…Tasks NIMASA on engagement of 1325 skilled Ex Agitators. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) has stepped up his resolve to finding a lasting solution to the restiveness in the Niger Delta region. Focusing on the Training, Engagement and Reintegration of the 30000 Ex Agitators is one major strategy the amnesty office is using to secure peace and stability in the region. On Tuesday 13th December 2016, Gen Boroh and a small delegation paid a courtesy call on the Director General of the Nigerian…
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Could this be true? Could this be another inter-party propaganda? This piece was received from one of our sources. Read through and share your views on it. Omoyele Sowore, Ondo State born publisher of SaharaReporters, an online platform that is notorious for blackmailing top public officials, especially those sympathetic to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been caught in the web of a $350,000 (N169 million) bribery scam. In an attempt to distract Nigerians from the gravity of electoral crimes committed by agents of the Federal Government caught on video across Rivers State during the last Saturday’s National and State…
Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has inaugurated the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) new governing council recently appointed to pilot the affairs of the institution . He charged the council members during their inauguration in Abakaliki on Tuesday to improve the quality of education in the ivory tower by engaging those with high intellectual capacity to impact the right knowledge on students. Umahi, who recalled that professors were flowing with wisdom in his university days, called for concerted efforts to boost the standard of education in the institution. The governor, according a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Emma…
Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. (Dr.) David Umahi, has announced his administration’s intention to dualise the Abakaliki-Afikpo and complete a section of the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway in order to attract trade and investment to the state. He also said that bridges would be constructed across Ndibe Beach in Afikpo and Oferekpe River in Ikwo Local Government Area to link the state with Cross River State as a way of further opening up Ebonyi for commerce and industry. Umahi made these known during the ground breaking ceremony of an ultra-modern regional market in Afikpo, Afikpo North Local Government Area on Monday. The governor…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has charged Senior Technical Assistants and Technical Assistants to participate fully in governance. Umahi gave the advice during an end of the year dinner he organised for them at International Conference Center in Abakaliki in Monday. Umahi, who was full of gratitude to some STAs and TAs assigned to monitor the cleanliness of Abakaliki, however, expressed dissatisfaction with some STAs and TAs that had not integrated themselves into the vision and mission of his government. He said, A lot of you are not participating in any government activities. Like, those in agriculture,…
The Izu Ojukwu film 76 has again stunned the film world. Following its huge opening in the box office and after sweeping the top awards at the African film festival, the period drama 76 has reminded movie goers why it was so well received by international studios and cinema goers the world over. A statement by Wabiye Idoniboye-Obu Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity to Prince Tonye Princewill today said, “At the nominee dinner of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) for 2017, it swept the board with an all time record number of nominations in 14 categories. All…
On Tuesday 13 December, HE Mrs. Toyin Ojora Saraki was awarded the title of Vaccine Champion by Women Advocates for Vaccine Access (WAVA) in Nigeria, Abuja. WAVA is a group of influential and elite political , business and youth leaders, senior civil servants, religious and traditional leaders and top media personalities; who promote immunization practices and sustainable governmental and donor financing. Mrs. Toyin Saraki has been a long-time advocate for increasing the access to and funding for newborn and childhood vaccinations. Her organization, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) devised the client-held Personal Health Record (PHR) and Child Health Record Book (CHRB)…
The Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka, has highlighted some alleged frauds pertrated under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration. Read the list of the frauds below: 1. Global Vision Ltd., owned by Buhari’s SGF, Babachir Lawal was indicted by the Senate for benefiting from inflated and phantom contracts – or ones not executed at all – awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE. 2. Global Vision Ltd., owned by Buhari’s SGF, Babachir Lawal got over N200 million contract to clear GRASS in Yobe…
…recommends amputation/cruxification for corrupt Nigerians. As National Assembly is making frantic effort to include the Magistrates as part of the Judicial officials under the apex body of the benchers ,the National Judicial Council (NJC), through the ongoing Constitutional amendment, a civil rights activist and Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ), Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to tell the National Judicial Council (NJC) to submit all the Bank Verification Numbers(BVN) of all the judicial officers across the States of the Federation to the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s involvement in the meeting with President Yahya Jammeh to persuade him to concede defeat as an aberration, saying; “A man like Buhari under whose free, fair and credible elections no longer exist lacks moral rights to preach obedience to democratic principles to anyone.” The governor said great Africans like former President Goodluck Jonathan, President John Mahama of Ghana and others who have lost elections and conceded defeat were in the best position to intervene in Gambia and not someone like Buhari, who lost election three times and…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Chief David Umahi, has said that his policies and programmes aimed at promoting locally produced goods have led to no capital flight in the state. He stated this during a dinner organised for retired permanent secretaries, chairmen and members of boards, commissions, parastatals, Local Government Advisory Committee, former accountants- general as well as ex- auditors-general at the Governor’s Lodge, Abakaliki on Sunday. Umahi, in a statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, said that most of the construction jobs in the state were being carried out the state Ministry of Work,…
