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NDDC Has Been A Cash Cow For Politicians – Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday said the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a cash cow for politicians in the country. He stated this during the commissioning of the Police Barracks, Special Protection Unit (SPU) base 6 at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. “NDDC has been a cash cow for politicians,” he said. “You will see competition who will be the Managing Director, Executive Director (Finance), Executive Director (Projects). “These are people who will make sure money is available for politics. You have portfolio contractors from Abuja. Every now and then, the MD will be running to Abuja.” According to Governor Wike, the problem of the NDDC is not just the Niger Delta region but entire Nigeria. Making reference to the promise by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, that the NDDC would change to meet the aspirations of the people of the region, Wike said it is time for the ...

Reps Concerned Over Bills Awaiting Concurrence In Senate The House of Representatives is concerned over the number of bills still awaiting concurrence in the Senate. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila during plenary on Tuesday frowned at the fact that over 100 bills from the House are yet to receive the attention of the Senate. He directed the clerk of the House to communicate the displeasure of the lawmakers to his counterparts in the Senate. Gbajabiamila further ruled that all concurrence bills from the Senate be stepped down until the matter is resolved. One of the most recent bill is the Explosive Bill 2021, which seeks to repeal the Explosive Act of 1964 and re-enact the act to regulate the manufacturing, storage, possession, use, distribution, purchase, sell, transportation, importation, and exportation of explosives and related matters. The Senate on September 14, received the Small Arms and Light Weapons Bill from President Buhari seeking the approval of the legislator...

Gunmen Kidnap Retired Air Vice Marshal In Lagos   Gunmen have kidnapped an Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (Rtd), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The retired Air Vice Marshal was said to have been picked up by masked men who shot sporadically and bundled him into a standby boat and sped off from the site where he was supervising work in the area on Monday. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of the retired Air Force boss. The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu said that the command is aware of the incident and is working to rescue the victim unhurt and to arrest the perpetrators. Retired Air Vice Marshal Smith is a cousin to the former Inspector-General of Police and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith. He is a trained military engineer who attained the post of Chief of Logistics, Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Abuja and Chief of Defence Communications, Defence Headquarters, Abuja before his retirement.

House Of Reps Names Members Of Electoral Act Amendment Conference Committee (Full List) The House of Representatives has assigned seven members to work with the upper chamber of the National Assembly on the Electoral Act amendment bill. The seven rep members will work with their colleagues from the Senate to harmonize the Electoral Act amendment bill. The rep members as announced during plenary on Tuesday are: Akeem Adeyemi, James Abiodun Faleke (APC, Lagos); Aisha Dukku (APC, Gombe); Blessing Onuh (APC, Benue); Nyima Idem (PDP, Akwa Ibom); Chris Azubogu (PDP, Anambra) and Abdullahi Kalambaina (APC, Sokoto). The delegation is headed by Akeem Adeyemi but no timeline was made known for their activities. The legislators from the two chambers will work on the bill to harmonize the details, provide a clean copy and get it ready for Presidential assent. Meanwhile, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has urged members of the National Assembly to put the interest of ...

Many Residents Killed As Air Force Jet Drops Bombs On Borno Village At least 20 persons have been killed as Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet mistakenly rained bombs on Kwatar Daban Masara village in Borno State. The village is about 50 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. According to AFP, the air force mistakenly killed the victims who are said to be fishermen in an airstrike that occurred on Sunday. It was gathered that information about the tragedy had been slow to circulate due to obsolete communications infrastructure in the area. The attack came barely two weeks after the Nigerian Air Force bombed a community in Yobe, killing at least 12 people and injuring many. The Air Force initially denied the report that it dropped a bomb on Buwari village as false, but later admitted and promised an investigation into the said incident. The Nigerian military has been conducting air raids across the region since 2009 when Boko Haram insurgents launched attacks aga...

NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over ‘Poisonous’ Substance In Palm Oil Production The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised alarm over the use of a poisonous substance by producers and dealers of palm oil. According to the agency, sellers of palm oil now use Azo dye, a substance well known as Sudan Dye in order to make the product look reddish and attractive to buyers. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Moji Christianah Adeyeye,  made the observation at a sensitization campaign in Anambra State. Adeyeye bemoaned the act, describing it as wicked and inhuman. She noted that the substance is deadly as it causes the gradual deterioration of human health. According to her, the agency discovered the sharp practices where sellers of palm oil now put Azo dye to make it very reddish for it to look very glittery so that unsuspecting consumers can easily buy them. Her statement reads:  ”Azo dye is a chemical used in dyeing textile materials....

