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(Nigeria) Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo yesterday, warned that reliance on computer systems, wireless networks and ubiquitous internet-enabled smart devices including smart phones, televisions and various tiny devices, has made Nigeria vulnerable and susceptible to potentially debilitating attacks.

*Professor Charles Dokubo (Nigeria) Ex-Niger Delta militants have congregated in Abuja for a very crucial meeting with the newly appointed Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo.

*Dr Kayode Fayemi, APC Ekiti guber candidate (Nigeria) The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation has dismissed as nightmarish an opinion poll result conducted by information analysis firm, NOIpolls, predicting victory for the governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Prof Olusola Eleka, in the July 14 election.

*Mr Issa Aremu, General Secretary, Textile Workers’ Union (Nigeria) The Federal Government has been called upon to dissipate more energy on wealth generation rather than refuting controversial reports of the Brookings Report on the poverty level in Nigeria.

*Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State (Nigeria) Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has disclosed his intention to establish a child welfare centre to cater for street children and orphans.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (2nd L), Anthony Browor Editor, Businessday (L), Publisher of Businessday Newspaper, Mr Frank Aigbogun (2nd R) and John Osadolor (r) during the visit by the Management of Businessday Newspaper to Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday.   (Nigeria) Worried by the insecurity and unwarranted attacks on unarmed communities by herdsmen across the country, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has called for the immediate re-jigging of the nation's security architecture.

* Prof Wole Soyinka (Nigeria) By Wole Soyinka   “Land grab will be reversed”   This is the first governance pronouncement, the first pertinent proclamation from the presidency since the herdsmen national affliction began. Catastrophically belated, it has finally emerged from the constricted throat of a government that seemed unaware that its very corporate existence was under strangulation. 

Governor Rochas Okorocha raising his fingers up to demonstrate victory when thousands of supporters of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State stormed Government House Owerri on Wednesday,  to congratulate him for a successful outing at the party’s national convention in Abuja. (Nigeria) All Progressives Congress, APC, Peace and Reconciliation Committee has been set up for South-East and Imo State respectively and the essence is to ensure that peace is returned in the Party within the South-East zone and in Imo in particular.

*Deziani Alison-Madueke (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered the temporary forfeiture of a landed property belonging to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Deziani Alison Madueke valued at N325.4million, to the Federal Government.

*Community people gathering their dead ones, casualties of the attacks (Nigeria) The Middle Belt Forum, MBF on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government and security agencies of complicity in the unabated pogrom being launched at them by the maniac Fulani herdsmen.

(Nigeria) A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, in Delta State and a House of Representative hopeful for Ughelli North/South/Udu federal constituency, Revd Francis Waive, has congratulated the Mr Adams Oshiomhole-led new National Working Committee of the APC, saying the new national chairman will boost internal democracy that will lead the party to victory in the 2019 general elections. 

*Federal High Court, Lagos (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, admitted to bail in the sum of N25 million with two sureties each in like sum, a Bureau De Change operator, Alhaji Samaila Abubakar, who is standing trial over N78 million fraud.

APC National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole (right) receiving a congratulatory card from the Minister for Women Affairs, Sen. Aisha Alhassan who led a delegation of party leaders from Taraba State a solidarity visit to Oshiomhole at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. (Nigeria) National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday received two delegations of Taraba State party leaders on a solidarity visit following his election at the party national convention last Sunday in Abuja.

L-R: Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, former acting National Chairman of PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Rivers State Commissioner of Education, Dr Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja during the commissioning of Nyemoni Grammar School by Senator Makarfi on Wednesday. (Nigeria) Former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said that Nigerians who love democracy will always stand with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for his investments in the sustenance of democracy.

*House of Representatives Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara (Nigeria) Speaker Yakubu Dogara, House of Representatives, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on other measures  that will help bring lasting peace in our country in accordance with the resolutions passed at the joint emergency closed-door session of the National Assembly held some weeks ago.

