Day: July 23, 2020

Urhobo Sets For Total Showdown As Ultimatum To FG Expires

Admin

By Francis Dugbe, The Urhobo people of Niger Delta, under the aegis of Campaign for the Economic Survival of Urhobo Nation (CATESUN), yesterday gathered in Ovwian, Udu Local Government Area of Delta state with a view of executing thier planned shutdown of operations of multinational oil companies in Urhobo nation. President of the group, Olorogun Ese Kakor said, the decision to execute their earlier threat was as a result of the expiration of the ultimatum handed down to the Federal Government. Olorogun Kakor added that the Federal Government failed to…

Read More

INYA Elections: Obe Warns Politicians, Aspirants Against Inciting Statement

Admin

Chief Fred Obe, Grand Patron of apex Isoko youth body, Isoko National Youth Assembly, INYA, has warned politicians against the use of inciting statements that could lead to crisis in Isoko nation stressing that such utterances could derail the prevailing peace in the area. He gave the charge at Ozoro during a parley with candidates contesting for various offices into the INYA executive with a warning on politicians to stay away and stop causing infraction into the electoral process. It would be recalled that the election was postponed indefinitely due…

Read More

PSG star Kylian Mbappe clears the air about his future

Admin

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe has cleared the air about his future and he confirmed that he would with the Ligue 1 Champion for the next season football campaign. Mbappe has constantly been linked with a move to Real Madrid and Liverpool in the past but the World Cup winner is prepared to remain with the Ligue 1 outfit for another season. Mbappe’s contract expires in the summer of 2022 and he has assured the PSG directors that would remain at the club for another season. I just have to…

Read More

Boko Haram kills humanitarian workers abducted in Borno

Admin

At least five humanitarian workers abducted in Borno state have been executed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The humanitarian workers were traveling from Maiduguri to Monguno, a town in the northern part of Borno, when they were ambushed by Boko Haram on June 29, 2020. In a 34 seconds video, one of the insurgents who spoke in Hausa, said the humanitarian workers were executed for “working with the infidels”. “This is a strong message to those who are being used by unbelievers to convert people to infidels… those who are…

Read More

The cesspool of corruption called NDDC

Admin

Not a few Nigerians are amused at the theatre of the absurd playing out at the Niger Delta Development Commission. The whole circus show climaxed last Monday when three dramas took place during the House of Representatives Probe Panel of the 20-year-old interventionist agency. First, the indicted Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo recused himself from chairing the day’s meeting following the allegation of his crime against NDDC levelled against him last week by the acting chairman of the Interim Management Committee, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei. The acting Managing Director was to shock the nation…

Read More

17 killed, others injured in Delta tanker explosion

Admin

No fewer than seventeen people were reportedly burnt to death, while some others were seriously injured following a petroleum tanker explosion around Koko Junction along the Benin/Sapele Expressway in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday. But the police confirmed that three people were burnt beyond recognition in the tanker explosion which left many other victims with injuries. Eyewitnesses said that the incident occurred at about 11.00 a.m when the tanker laden with petroleum product suddenly fell as the driver was manoeuvring a bad portion of the…

Read More

Ekiti governor tests positive for coronavirus

Admin

Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor, who announced this via his verified Twitter handle said he has gone into isolation. He tweeted; “I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. I’m generally ok and I’m already self-isolating at home and receiving the best of care from my medical team. I’m delegating critical tasks to my deputy but will continue routine duty from home. JKF” Fayemi, Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), joins a list of governors and…

Read More

Delta Assembly Passes State Community Security Corps Agency Bill

Admin

  Delta State House of Assembly has passed the bill for a law to establish the State Community Security Corps Agency, 2020 after it was read for the third time on the floor of the House. The third reading of the bill was a sequel to a motion to that effect by the Majority Leader, Hon. Tim Owhefere, and adopted at Wednesday’s plenary of the House presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon Sherrif Oborevwori. The State legislature had at the Committee of whole considered the report of the joint…

Read More