Residents of Ogwashi-Uku community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta have appealed to the Federal Government restore electricity supply which had eluded the community for more than seven years.
The Federal Government yesterday apologized to the people of South East over the destructive activities of herdsmen in the area and assured that permanent solution was being worked out to stop them from destroying crops and farmland.
The Chairman, Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, has urged the people of the Niger Delta region to embrace the Federal Government’s option of dialogue and consultation.
Members of the Borno State Caucus in the National Assembly have cried to the Federal Government and international donor agencies for help over deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the state.
Some gunmen suspected to be land speculators have allegedly attacked some students living in some hostels in satellite area of Iworoko-Ekiti in Ekiti in Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
The organization said 2016 witnessed a disturbing rise in arrests and intimidation of media professionals and activists in Nigeria, with at least 10 journalists and bloggers arrested.
The organization said 2016 witnessed a disturbing rise in arrests and intimidation of media professionals and activists in Nigeria, with at least 10 journalists and bloggers arrested.
The Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Ayodele Fayose, has described the plan by the Federal Government to ban commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada, in the country as wicked.
The UN Security Council will be visiting Nigeria within the next few weeks to discuss strategies for combating the Boko Haram insurgents and to assess the level of humanitarian crisis caused by the terror group.
The Federal Government has assured residents in the northeast that the prediction of famine in the region in 2017 is not true.
