By Timinepere Jombo Idoko Senator Ned Nwoko has reaffirmed his commitment to grassroots empowerment, pledging strong support for the Positive Impact for Women and Youth Development Initiative (PIWYODI) as part of efforts to drive agricultural growth and job creation across Delta North. The lawmaker made the commitment when executives of the organization, led by its National President, Mrs. Martha Onadeko, paid him a courtesy visit at his country home in Idumuje-Ugboko. Commending the group’s initiative, Senator Nwoko lauded their focus on farming as a sustainable means of creating opportunities for women and young people. He noted that PIWYODI’s approach of…
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Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly has expressed optimism that Anioma state would be created as the 37th state in the Federation. Senator Nwoko gave the assurance yesterday while hosting his kinsmen in an enlarged meeting comprising leaders and members of the All Progressives Party (APC), Idumuje Ward 8, Aniocha North local government area. Addressing the people at Mount Ned Resort in his Idumuje-Ugboko ancestral home, the senator said Anioma fulfilled necessary requirements to become a state and noted that “the emergence was only a matter of time, with preparation for referendum”. He said…
There was drama at the Magistrate Court in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday as Delta activist, Victor Ojei, popularly known as “Wong Box”, was arraigned on a three-count charge and ordered to be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail conditions. Ojei, known for his fiery activism on social and political issues in Delta State, is facing charges of threat to life, assault occasioning harm, and threatening violence, offences said to contravene Sections 355, 86, and 249 of the Criminal Code. The charges stem from a recent incident captured in a video shared by the Delta State…
Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly says he has initiated efforts towards meeting with Senator Dr.Ifeanyi Okowa, Immediate past governor and Senator Peter Nwaoboshi among others to strengthen peace and unity in the All progressive Congress (APC) in Delta North and the entire state. Senator Nwoko gave the hint when he met with Delta North Senatorial Executives, the nine local government area chairmen as well as 98 ward chairmen of the APC in the district on Sunday. At the Sunday meeting held at the Asaba residence of the Delta North APC senatorial chairman, Ogbueishi…
The Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality has declared a total rejection of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s ward and polling unit delineation in Warri Federal Constituency, accusing the Commission of bias, illegality, and “robbing the Itsekiri people of their rightful representation.” The position was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a press conference held on Monday at Preston Royal Event Centre, Warri South Local Government Area, and presented by Chief Brown Mene on behalf of the Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality. While stressing that they are not opposed to the Supreme Court judgment that necessitated the redelineation exercise, the group…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA, mnipr The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has flagged off a nationwide sensitization drive to promote government programmes, national values, disaster preparedness, and security awareness across Nigeria. The initiative will engage citizens in all 36 states and the FCT through town halls, media outreach, and community engagements. The Agency launched the nationwide enlightenment campaign aimed at deepening citizens’ understanding of government programmes, strengthening national values, and fostering security consciousness across the country. The Director-General of NOA, Mallam Issa Lanre-Onilu, represented by Mrs. Nasamu Rebecca, Director of General Services at NOA headquarters, unveiled the initiative during a press…
by Mike Awoyinfa “The diesel I’d ordered when the price was astronomically higher was already on the high seas, heading for Nigeria. Now, it was worth a fraction of my purchase price. I said to myself, “I’m finished.” I’d fallen into suffocating debt in mere seconds. What could I do? Still, I remained confident, certain that a solution would arise from somewhere. To make a dire situation even worse, the oil price crash also meant foreign currency flow into Nigeria nosedived. The Central Bank decided to devalue the naira. And with that, my debt load skyrocketed. The loans I took…
By Tanimu Yakubu When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration dismantled Nigeria’s rigid foreign exchange regime in 2024, critics were quick to call it a currency collapse. The naira plunged to ₦1,800 per dollar in March 2024, and headlines screamed of economic freefall. But beneath the noise, a deliberate, high-risk economic recalibration was underway—one that has now begun to pay off in spectacular fashion. By August 2025, the naira had clawed its way back to ₦1,525/$1, marking a 15.28% strengthening in just five months—an annualised pace of nearly 48.9%. This wasn’t luck; it was policy. Increased oil receipts, swelling diaspora remittances,…
By Seun Opejobi Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has dismissed suggestions of a return to the Presidential Villa. Mrs Jonathan said she cannot return to the seat of power because of the distress facing Nigeria. The Guardian quoted the former First Lady as saying that she needs peace, and therefore cannot return to the Villa. She said: “The distress of Nigeria is so much that if God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify Him. “Why do you want to go back there? I need peace. My peace is enough.” Her remarks come as pressure mounts on…
by Claire Mom Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, is facing fresh questions over her past after a former Stanford University admissions officer disputed her claim that she once received an offer to study pre-med in the United States. Badenoch has repeatedly cited the supposed offer in interviews, portraying it as an example of her parents’ financial struggles to secure her the best education despite her strong academic record. In a 2017 interview, Badenoch said her dreams of being a doctor like her parents were cut short at 16 because she went to a “very bad school”…