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Actualise Planned Araromi Seaport, Ondo APC Urge Amaechi

Actualise Planned Araromi Seaport, Ondo APC Urge Amaechi

Actualise Planned Araromi Seaport, Ondo APC Urge Amaechi. Ade Adetimehin, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo, has asked Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, to use his office to create the planned Araromi Seaport in the state a reality. Mr Adetimehin delivered the plea on Monday in Akure, during Amaechi’s visit to garner Ondo APC delegates’ support for his…

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Delta 2023: Otuaro Unveils Manifesto Ahead Of Governorship Polls

Delta 2023: Otuaro Unveils Manifesto Ahead Of Governorship Polls

Delta 2023: Otuaro Unveils Manifesto Ahead Of Governorship Polls. Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, the Deputy Governor of Delta State, has released his campaign manifesto to the public ahead of the state’s governorship primary in 2023. Delta 2023: Otuaro Unveils Manifesto Ahead Of Governorship Polls It was simply titled “Advance Delta 2023, Build Better for Delta,” and it was organized into six…

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Tonye Cole Unveiled As Rivers APC Flagbearer Ahead Of 2023 Governorship Polls

Tonye Cole Unveiled As Rivers APC Flagbearer Ahead Of 2023 Governorship Polls

Tonye Cole Unveiled As Rivers APC Flagbearer Ahead Of 2023 Governorship Polls. The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Tonye Cole as their consensus governorship contender, following the vetting of 12 hopefuls by 19 party leaders. This is according to a statement published on Monday in Port Harcourt by Chief Chris Finebone, the party’s Publicity Secretary…

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PVC: Fresh Registration Hits 8.56m

PVC: Fresh Registration Hits 8.56m

PVC: Fresh Registration Hits 8.56m. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as of 7 a.m. on Monday, April 25, fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) had reached 8,564,512. This was revealed by the commission in a CVR Update on quarter four, week two, which was issued in Abuja on Monday night. The commission also said that 5,111,899…

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NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Lord Connected To Abba Kyari's N3bn IRT Tramadol Deal

NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Lord Connected To Abba Kyari’s N3bn IRT Tramadol Deal

NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Lord Connected To Abba Kyari’s N3bn IRT Tramadol Deal. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that the wealthy drug tycoon, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu, implicated in the N3 billion tramadol trade involving the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and his Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has now been…

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Edo Government To Build Database On Residents - Obaseki

Edo Government To Build Database On Residents – Obaseki

Edo Government To Build Database On Residents – Obaseki. Gov. Godwin Obaseki says his administration is committed to create a database that would capture information on citizens in the state’s 18 Local Government Areas. On Monday, Obaseki got the blueprint for the scheme’s pilot phase from Mr Joshua Ugonna, Technology Transformation Lead Greenfield Constituency and Allied Service Ltd., in Benin…

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Bayelsa Government Luring Oil Companies, Others For Sports Development

Bayelsa Government Luring Oil Companies, Others For Sports Development

Bayelsa Government Luring Oil Companies, Others For Sports Development. For the promotion of sports development, the Bayelsa State Government has sought the collaboration of international oil companies (IOCs) and other corporate entities conducting business in the state. Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the Deputy Governor, made the call last Thursday during a courtesy visit to Government House in…

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Those Attacking UPU Over Edevbie's Endorsement Are Enemies Of Urhobo Nation - Osigidi

Those Attacking UPU Over Edevbie’s Endorsement Are Enemies Of Urhobo Nation – Osigidi

Those Attacking UPU Over Edevbie’s Endorsement Are Enemies Of Urhobo Nation – Osigidi. Amos Osigidi, a Niger Delta youth leader and former National President of the Urhobo Youth Empowerment Forum, has labeled those criticizing the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, for endorsing Olorogun David Edevbie as its preferred Urhobo candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in…

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Journalists Barred From Covering Sylvester Oromoni Inquest

