Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has warned youths in the Niger Delta region to desist from sponsored attacks and raising frivolous allegations against their leaders and those piloting government affairs, to attract more development in the region. MOSIEND maintained that rather than expending energy on supporting leaders of the region, youths are being used by desperate politicians to score cheap political points through blackmails. MOSIEND in a statement issued on Tuesday through its National Secretary, Amb. Amain Winston Cotterel and made available to Daily News Hub in…
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Agency Report The National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, has recognised Farooq Oreagba, who stole the show at the 2024 Ojude Oba Festival, as an Honorary Ambassador for the Council. Among the many eye-catching attendees at the Ojude Oba festival this year, Oreagba stole the show. Clad in a flamboyant green and yellow “Aso-oke Agbada”, he rode majestically on horseback, a photo of which went viral and earned him the title “King of Steeze.” Obi Asika, Director General of NCAC, made the announcement on his Instagram page, displaying the Certificate of Recognition awarded to Oreagba. He wrote: “I could…
National President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nathaniel Muhammadu Atebije, has highlighted the severe shortage of town planning professionals in Nigeria, drawing a stark comparison with developed countries. Speaking at the 2024 Town Hall Meeting themed “Creating the Livable Environment We Need through Collaboration and Community Participation,” Atebije emphasised the critical role of town planners in achieving sustainable development. “One of the significant challenges we face is the lack of professionals,” Atebije stated. “We don’t have enough town planners, engineers, surveyors, quantity surveyors, or builders. In developed countries, the ratio of town planners to the population is…
…as transport fares skyrocket Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Despite the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s assurance of availability of fuel supply, residents of Abuja, Nasarawa and other surrounding states have continued to groan over long fuel queues in filling stations. Since last week, motorists in affected cities have lamented the pain of queueing for hours to get fuel. This has been the situation across filling stations along Kubwa Expressway, Airport Road/Lugbe axis, and Nyanya-Jikwoyi road in the past few days. While many filling stations sell fuel above N900 per liter, NNPCL retail stations sell for N617. Consequently, some transporters in the…
…calls for local govt autonomy By Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Chief Ayirimi Emami, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, has accused the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori-led administration of planning to manipulate the Saturday July 13 local government elections in the state. He warned that any attempt to disenfranchise his people in Delta South Senatorial District would be resisted. Chief Ayiri gave the warning on Tuesday at separate times during APC local government campaign rally in Ogbe-ijoh, Warri South-West and Koko, Warri North councils areas of the state. Addressing a mammoth crowd at Ogbe-ijoh where he is rooting…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Ijaw Youth Council has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to as a matter of urgency set up a probe panel to look into the revenues and expenditures of the Niger Delta Development Commission under the leadership of the Managing Director, Chief Samuel Ogbuku. IYC, which expressed serious concerns over the state of affairs in the Niger Delta region under the current leadership of the commission, in a statement by its spokesman, Comrade Bedford Benjamin Berefa, said the IYC had lost confidence in the Ogbuku-led management and had passed a vote of no confidence in him. Berefa…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS) on Tuesday distributed educational materials to students of Government Modern Secondary School, in Toru-Ebeni Community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH, Commodore Nanmar Lakan, led some officers and ratings of the Command to present the items to the students. Lakan, represented by Capt. Mohammed Kolo, Executive Officer/Deputy Commander, NNS SOROH, while addressing newsmen, said that the educational outreach was to encourage the children to be of good behaviour. ”It is also to encourage them to study hard and eschew all forms of criminalities capable of…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Indigenes of the Olugboboro community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have cried out over a massive leakage of crude oil from the pipeline operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company in the area. According to the Olugboboro indigenes, the spillage occured about two months ago along Ogboinbiri/Tebitada pipeline when the pipeline ruptured, a development which has been attributed to equipment failure. The leaders of the Olugboboro Community, Chief Azeke MatthewAkpowari, Chief Ebimobowei KenboIpkesiware and Assistant Secretary General, Amos Oweifighe, in a letter to the Bayelsa Government called for urgent intervention to stop the…
. Round of 32, Women’s Tournament gets underway Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa It was an eventful week in Yenagoa as the 5th Governor Diri International Scouting Programme/Coaching Clinic climaxed in a pulsating final match involving twenty-seven players screened from over five hundred players selected during the preliminary round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup. It was a memorable four days as these gifted players converged on the Samson Siasia Stadium to showcase their talents. The week-long event had over ten foreign scouts from Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, and Turkey alongside the Nigerian U-20 coach and President of Nigeria…
House of Representatives, on Tuesday, mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Midstream) to investigate the return of fuel queues in the nation’s service stations and proffer lasting solutions to the oil sector’s challenges. The decision of the House followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved during Tuesday’s plenary by the member representing Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode Federal Constituency, Edo State, Mr Bill Osawaru. The motion titled, “Urgent need to carry out a legislative forensic investigation into the challenges affecting the downstream and midstream petroleum sectors in Nigeria and other related matters to find out a lasting solution…