Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has declared Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week as public holidays to allow for the effective distribution of palliatives to residents across all the 25 Local Government Areas of the State. The Governor in a maiden Press Conference held at the Government House Minna explained that the state government augmented N250 million to the N5 billion palliative given to the state. Below are the highlights of the modalities adopted for distribution: ✓ ₦2 Billion cash received so far from the Federal government. ✓ All the Wards in Suleja, Chanchaga, Bida and Kontagora Local Governments…
Author: Spade Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu has directed the recall of all career and non-career ambassadors from their duty posts worldwide. The President’s directive is sequel to his careful study of the present state of affairs at Nigerian Consulate Offices and Embassies worldwide, and in line with the President’s renewed hope agenda, the President is determined to ensure that world-class efficiency and quality, will henceforth, characterize foreign and domestic service delivery to citizens, residents and prospective visitors alike. To this end, the President further directs that Nigeria’s United Nations Permanent Representatives in New York and Geneva be exempted from this total recall, in…
By Fred Edoreh In keeping with his promise to hit the ground running on his MORE Agenda, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori intensified works within his first 100 days in office towards delivering over 117 kilometres of roads and bridges and about 85 kilometres of drainages. This is besides other achievements in the improvement of welfare of public servants from the state to local government levels, the approval of palliative measures to cushion the effect of subsidy removal for the workers as well as widows, persons living with disabilities, the aged and various vulnerable segments of the society. The roads,…
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has challenged Nigerians to prepare for population upsurge in line with the prediction of the United Nations. Onyeme made the call on Saturday at Akure, Ondo State during the presentation of Lion Dr. Kofoworola Iyabo, as Lions Club District 404 A-4 District Governor. Onyeme who was the Chairman of occasion, stated that “the United Nations predicted that by 2050, Nigeria will be the fourth most populated country on earth with 375 million people and the youths accounting for about 262 million of the population. “From today, year 2050 is twenty seven years…
By BROOKE KATO A sex therapist claims she has saved hundreds of marriages – by SLEEPING WITH her sex-starved husband and wife clients. Olivia Bentley is an intimacy educator and teaches couples how to spice up their sex lives by hosting one-to-three-hour sessions teaching them saucy tips and tricks and even jumping into bed with them. The glamorous 46-year-old, from Boise, Idaho, US, claims it’s ‘unfair’ for women to get married and not tend to their husbands’ sexual needs. In the world of relationships, it’s not uncommon for couples to seek advice and guidance when the spark in the…
Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a company owned by a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, (aka Tompolo) fighting crude oil thieves in the oil rich Niger Niger Region oil, on Friday, September 1st, 2023, hit the Nigerian Navy very hard for abandoning their statutory duties and urged the Navy to stop the blackmail, harassment of Tantita security men and the misinformation of the general public. Tantita Security Service Nigeria Limited made it clear in a statement on Friday that its men were never involved in crude oil theft…
Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Kamba, an Abuja-based developer, has vowed to send the FCT Landlord, Nyesom Wike, to prison following the demolition of his Wuse property. Kamba says he will also sue the director of Development Control at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA) for exceeding the scope of his powers. Recalls that the FCTA had demolished a duplex under construction at Plot 226, Cotonou Street, Wuse Zone 6, owned by Kamba saying it was sitting on someone else’s land without valid title. But in a press statement signed by his counsel, Okechukwu C. Uju-Azorji, the developer said he would take…
A good Samaritan has rescued a baby thrown into the river along Badagry road by the mum. In a viral video, a man could be seeing carrying the baby from a river after he was thrown into it by his mother. When interrogated, the mother who appeared to be mentally unstable, said she is tired of life. She also said that the baby has lived enough as he has done his naming ceremony and so could exit the world. ‘’Me too I am tired of the world. I cannot think of the ‘evening’ of my life. I have ended my…
By Oghenero Orovwuje The Delta State Government has set up Palliative Distribution Committee in furtherance of it’s commitment to the welfare of the citizens of the state and to cushion the effects of the hardship caused by the removal of petroleum subsidy in the country. The Committee will handle the distribution of palliatives received from the Federal Government to be distributed to the less privileged; people living with disabilities, widows and the aged in the society. According to a statement from the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, sub-committees at both the rural and urban ward level…
A mother of three in Aba, Abia State, yesterday caused a stir when she physically assaulted her husband for daring to question her relationship with a pastor. The woman whose identity remains unknown, resides on Ukonu Street, off the Ajah-Ngwa Road area of Aba South. Eye witnesses revealed that her husband expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that she provided the pastor with better quality and quantity of food than she did for their own family. In response to her husband’s observation, the woman, who is a member of the pastor’s church, became infuriated and resorted to slapping, pushing, and…