Adam Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo State, recently clashed with former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Oshiomhole, on Friday, shed light on his political differences with Okorocha, saying it was purely on issues of obeying the law and nothing personal. He also tackled former Senate Whip, Victor Oyofo, for alluding that former governors go […]
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The son of the President-Elect of Nigeria, Oluwaseyi Tinubu’s company is being reported to be enmeshed in an $11million London property scandal; as reported by Bloomberg Africa. A firm belonging to the son of Nigeria’s president-elect bought an $11 million London mansion that his predecessor’s government was seeking to confiscate as part of a probe […]
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Lauretta Onochie, chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board, has disowned a $15 billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the management of the commission and Atlanta Global Resources Inc., a US-based firm. The deal, which was signed on Tuesday, is for the construction of a mega rail line that would connect the nine […]
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The Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso Abe 1, JP. OON has said persistent interference from political office holders in traditional administration in the “guise of security or governor says” is undermining the sustained peace in Uvwie local government council. The Uvwie Monarch who spoke at the weekend at the grand finale of […]
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Professor G.G. Darah, the erudite professor of Oral Literature, Folklore and Cultural Sciences has said that the most significant changes that will transform Nigeria’s federating units such as Uvwie and Urhobo is political restructuring of Nigeria. In a keynote address at a colloquium at the PTI Conference Centre, Effurun on Uvwie: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow […]
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The Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Sideso, Abe !, JP. OON has said peace and order in Nigeria will be achieved with the emergence of a new and competent government through a free and fair election The Monarch who spoke recently during the extra ordinary general assembly meeting of the south-south monarchs’ forum in […]
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The Niger Delta Congress(NDC) has condemned the recent attack of a train station in Igueben, Edo State, urging the governors of the region to establish a regional security outfit as proof of their commitment to securing the lives and properties of their people. Below is the statement Greetings Niger Deltans, we would like to use […]
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The Uvwie General Improvement Union(UGIU) has accused the management of the Petroleum Training Institute for “its orchestrated and calculated acts designed” to undermine the authority of the revered Uvwie Monarch, HRM Emmanuel E. Sideso Abe 1, JP OON In a letter to the PTI Principal, the UGIU President General, Chief Hope Erute noted that during […]
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In 1977, the Cameroonian government made a rational decision. Observing the absence of adequate water resources to support growing agricultural pressure in northern Cameroon, the government of Ahmadou Ahidjo decided to build a dam on the Benue River which would supply hydropower to the region and allow for the irrigation of 15,000 hectares of farmland. […]
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We were once told not to approach a wellhead in Niger Delta. The reason was simple. There was an ongoing ‘operation’. I was working with an oil service company, we had already gone back to accommodation after working on the well. But a call from base necessitated we get to the wellhead again the same […]
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