R-L: President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki commiserating with the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong and the people of the State over the recent spate of killings in the state on Wednesday. (Nigeria) The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has stated that working towards peace in Plateau State and Nigeria as a whole, must remain the primary responsibility of all Nigerians.

*Nigeria's House of Representatives (Nigeria) The House of Representatives under the leadership of Mr Yakubu Dogara has commenced an investigation into allegations of excessive electricity charges being levied on consumers by distribution companies.

L-R: Cross River State governor,  Senator Ben Ayade and President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, commissioned the Cross River State seedlings and seed multiplication factory in Calabar which he described as people-oriented project.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike and the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy after a meeting at the Government House Port Harcourt on Tuesday The Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy has declared that he will encourage ambassadors of the European Union countries to closely monitor elections in Rivers and other Niger Delta States to promote transparent and credible polls in 2019.

(Nigeria) A civil right organisation, the Centre for Human Rights, CHRSJ, has accused an unnamed police officer attached to Agbado Police Station in Ogun State Police Command of engaging in illegal activities prejudicial to service code.

Vice Chancellor of Rivers State University, Prof Blessing Didia, Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, Pro-Chancellor of the Rivers State University, Justice Iche Ndu (retd) and Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo during the 2018 Convocation Ceremony of the Rivers State University in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. (Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has approved automatic employment for all Rivers State indigenes who bagged Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) during the  2018 Convocation Ceremony of the Rivers State University.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State(2nd L), Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo (2nd R), Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani (l) and Pro-Chancellor of Rivers State University, Justice Iche Ndu during commissioning of the Faculty of Science and Technical Education Building by the Rivers State Governor on Tuesday. (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has said that his administration will support the Rivers State University to emerge as one of the best global centres of learning.

(Nigeria) Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has alerted that “there are daily reports of torture of suspects by police, military and other law enforcement agencies in the country,” as it joined   the United Nations and the world to commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

*UN Human Rights Council session (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to all the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva urging their delegation “to initiative and actively support the urgent holding of a special session of the Human Rights Council to address the ongoing killings of Nigerians and residents by suspected herdsmen and/or unknown persons in Nigeria, most recently in Plateau State where over 80 people were brutally murdered.”

*Governor  Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State (Nigeria) Overwhelmed by the deployment of heavy duty equipment for the construction of roads in the sea shore communities in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State and his strides in human capacity development, the Burutu Council Legislative Arm has pass a vote of confidence in Governor  Ifeanyi Okowa and his deputy, Mr Kingsley Otuaro.

*Former governor of Kebbi, Usman Dakingari  (Nigeria) The former governor of Kebbi, Usman Dakingari risk arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, should he fail to honour the order of a Federal High Court sitting in Kebbi to appear before it.

Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, assisted by his Special Adviser on Security and Intelligence, Gen. Maina Saleh (rtd) decorating his Aide-In Camp (ADC), Usman Na'abu, with his new rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), in Abuja on Monday. (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday, called for improved welfare and better condition of service for officers and men of the Nigeria Police, as well as personnel of other security agencies,   as a motivation to continue to give their best service to the country.

*Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), former National Security Adviser (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on July 2, 2018 deliver judgment on the about three years illegal detention of the immediate-past National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd).

*National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus (Nigeria) The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to face the reality that more Nigerians are dying and getting poorer under his watch.

*Senator Andy Uba (Nigeria) The Chairman, Senate committee on Interior, Senator Andy Uba, has condemned the killing of 86 persons in the attacks on about 11 communities in the Gashish District of Plateau State by suspected herdsmen.

*Flooded area in Kwara state (Nigeria) Civil society group, Elites Network for Sustainable Development, ENetSuD, has expressed sympathy for the victims of the recent flooding in Okekere, Oloje, Ode Adana, Okelele, Dada area, Aduralere, Alagbado, Amilegbe, Akerebiata, Kuntu-Oja road, Harmony estate, Mubo Street, and many other communities in Kwara State where thousands of people were displaced and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.

