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Another NNPC Gas Line In Delta State Blown Up By Militants SaharaReporters has learned that militants near Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South West Local Government Area (LGA) have blown up another section of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline. SaharaReporters reliably learned that the incident, which occurred at the early hours of Friday morning, was carried out by militants armed w SaharaReporters has learned that militants near Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South West Local Government Area (LGA) have blown up another section of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline. SaharaReporters reliably learned that the incident, which occurred at the early hours of Friday morning, was carried out by militants armed with dynamite and other dangerous weapons. Confirming the incident, a traditional ruler in the area, who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed that houses in his area were shaken to their foundation from the blast. He stressed that in his opinio...

Amina Ali, Chibok Girl Tells Friend’s Father Horror Story Yakubu Nkeki, whose daughter Maimuna was among the 219 girls abducted from a school in the town of Chibok more than two years ago, spoke to Amina on Thursday after the she met President Muhammadu Buhari. The father of a missing Chibok schoolgirl who spoke privately to Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, rescued this week in remote northeastern Nigeria, said after hearing about her ordeal at the hands of Boko Haram he told her not to repeat the horrific story to other parents. Yakubu Nkeki, whose daughter Maimuna was among the 219 girls abducted from a school in the town of Chibok more than two years ago, spoke to Amina on Thursday after the she met President Muhammadu Buhari. “I called her ‘Kwadudu’,” he said, describing how Amina smiled and grabbed his hand as soon as she heard her pet name from childhood, which means ‘only daughter’. “She looked relieved.” For an hour he listened to Amina, who was found on Tuesday b...

Confusion As PDP Convention In Port Harcourt Is Canceled While In Progress The embattled interim chairman of the people’s Democratic Party has announced the cancellation of the ongoing party convention holding at the Sharks Football Club Stadium in Port Harcourt.   The embattled interim chairman of the people’s Democratic Party has announced the cancellation of the ongoing party convention holding at the Sharks Football Club Stadium in Port Harcourt.   In a terse statement released to the press, the party decided to cancel the convention while all the delegates were already seated citing numerous litigation as  an excuse...Below is the statement issued by the party leadership: PDP statement: This is to inform our supporters nationwide, all the delegates to the National Convention in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State that the National Convention has been suspended.  This is due to the numerous court cases and the directives from the Independent Nationa...

Ex-NIMASA Director General, Omatseye Bags 5-year Jail Term   Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Mr. Raymond Temisan Omatseye, to five years in prison over a N1.5bn contract scam. Omatseye was arraigned before the court on a 27-count charge bordering on alleged contract variation, bid rigging and awarding contract above his approval limit. At the resumed hearing of the matter on Monday, 14 March, the prosecution counsel, Godwin Obla, SAN, and defence counsel, E. D Onyeke made their final addresses and adopted them before the court. Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Mr. Raymond Temisan Omatseye, to five years in prison over a N1.5bn contract scam. Omatseye was arraigned before the court on a 27-count charge bordering on alleged contract variation, bid rigging ...

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