For many international students, coming to the US for college was a goal that only the super rich or super talented had a shot at. Not only was attending university in the US seen as being prestigious, it also hinted toward a more progressive attitude. Students from countries like China could come to the US and study for an online social work masters degree, leaving them enough time to work, make new friends and have a life changing experience abroad, without fetters. The results of the US presidential election in November changed things. International students aren’t as enthusiastic about applying…
Senate President Bukola Saraki is a man of an impeccable character who derives joy in making his people happy with almost all he has. This, unarguably is an inherited trait from his dad, the late Oloyee whose humanitarian and financial generosity was compared to none in the whole black continent during his lifetime. So, if anybody claims Senate President Saraki is selfish now, that means the person is living with the thousands of fabricated lies by the members of opposition APC in the state to drag his personality through mud. Of course, some members within Kwara APC whose roots were…
First is to say that this has been a titanic struggle; it has been a very difficult two years for Rivers people and for all of us. My victory in this election is a reward for faithfulness. I have been faithful to my party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). I have been faithful to my people, the people of the Rivers South East Senatorial District and I have been faithful to my leaders and I think God in his infinite mercies has rewarded me with this unprecedented victory. There is no victor, no vanquish. I want to thank my friend…
The Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2015 general elections, Dr Dakuku Peterside has congratulated Senator Magnus Abe for his victory at the just concluded Rerun elections. He described the victory as Plesant and reassuring despite all odds erected by PDP against the expression of the will of the people of Rivers South East . Dr Peterside said with this victory and those of other APC candidates Rivers people have an opportunity of rebuilding new structures of integration with the centre and development based on genuine representation. He said the victory of APC in this election has reassured…
With the focus on cleaning up the environment and leaving less of a footprint on the earth, companies and engineers are now looking into ways to deal with contaminants and get them cleaned up. If you happen to be a student at the University of California Riverside enrolled in the online master of engineering program, then this may be a career path worth looking into. Engineers Take an Active Role in Colorado Engineers around the country are currently testing all kinds of ways to deal with these contaminants that are harmful to the environment. One such study is taking place…
…Urges ICAN, ANAN to call members to order The Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has uncovered another tactics being employed by top officials of the state government in sharing of sum of N120m of the tax payers money inside the bush every month as part of their largesse in playing along with the governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola in the criminal mismanagement of the State finances and unconstitutional governing of the State. The investigation by CSCEOS revealed that the top four (4) officials of the present administration in the State and the Labour leaders were in…
All the roads led to Epe town in Lagos State on Saturday, 27th November, 2016 where Alhaji Kolawole Sanni, the Chief Imam of Epe Central Mosque, and the people of the town, honoured Hon. Giwa Idris aka Aloma, with the title of Otun-Arewa Adinni of Epe land. Apparently, the honour was in appreciation of Hon.Idris’s commitment to the propagation of Islam in Epe land, spirit of brotherliness, his contributions and the love that he has spread outside his domain to Nigerians from all walks of life. Our correspondent reports that the venue of the title conferment was a carnival of…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the yesterday rerun National and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers State as a sad reminder of the level of destruction already done to the country’s electoral process by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying; “Free, fair and credible election is dead in the country and that whatever victory that is recorded by any political party in the Rivers State election will be nothing but victory at gun-point.” The governor lamented that it was worrisome that the legacy of free, fair and credible election…
During the 2015 electioneering campaign, one of the promises made by the then governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief David Umahi, which was visibly embedded in the party’s manifesto, was his plan to lift the status of the Abakaliki capital. Much as it drew cheers from party supporters, many had also wondered if it was just a mere campaign gimmick from a candidate in desperate need of votes. But it didn’t take too long after his swearing-in that residents began to see that they were not being taken for a ride. The people’s leader, indeed, wasted no…