Many Feared Dead, Others Injured In Imo Tanker Explosio Many people have been feared dead and several others injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Omerelu town in lkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. According to an eyewitness, a truck loaded with fuel had a brake failure and hit a container while trying to dodge a police checkpoint along Omerelu Owerri road. The eyewitness added that some houses and other properties worth millions of naira were also burnt in the fire incident. He said: “ A truck loaded with fuel had a brake failure and hit a container while trying to dodge police checkpoint along Omerelu Owerri Road in Omerelu town in lkwerre LGA. Many lives lost, houses burnt to ashes ”

Delta Police Command Foils Aiye Cult Initiation, Arrests Suspects, Recovers armunitions          By Joy Oma The Delta State Police Command successfully foiled the initiation of new members into the Aiye Confraternity Cult  on Saturday 25th September, 2021. This was related in a press conference released by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, Dsp. Bright Edafe. According to the statement,  on 25th September, 2021 at about 0145hrs, intelligence was gathered  that members of Aiye confraternity  a.k.a black axe  were carrying out an initiation in the bush at Onicha-Ugbo community in Aniocha North LGA. Acting on this Intel, the Commander Delta State  Anti Cult Unit (SACU) detailed operatives who  stormed the venue of the initiation that night.  They were able to foil the initiation process and also arrested ten (10) male suspects  while others escaped into the bush. One  l...

Join Us In Shutting Down Nigeria On October 1 – IPOB Tells Yoruba Nation Agitators, Others The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged other secessionist groups in the country to join hands in shutting down the country on October 1st. The outlawed group had declared  that there will be operation  “No Nigeria Flag in Biafraland” on Independence Day. The separatist group threatened to lockdown the entire South-East region to celebrate “Ambazonia Independence Anniversary”, which is the same date as Nigeria’s Independence Day. In a statement signed Tuesday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB asked Yoruba Nation agitators and other secessionists to put aside differences and join in protesting on the said date. Powerful urged Nigerians that have received humiliation, intimidation and killings from terrorists, bandits and murderous herdsmen to join in removing all Nigerian flags mounted in the South East. “ We, the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IP...

Breaking: Six Feared Dead, Many Injured As Soldiers, Shiites Clash In Abuja A crossfire in Abuja between soldiers of the Nigerian Army and Shiite (IMN) protesters on Tuesday has resulted in the death of some persons with many others also injured. It was gathered that not less than six members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria are feared dead as a result of the clash with security operatives in the nation’s capital city. The clash was said to have occurred around Gwarimpa, close to Galadimawa in Abuja just as the Shiites were about to round off their Arbaeen Symbolic Trek. The development caused huge confusion as the Shiite members as well as other residents and passers-by scampered for safety in the chaos that ensued. The Secretary of Academic Forum of IMN, Abdullahi Musa who confirmed the incident alleged that the soldiers opened fire on the Shiite members and carried the bodies of the dead persons away. “They are just shooting people. As I am talking to you now, six people ...

Northern Governors Support Federal Government On VAT Collection, Reveal What Will Happen If States Start VAT Collection The Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) has decided to pitch its tent with the federal government on it’s power to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) through the Federal Inland Revenue Service( FIRS). The Court of Appeal while ruling on the dispute between the state and the federal government over the collection of VAT had said that the status quo should be maintained. The Attorney-General of the federal republic of Nigeria and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Salami said at the just concluded United Nations General Assembly Forum in New York that the FIRS will maintain the responsibility of VAT collection. Showing their support, the chairman of the NSGF Simon Lalong on Monday, September 27 at the end of their forum’s meeting in Kaduna said that VAT was being confused by the southern state governments as sales tax and if every state decides to start colle...

Anambra: Igbokwe Alleges Culprits Behind Deadly Attacks On APC, APGA Members Joe Igbokwe, an aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of being behind the attack on All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) members in Anambra State. Reports that gunmen went on a rampage, killing four persons and injuring several APC members at a rally at Uruagu, Nnewi. The hoodlums also set ablaze a car belonging to an APGA leader, Dr Nelson Omenugha, at Nnobi in the Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. In a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Igbokwe accused IPOB of working with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disrupt the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State. He wrote: “ When we say that IPOB is PDP, you will think that we are joking .” In other news, former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who recently ditched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Al...