Journalists Barred From Covering Sylvester Oromoni Inquest

Journalists Barred From Covering Sylvester Oromoni Inquest. Journalists Barred From Covering Sylvester Oromoni Inquest During a hearing on the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a coroner sitting in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State prevented media and other interested parties from covering and observing the inquest. The lawsuit seeks to elucidate the facts surrounding the death of a…

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Russia Sends Stern Warning To US Over Sending Arms To Ukraine

Russia Sends Stern Warning To US Over Sending Arms To Ukraine

Russia Sends Stern Warning To US Over Sending Arms To Ukraine. Russia has warned the US to halt delivering further supplies to Ukraine, saying that huge Western deliveries of weapons are inflaming the conflict and would result in more casualties, according to Moscow’s envoy to Washington. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 killed thousands of people, displaced millions more, and…

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Twitter Set To Accept Musk's $43 Billion Offer

Twitter Set To Accept Musk’s $43 Billion Offer

Twitter Set To Accept Musk’s $43 Billion Offer. According to sources familiar with the situation, Twitter Inc is likely to agree to a sale to Elon Musk for roughly $43 billion in cash, the sum the CEO of Tesla has termed his “best and last” offer for the social media business. Twitter may announce the $54.20-per-share agreement later on Monday when its board meets to endorse the transaction to…

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Delta 2023: Iyovwaye Promises to Revitalize Delta's Dormant Industries

Delta 2023: Iyovwaye Promises to Revitalize Delta’s Dormant Industries

Delta 2023: Iyovwaye Promises to Revitalize Delta’s Dormant Industries. Dr. Chris Iyovwaye, a frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial hopeful in Delta State, has pledged to revitalize all dormant industries throughout the state if elected governor. Delta 2023: Iyovwaye Promises to Revitalize Delta’s Dormant Industries. He also promised to create more industries to combat…

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Obaseki Promises Edo State Citizens Quality Healthcare

Obaseki Promises Edo State Citizens Quality Healthcare

Obaseki Promises Edo State Citizens Quality Healthcare. Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State, stated on Monday that his administration will continue to work to provide a robust and equitable health system that provides quality health care services to all inhabitants. Obaseki Promises Edo State Citizens Quality Healthcare. Obaseki made the pledge while announcing the start of a five-day free…

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Delta Government Slams ASUU National Chairman for Making Unsubstantiated Statements

Delta Government Slams ASUU National Chairman for Making Unsubstantiated Statements

Delta Government Slams ASUU National Chairman for Making Unsubstantiated Statements. Delta State Government has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership to consider universities in the state as a model for rectifying deficiencies in universities under its jurisdiction. Speaking on Sunday in Asaba, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, Commissioner of Higher Education, denounced the…

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Imo Explosion Death Toll Rises To 110

Imo Explosion Death Toll Rises To 110

Imo Explosion Death Toll Rises To 110. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the death toll from the illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo has risen to 110. Imo Explosion Death Toll Rises To 110 Ifeanyi Nnaji, the agency’s Acting Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. Mr Nnaji…

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Niger Delta Scholars Hit Back At Mike Loyibo Over Statements On 2023 Gubernatorial Election

Niger Delta Scholars Hit Back At Mike Loyibo Over Statements On 2023 Gubernatorial Election

Niger Delta Scholars Hit Back At Mike Loyibo Over Statements On 2023 Gubernatorial Election. Niger Delta Scholars have reacted to an interview in the Vanguard newspaper on the approaching Delta State 2023 Governorship election by the traditional prime minister of Tuomo Kingdom, High Chief Mike Loyibo. Niger Delta Scholars Hit Back At Mike Loyibo Over Statements On 2023 Gubernatorial…

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Ogonis Bemoan 55 Years Of Political Marginalization

Ogonis Bemoan 55 Years Of Political Marginalization

Ogonis Bemoan 55 Years Of Political Marginalization. Ogoni people have demanded for the political marginalization of their ethnic identity, which has lasted over 55 years, to be addressed as the 2023 general elections near. Ogonis Bemoan 55 Years Of Political Marginalization’ In a press release made available to IJAW NEWS and signed by a former Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People,…

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