Those Who Came On Platform Of Change Worse Than Those They Changed — Abaribe
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said Nigerians were currently going through pains, cautioning that the country needed to move in a different direction away from its present path. The minority leader spoke on Thursday night at the Government House in Port Harcourt during a condolence visit by the Senate Minority Caucus to the state governor, Nyesom Wike, over...
BREAKING: Abia Born Lawyer Named Judge Of The Supreme Court Of California
Abia State born American trained lawyer, David Ndudim has been named Judge of the Supreme Court in the State of California United States of America, ABN TV reports Ndudim has a law office in Sacramento, California and has been licensed for 19 years. He handles cases in immigration and attended Lincoln Law School. In a congratulatory message, Comrade Ella wrote, "BREAKING...
SEN. OKOROCHA RECEIVES NIGERIAN STUDENTS PARLIAMENT LEADERS
The Chairman, Senate committee on Culture, Arts and tourism, representing Imo west senatorial district. Sen. Rochas Okorocha on Friday in his office at the national assembly, Abuja, received in audience the delegation from Nigerian Students Parliament (NSP) led by the National Speaker of NSP, Rt.Hon. Mubarak Aliyu Rimi. Senator Okorocha congratulated the Nigerian Students Parliament speaker on his emergence and...
Nigerian Pastor Jailed For 34 Years For Raping, Impregnating Children In UK
An evangelical pastor was jailed for 34 years in Britain on Friday, after he was convicted of a catalogue of rape and sexual abuse against children and adults over two decades. A judge said self-styled prophet Michael Oluronbi carried out “one of the worst cases of sexual abuse” against children to come to court. Oluronbi, 60, who is originally from Nigeria,...
“I’m Not Aware” – Amaechi Queries Removal Of Dakuku As NIMASA DG
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday said he was not aware of Dr Dakuku Peterside’s sack as NIMASA Director General and appointment of Dr Bashir Jamoh as his replacement. Jamoh is the current Executive Director, Finance and Administration at NIMASA.It was reported on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Jamoh to replace Dakuku. But Amaechi, who spoke during...
How Buhari Intends To Spend $22.7m Foreign Loan
Here is how the Buhari administration plans to spend the loan and where the projects are located as contained in the document: INFRASTRUCTURE – Emergency road rehabilitation and maintenance ($434.7m, nationwide) – Abidjan-Lagos corridor highway development project study ($1.5m; multinational) – Abuja mass rail transit project (phase 2) ($1.25bn; FCT) – East-west road ($800m; Niger Delta) – Nigeria Housing Finance Project Guarantee Scheme ($100m;...
BREAKING: Ohanaeze Youths Set To Create 500,000 Jobs In Agriculture, Laud Ikpeazu, Umahi Models
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has said it has concluded arrangements to create no fewer than 500,000 jobs in the agricultural sector revamping the old Farm Settlements built in the South East by the Former Premier of Old Eastern Region, late Dr Michael Okpara. OYC also said it has initiated talks with unnamed Israeli Agricultural giant Company through an...
“If not for coronavirus we would have finished the Lagos-Ibadan rail” – Amaechi
The ongoing construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail project has been put on hold due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the Federal Government declared on Thursday. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this during a live television programme on African Independent Television monitored in Abuja. The minister said the employees of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, the contractor...
Boko Haram: Soldiers Petition Buhari, Buratai Over ‘Embezzlement’ Of Allowances
Some soldiers involved in the ongoing onslaught against Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State have sent a Save- Our- Soul (SOS) to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai over alleged embezzlement by one of their top officials. But the Army Headquarters has assured the allegations would be investigated despite stating the aggrieved soldiers...
Igbos Are Marginalized In Nigeria ― Gowon
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has said the Igbo nation has suffered marginalization from the Nigerian state and called for measures to be adopted to reverse the trend. He said this in Abuja during a debate for National Unity entitled: “Federal Character, Restructuring and Rotation of Presidential Power in Nigeria”, organized by Igbo Leadership Development Foundation. The Wartime Head...