Anambra: Police Searches For Cultists Who Used Victim’s Head As Football The Anambra State police command has launched a manhunt for suspected cultists spotted using the head of a member of a ‘rival group’ to play football. The criminals murdered the victim in Igbariam, a community in the Anambra East Council area of the state. Reports that the suspected cultist dragged the victim out of his car and shot him at close range. The criminals after shooting the victim later beheaded him, and his head was taken to a square where it was played like football, while they made jest of him. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Tony Olofu, in a statement released through the command’s spokesperson, Toochukwu Ikenga, said the command would leave no stone unturned in tracking the suspects. He said,  “The Commissioner of Police Anambra State command CP Tony Olofu has ordered an investigation on the shooting incident on 25/9/2021 by 4 pm along Igbariam road. “Preliminary investi...

JUST IN!!! Customs Intercepts Dangerous Weapons Concealed In Cassava Flour Bags The Nigerian Customs Service, through the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ has intercepted live cartridges concealed in bags of cassava flour, popularly called garri and parboiled rice. Theophilus Duniya, Public Relations Officer of the FOU who confirmed the incident to Channels TV on Monday, revealed that the items were loaded in three Mazda saloon cars and were seized by officers on patrol along the Igbora axis of Oyo State. The PRO stated that on sighting the officers, the drivers abandoned their vehicles and fled into the bush before the items were recovered by the operatives. According to him, the items impounded included 751 pieces of AAA, 70mm live Lion Cartridges, sacks of garri and that of parboiled rice. Duniya stated that the vehicles, including the items, have been deposited at the unit’s headquarters pending further investigation. The Acting Customs Comptroller in charge of the FOU, Husse...

FG Bans Over 2000 Nigerians From Traveling Abroad The Federal Government has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from traveling abroad and into the country for a period of one year. The National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammad, made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday. Muhammad disclosed that the Nigerians and foreigners were banned for evading the coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s international airports. He added that the names of over 2,000 citizens and foreigners had been pasted at all the major federal medical facilities in the country. Muhammad said the government had insisted that passengers, who arrived the country, especially from high-risk countries, must be quarantined in a government-provided facility, and that the passports of those who failed to comply with the protocol had been suspended for one year. “We have included the prov...

Anambra State Commissioner Of Police Urges Political Parties To Submit Schedule Of Rallies The Commissioner of police in Anambra State, CP Tony Olofu has ordered political parties participating in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election to submit the schedule of their rallies to the command. Olofu made the order on the backdrop of the recent attacks on supporters of some political parties in the State, which led to loss of four lives. In a press release by the State’s Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Commissioner said the schedule would help police ensure security in all rally venues. He said: “The CP reiterated his earlier request for political parties to forward schedules of their political activities to the command as they commence political campaigns within the state. “The CP alluded to the fact that campaigns are a critical part of the electioneering process. This therefore will enable the police high command provide adequate security for the safety of...

Unemployment, Underemployment Fuelling Insecurity — Ngige Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige has attributed Nigeria’s worsening insecurity to unemployment and underemployment. He urged the elites, particularly employers of labour, to address the twin problems so that peace and security could prevail across the land. Ngige spoke yesterday in Abuja while hosting the national officers of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), led by their National President Chinedu Okoronkwo, who was accompanied by the association’s consultant, Dr. Maurice Ibe of The Benham Group. The IPMAN leaders were in the minister’s office to seek his support for the association’s plan to enrol its over 2.5 million members into the Federal Government’s Micro Pension Plan (MPP). Officials of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) were also present. Ngige Said: “A lot of the insecurity problems that we have are caused by unemployment and underemployment. “In underemployment, peopl...

Afenifere To Northern Govs: You Are Working Towards Nigeria’s Breakup The apex Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has accused the Northern Governors of working towards the breakup of the country. Afenifere spokesman, Jare Ajayi, made this on Monday while reacting to the governors’ rejection of zoning the 2023 presidency to the South. Ajayi stated that the Northern governors are not being fair and sincere with their southern colleagues, accusing them of paying lip service to Nigeria’s unity. He disclosed that the Presidency should come to the South in 2023 in the spirit of equity and fairness which the North has enjoyed. Ajayi, however, expressed disappointment at some of the governors who had earlier agreed that power should come to the South in 2023. He said “ This new position by the governors indicated that the issue of forging unity in the country is only on their lips and not in their hearts. It is true that zoning is not in the 1999 constitution. So...

