The unknown gunmen who abducted the two wives of Nasarawa State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Aliyu Ahmed last Thursday are demanding N50m ransom for their release.
The kidnappers were said to have made several calls to Ahmed on Saturday, threatening to prolong the ordeal of his wives if the money was not paid.
“They demanded that I should give them plenty money, but I told them that I don’t have money to give anybody,”...
Saturday, 19 November 2016

Gunmen abduct Nasarawa commissioner's two wives, demand N50m ransom
Posted on 17:25 by Steve Igbokwe

Ondo 2016: Gov Mimiko receives PMB at APC grand rally (photo)
Posted on 16:55 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari was in Ondo State on Saturday to attend the final campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress for the 2016 governorship election.
President Buhari who was received by Gov Mimiko, met with APC leaders in the state and the party's Gubernatorial aspirants, also visited Deji of Akure before he joined the grand rally.
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Ondo 2016: Gov Mimiko receives PMB at APC grand rally (photo)
Posted on 16:55 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari was in Ondo State on Saturday to attend the final campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress for the 2016 governorship election.
President Buhari who was received by Gov Mimiko, met with APC leaders in the state and the party's Gubernatorial aspirants, also visited Deji of Akure before he joined the grand rally.
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MMM-Nigeria donates N5m relief materials to IDPs in Abuja
Posted on 15:10 by Steve Igbokwe
‘MMM-Nigeria’, a community of mutual financial aid and donations, on Saturday, blessed two Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with relief materials worth five million naira.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that the donation was part of the community’s humanitarian week tagged ‘MMM cares’ to celebrate its one year anniversary in the FCT.
Beneficiaries of the relief items were the Gwoza and...

PMB inaugurates management boards in petroleum ministry (photo)
Posted on 15:10 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday inaugurated the management boards of parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
Buhari charged the boards of
Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC and Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board NCDMB at the Council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja to help the NNPC chart a new course in finding solutions to the economic problems...
Friday, 18 November 2016

FG owes former Presidents, Heads of State 10 months salary arrears - SGF
Posted on 04:18 by Steve Igbokwe
The Federal Government disclosed on Thursday that it owes former Nigerian Presidents and Heads of State ten months in arrears of salaries and allowances.
The affected heads of government include Alhaji Aliyu Shehu Shagari, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; General Ibrahim Babangida, rtd; General Abdulsalami Abubakar, rtd; General Yakubu Gowon, rtd and Chief Ernest Shonekan.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David...
Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Marrakech 2016: PMB delivers Nigeria's Statement (photo)
Posted on 16:50 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari delivering Nigeria's Statement at the Opening Plenary of the High Level Segment of the Climate Change Conference themed "Moving from Commitment to Action with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Africa."
He said that Nigeria's goal is to become one of the world's best examples of how reducing emissions can benefit the environment, economy and the people, noting that Lake Chad has shrunk to a mere 10% of its original...
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