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A cross section of youth in Akwa Ibom State have been trained by a Non-Governmental Organization on how to hold Government accountable through legislative engagement and related matters as champions in their respective Constituencies. Arising from a two day workshop which ends in Uyo on Wednesday, with the theme Promoting Youth Participation in Accountable Governance, the Executive Director, Greater Tomorrow Initiative, Mr Ndifreke Patrick who gave insight on the program said that about 26 youths were selected for the capacity building workshop to serve as champions of legislative governance and accountability in their Constituencies in the state. The idea…

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, are presently jostling for Barr. Nyesom Wike, the present minister of the Federal Capital Territory on whose campaign train he will belong in the forthcoming Bayelsa State Governorship polls. It could be recalled that the name of Wike appeared both in the APC and PDP Governorship campaign councils for the November 11 polls. In a campaign list released yesterday, the national organising secretary of the APC, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu named Wike and others including the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio as members of the campaign council. Earlier in the…

A little girl, aged 3, named Flourish, has been declared missing in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. She was allegedly stolen from her mother at the Omotor junction of the Ughelli main market on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. A Facebook user shared the post on her page saying; “Missing Child: A Three years old child named Flourish is missing. If found please contact the mother at Omotor junction in Ughelli.” It could not be confirmed if the child has been found, but sources contacted at the Ughelli main market told reporters that at 10pm…

… Attributes Action To Irresponsible, Unpredictable Governance Gabonese Military officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions has given reasons why they took over power from the Country’s President, Ali Bongo. The Army officers stated this on National Television on Wednesday, August 30, the junta noted that political, economic and social crises are the major factors responsible for the coup that they tagged, ‘necessary’ for the progress of the West African country. The National address which was rendered in French but translated to English by AFP, the Junta Stated, “Our beautiful country, Gabon, has always…

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has set up a 29-member Central Working Committee (CWC), for the distribution of palliative received from the federal government to curb the striking effects of the removal of petrol subsidy. The committee is coming even as the Minority leader of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Lukmon Adeleye, called on the government to carry the assembly members along in the distribution, stressing that they are closer to their constituents than any other official. The committee, which is headed by the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Engr. (Mrs) Noimot Salako-Oyedele, is tadked with the mandate for…

A group of top Gabonese military officers appeared on television early Wednesday morning, August 30 to announce that they had taken power after president Ali Bongo whose family has been in power for 53 years was announced as election winner. Appearing on state television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the Central African nation. The soldiers said the election results were cancelled, and all borders are closed until further notice and state institutions dissolved. “In the name of the Gabonese people … we have decided to defend the peace by putting an…

The reappointment of Dr Samuel Ogbuku shows clearly the grasp of President Bola Tinubu of the challenges of the oil producing areas of the Niger Delta. The policy direction of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku as enunciated in the last eight months of his leadership must have resonated well with the President’s aspiration for the region which must have led the President to have settled for his leadership. For the NDDC not to be encumbered we urge the President to domicile the NDDC in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation as it was for less political…

BY DENNIS OTU They were expectant. They longed for a relief. They had gone on borrowing here and there to make ends meet. Going to work every day had become a major problem to many of them, no thanks to the untold hardship brought upon them by the removal of fuel subsidy by the APC led Federal Government and suddenly they got more than what they ever bargained for. And they are elated that he came to their rescue at the right time. They cannot stop singing the praises of the Delta State Governor, His Excellency, Rt Hon Sheriff…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Chiedu Ebie former Secretary to Delta State Government and former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya as Chairman and Delta State Representative at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, respectively. In a statement by Ajuri Ngelale Special Adviser to the President Chiedu Ebie was appointed Chairman while Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya former Speaker, Delta Rep. with immediate effect. According to the statement, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), inclusive of the following…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Agbarha-Otor Primary Health Centre in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been reportedly shut down indefinitely over an alleged rape of a 100 level female student of the Delta State College of Health Technology, Ofuoma who was on her internship at the health center on July 24, 2023. It was gathered that hoodlum broke into the premises on the night of July 24, 2023, and sexually harassed the female student and thereafter filmed her nude before carting away phones, ATM card and other items. According to the victim, “I was asleep, when I…