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By: Akpovoke Otiti  As Nigerians struggle to adjust to the present economic reality as a result of removal of fuel subsidy, the Federal Government and Private School owners in some parts of the country, especially Delta State  have announced upward review of tuition fees for primary and secondary schools, this has angered parents to call on the state governor to call on the state governor to Intervene urgently. Some of these institutions have announced significant increases in tuition and other fees, while others are planning to do so in order to cope with the effects of the removal of subsidy…

Famous human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has called for the immediate release of the suspended Chairman of the Econonnmic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa who is being det!ained by the State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department of State Services (DSS). In June, President Bola Tinubu suspended Bawa indefinitely as the EFCC chairman. According to a release from the presidency, Bawa’s suspension is “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. This follows weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. Falana who earlier called for Bawa’s release again on Sunday…

Spain today, Sunday, August 20, has won the women’s World Cup after  beating England, 1-0, in Sydney for its first world championship. La Roja prevailed in the all-European final to win its sport’s premier event, scoring the only goal in the 29th minute when Olga Carmona found the net on a counterattack. The United States had won the previous two women’s World Cups but lost this month in the round of 16.

Fresh information has emerged that the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has refused to get himself a lawyer for his defence. Reports had it that Bawa has spent 67 days in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), as the secret police arrested him on June 14, and he has since been in custody. Sources, according to The Punch, have revealed that the suspended EFCC boss has refused to answer any queries brought before him by the DSS and has also refused to write any statement. One of the sources said, “Bawa…

The current of a river they say, does not stop because the king of the village is dead. This were the exact words to described the embattled former Nigerian Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Mike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice absence from their son, Lloyd wedding on Saturday, August 19, 2023. Lloyd got married to his hearthrob, Tiffany in Abuja on Saturday. According to The Nation, top chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including three former Senate Presidents – Anyim Pius Anyim, David Mark and Bukola Saraki – and PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye,…

…Calls For Justice From IGP, Government Mrs. Ebitari Peterside never envisaged that her going out for shopping with her husband and kids on the fateful day will turned her to  a widow that will today be inconsolable over her husband’s death. Ebitari, now widow of the 42-Mr. Alafuro Peterside (42), an Engineer from Opobo, Rivers State was allegedly shot dead in the presence of his wife and children at the stadium road area of Port Harcourt by a policeman attached to the Police Mobile Force, 43 Squadron. She narrated her ordeal to journalists who visited her… How long have you…

PHILADELPHIA — Kensington has for years been a haven where addicts could freely shoot heroin. But as stronger substances like fentanyl and tranq, the flesh-easting drug, took hold, the neighborhood devolved further into a full-on deathbed and a hotspot for crime, current and former residents told Fox News. “At one point, it was a drug haven, a place where people could come and get high, where they’re not going to be judged,” said Frank Rodriguez, a recovering heroin addict who dealt drugs in Kensington. “It went from being a place where people got high to—you know, you look around and…

House of Representatives ad-hoc committee Chairman, Rep Yusuf Gagdi, investigating job racketeering in the MDAs has said it has not indicted the Registrar Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyode. The ad-hoc committee chairman stated this at the resumed hearing of the committee in Abuja on Saturday, disclosing that no agencies of the Federal Government had been indicted, contrary to speculations. Gagdi said the committee had been having a robust engagement with all agencies appearing before it and that  it was wrong to insinuate that the committee had indicted the JAMB registrar when it was still carrying out…

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has charged Corps members to be patriotic and promote the core values of the scheme toward national unity and integration. Oborevwori gave the charge at the swearing-in of the 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Orientation Course for Corps members deployed to the State on Friday at NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. Represented by his Senior Policy Adviser, Rt Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, he congratulated the corps members on the successful completion of their academic pursuits which qualified them to be enlisted into the national service. Oborevwori lauded…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye  Renowned Human Rights and Environmental Justice Advocate, Comrade (Chief) Mulade Sheriff has called on the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to be proactive in putting measures in place to curb flooding in Delta communities following the recent heavy rains and the August  prediction of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Comrade Mulade, who is the National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, gave the charge on Friday, August 18, 2023 in Abuja while speaking on the impact of flooding in the country, particularly Niger-Delta region, at a conference organized by environmental experts …