Australian, South African workers at engineering giant Macmahon kidnapped in Nigeria, police say

The hold-up, in which the driver was shot dead, happened in the Akpabuyo district near the capital of Cross River state, Calabar, at about 7:00am (local time) on Wednesday.
All five were workers with Australian mining and engineering giant Macmahon, which was contracted to cement company LafargeHolcim in the state, police commissioner Jimoh Ozi-Obeh told reporters.

No to amnesty for Boko Haram - rights advocate

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has rejected reported plans by the government to grant amnesty to Boko Haram terrorists.
The organisation also decried the lack of progress in the prosecution of the perpetrators of the terror.
Officials from HURIWA pointed out one year after the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, said it was “embarrassing” the government had chosen to grant softlanding to “mass murderers” than deploy the apparatus of effective prosecution.

Senate accuses Buhari of plotting to remove Saraki, Ekweremadu

Abuja - The Senate has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to remove Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.
The Senate’s stance followed criminal charges of forgery slammed on Saraki and Ekweremadu, by the Federal Government.
Also charged alongside the two presiding officers are former Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasu, and his deputy, Benedict Efeturi.
The Senate in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Aliyu Sabi, said  the planned charges of forgery and conspiracy preferred against

Confusion In Militants’ Camp Over Planned Dialogue

PORT HARCOURT – The Federal Government’s planned dialogue with the Niger Delta militant groups may be threatened due to misunderstanding in the camp of the various groups that now seem to have different views. Three militant groups including the Reformed Egbesu Boys, Egbesu Water Lions and Egbesu Martyr Fraternity, on Sunday said that neither the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) nor the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), has the mandate to represent their interest in the Federal Government’s planned peace talks. Tony Alagbakeriowei, and General Ebi Abakoromor, in a statement on behalf of the three militant groups,

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Governors, ex-ministers 'are behind Niger Delta militants'

Abuja – A former federal lawmaker and strong voice from the North, Dr Junaid Mohammed, has reportedly claimed that governors and ex-ministers are behind Niger Delta militants, who have over the past weeks, continued to vandalize oil facilities in the region.

Islamic State mounts fierce defence of besieged Syrian bastion

A Syrian woman who fled the assault launched by Arab and Kurdish forces against Islamic State (IS) fighters in the town of Manbij talks to a Kurdish fighter upon her arrival at an encampment on the outskirts of the town, June 4, 2016. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)

Islamic State group jihadists have launched a wave of suicide and car bombings to defend a besieged stronghold in northern Syria against US-backed fighters, a monitor said on Saturday.
A Kurdish-Arab alliance last week encircled the city of Manbij and severed a key supply route used by IS from the Turkish border to the jihadists’ de facto Syrian capital, Raqa.

PDP Crisis: IGP Meets with Makarfi, Sheriff, Others over Acts of Hooliganism

In a bid to find lasting solution to the lingering crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, on Friday convened a meeting with the two warring factions of the party.

Niger Delta Avengers strike again, blow up NNPC pipeline in Akwa Ibom

Uyo - The Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group which has vowed to reduce Nigeria’s crude oil production to zero has blown up an NNPC Pipeline in Akwa Ibom State.

N25bn employment fund will be fairly distributed – Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has assured Lagosians that the N25bn Employment Trust Fund recently established by the state will be distributed through a credible and transparent process.

Dickson: We Can No Longer Fund Niger Delta Varsity

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Seriake Dickson, on Thursday disclosed that the state government could no longer continue funding the state-owned Niger Delta University in Wilberforce Island, Amassoma.

Dickson, who spoke during a meeting with the Governing Council and principal officers of NDU

NNPC says it lost N19.43bn in April

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) lost N19.43bn in the month of April, as the country’s crude oil production dropped from 59.27 million barrels recorded in February to 57.43 million barrels in March, .