Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described the allegation that he ordered the Nigerian Army to kill Igbos in Oyigbo Local Government Area, as a politically motivated falsehood. He maintained that curfew was imposed in Oyigbo to restore calm after members of proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisations of Biafra (IPOB) killed 6 soldiers, 4 policemen […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Northern Governors’ Forum and the National Assembly and the social media bill is passed SERAP said this in a tweet on Tuesday while reacting to the call by the northern governors for more social media regulations in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. […]

… Ask for Two Year Moratorium Operators in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria for prompt disbursement of the N100 billion Health Sector Intervention fund. They however urged the CBN to look into the provision of foreign exchange for manufacturers and also grant a two year moratorium as against the […]

Emirates has announced an increase to its four times a week service to Lagos to a daily flight from November 1. The expanded schedule of daily services offers enhanced connectivity for Nigerian customers to Emirates’ growing destination network via Dubai of close to 100 destinations. As was published in Arise TV, Emirates operates its modern […]

At least 10 people died and three others were missing after Typhoon Goni, the world’s strongest typhoon this year, barrelled throughthe south of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Sunday, an initial government report showed. More than 300 houses were buried under volcanic rocks and mud flows from Mayon Volcano in severely hit Albay province in […]

Governors who have set up panels of enquiry into the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have the right to do so, President of the Nigerian Bar Association Olumide Akpata has said. Mr Akpata spoke about the panels when he appeared on the latest edition of Channels TV Sunday Politics. “I think the […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), 261 concerned Nigerians, civil society and media groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC] and Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal, and unconstitutional the N9m fines imposed on Channels, AIT and Arise TV [N3m each] over […]