The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crisis hit a frightening bend yesterday, with House of Assembly Speaker Otelemaba Dan Amachree alleging a plot to assassinate Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and other officials. He did not name those behind the plot. In an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Speaker said there was a […]
BARELY 24 hours after security operatives vacated the secretariat of the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, suspected hoodlums on Tuesday razed a building in the premises. The PUNCH learnt that the hoodlums threw dynamite into a building housing the council’s generating set at about 10am. The secretariat gets its supply of electricity from […]
The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate has resolved to wade into the prolonged confrontation between President Goodluck Jonathan and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. It will also mediate in the conflict between Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, and Senator Aloysius Etok. Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, said the PDP caucus […]
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, says he has forgiven all the “dissidents that had a hand in the crises that nearly tore the party apart in recent time”. Umeh stated this in Ogidi, Anambra State during the party’s South-East stakeholders’ meeting. The APGA chief, who recalled the party’s history […]
Lagos State Government says pupils in its public schools are only allowed to wear conventional uniforms to the school. It added that usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for Muslim women, would not be allowed. The Commissioner for Education Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Ikeja, […]
By Nnamdi Ojiego Human rights organisation, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, Sunday, berated the north and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for kicking against the call for imposition of emergency rule in some volatile states in the northern part of the country. Media reports quoting the spokespersons of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Mr. […]
By Citizen Ochu James No fewer than 20 people Weekend lost their lives and several property destroyed in Okpancheni and Ekwo area of Agatu local government of Benue state when unknown gunmen numbering about 19 invaded the area. According to an eye witness, the incident occurred at about 6:00 am on sunday, when the hoodlums […]
Lagos State Government has advised residents to remain calm whenever it rains occasioning a rise in the level of water. It says the water is merely flash flood recorded during the rains, which will only be temporary and will disappear as soon as the rain stops. The government added that it had invested a lot […]
Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees says Ogun State Government has released N200m to settle part of the arrears owed council workers in the state. Workers in the 20 local governments in the state, under the aegis of NULGE, had given the state government a 21-day ultimatum to settle the arrears owed them or risk […]
President of the Senate, David Mark, on Sunday, described the level of insecurity in the country as “intolerable”. In a statement, Mark particularly flayed the killings of policemen in Nassarawa State, saying the action was unacceptable. He said, “The situation has degenerated to an intolerable level and exposes everybody to danger. The continued loss of […]
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