By Our Correspondent The just released Editor of FirstNews Online, Mr Segun Olatunji, has recounted his excruciating ordeals in the hand of his abductors – gunmen dressed in military uniforms. Olatunji was abducted on March 15 from his Abule Egba residence in Lagos and taken to an unknown location but […]
Day: March 28, 2024
NDDC Seeks More Impact from Foreign Scholarships, Explores Coventry University Partnership.
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is demonstrating its commitment to ensuring optimal value from its renowned foreign postgraduate scholarship programme. To achieve this, the NDDC has embarked on a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) visit to the United Kingdom, led by Managing Director Dr. Samuel Ogbuku.Beyond monitoring current scholarship recipients, […]
GOV FUBARA FELICITATES WITH PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU ON BIRTHDAY.
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has on behalf of his wife, Lady Valerie, the Government and people of Rivers State, felicitated with the 16th President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as he marks his 72nd Birthday on […]
GOV FUBARA RECOMMITS TO CAPACITY BUILDING OF WORKFORCE.ASSURES NIM OF SUPPORT.
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed the determination of his Administration to build and strengthen the capacity of workers in the State’s Civil Service. The Governor said this during a meeting held behind closed doors in Government House, Port Harcourt, with the national leadership of Nigerian Institute of […]
Binance executive drags Nigeria’s NSA ,EFCC To Court.
The detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has sued the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged violation of his fundamental rights.Mr Gambaryan, in the originating motion dated and filed 18 March by his lawyer, Olujoke Aliyu, from Aluko and Oyebode Law […]
Rivers Police Command Arrests Car Snatching syndicate , Native Doctor, Recovers 17 Stolen Vehicles.
By Ken Chiwendu The Rivers State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 26 arrested armed robbery suspects, car thieves and their native doctor, and also recovered 17 stolen vehicles from the suspects. The state commissioner of police, CP Olatunji Disu, while parading suspects at the Command headquarters, Moscow road, Port Harcourt […]
APC Appoints 6 Governors As Zonal Coordinators of Party Affairs.
By Ijeoma Wilfred The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has appointed six governors to coordinate the affairs of the party in the six geopolitical zones of the country. They are 1 .Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State ( North East) The governors who […]
FAAN SHUTS DOWN KFC OUTLET AT MMIA.
By John Obi The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has closed the KFC facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with effect from March 28, 2024. This is In line with Lagos State law on People with Special Needs , Part C , section […]
Tinubu Gives 50-member emergency teams Six months to rescue economy.
By Goodluck B Ikiebe President Bola Tinubu has established a 31-man Presidential Economic Coordination Council comprising himself, the Vice President, Senate President and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, among others. Tinubu also established a 19-member Economic Management Team, Emergency Taskforce, which he mandated to meet twice weekly and […]
Okuama Tragedy: DHQs Declares 8 Persons Wanted
By Ken Chiwendu The Nigerian Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted in connection with the killing of 17 soldiers on March 14,2024 in Okuama community in Ughelli South,Delta State. Those wanted included a Professor and a woman. The soldiers including a Lt col, two Majors and a captain were on […]