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(Nigeria) Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has insisted that dialogue remains the best option in dealing with militants in the Niger Delta region.

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole says the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is an anti-worker party which purged the public service of over 7,000 workers in one fell swoop, without paying their pensions and gratuities.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Government has deported three Koreans namely Lee Yoo Song, Lee Byeung Woo and Moon Een Soo for immigration related offences.

(Nigeria) Niger Delta militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, said told the Federal Government that its operatives were not afraid of the drones ordered from the   Untied States of America.

(Nigeris) A 46-year-old housewife, Aisha Abiodun, on Wednesday lost her 21-year-old marriage to her husband, Ashimiyu, over poor cooking.

(Nigeria) The Lagos State Executives of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday declared its support for the former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, to be the National Chairman.

(Nigeria) The Kogi State Command of the Department of State Security, DSS, said on Wednesday that it had arrested 10 suspected kidnappers.

(Nigeria) A lawyer and Ijaw youth activist,   Oweilaemi Pereotubo has condemned in strong terms the illegal and continued detention of the 10 students arrested from Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State by the military in search of Niger Delta Avengers operatives, saying it was a gross violation of their fundamental human rights and unconstitutional.

(Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has stated   that   the   state government will sincerely   implement   the   resolutions   of the peace   meeting   brokered   by the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, for the peaceful   conduct of rerun elections in the state.

(Nigeria) In furtherance to a request by the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Education, the Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association,   has petitioned the lower chamber on the need to put measures in place for effective utilisation of the Cabotage Act.

(Nigeria) Registered political parties under the aegis of Rivers State Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC,   have expressed disappointment over the suspension of the re-run elections in the state scheduled to hold July 30, 2016.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, leading his delegation to a meeting with the UN World Tourism Organisation, led by its Secretary-General, Mr. Taleb Rifai, in Madrid, Spain.   The Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Agency, UNWTO, Mr. Taleb Rifai, has hailed the demonstration of political will by the Nigerian government to move tourism forward in the country.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC and Iran have agreed to forge stronger trade partnership that would promote bilateral trade between both countries.

(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has appealed to Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights to “use your good offices and position to urgently request the leadership of the House of Representatives of Nigeria to explain the alleged deliberate padding of the 2016 budget with N481 billion removal of critical projects and replacement of such projects with constituency projects, which have not only undermined the fight against corruption in the country but also exacerbated extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.”

(Nigeria) FBN Holdings Plc on Tuesday declared a profit before tax of N23.84 billion for the second quarter ended June 2016.

(Nigeria) The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned till Aug. 9, hearing of the appeal filed by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, challenging his removal from office by a Federal High Court, Abuja.

(Nigeria) The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in Abuja, screened 15 ambassadorial nominees out of 47 that were sent by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation.

(Nigeria) The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in the appeals challenging the election of Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as governor of Kogi State.

(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has recognised Sen. Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

(Nigeria) Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday, upheld the election of Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as the duly elected governor in the re-run governorship election in the state.

Ag IG Ibrahim Idris, Mr   Dakuku Peterside, DG NIMASA, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, Minister of Transport, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and DG, Department of State Service, Mr. Musa Daura, exchanging pleasantries before the meeting. (Nigeria) Determined to guarantee a violent-free and credible re-run senatorial/House of Representative elections in Rivers State, a crucial meeting to chart the path to peace in Rivers State before, during and after the re-run elections in the state was held yesterday in Abuja,   between the Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IG Ibrahim Idris and the Director-General of Department of State Services, DSS, Alh. Musa Daura.

(Nigeria) Lagos lawyer and disqualified Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, sole candidate for Publicity Secretary in the national elections of the association slated for July 30 and 31, John Echezona Unachukwu, has denied circulating virus mail.

(Nigeria) Workers and pensioners in the civil service of Oyo State will receive January and February 2016 arrears of salaries and pensions within the next two weeks in a staggered arrangement.  

(Nigeria) The Ogun State Government has assured of peaceful resolution of the row between the leadership and members of the Road Transport Employee Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, which resulted in the two-day protest by commercial vehicle drivers within Abeokuta, the state capital, urging residents to remain calm.

(Nigeria) A female Prisons staff attached to Kirikiri female prisons, Lagos State, has been dismissed from the service for smuggling alcoholic drinks into the prison yard.

