Governors under the auspices of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have been encouraged to meet with the Minister of Water Resources, who has “worked hard on dams and water resources in the country,” fashion out solutions, and then escalate their conclusions to the Federal Government, to alleviate the plight of people currently being ravaged by flood round the country. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the counsel at State House, Abuja, Friday, while playing host to the outgoing Chairman of NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, the incoming Interim Chairman, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, and the Interim Deputy Chairman, Atiku…
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By Onoriode Etatsemi. The Director of Public Prosecution Ministry of Justice, Delta State, Mrs Efe Jesin Odogun has appealed to Complainants to always give maximum corporation to State Counsels on cases reported to them. Mrs Odogun made this appeal when she featured on Delta Broadcasting Service Programme ” Justice Hour” which was monitored in Asaba. She explained that part of their duties was to render Legal advice on files sent by the police and other law enforcement agencies including the Courts, and Correctional centres base on the particular case file. According to her, other functions of DPP included rendering advice…
BY ALBUS DAUDA Kennena Eloka, a Canada-based indigene of Anambra who is also a prominent supporter of Peter Obi, has berated members of the Yoruba ethnic group as being from a ‘lineage of traitors and cowards’ during a rant on ClubHouse, an audio app that became popular with Nigerians and others around the world during the 2020 pandemic restrictions. Mr Kennena’s rant, which echoed tribal slurs that have now become a staple of the Obi campaign, came during a heated debate with other users of the app who are Yorubas and expressed a rejection of Obi’s presidential aspiration, according…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Residents of Airport View Estate of Asaba axis in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have today protested the blockage of what they called the only waterway channel causing lacked of access road into the area by a politician. The politician identified as Anthony Anukwu, a member of the State ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bought a controversial piece of land and had erected a structure in the said land measuring 30fts by 200 blocking the waterways at Engr. Joseph Obi Street in Airport View Estate. According to the protesters / residents, the…
The Oko Landing Bay, one of the constituency projects attracted by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Honorable Ndudi Elumelu, for the people of Oko community in Oshimili South local Government area, Delta State, has been completed. The project, constructed and equipped by Gorrion Engineering, a reputable marine engineering company based in Port Harcourt, was completed in September, in line with specifications, after three Months duration. The project is in consonance with the Minority Leader’s assurance and commitment, towards helping in opening the riverine communities in Oshimili South Local Government area, through efficient and easy water transportation…
Segun Runsewe, the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAA), has asked the House of Representatives to give his Council powers to go after organizers of Big Brother Nigeria over nudity in the reality TV show. Runsewe, who made the call last Tuesday, October 4, also seek power to go after crossdressers like Bobrisky. While appearing before an ad hoc committee investigating the duplication of ministries, departments and agencies, Runsewe stated that nudity as displayed by the organizer of the popular show is against the culture of Nigeria. The DG stated that proper amendment of the council’s…
Nnamdi Ezeigbo was born on 4 August 1966 in Sapele, Delta State, into the family of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ezeigbo. The entrepreneur, who is currently 56 years old, is of the Igbo Nation, and he hails from Nsukwe in Ubakala, Umuahia in Abia State. His mother was a petty trader who sold bread, and Nnamdi was always around after school to help her out in hawking bread, while his father’s occupation is unknown. He is the first out of the nine children of his parents. Coming from a humble background, he grew alongside his other siblings under the care…
A 28-year-old Nigerian businesswoman and socialite, Amelia Pounds, has died in New Delhi, India, following complications during liposuction surgery. It was gathered that she passed away on Friday morning, October 7, 2022. Although, it’s unclear what led to the complications, she was said to have given up the ghost while being operated on at the hospital. In a video filmed shortly after she passed, the doctor was heard apologizing to her.
A youth coalition has vowed to ensure that all the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) vote massively for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The National Chairman of the “100% Focus Movement for Jagaban,” Ibrahim Mohammad, told reporters in Abuja that the role played by Tinubu in and outside government singled him out as the most capable and compassionate personality to lead the country from next year as President. Mohammad said the way Tinubu had fixed Lagos State needed to be replicated in the six geopolitical zones of the…
The House of Representatives, on Thursday at plenary, approved the report of its Committee on Finance on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) with some marked differences from the proposal presented to the House by the executive. In his synopsis before the consideration of the report at the Committee of Supply chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Idris Wase, the Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee, Rep. Saidu Musa Abdullahi said after extensive consultation with critical stakeholders that led to a 5-day interactive session with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Committee,…