Group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari has said that the allocation of three percent oil companies operating expense to host communities is higher than 30 percent of profit oil and gas for frontier exploration which is mostly in Northern communities. Appearing on an NTA interview programme on Tuesday…
The Management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has announced the suspension of a lecturer in the Department of Curriculum Studies, Dr. Samuel Abiye, over sex-for-grade scandal. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 24, via his Facebook page. Ndimele said the lecturer…
Governor Samuel Ortom has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst when it comes to security issues. The Benue state Governor who appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday August 24, criticized the President’s open grazing policy and also claimed that it is very clear that he wants to…
Six out of 136 abducted students of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya, Tegina, Niger state, have reportedly died in captivity. The students and three teachers were kidnapped on May 30 from the Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger. Sadly, 6 of them have died after getting sick while in captivity. Abubakar Alhassan, the…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 22-year-old alleged female spy, Gloria Okolie, in connection to the attacks on security formations, INEC offices and other critical national infrastructures in the South-East which saw the death of security operatives. Reports on the arrest of Okolie surfaced following outcry by rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who claimed…
Manny Pacquiao has been beaten on his return to the ring after a two-year absence after Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas caused an upset to win by unanimous decision and retain his WBA (super) welterweight title on Saturday night. Ugas was only drafted in on 10 August for the Las Vegas fight to replace the injured Errol…
A suspected vandal has been apprehended for allegedly stealing street light cable in Mbioto Ekpene Ituene community in Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Attah was nabbed on Friday, Augusr 20, by the youths of the community along Mbioto-Ndon Eyo road with electric cable that powers the…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that the alleged pact for former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu to succeed President Buhari is not binding on All Progressives Congress members. Bello who said this in an interview with Daily Trust, stated that the APC is guided by a constitution which every member and…
A 4-year-old girl, Banele Shelembe, has been attacked and killed by two pit bulls in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Shelembe from the Mvundlweni area at KwaMnyandu, Elandskop was with three older children when the dogs from the area attacked her on Wednesday afternoon, August 18. They had been sent to the shop to buy salt…
The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has apprehended a suspected criminal, Likita Abubakar, who was conveying 53 AK-47 Magazine and 260 rounds of live ammunition to an unknown destination in the state. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the suspect has been…
