Monthly Archives: February 2020

Buhari defends National Assembly Huge allowances

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has berates Nigerians for criticise the National Assembly over their whooping allowances that is accrued to them, saying that it is wrong for Nigerians to perceive the National Assembly as being “highly overpaid” for doing little. Buhari said this in Abuja, when the House of Representatives …

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Bayelsa Assembly Get New Speaker

A new speaker has emerge in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. Abraham Ingobere, a PDP lawmaker representing Brass Constituency 3 has just been made the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Monday Bubou-Obolo, stepped aside to pave the …

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NDDC: Buhari Sack Nunieh, Appointments New Ag MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has fire the Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, and replaces her with Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei. The changes were announced in a State House statement by Buhari’s media aide, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday. “The five members of the committee are now: Professor Kemebradikumo …

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Army Led the Herdsmen who killed Eight Persons In Delta Community – Gov Okowa

The Governor of Delta state, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has condemned the recent killings by suspected killer herdsmen who attacked Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, killing eight persons. According to Okowa, suspected herdsmen were led by unidentified armed …

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How Governor Okowa Deprived Me Of My Wife

BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE Delta State government is responsible. The governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is the reason I am still a bachelor. In my very young years, I learnt on the laps of my mother, Maria, that, women born and bred in coastal areas are most beautiful. She would describe how …

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Oscar Awards: Winners in Main Categories

Here are the winners in key categories for the 92nd Academy Awards, which were handed out on Sunday in Hollywood. South Korean film “Parasite” was the big winner of the night, taking home four prizes — for best picture, best director, best original screenplay and best international feature film. Best …

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State of the Nation: Buhari Failed the Entire Country, Northern Elders Forum Speak Out

The Northern Elders Forum said on Sunday the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had failed to secure and pilot the affairs of the Nigerian nation. The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led NEF stated this at a press conference on the state of the nation in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Sunday. The …

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Delta Community Invaded by Herdsmen Cries Out for help

THE traditional ruler of Abavo Kingdom, in the Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Uche Irenuma II, has raised the alarm over the invasion of his kingdom by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. In a press statement on the activities of the herders on Sunday, the …

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We won’t Keep Mum Until You Rise Up to Your Responsibilities, CAN to FG

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has said the umbrella body of the Nigerian Christian will not keep mum until the Federal Government rise up to challenges of ending insurgency across the country. President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Olasupo Ayokunle, has said the body will not keep quiet …

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What Obaseki is doing to Oshiomhole Loyalist who cried out for help

Adams Oshiomhole’s ex-Chief Press Secretary John Mayaki has claimed the Edo State Government has ordered his arrest. Mayaki, who was also Governor Godwin Obaseki’s CPS, claimed the police told his family in Igarra, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state, on Friday to submit him for arrest. He also …

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