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(Nigeria) Tragedy struck on Saturday morning as a mother of a bride was allegedly shot dead by a soldier at the Ekpan Junction, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased was on her way to the wedding ceremony of her daughter when the incident occurred. The first son of the deceased, Alero said a keke operator flouted the soldier’s order when he was flagged down and the soldier opened fire leading to the deceased death. According to hi, this reason is not enough for one of the soldiers to release bullets on my mother. The sister told newsmen at the Ekpan Police station that the killer-soldier had been whisked away by members of the JTF contrary to reports that he had been arrested. She also said that colleagues of the killer-soldier at the roadblock had been taken to Warri Area Command for questioning. ``They have not arrested the soldier. JTF whisked him away. His colleagues at the road block together with him are now at Warri Area Command. ``It was my mother that

(Nigeria) Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan'ali, on Saturday, said that the Nigerian Army was set to destroy all camps and hideouts of members of the Boko Haram sect in Sambisa forest. Dan'ali made the statement during an inspection tour of the construction site of a new army barrack in Gusau. According to him, the Nigerian Army is now at the verge of entering the forest and will soon flush out the insurgents terrorising some states in the northeast of Nigeria. He said since the beginning of the present administration, tremendous success had been recorded in the fight against Boko Haram as well as cattle rustling in the country. ''We have been working seriously, going round the world, collaborating with other countries in fighting terrorism at the national, regional and international levels,’’ the minister said. Commenting on the barrack under construction, Dan’ ali said the project was expected to be completed within the next three months. He said that the p

(Nigeria) Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Monday Igbuya on Saturday paid tribute to workers for their contributions to the country’s economic development. He also praised Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for creating an environment for development and growth. In a statement in Asaba, Igbuya praised Okowa for creating jobs, promoting investment, paying workers and setting the tone and foundation for economic progress and development. “This administration is labour friendly. Workers will continue to receive recognition and encouragement. The place of labour will continue to be side by side with the political actors and not one degree lower. The House of Assembly will give the fullest support and protection to workers’ rights,” he said. Igbuya also commended the governor for his efforts and commitment in finding sustainable solutions to the plight of unemployed youth in the state. He urged the workers to support the administration. “The future of Delta State is not just in the hands

(Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has commiserated with the government and people of Edo State over the call to glory of the Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, as he said "we have lost a People's monarch." In a statement  by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President of the Senate, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki described the late Oba as a just, fair-minded, courageous, benevolent and a people's monarch who lived his entire life in the service of his people as a prince and king while also serving the nation as a bureaucrat and diplomat of high repute. The Senate President who received the news of Oba Erediauwa's transition with great shock said, "a glorious chapter in the annals of the Benin Kingdom has just come to a close. My grief stricken heart however goes out to the immediate family of the Oba, the Benin Traditional Council, the people and Government of Edo State, over the glorious but yet sad ex

(Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has commiserated with the Government and people of Edo State  over the demise of the respected Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa. Governor  Wike  said that the passing away of the traditional  ruler was a loss to the nation because of his vast experience  and fatherly  disposition  in handling issues of development, tradition and culture.  He prayed God to grant the people of Edo State, Benin  Kingdom,  the Crown Prince, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa and other members of the late Oba’s immediate family the fortitude  to bear the irreparable loss.

(Nigeria) The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Kola Oluwawole, has urged civil servants in the state to exercise patience, saying relief will soon come their way. Oluwawole, in a Workers’ Day celebration message in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday by his Media Aide, Mr Stephen Gbadamosi, lauded the resilience of workers across the nation in the face of dwindling revenue. "I particularly want to praise the resilience of our workforce and the entire citizens of Ekiti State in particular and Nigeria in general. The resilience and perseverance during the months of economic recession has been legendary and unprecedented. “But I have a message of hope; very soon, I believe we will all heave a sigh of relief. On our part as a government in Ekiti State, under the leadership of Governor Ayo Fayose, we have not been able to sleep with our two eyes since this recession has been having adverse effect on the welfare of the workers. “At the end of the tunnel, we will soon have light. I assur

(Nigeria) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday identified innovation and change as key to attaining the developmental aspirations of the country. He said this in his keynote speech at a development roundtable, `The Platform’, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. He said there were plans to pay bursary awards to 100 science, technology and mathematics students from 2016 and establish an innovation fund to support research and product development and commercialisation activities. He said significant resources were provided in the 2016 budget to enable innovation experts have easy access to fund. Osinbajo said it was in recognition of those that the ruling party anchored its slogan on change. ``We recognized that innovation and change will be key and that we must implement and not just talk about the diversification of our economy. So we led our party’s campaign on that single but profound word, change,’’ he said According to him, nearly one year in the administra