(Nigeria) Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB on Monday, described the killings in Plateau State as evil, barbaric inhuman and ethnic cleansing against the people of Middle Belt.

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has counselled the All Progressives Congress, APC, to perish the thought of deceiving Nigerians with its change of slogan from ‘CHANGE’ to 'PROGRESS'.

*Ralph Uwazuruike (Nigeria) Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB/Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, have called on the Judge that committed Chief Ralph Uwazuruike to prison to rescind his decision  before 24 hours or face the consequences of such unwarranted judgment.

*Federal High Court, Lagos (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has ordered that the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh  be put on notice in the suit by  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, praying the court to compel the respondents to account for the spending of trillion of naira on water projects between 1999 and 2016.

(Nigeria) Special Assistant on Projects to the Executive Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Mr Mbuotidem Affia, has said that his desire to contest for one of the seats in the State   House of Assembly next year is to develop his constituency neglected   by both the federal and state governments.

Adams Oshiomhole (Nigeria) The governor of Imo State and the Chairman Progressive Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has congratulated Mr Adams Oshiomhole over his emergence as the new national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC.

*Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State (Nigeria) Part of Governor Ben Ayade's economic vision for Cross River State will be crystallized next week as President Muhammadu Buhari will on, June 26, 2018 commission the multibillion Naira automated rice seed and seedlings factory in Calabar.

(Nigeria) Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has said that Shell Nigeria intentionally polluted Ogoniland, Rivers State and allowed the spill to remain un-cleaned for over 40years because it planned to have all Ogonis killed.

Prof. Charles Dokubo, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta (Nigeria) About 200 beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme are currently undergoing training in Ondo State as the process of reintegration of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta gets a boost. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo stated this yesterday in Abuja.

(Nigeria) The Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr  Felix Obuah has the raised alarm over plans by the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to instigate crisis in the state through deliberate publication and peddling of false information to the unsuspecting public.

*Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State (Nigeria) The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has ordered the shutdown of all primary and secondary schools with dilapidated structures in the state, to pave way for reconstruction work. Specifically, pupils and teachers of Holy Aruosa Primary School in Benin City, have been relocated to nearby Agbado Primary School.

(Nigeria) Bayelsa State chapter  of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,  has said it was prepared to receive all presidential aspirants under the platform of the party, dismissing insinuations of endorsement of endorsement of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

*Otunba Segun Adewale,  Ekiti ADP guber candidate (Nigeria) A  governorship candidate in the forthcoming July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, Otunba Segun Adewale has renewed his confidence in the electorates to reject attempt to foist leadership on the state, saying he is not not worried over the bragadociousness of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC candidates.

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and members of his delegation meeting with parliamentary during their visit to Russia. (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has assured the Russian Government that Nigeria is conducive for investors especially in the oil, gas, agriculture, mining and power sectors of the economy.

*The International Criminal Court, ICC (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has accused the leadership and members of the National Assembly of “apparently engaging in crimes against humanity against millions of Nigerians by unilaterally cutting funding for critical projects such as health, water, education, housing and security, and replacing such projects with their own personal projects totalling 6,403 projects and amounting to N578 billion.”

(Nigeria) A youth group in the All Progressive Congress, APC, South West - Progressive Youth Movement PYM, has endorsed he candidature of Former Edo state governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole and Dr Fashogbon Solomon ahead of the party’s national convention.

(Nigeria) Scientists at the Western Delta University, WDU, Oghara, Delta State, have canvassed for a plastic free society to reduce pollution and environmentally inflicted human and animal ailments that are capable of causing the death of fish, animals and other agricultural produce, and which can also lead to human deaths, across the globe.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a suit by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd challenging the imposing of $3.6billion fine on it by the Federal Government.

Rivers State PDP Chairman, Mr    Felix Obuah (Nigeria)   As more reactions trail the success of last Saturday Local Government Elections in Rivers State, the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Mr   Felix Obuah has said that   was now obvious that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state had been largely responsible for all the vices associated with past elections in the state.