Niger Govt. Reduces Tuition Fees In IBB University Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has approved a reduction in the tuition fees for students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL). A statement by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Matane, in Minna on Monday, said that the downward review of the tuition fees N50,000 to N46,000 for returning indigene students and N95,000.00 to N86,000.00 for new indigene students. The statement explained that the governor, who after listening to representations from members of the state’s House of Assembly, different stakeholders, including the students union, intervened by reducing the tuition fees of indigent students. It stated that the tuition fees for returning non-indigene students, new students non-indigene, new foreign students and returning foreign students remain unchanged. The Niger State House of Assembly had on Thursday ordered the state government in conjunction with the management of IBBUL to review th...

BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Military General In Lagos Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. reports that the abducted general is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith. Sikiru Smith is currently the Chairman of Double Wealth Ventures Limited – a dredging and engineering firm. It was gathered that the retired military officer was supervising work on a site in the Ajah area of Lagos State on Monday when masked gunmen invaded the place and shot sporadically. Smith was reportedly taken away in a waiting speedboat and sped away. In an SOS voice note shared by his driver, Corporal Odiji, the retired AVM engaged in a struggle with the gunmen before he was subdued. Odiji stated, “ This is an emergency. I am Corporal Odiji attached to Air Vice Marshal Smith. They just abducted him from the site where we were working. Some gunmen who were we...

Defence Intelligence Raises Alarm Over Scavengers’ Activities, Tasks Nigerians To Monitor Mai Bola The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has called on Nigerians to monitor scavengers, better known as mai bola, because some of the items they collect are used for local manufacture of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Commodore Friday Okolie disclosed this on Monday when he represented the agency at a public hearing organised by the house of representatives committee on national security and intelligence, on the consideration of four security bills. Presenting the contribution of the agency to the bill seeking to establish a national commission against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, the agency raised concern over the activities of scavengers, saying they need to be monitored. According to him,  “the elements used locally to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs) consist of various components such as initiator, switch, main charg...

2023 Presidency: Akeredolu Reacts To Northern Govs’ Position On Zoning Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reacted to the Northern Governors’ rejection of zoning the 2023 presidency to the southern part of the country. reports that the governors met on Monday at the Council Chamber (Sir Kashim Ibrahim House) of the Kaduna State government house. The governors, under the auspices of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, held the meeting jointly with some traditional rulers and Emirs from the region led by the Sultan of Sokoto. In their position made known in a communique after their meeting, the governors condemned zoning as earlier adopted by their southern counterparts, arguing that zoning is not constitutional. “The statement is quite contradictory with the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as amended that the elected President shall secure at least 25 percent of the votes cast in 2/3 states of the federation. In the case of run-...

We See Abacha As A Great Man, Hero In Bayelsa – Gov Diri The Bayelsa State Governor,  Douye Diri,  has described a former military head of state, Sani Abacha as a hero to the people of the state. The Peoples Democratic Party Governor stated this while making reference to the creation of the state on October 1, 1996, by the dictator. Governor Diri expressed his mind at the thanksgiving service on Nigeria’s 61st independence and Bayelsa 25th anniversary at the King of Glory Chapel in Government House, Yenagoa. The Governor while speaking said,  “Let me use this medium to thank one man. He may not be popular in Nigeria but to me and all of us Bayelsans; we see him as a great man, a hero. The man who by the stroke of the pen signed the creation of Bayelsa State; I am talking about the late General Sani Abacha. “We acknowledge him as a state and people. By his singular assent, he created this state with just eight local government areas, which was less than the constitutional ...

Don’t Be Tool For Character Assassination – Ekweremadu To Journalists Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former Deputy President of the Senate, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu has urged journalists to resist the temptation of being used by politicians to assassinate the character of their opponents. The lawmaker gave the advice on Sunday when he received the new executive members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu Correspondents’ Chapel in his Enugu residence. While noting that campaigns should be based on issues, he said the media must not allow itself to be used for disseminating baseless and unverified allegations. Ekweremadu, representing Enugu West Senatorial District, also harped on freedom of expression, stressing that it was vital to societal development. “As a lawmaker, I have worked in different reform areas but one area that is of my interest is the area of freedom of expression. I believe citizens should be allowed to express their views as a society without freedom of ...