(Nigeria) A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the ongoing trial of the embattled former NIMASA boss Patrick Akpobolokemi, Orji Chukwuma, EFCC's 12th and supposed last witness further told the court details of how the sum of N.746,3billion released by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 for a project in the NIMASA was allegedly diverted. Chukwuma, who is an investigator with the EFCC made the revelations before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos where Akpobolokemi and five others are standing trial for allegedly defrauding NIMASA of the sum of N2.6bn between March and June 2014. Chukwuma said though Akpobolokemi requested the money in 2013 for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) facility in NIMASA, 89 percent of the fund was diverted. He created ISPS to carry out security checks on vessels entering Nigeria. The witness told the court how exPresident  Jonathan further approved sum of N.795

(Nigeria) No fewer than 100 workers outsourced to Aero Contractors by Skyborne Ltd have been sacked following the airline's decision to review its relationship with the company. The airline confirmed the development in a statement  on Friday by its Media Consultant, Mr Simon Tumba, said: ``In the course of reorganising and repositioning its business, Aero Contractors has reviewed its relationship with Skyborne by cutting down some of the services required from the company. ``This will help the company to invest more resources to enhance customer service. For the records, Aero has not sacked any of its staff.’’ It was gathered that most of the affected contract workers had spent some years with the airline. A letter to one of the affected workers claimed that the sack was as a result of the ongoing restructuring in the airline. The letter reads in part, ``Dear colleague, in the light of the ongoing restructuring at Aero, we regret to inform you that your services are no longer

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing away of the highly revered traditional ruler of Benin Kingdom, Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa. A statement in Abuja on Friday by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina,  President Buhari described the death of the Oba as a great national loss. President Buhari extended his condolences and that of the Federal Government to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, the people of Benin Kingdom and Edo State on the passage of the beloved monarch, who had ruled over his people since his ascension to the throne in 1979. The President also extended special commiserations to Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa and other members of the late Oba's immediate family. President Buhari assured them of the fullest sympathy and solidarity of the federal government and all Nigerians as they mourned the late Oba. According to him, Oba Erediauwa will always be remembered as one of the mo

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has raised alarm over the inability of about 24 states of the federation to pay their workers’ salaries despite the bail-out funds provided to them by the Federal Government.

(Nigeria) Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has warned of impending crisis in Nigerian polytechnics over failure by the Federal Government to abide by the agreement reached with the union.

(Nigeria) A 40-year-old man, Kamoru Shittu, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court, Osun State, for allegedly raping a 21-year-old deaf and dumb girl in her school.

Sen. Walid Jibrin (Nigeria) Sen. Walid Jibrin, the acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, on Thursday appealed to members contemplating of leaving the party to shelve the idea.

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Executive Committee, NEC, has zoned the party’s chairmanship position to the North-East geo-political zone.

(Nigeria) The Federal government will on June 2 launch the kick-off of the Ogoni Clean-up programme as contained in the United Nations Environment Programme Report, UNEP, the Minister of Environment has said.

(Nigeria) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has, arraigned Nnaji Steven and Nnamani Sunday on a four count charge bordering on forgery, uttering and conspiracy to obtain the sum of N330,000  by false pretence, under the guise that they own a piece of land at Nike in Enugu State which they claimed was up for sale and swindled a certain Ofurum Uchida of the said sum. The offence is contrary to Section 8 (a) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.

(Nigeria) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned the trio of Patience Owerema, Nwakoba Francisca and Okafor Kingsley before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office, forgery, impersonation and diversion of funds to the tune of N3.7million.

(Nigeria)  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday in Abuja that time had come for Nigerians to transform brilliant ideas into reality in order to achieve the desired objectives.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Navy has declared one Charles Ekpemefumor, also known as Charles Parker, wanted for alleged hijack of MT Maximus off Cote d’Ivoire waters on February 11, 2016.

(Nigeria) The Federal Government on Thursday re-arraigned Senate President Bukola Saraki on amended three count charge of alleged false asset declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki pleaded not guilty to the charges.

L-R Governor Aminu Tambuwal with UNICEF's Chief of Field for Sokoto, Mr. Mohammad Mohiuddin, after the signing of agreement between UNICEF and Sokoto State Government in Sokoto on Thursday.  (Nigeria) Sokoto State Government and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, have signed a N2billion agreement for the implementation of the 2016 work plan in areas covering health, nutrition, education, water, sanitation and hygiene.

