Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The Nigerian Navy Hydrographic Department option for the Bakassi Deep Seaport Hydrographic survey served the state government over $77 billion . Recently the state government had engaged the Nigerian Navy Hydrographic Survey team to do an in-depth hydrographic survey of the Bakassi Deep Seaport and about $3 billion…
Tempers flared at the Nigerian Senate on Thursday morning, January 16, at the 2025 budget defence of the Nigeria Police Force. The presentation degenerated into rowdiness and rancour when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s presentation did not align with the documents they had received. The committee chairman’s attempt to allow the IGP…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has accepted the ruling that nullified the Rivers State congresses held last year. On Monday, Justice Stephen Jumbo of the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt nullified the ward and local government congresses held in the state in August 2024. The congresses were conducted by a…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT). The forum made this known in a communiqué released after its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Jan. 16. The governors expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly. However they opposed…
Police operatives in Delta have arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered ammunition and other exhibits in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Warri. Edafe said the suspects were caught on January 3 by the command’s operatives attached to the Ekpan Division in…
