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Eight permanent secretaries reinstated by the National Industrial Court (NIC) after their sack by Rivers Government are calling on Gov. Nyesome Wike to assign them portfolios. They also resolved to continue to report at their respective duty posts even as they await the governor’s action. In an interview with NAN in Port Harcourt, the affected scribes promised to respect the order of the court for their reinstatement by reporting to work until their full reinstatement by the State Government. A spokesman of the affected senior civil servants, Mr Sam Woka, told NAN that they resumed work on Feb. 11 at…

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an application filed by former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. Ihedioha had filed an appeal seeking judicial review of the apex court’s judgement which had on January 14, 2020, ordered his removal from office. NAN reports that the Uzodimma’s preliminary objection was against a motion on notice dated February 5, filed by Ihedioha and PDP. They prayed the Supreme Court for an order setting aside “as a nullity the judgment delivered by it on January 14. Uzodimma and APC’s preliminary objection against Ihedioha was brought pursuant to…

Real Madrid were held by Celta Vigo as they moved one point above Barcelona at the top of La Liga as star player, Eden Hazard returned. Celta took a shock lead when Iago Aspas played in Fedor Smolov to score his first goal in Spanish football. ???????? #Zidane analiza en zona mixta el encuentro ante el @RCCelta. #RealMadridCelta pic.twitter.com/pl3ahaDqU6 — Real Madrid C.F.⚽ (@realmadrid) February 16, 2020 Toni Kroos then swept home from 16 yards and Sergio Ramos gave Real the lead with a penalty, which was won by Eden Hazard on his return after almost three months out with…

Arsenal picked up just their seventh Premier League victory of the season with a confidence-boosting 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle at Emirates Stadium. The Gunners have been the division’s draw specialists this campaign having been held 13 times and it looked to be going the same way after a goalless first half. But the hosts sprung into action immediately after the restart with Eddie Nketiah’s no-look strike from Nicolas Pepe’s cutback clipping the top of the crossbar. Mikel Arteta’s side broke the deadlock on 54 minutes through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s well-placed header and Pepe doubled the lead just three minutes later with…

Much earlier in the days of her terrorist abduction, there was a spirited attempt by the Federal Government acting through third parties to pay a ransom in a bid to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, but her abductors who had made the financial demand backed out when payment was offered. According to knowledgeable government sources last night, the money was already to be delivered when the terrorists who had made the request for a specific amount totaling several tonnes of millions of Naira in hard currency, changed their minds and rejected any ransom. While the channels of communication between…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari and has also urged the people of Bayelsa to shun all act of violence and lawlessness. Sylva made this known in a statement he signed and released in Abuja on Sunday. “I want to use this moment to call on all the people of our dear state Bayelsa to kindly shun all acts of violence and lawlessness. “Also of great importance to me is to extend my profound apology to our President, Muhammadu Buhari, over the avoidable disruption to his busy schedule which was…

Three soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have been rewarded with special promotion to the next rank for their outstanding performance in the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, decorated the soldiers during a visit to their camp on Sunday as part of his operational visit to troops in the north east. The three soldiers, Felix Ugwu, Kehinde Goban and Ishaq Yesif, are serving at Super Camp 3 in Buratai, Biu Local Government Area of Borno. Ugwu was promoted from the rank of Warrant Officer to Master Warrant Officer while…

Nigeria’s Obiageli Ezekwesili in conjunction with the Robert Bosch Academy presents the #FixPolitics Initiative with an inaugural conference in Lagos. Ezekwesili who is currently a Richard von Weizsäcker fellow under the academy, has spent the last 6 months probing the effect that the poor quality of politics in a country has on governance, sound economic policies, growth and development in Africa and on Nigeria in particular, and has used her findings in collaboration with a Work Study Group component to design a structural change agenda to #FixPolitics and polity of Nigeria and the rest of Africa. The conference which holds…

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to be wary of the activities of the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, saying the party chairman is capable of destroying the APC. According to a statement issued in Abuja and signed by the Secretary General of the CNPP, Chief Willy Ezugwu, while reacting to the threat by Mr. Oshiomhole that no person was to be sworn in as Bayelsa State Governor despite a judgment delivered by the highest court in the country, stated that “a person…

Widow of the Founder of Moni Pulo Limited, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, Seinye on Monday blamed her step son Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Chairman of Platform Petroleum, over the delay in the release of his father’s body and also the inability of the family to so far bury him. In her latest reaction to her step-son’s recent stance in the media space, Seinye through her spokesperson, Oraye St. Franklyn said Dumo’s move to petition the IG over alleged refusal by his stepmother to release the deceased body contradicts the agreement reached at the IGP’s meeting which was for all parties to…