…charges government on adequate disaster management mechanisms Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Kwara-based Civil Society Organisation (CSO), said she has found it highly necessary to join the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) and the Kwara state government in the call for immediate relocation of residents of communities in Kwara state along the banks of River Niger; Lafiagi, Patigi, Jebba, amongst others The NiHSA has listed Kwara, Niger, Kebbi, Kogi, Anambra, Delta and Bayelsa as states that should be on the watch out and advised them to make necessary preparations to relocate people within the floodplains to safe and…
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Being one of the few privileged to be in the room when the decision was taken, one would have expected me to speak a little sooner. After all, I have been known to shoot from the hip, speak my mind plus my thoughts on the decision were pretty clear, right from the moment it was made. I confess that I had played out a series of scenarios in my head before hand and to each one, an appropriate set of responses was measured out and kept waiting. But I thought it wise to let the likely political gladiators for Governor…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) said its attention has been drawn to a strange and erroneous impression being promoted in the media based on ignorance and/or mischief that the leader of APC in Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has ‘appointed’ Arc. Tonye Dele Cole as the governorship candidate for the party for the 2019 elections. The APC in a statement signed and made available to journalists Saturday by the party’s Spokesman, Warisenibo Chris Finebone stated that it is grossly preposterous and far from the truth as there is no provision…
All online businesses are primarily concerned with one thing; getting more customers. Whatever strategies they come up with are designed to constantly increase their number of customers while also ensuring that they retain their present ones. The strategies and tactics employed by online businesses have varied a great deal over the years. It was one of these strategies that caused them to convert WebM to MP4 on almost all video related content on their sites. Video has always been the ultimate converter for online businesses as it intrigues the audiences more and is more likely to retain their attention for…
President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today paid a condolence visit to Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, over the loss of his mother, late Ma Goldcoast Dickson. In a tweet on his @BukolaSaraki handle, the Senate President, who is also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said: “I was in Bayelsa State today to commiserate with Governor Seriake Dickson, on the loss of his mother, Ma Goldcoast Dickson, whom Governor Dickson once described as his rock, counselor and guardian angel. May the Almighty grant her eternal rest. Amin.” Credit: Olu W.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Babatunde Olorogun-Etti weekend hit at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), declaring the opposition party dead in South-West. “Who are the people in South-West PDP? Who is in PDP, Lagos State chapter? The party is dead in Lagos State” he said. The former vice chairman, Lagos Central PDP told a gathering of APC faithful in Lagos Island that the opposition party was murdered by its own leaders in 2015. “Lagos PDP time has come and gone” the leader of Eko United, a major political group in Lagos State said. Olorogun-Etti praised Mr…
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON yesterday declared his intention to run for the top position of the nation under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The declaration was made during a dialogue with youth and young aspirants held at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. Watch below the video of the moments Senate President Bukola Saraki declares His Presidential Ambition: The full text of his speech at the dialogue session where the declaration was made is available here: Dr. Bukola Saraki’s Presidential Declaration Speech on 30th August 2018 Credit: Olu W. Onemola
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May’s poverty remark about Nigeria sparked a conversation of conflicting views across the country, but the fact remains that this is not the first time this has happened, Mr. Bill Gates in March this year at the special and expanded National Economic Council, held in Abuja stated that the execution priorities of the Presidency’s economic plan do not fully reflect people’s needs as it prioritised physical capital over human capital. Although, few days later the minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma in a statement said the media misunderstood the context of Mr. Gates’…
Ogun State political chieftain and Senior Legislative Aide to Hon (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu, Chairman, House Committee on Rural Development, Hon Owoseye Sonuga, has advised cooperative societies in Nigeria to encourage the youths to get involved in the activities of the societies in order to enable them have access to friendly financial facilities that would enable them to be economically independent. He stated that cooperative societies’ loan facilities were friendlier than cut throat loans from commercial banks. He added that if youths had access to such friendly credit scheme, they would not only invest it wisely and repayment less stressful, social…
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT A DIALOGUE WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ASPIRANTS HELD AT SHERATON HOTEL, ABUJA, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2018. PROTOCOL. 1. Let me say, once again, how wonderful it is to see so many talented and purposeful young people at this first edition of the Public Dialogue Series with Political Parties on Youth Candidacy and Party Primaries. Looking at you, I see future leaders who present themselves as capable and worthy to take on the mantle of leadership in this country, and…