By Godwin Chukwumaechi Youth leaders in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Niger Delta Opinion Leaders, Youths and Weighted Stakeholders, have passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku and his team. The youths …
Read More »Remove Policies Frustrating Scientific Innovation, University Dons tell Tinubu
By our Reporter Science lecturers and members of the academia from Nigerian universities have urged President Bola Tinubu to revisit policies frustrating scientific innovation and economic development. The university lecturers, in a communique issued at the end of the First Annual Faculty of Science International Conference held at the Academic …
Read More »Abia Repeal of Life Pensions for Ex-Govs, Deputies: Matters Arising (1)
By Ehichioya Ezomon Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s the rave of the moment among his peer governors, and most Nigerians, for “infrastructural development,” and particularly for signing into law a Bill passed by the Abia State House of Assembly (ABHA) to repeal life pensions for former governors and deputy governors …
Read More »PAP: Group Rejects Otuaro’s Appointment, Asks Tinubu for Replacement
… Claim Otuaro ‘Worked for Atiku’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The appointment of Dennis Otuaro as administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has been rejected by the Delta State APC Transparency and Advocacy Group. The group rather called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to replace him with a registered …
Read More »Amnesty: Group Hails Tinubu over Otuaro’s Appointment as PAP Boss
By Amos Odie, Yenagoa The Presidential Amnesty Programme Strategic Communication Committee (STRATCOM) has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing High Chief Dennis Otuaro as the new administrator of PAP. STRATCOM in a statement signed on Tuesday by its chairman, Pastor Nature Dumale, described the appointment as a testament of …
Read More »Maritime University’s Chancellor Applauds Tinubu over Proposed Coast Guard Service
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The first military governor of Old Rivers State and chancellor of the first paramilitary maritime university in West Africa, Nigeria’s Maritime University, Okorenkoko in Delta State, King Alfred Papapreye Diete-Spiff, the Amayanabo of Twon-Brass, has thrown his weight behind the proposed establishment of Nigeria Coast Guard Service …
Read More »Amnesty: Ex-Militant Leaders Urge Tinubu to Reappoint Ndiomu as Coordinator
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The national treasurer of the Presidential Amnesty Program, third phase, general Victor Occasion, and the adviser to the national chairman of the third phase, general Princewill Kotingo, have called on President Ahmed Tinubu to reappoint Major General Tariye Barry Ndiomu as the substantive coordinator of the Amnesty Program, …
Read More »Amnesty: Niger Delta Stakeholders Fault ‘Increased Budget’ for PAP Contractors
… Seek Increase in Beneficiaries’ Stipends from N65,000 to N100,000 By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has faulted calls for an increase in the budgetary allocation to contractors of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). According to the group, instead of an “unfounded …
Read More »Atiku, Obi’s Petitions different from Conventional Legal Matters
By Ehichioya Ezomon This is a response to a comment on my October 30, 2023, piece on, “How Supreme Court trashed Atiku’s ‘fresh evidence’ from Chicago.” Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got the new evidence from President Bola Tinubu’s academic records and deposition to authenticate …
Read More »Activist Asks Gov Fubara, FG to act with Conscience, Exonerate Ogoni 9
A former aide to late Ken Saro-Wiwa and president of the National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS, USA), Comrade Freddie ldamkue, has called on President Bola Tinubu to review the trial of the Ogoni Nine and exonerate them from the “trumped-up charges.” He lamented the incessant killings of Ogoni people …
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