(Nigeria) The N500billion Social Investment programmes of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency is a means to energise the economy and deal with issues of poverty in the country, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Government has called for dissolution of the Independent National Electoral commission,   INEC under the leadership of Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Mr John Gray, Consul-General of the United States in Nigeria during the latter's visit to the Governor in his office, on Tuesday. (Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has said that  his administration has created a conducive environment for investments to thrive, explaining that the $1 billion Azura Power Project will make the state the hub of power generation in the country.

(Nigeria) Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was messing up democracy in Nigeria with its handling of elections under the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives, Congress, APC, government.

(Nigeria) The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, said it received the news of the postponement of the July 30, rerun election in Rivers State with mixed feelings, adding that its instinctive response was that of huge disappointment considering that it will further deny the people parliamentary representations at both the national and state levels while the pressure on its candidates to sustain their campaigns continues apace.

(Nigeria) An Abuja High Court has reserved judgment till July 29, 2016 in the suit by a lawyer, Mr John Unachukwu, challenging the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, use of internet voting for its national elections slated for July 30 and 31.

(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has again postponed the re-run elections in Rivers State slated for July 30, 2016 over the fire that gutted its office in   Khana Local Government Area of the state on Friday.

(Nigeria) The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 21-year-old teacher, Matthew Sodake, at an Ota Magistrates' Court for allegedly having oral sex with a 14-year old student.

(Nigeria) The notorious   kidnapper/armed robber popularly   called Spring, who has been terrorising Ogoniland, Rivers State, was on Tuesday  arrested by the Anti-Robbery   Squad   of the Police.

 (Nigeria) Two persons, a driver and motor boy were burnt to death on Monday, when a fuel tanker and a trailer collided in Cele area of Lagos, causing serious traffic jam on the road.

(Nigeria) The Ogun State Government has paid the sum of N1. 9million to no fewer than 65 inmates of the two Leper Colonies in Iberekodo, Abeokuta and Ijebu Igbo in the state.

(Nigeria)   Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and the Joint Tax Board, JTB, Mr. Babatunde Fowler has applauded the Ogun State Government for ranking first with 50 percent growth in Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, among the states nationwide.

(Nigeria) Kogi State Government lost N213 billion to 18, 211 ghost workers in the past 13 years, the state Auditor-General, Mr Okala Yusuf, has said.

(Nigeria) The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has appealed to the Niger Delta militants embrace dialogue with the Federal Government to resolve issues in the region.

(Nigeria) The Senate has assured that there is no impeachable offence against President Muhammadu Buhari and as such there is no contemplation of impeachment by the chamber. 

(Nigeria) The Federal Government on Monday renewed its commitment to providing social security to enhance all members of the working across the country.

(Nigeria) Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, resumed for the week on Monday on a negative note with the market indicators dropping by 0.11 per cent due to profit taking. 

(Nigeria) FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday said the world football governing body only recognised the Amaju Pinnick-led Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. 

(Nigeria) The Comptroller General of Customs Compliance Team has destroyed 21,000 cartons of imported frozen poultry products valued at N168 million in Benin, Edo State. 

(Nigeria) Electricity consumers in Aparadija in Itele area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area in Ogun have complained of extortion by officials of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC.

(Nigeria) The Esama of Ukpedi Knigdom, Olorogun Okwagbe, has commended General E. Obada (retd), led reconciliation committee for the final resolution of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, leadership crises which lingered on for over a year.

(Nigeria) A stalwart of the Delta State All Progressives Congress, APC,   Chiedu Onwuadiamu has admonished the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government in the state to make the welfare of Deltans and the provision of necessary infrastructure as critical priorities in impacting the lives of the masses, instead of chasing imaginary enemies.

(Nigeria) Delta State All Progressives Congress, APC, leader and 2015 governorship candidate, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, chieftains of the party, Chief Frank Kokori, and Justine Rewane have commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for the nominating two Deltans for appointment into the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

(Nigeria) The Ekiti State House of Assembly has described a newspaer's report that nine of its lawmakers were being investigated over certificate forgery as baseless, wicked and a continuation of relentless efforts of faceless enemies of the state to discredit the government.

(Nigeria) The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has blown up a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, gas pipeline in Akwa Ibom State.