Category: Metro
School feeding during lockdown cost N523.3m – Farouq
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD), Sadiya Farouq, says that the Federal Government spent abou [...]
How NDDC spent N5bn as medical allowances during COVID lockdown
A recent Senate report showed how the top management of the Niger Delta Development Commission. shared N4.9bn among themselves under the guise of medi [...]
Ibori denies being NDDC contractor, warns Akpabio
Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori has told Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio not to drag him into contract scam at the Niger De [...]
Akpabio names Ibori, Uduaghan, Kalu beneficiaries of NDDC contracts
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has linked two former governors of Delta State, Messrs James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduagha [...]
FG deaf to the cries of Southern Kaduna people – CAN
Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Joseph Hayab has accused the federal government of turning a deaf [...]
Rivers widow, rapist policeman disagree on rape claim
The Police Command in Rivers said it has detained one of its officers accused of raping a 23-year-old widow. The command’s spokesman, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, [...]
Sanwo-Olu stops man owing N500,000 from committing suicide, pays debt
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Ibijoke, on Friday, visited the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Broad Street and some other h [...]
I can’t remember the number of people I killed – ‘Ex Boko Haram’ member
One of the 'repentant' Boko Haram fighters, Abdulwahab Usman says he can’t remember the number of people he had killed as they were many, and despite [...]
Senate probes fresh multi-billion naira fraud in NDDC
The Senate said it has received fresh fraud allegations against the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The new financial infr [...]
Zulum: Reps insist on removal of service chiefs
Members of the House of Representatives have condemned the recent attack on the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, insisting that servi [...]