The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 14 Assistant Superintendents of Police were elevated to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police, while one Superintendent of Police was promoted to Chief Superintendent of Police
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The Deputy Governor of the State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (rtd), while presenting the figures during the monthly transparency briefing in Yenagoa, said the state received a gross inflow of N6.5 billion, out of which a total of N2.2 billion was deducted as Federation Accounts Allocation Committee deductions
The governor, who said it was shameful that the two elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission under Buhari’s kinsman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, were inconclusive, called on all well-meaning Nigerians and the international community to rise up in condemnation of the APC government’s plot to destroy democracy in the country
He said in spite of the challenge of the repayment of the loan, bond and other financial commitments by the Sylva administration, eating deep into the state’s finances, the present administration has been able to put in place enduring legacies in terms of infrastructure
Foremost socio-political organisation, the Ijaw Peoples Assembly, has called on the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress not to…
The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, on Monday re-assured workers of the state that payment of salaries for the…
He said the corpse of Amakiri was identified by his mother and had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, while investigations had also commenced
At the last hearing of the case, there was also a face-off between prosecutors from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the EFCC.
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A summary of the results signed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, Baritor Kpagih, showed that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Israel Goli, however, won in Brass Constituency
The Advisory Council Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has resolved to urgently address the funding challenges facing the commission so as to re-position it for better service delivery to the people of the region.
The several court cases they have engaged in, The Eagle Online gathered, have not prevented Ageh people from allegedly invading Okia community and displacing over 400 indigenes, turning them to refugees in virtually all the South South states of the country
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the plan being allegedly pursued by the presidency is aimed at ensuring that the opposition, especially the APC, does not gain a foothold in the home state of President Goodluck Jonathan
The Commissioner of Police, Hilary Opara, told newsmen in Yenagoa, that the polytechnic’s Acting Rector, Emilian Brisbina, reported the alleged abduction to the state command
The victim, Mr Tonye Okio, spent Christmas in detention with hardened criminals, denied access to his family
Besides, the commission has ruled out the possibility of crisis among the six governors of the region owing to the festering feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi
A statement by the Central Naval Command said the captain of the vessel could not tender relevant documents when he was apprehended
Erujakpor said: “I ordered the closure of the road, while the police and FRSC officials have been drafted there to divert traffic
“The five workers were released on Monday and have since returned to Port Harcourt after negotiation and payment of ransom,” said the source, which chose to be anonymous
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the smoke was still bellowing from the blazing barge in the evening of August 5.
The barge, owned by Sterling Oil Global, according to a source, was
being used in transferring crude oil to a vessel when the disaster
struck
He told newsmen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday that the suspect was “the mastermind of the dastardly act of April 5, 2013 when 11 policemen were killed in Azuzuama