JUST IN!!! FBI Arrests 11 Nigerians Over Alleged Romance Fraud A US federal grand jury has indicted 11 Nigerians for defrauding elderly victims in romance schemes. According to the court document, the defendants preyed on elderly victims, many of whom were widows or divorced. This is as the FBI estimated that more than 20,000 people lost more than $600 million in romance scams in 2020 alone. The defendants are; David Animashaun, 38; Oluwalobamise Michael Moses, 40; Irabor Fatarr Musa, 51; Ijeoma Okoro, 31; Chukwemeka Orji, 36; Emanuel Stanley Orji, 35; Frederick Orji, 37; Uwadiale Esezobor, 36; Victor Idowu, 36; Afeez Abiola Alao, 37; and Ambrose Sunday Ohide, 47. They were arrested by the FBI in DFW, Eastern District of Texas, Dallas, Lubbock, Los Angeles and charged in the Northern District of Texas for alleged fraud conspiracy, money laundering, mail & wire fraud conspiracy. The indictment stated that the 11 defendants who were grabbed during a large-scale operation Wednesday mo...

Arrested Bandit Leader, Goma Reveals Names Of Fellow Bandits, Victims (Full List) The dreaded bandit terrorist leader and cattle rustler, Goma Sama'ila who was arrested by the Nigerian Military last week has revealed the names of some other bandits. The terrorist who was apprehended in Kaduna State on Friday had vowed never to go back into kidnapping and cattle rustling. Sama’ila who had been in practice for about 20 years disclosed that he had abducted many people with the support of his gang members. The bandit leader also listed the names of his gang members and their victims. He said, “ My name is Alhaji Goma Sama’ila. I am 47 years old. I have been involved in kidnapping.” Sama’ila while speaking on his kidnapping journey said,  “The first person is Abdul, his family paid a ransom of two hundred thousand naira (N200, 000), Alhaji Umaru gave us five hundred thousand naira (N500, 000), another person is Alhaji Birau, his family paid the total sum of three million naira...

October 1: IPOB Has Declared ‘War’ On Nigeria And Must Be Checkmated – Igbokwe A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe has warned that the threats by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) must not be taken lightly. This is as he declared that the threat by IPOB to remove all Nigerian flags in the southeast on October 1 is equal to a declaration of attack on the sovereignty of Nigeria as a nation. The IPOB group, led by Nnamdi Kanu had declared October 1, a day that marks Nigeria’s independence from Britain, a sit-at-home. This was made known on Saturday in a statement by the group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful. The outlawed pro-Biafra group also placed a ban on the Nigerian flag across the South-East zone of the country. Reacting to the statement, Igbokwe in a post on his Facebook account warned that there is the need to check the excesses of the IPOB group. He said such th...

BREAKING: Security Beefed Up At National Assembly As Legislative Aides Protest Security agents have beefed up security around the National Assembly over the planned protest of legislative aides. It was gathered that security personnel including anti-riot and regular policemen, Department of State Services (DSS) personnel and Sergeant-at-Arms have surrounded the complex. Doors leading to the foyer at the White House from the Senate and House of Representatives chambers have not only been shut but being guarded by security operatives. This is due to the planned protest of Legislative aides, under the auspices of Salary Arrears Affected Legislative Aides (SAALA). They had vowed to ground activities at the National Assembly beginning from today over alleged non-payment of their 2019 salary arrears and allowances in the sum of N3.1 billion. But the Chairman of the National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASSLAF), Salisu Zuru, had described their planned protest as illegal, the Nation rep...

Olu of Warri Prayer for DC-23: A call to Produce an Industrialist Kenneth Gbagi as Governor, Delta deserve the best ***Olorogun Barr Kenneth Gbagi is the most accepted aspirant for Delta State Governorship 2023 As the the monarch of Warri Kingdom, HRM, Ogiame Atuwatse III, recently prayed for the Delta Central 2023 (DC-23) lobby group to produce the PDP governorship candidate that would bring more development to Delta State, a closer look at the pedigree of the aspirants has revealed that Olorogun  Barr. Kenneth Gbagi is the best aspirant to qualify as Governor 2023. The monarch in his prayer for DC-23, According to him, “I pray for all of you that will participate in that process, to ensure that it produces the best because Delta state deserves the best.” from critical analysis, in terms of industrial growth and development, the King wanted Delta State to be number one in the country. From inception, Delta State has been known for its industrial...

Delta 2023: No Aspirant Can Match the Candidature of Kenneth Gbagi..GMT The Media team of the leading Delta State 2023 Governorship aspirant, on Sonday declared Barr. Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi as the rightful candidate to succeed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. A Statement by the leader of the team in Ughelli emphatically affirmed that Only  aspirants who have not put their hands in the States treasury for looting to satiate their greed can develope Delta State. The statement also urged Deltans to support Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, an acomplished investor, Africa finest business mogul without trace of corruption. Gbagi have all it takes to consolidate and build on Governor Okowa's legacy of productive governance. In a State where thieves clamour to govern, the people must decide that corruption free leader, Kenneth Gbagi is the most qualified candidate any political party in the state could boast of as the most qualified candidate to lead the people. From...

