Segun Runsewe, the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAA), has asked the House of Representatives to give his Council powers to go after organizers of Big Brother Nigeria over nudity in the reality TV show. Runsewe, who made the call last Tuesday, October 4, also seek power to go after crossdressers like Bobrisky. While appearing before an ad hoc committee investigating the duplication of ministries, departments and agencies, Runsewe stated that nudity as displayed by the organizer of the popular show is against the culture of Nigeria. The DG stated that proper amendment of the council’s…
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Nnamdi Ezeigbo was born on 4 August 1966 in Sapele, Delta State, into the family of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ezeigbo. The entrepreneur, who is currently 56 years old, is of the Igbo Nation, and he hails from Nsukwe in Ubakala, Umuahia in Abia State. His mother was a petty trader who sold bread, and Nnamdi was always around after school to help her out in hawking bread, while his father’s occupation is unknown. He is the first out of the nine children of his parents. Coming from a humble background, he grew alongside his other siblings under the care…
A 28-year-old Nigerian businesswoman and socialite, Amelia Pounds, has died in New Delhi, India, following complications during liposuction surgery. It was gathered that she passed away on Friday morning, October 7, 2022. Although, it’s unclear what led to the complications, she was said to have given up the ghost while being operated on at the hospital. In a video filmed shortly after she passed, the doctor was heard apologizing to her.
A youth coalition has vowed to ensure that all the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) vote massively for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The National Chairman of the “100% Focus Movement for Jagaban,” Ibrahim Mohammad, told reporters in Abuja that the role played by Tinubu in and outside government singled him out as the most capable and compassionate personality to lead the country from next year as President. Mohammad said the way Tinubu had fixed Lagos State needed to be replicated in the six geopolitical zones of the…
The House of Representatives, on Thursday at plenary, approved the report of its Committee on Finance on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) with some marked differences from the proposal presented to the House by the executive. In his synopsis before the consideration of the report at the Committee of Supply chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Idris Wase, the Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee, Rep. Saidu Musa Abdullahi said after extensive consultation with critical stakeholders that led to a 5-day interactive session with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Committee,…
Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria (PPSN), yesterday, raised concern over the increasing Tropical Parasitic Diseases and the heavy burden it had placed on the region over the years, but with”no Political Will by African leaders to nip the crippling and killing parasites in the bud”. Vice-Chancellor, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Prof. Andy Egwunyenga, raised the concern in a keynote address at the 46th Annual conference, holding in Abraka, Ethiope East local government council of Delta State, lamenting that the consequences of parasitic infections are very devastating in terms of human sickness and deaths, as well as agriculture…
The Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) have asked Mr. Celestine Omehia to refund N600m benefits, N97m pension As part of its resolution, Rivers State House of Assembly has asked Celestine Omehia to refund about N600m benefits he received from the State as a former governor. All 21 members, who voted for the derecognition of Omehia as a former governor, also ordered him to return about N97m he had so far received as pension to the treasury of the State. It should be noted that on 25 October, 2007, the Supreme Court sacked Sir Celestine Omehia. The Court ruled that…
The deputy national co-ordinator of the Aisha Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Presidential Campaign Team, Lauretta Onochie has expressed optimism about the organization’s capability of delivering on its mandate to ensure victory for the ruling APC at the 2023 presidential election. The Delta born frontline politician, who also will co-ordinate the Delta State chapter of the group, averred that her confidence in the organization’s prospects of electoral success, arose from its membership which comprise high calibre personalities, who parade sterling accomplishments in diverse spheres of endeavor. She further observed that,. “There is no gain-saying that an organization with…
By Onoriode Etatsemi. The Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner For Justice, Delta State, Isaiah Bozimo Esq. has bagged a Meritorious Award Of Excellence from the Management of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Asaba, for his outstanding performance, since he assumed duties at the Ministry of Justice on 29th July 2021. Mrs Okiyoma Susan Adesoye, who presented the award to the Attorney -General in his office in Asaba, stated that the management of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) deemed it fit to present the award to Mr Bozimo having followed keenly his track record of excellent achievements since he assumed office in…
The Legislative Arm of the Aniocha North Local Government, Delta State has condemned in strong terms two disgruntled elements from Idumu-Ogo for misleading the public and causing aspersion and disrepute to the person of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu through a Viral Online Video. Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu This is sequel to a matter of urgent public importance brought to the House on Tuesday plenary by the Councillor for ward 1, Onicha-Uku, Hon Chinyere Nkabu, seconded by the Councillor ward 3, Obomkpa, Hon. Queen Ndubukwu. In a unanimous endorsement of the matter, the…