THE NATION President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he would not hesitate to give assent to any amendments to the 1999 Constitution on restructuring. He spoke when the National Executive of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), led by Prof Benjamin Okaba, visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. On calls for restructuring, the President noted that the National Assembly, whose responsibility it is to amend the constitution, had concluded regional consultations. “As soon as they finalise the process, necessary action would not be delayed on my part,” he said. Advocates of restructuring…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved allocation of 3-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles Squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994, making real a promise by the Federal Government. Following a memo by Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, the President approved the allocations in their states of preference, noting that six players and three technical crews received their houses already. The players are: Peter Rufai, Alloy Agu, Ike Shorounmu, Uche Okechukwu, Samson Siasia, Efan Ekoku, Sunday Oliseh, Benedict Iroha, Isaac Semitoje, Mutiu Adepoju, Emmanuel Amunike, Victor Ikpeba, Austin…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 21-year-old Chidinma for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state.The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said Chidinma is an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, adding that she had confessed to committing the crime. Chidinma was paraded at the police command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday. While the owner of the rented apartment where the tragic incident took place had been arrested, Odumosu also said Ataga’s account had been blocked to prevent further withdrawals from it by those…
In view of the recent threats of attacks issued by suspected Fulani Jihadists, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, called on the State Government and security agencies to beef up security in public places, especially schools, police facilities and media houses, which have become soft targets for such attacks in the State and other parts of the country. The union thereby advised residents to be security conscious. The Delta NUJ, which condemned the recent attacks on police stations and killing of policemen in the State, also raised other issues concerning flood, newly created universities in the State,…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa says infrastructural development was key driver for economic development and progress in a country and a critical enabler for productivity and sustainable economic growth. Okowa stated this at the 6th National Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW) held in Asaba, today. Okowa, who was represented by the State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, noted that it was nice that the 6th Quadrennial Delegates Conference was focusing on the theme: Sustainable Infrastructural Development: Panacea to insecurity and unemployment, that was quite…
The Nigerian Army has just been alerted to a submission by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi when he featured on ARISE TV Morning Show on Wednesday, 23 June 2021 alleging that the Nigerian Military is colluding with marauding bandits who have been responsible for various crimes and atrocities against Nigerians and the Nigerian state. The Nigerian Army (NA) wishes to state that contrary to Sheik Gumi’s claims, the NA remains a bonafide symbol of national unity that has conducted its constitutional responsibilities in the most professional manner in line with global best practices of adherence to the rules of…
The State Working Committee (SWC) of the Delta State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rising from an emergency meeting, has suspended the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the National Assembly SENATOR PETER ONYELUKA NWAOBOSHI, for a period of ONE MONTH. This action has become necessary against the backdrop of the recent romance with an opposition Party, verbal recklessness, and unprovoked utterances of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, particularly against the person of His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State, which the PDP State Working Committee views strongly as totally unacceptable, disturbing…
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has reinterated his commitment to alleviate suffering of the windows in the state. Governor Okowa stated this while declaring open the 1st National Summit On Widows’ Right And Welfare held at Event Center, Asaba. Okowa who was represented by His Deputy, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro disclosed that the Delta State Goverment Widows Welfare Scheme was borne out of God’s inspiration to address issues relating to Widows cross the state. While thanking God for the scheme and the programme put together by the office of the Senior Special Assistant…
The Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised to live up to it’s corporate social responsibility to host communities as the company officially commissioned and handed over a Civic Centre as well as a basic health centre to Oben and Evboesi Communities in Orhionwon Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. In an address, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC), Engr. Seyi Omotowa who was represented by the Director, Support Services, Mrs. Uche Ossai, said the Commissioning of the projects in the two communities, were the Company’s contribution…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State is taken aback with tongues wagging across Anioma land, nay Delta State over what may have come upon one of its own, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, who Governor Ifeanyi Okowa painstakingly campaigned for to emerge victorious at the polls as a two-term Senator representing Delta North during the PDP campaigns for party candidates. The Senator, at a function, was heard castigating and casting aspersions on the more than excellent performance of the award-winning accomplishments of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who has brought honour, dignity to Deltans, Southern Nigeria, and Nigeria in…