Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa A group, the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has again called on President Bola Tinubu to sack, arrest and investigate the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari over alleged economic sabotage. According to the MSDND, the recent series of conflicting claims and data released by Kyari on the state of the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) at the Kaduna and Port Harcourt refineries and the unexplainable difficulty faced from the NNPCL by the Dangote Refineries to access crude oil showed that Kyari and his cohorts were allegedly…
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Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Media engagement for United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Global Alliance For Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) and the Bayelsa State Government on joint interventions for children continued on Wednesday with the tour to Zarama and Yenegwe Primary Health Care Center in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The monitoring was part of the activities to witness and see the renovated and upgraded health care center facilities across the state. Speaking during the Day Two tour, Dr. Egbe Abe, UNICEF Health Specialist Portharcourt Field Office, said they have been operating the UNICEF, GAVI. According to him, what…
Umar Faruk, Gusau The Unity and Reconciliation Forum of the Zamfara All Progressives Congress has thrown its weight behind President Bola Ahmad Tinubu’s move for local government autonomy. In a statement issued in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, Chairman of the Forum, Mande Umar said the recent Supreme Court judgement on the autonomy of local government was a total success for democracy. He said the court verdict came at the right to revive grassroots development through the autonomy of the local governments. “As democrats and good Nigerians we have to appreciate the decision of the Supreme Court on financial autonomy of…
Umar Faruk, Gusau Zamfara State Government has expended the sum of N1.5billion on the rehabilitation of hostels at two educational institutions in the state. The schools are Government Science Secondary School and Zamfara State College of Arts and Science, ZACAS. Briefing journalists after assessing the completion of the first phase of the contract, Commissioner for Education, Malan Wadatau Madawaki said the contract for the work was as a result of the state’s declaration of the emergency in education by Governor Dauda Lawal. He expressed satisfaction with the quality job done by the contracting firms in the schools. Madawaki explained that…
Police in Edo have said that Arthur Angel Jr. killed his father, Arthur Judah Angel over monetary demand at Ugboha, in Esan South East last Sunday. State Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, told Punch correspondent on Wednesday that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased’s son had earlier threatened to kill his father and proceeded to carry out the threat when he hit him with a sledgehammer According to the PPRO, “On the 15th of July, 2024, at about 09.00 hours, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ugboha division in Edo State received a complaint that one Arthur…
…accuses Edo Gov of striving to demystify monarch A former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of pretending to have respect for the revered Oba of Benin while openly and surreptitiously striving to demystify the reverred monarch and the ancient Benin throne. Afegbua alleged that the Governor had only been lying in his claims of showing any respect for the Benin monarch that he had continued to treat with utter disrespect by his various actions continuously aimed at humiliating and demystifying the person of the revered Oba and the ancient Benin royal…
Edo State House of Assembly has appealed the Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja’s judgment, which overturned the impeachment of ex-deputy governor, Philip Shaibu and reinstated him. The Blessing Agbebaku-ledAssembly has also filed for a stay of execution of the judgment pending the outcome of the appeal. On April 8, 2024, the 24-member Edo State House of Assembly impeached Shaibu after adopting the report from a seven-member investigative panel led by retired Justice S.A. Omonua. The panel, established by the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, investigated allegations of gross misconduct, perjury, and leaking government secrets against…
Peoples Democratic Party has praised the judgment of the Federal High Court, which confirmed the nomination of its candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, for the September 21, 2024, Governorship election in Edo State. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on July 4, 2024 invalidated the PDP primary election. This decision was the result of a lawsuit (FHC/ABJ/CS/165/2024) filed by discontented delegates, represented by Kelvin Mohammed. The court nullified the primaries because 378 delegates, who had the right to vote, were unlawfully excluded, violating legal requirements. The court identified substantial breaches of the Electoral Act 2022, PDP…
National Examinations Council says no fewer than 1,376,391 registered for the ongoing 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (internal) across the country and some foreign nations. NECO Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Wednesday after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu. A statement by the Head of Public Affairs, Azeez Sani, said the NECO boss, who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centres, disclosed that reports received from across the nation indicated that the examination was going on smoothly. Wushishi attributed this success to the various measures put in place to ensure a…
Agency Reporter Renowned singer, Kizz Daniel, has caused a stir on social media with a controversial post about relationships and breakups. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the post, which has since been deleted, has left many of his fans and followers speculating about the status of his marriage. In the post, Kizz Daniel stated: “If you won breakup with me, no problem just pay me my PENSION For all the things I don do My airtime, My Gifts, The F**k etc then you can leave – BALACLAVA .” While Kizz Daniel did not explicitly mention his wife,…