Ughelli South to Produce Delta Governor 2023, Kenneth Gbagi set to Defeat Opponents  For the avoidance of doubt, leading governorship aspirant in Delta State, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, has reiterated that Ughelli south local government area would produce the next governor of the State come 2023. The visible and prominent gubernatorial hopeful, declared that he would go into the battle, floor his opponents under the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) in the primary and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the main election and return to his Oginibo country home for merriment. The former minister of education, gave the resounding assurance on Saturday September 25th 2021, during PDP Ughelli south general meeting held at the party Secretariat, Otu-jeremi, the administrative headquarters of the council. Addressing the mammoth crowd of party faithful, supporters and teeming admirers who came enmass, the industrialist cum philanthropist, declared, "This battle of polit...

 Kenneth Gbagi, incorruptible leader, highest private investor, employer of labour as Governor 2023  As expectations are on top gear for the 2023 Governorship, If permutations of political analysts come true, Deltans may, for the first time in 2023 have the highest private investor and employer of labour in the state, criminologist and incorruptible leader  as governor of Delta State come 2023. Olorogun (Barr) Kenneth Gbagi Media team can confirm that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirants in Delta State is best positioned to take over from incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as Delta State Governor in 2023 the former Minister of Education (State), Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, discernibly leads the pack in terms of pedigree and competenc Many uninformed see Gbagi, a criminologist, entrepreneur, lawyer and philanthropist as arrogant and self-centered not knowing that his self-confidence, which they mistake for egotism arose from his upbringing and d...

ICT firm, Logitech Systems launches Mega Computer Sales, service center in Warri By Ezekiel Kagbala FPR A leading information and communication technology computer popularly known as Logitech system has opened it mega sales and service office at the popular Enerhen Road, close to Enerhen Junction, Warri Delta State. The company, located at  No 72, Olomu Street, Behind UBA Bank Off Okumagba Avenue, Warri , Delta State have a long record of providing services in Education - Computer Trainings sales, repairs and supply of office equipments. Logitec System has grown to a mega computer sales terminal. They have opened a computer market and chopping complex christened as Logitech center in Enerhen Junction road on the 24 of September 2021 to satiate the growing digital need of the people. Popular sign post to identify the center.

Reps To Probe Leakage Of Classified Security Documents Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday ordered an investigation into the leakage of classified security documents to the public. The lawmakers gave the mandate to the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence in their resolution following a motion raised by a member of the House, Samuel Adejare. Adejare had moved the motion on the ‘Need to Address Leakage of Classified Security Documents to the Public’. After the lawmakers deliberated on the matter, they directed the committee to carry out a detailed investigation and report back within two weeks for further legislative action. While addressing his colleagues during plenary in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, Adejare raised concern over the recurring incidents of leakage of classified security documents to the public. This, he stated, was done through various social media platforms, online print media, and other sources, saying they jeop...

Some Of Buhari’s Harshest Critics Dine With Him At Aso Rock – Femi Adesina Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said some of the persons who vilify his principal publicly return to Aso Rock for dinner. The presidential spokesman said this while commenting on the return of Femi Fani-Kayode to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode has been under fire since last week when the Chairman of APC National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, presented him to Buhari at the State House, Abuja. Both members of the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have hurled insults at him over his defection. In his weekly article, Adesina said Buhari is large-hearted and the manner in which he received Fani-Kayode showed this. “Between last week and now, vitriol poured by FFK on anybody with the slightest affinity to APC has been dug up serially. He has said things straig...

President Buhari To Address World Leaders At 76th UNGA Today President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Friday, address the 76th Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly. reports that Buhari will deliver his address at 2PM Nigerian time  at the UN headquarters in New York. The theme for the 76th session is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs of the Planet, Respect the Rights of People and Revitalise the United Nation’’. The Nigerian leader will speak to world leaders in the morning session on the theme of the Assembly and other global issues. Today’s session will also include speeches by leaders from The Gambia, South Sudan, Republic of Benin, Senegal and Germany, among others. Recall that Buhari had held bilateral meetings with a number of world leaders, delegations and heads of International Development organisations. Buhari has met with the President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye...