Resident Youths Demand Fair Treatment From Dangote Over Obajana Plant
Angry youths of Kabba junction/Zariagi, one of the host communities of Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana plant, have staged a peaceful protest around the community to demand fair treatment from Dangote Group. The protest, which commenced at exactly 8am on Tuesday, saw youths in their hundreds gather at the junction opposite the Federal Road Safety Corps office with placards with different...
Dr. Sam Rejects PDP Campaign Council’s Appointment
Renowned scholar and Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi has rejected his appointment as Director of Research for the 2023 Election Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party. According to him, he was declining the offer because of conflict of interest emanating from various responsibilities in which he acts as a leader of different...
Flood Sacks Bayelsa Communities, Residents Flee
Hundreds of residents have fled their homes and communities as the flooding intensified in most parts of Bayelsa, including the state capital, Yenagoa. Many of the residents, who have lost their homes and properties to the surging flood lamented that the government’s failure to clear the canals and drainages worsened the situation in most parts of the state capital. Many...
Teenager, 16 Killed In Bayelsa Flood, Corpse Missing
A 16-year-old Temedi Yerimene has been killed by a surging flood that flushed him into a deep canal in Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The corpse is said to be still missing two days after the incident. It was gathered that the deceased, who was in company with his friends, went swimming in the rising water close...
Climate Change And Floods Will Increase Food Prices – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has charged Nigeria to brace up for the effect of climate change and this year’s floods. IMF African Department official, Mai Farid stressed that food prices will most likely increase. Farid gave the indication on Monday during a session on ‘Climate Change and Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa’. She said the IMF was aware of how the...
Kebbi First Lady Nominated For Presidency International Cancer Control Union
The First Lady of Kebbi state, Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, has been nominated for the presidency of the Union for International Cancer Control. The UICC, which represents the world’s major cancer societies, ministries of health, and patient groups, also includes influential policy makers, researchers, and experts in cancer prevention and control. The organisation is dedicated to taking the lead in capacity building and...
Keyamo mocks PDP, As Party Launches Campaign In Wike’s Absence
The Spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, on Monday night, said Nigerians should see the absence of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, four other governors and some members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party at the official launch of PDP’s presidential campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, as a warning signal. This...
Buhari Urges Chad To Work Towards Re-establishment Of Sustainable Democracy
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged citizens of the Republic of Chad to work towards consolidating and re-establishing a resolute, resilient and sustainable democracy for the benefit of the country. The president, who is the current chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Countries (LCBC), made the appeal Monday when he joined the celebrations of the people in inaugurating their interim administration...
Ibori Says Alamieyeseigha’s Dream For Niger Delta Will Be Achieved Soon
Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, yesterday, paid tribute to former governor of Bayelsa State, late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on the seventh anniversary of his death. The late DSP Alamieyeseigha, fondly called the Governor-General of the Niger Delta, died at 62 in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State on October 10, 2015. In a remembrance tribute posted on his...
Driver And Seven Passengers Kidnapped By Gunmen In Rivers State
Gunmen have abducted a driver and eight of his passengers travelling along the Emuoha/Kalabari road in Rivers State. The incident occured when the passengers were traveling in a commercial bus from the Abali Park in Port Harcourt going to Abonema in Akuku/Toru Local Government Area of the state. Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Kalabari line in Abali...