(Nigeria) Imo House of Assembly on Thursday passed a motion urging President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a panel of inquiry to probe Monday’s Fulani herdsmen attack on Nimbo community.

(Nigeria) The 20 Osun Sate youths who have been selected for modern technology in agricultural practices in Germany, have rounded up their German Language training in Osogbo on Thursday.

  (Nigeria) The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 2 as public holiday to commemorate the 2016 Workers’ Day Celebration.

(Nigeria) Justice Umar, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has dismissed the motion by the President of the Senate Bukola Saraki asking him to disqualify himself from his trial.

(Nigeria) The joint military team deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta said on Thursday that it arrested six suspected vandals and pirates in multiple operations in April.

(Nigeria) Chairman, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Felix Obuah, has described the allegation by the All Progressives Congress, APC, chairman, Davies Ikanya, that the state governor, Mr Nyesom Wike presently runs a parallel country of his own contrary to the law of Nigeria, as another unproductive effort by a failed man and party struggling for breath.

(Nigeria) All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has petitioned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, asking him to probe reports of illegal diversion of fuel allegedly involving Governor Ayodele Fayose.

The army units on Thursday foiled terrorist attacks in Sweida and Hama provinces and inflicted heavy losses upon Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organisations in several areas around the country.

Nine civilians were killed and scores were injured in terrorist rocket attacks and sniper shooting in Aleppo on Thursday.

Gen. Chris Olukolade (retd) (Nigeria) Immediate past Director of Defence Information, Gen. Chris Olukolade (retd) has charged information managers of defence, security and response agencies to leverage on the use of the social media to mitigate the current wave of crisis across the country.

(Nigeria) As a follow-up to President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent visit to China, the Chinese Consul-General in Nigeria, Mr. Liu Khan, has visited Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to explore the investment potentials in the state and locate more Chinese industries in the state.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that it had arrested some suspected Boko Haram logistics elements after an operation in Dikwa, Borno State.

(Nigeria) World Bank Access to Information Committee has asked for more time to reach a decision on the appeal lodged with it by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, regarding spending of recovered stolen funds by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an injunction sought by Bi-Courtney Highway Services Ltd, seeking to restrain the Federal Government to stop further action on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,  following the termination of a concession agreement with the firm.

(Nigeria) African Bar Association has elected Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, member of the Governing Council of the association, an association of distinguished African lawyers, in recognition of his “outstanding records as a celebrated Bar Leader, accomplished Lawyer and African Statesman.”

(Nigeria) The Delta State Government has denied media report that it diverted part of its bailout fund.

(Nigeria)The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have jointly proposed and presented N56,000 as the new minimum wage to the Federal Government as against the present N18,000.

(Nigeria) Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr  Monday Igbuya has praised Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for emphasizing point of unity and making the state attractive to investors.

Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade in a chat with MD of AMCON, Mr. Ahmed Kuru and MD, Ponet, Mr. Wolfgang Hans moments after disembarking from Calabar Monorail coach after its maiden ride in Calabar on Wednesday. (Nigeria) Cross River State has again recorded another first following the maiden ride of its ultra-modern monorail which took off yesterday from Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort to the Calabar International Convention Centre, CICC,  at the Summit Hills and back to Tinapa.

(Nigeria) The Anglican Bishop of the Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Dr Emmanuel Chukwuma, on Wednesday led a peaceful protest against the recent killings by herdsmen in the South East.

(Nigeria) A Gusau Magistrates’ Court, Zamfara State on Monday ordered for the remand of one Yusuf Rabiu of Nasarawa State, Damba Area, Gusau, for allegedly raping a married woman, Hassana Ibrahim of the same address.

(Nigeria) The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, will on April 28, deliver its ruling on an application by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, seeking disqualification of CCT,  chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, from presiding over his trial.

(Nigeria) Diamond Bank has declared gross earnings of N217.09 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2015 against N208.40 billion achieved in 2014.

(Nigeria) Nimbo people in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday, accused policemen,  posted to protect from the Fulani herdsmen or disappearing shortly before they were attacked, during which about 50 indigenes were killed.

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security chiefs to hunt down those who perpetrated the attack on Ukpabu Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu State on Monday.

(Nigeria) Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant, Chief Solomon Edebiri, has assured that the party's ticket for him will translate to victory in the forth coming governorship election in the state.

(Nigeria) Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has called on the Federal Government and the international community to support the anti-deforestation efforts of the state government to preserve and manage its rich forest resource rather than work against the construction of the superhighway by his administration.

(Nigeria) The South-East Leadership Caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari was working round the clock to stop the alleged bloodletting by suspected herdsmen.