By Femi Adeshina President Muhammadu Buhari Monday urged Kaduna State indigenes to cooperate with government and security agencies to secure peace and harmony, stressing that development will only take place when energies are collectively channelled to building, instead of destruction of lives and property. “We must live together as brothers and sisters because without peace, development cannot take place,’’ the President noted at virtual opening of the Fifth Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit, with the theme KADInvest 5.0, Infrastructure, Industrialisation and Innovation. “I wish to commend the efforts of the Kaduna State Government to establish its credentials as one of…
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By First ZealMedia President MuhammaduBuhari on Sunday night met behind closed doors with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bashir Ahmad, the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, confirmed this on his Twitter handle. The presidential aide, who could not elaborate on the agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, however, posted pictures in which the Nigerian leader could be seen escorting his guest after the meeting. The closure of shops owned by Nigerian traders in Ghana had heightened tensions between the two countries, a situation which led the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama…
In the spirit and season of celebration, the House of Assembly member representing Warri South Constituency 2 in the Delta State House of Assembly, DTHA, Hon. Matthew Poko Opuoru has marked his birthday anniversary in the oil city of Warri. While Congratulating Hon. Opuoru the member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. Chief Thomas Ereyitomi JP said the Warri South 2 DTHA member is a dedicated party member who has the people at heart in attracting Democratic dividends to their wards. Chief Ereyitomi JP wished Hon. Opuoru the best as he enters another circle…
By Edith Ike-Eboh The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said the Federal Government under former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan spent N8.94 trillion or $23.05 billion on petrol subsidy. The amount, calculated at current exchange rate, was spent between 2006 and 2015. The agency disclosed this in a document on subsidy payment released in Abuja on Monday. It said that the subsidy was paid to oil marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the period under review. A break down of the money indicated that in 2006 a total of N257.36 billion was paid.…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday re-affirmed that his administration would sustain the empowerment of women and the girl-child to engender the uplifting of families’ economies and peace in the state. The governor gave the assurance at the opening of a three-day Girls Entrepreneurship and Skills Training (GEST) programme for 450 girls at the Indoor Sports Hall of Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba. He explained that girl-child empowerment was the process of uplifting the economic and social status of “traditionally under-privileged girls in a male-dominated social construct (patriarchy)’’ and assured that if the 450 set was successful, his administration would scale up the…
Delta State government has sanctioned 41 teachers for examination malpractice during the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). They are to suffer deferment of promotion by one year and banned from supervision of any school examination for a period of three years. These decisions were based on the recommendations of the Examination Ethics Disciplinary Committee of the state and approved on Friday (18/09/2020) by the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah. He has directed the Post Primary Education Board (PPEB) to implement the deferment of promotions by one year of the 41 affected teachers.…
By Sam Omatseye SOMETIMES laws make us cavemen. Rather than civilise us, they make us barbarians. Even in suits and fancy couture, we act like men with painted faces and bleeding machetes. It is the surgery of the cavern that Governor Nasir El-Rufai has promulgated into policy by signing a law to castrate rapists. Castration casts us back to the Dark Age. But he is not the first. Its John the Baptist is Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, who signed it into law much earlier. When it happened in Ekiti, I saw it as an activist aberration, and I…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the election process in Edo State which led to the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The President congratulated the winner and urged him to show grace and humility in victory. In his reaction to the outcome of the election as announced by INEC, President Buhari said: “My commitment to free and fair elections is firm, because without free and fair elections, the foundation of our political and moral authority will be weak.” The President added: “I have consistently advocated for free and fair elections in the…
BY PRINCE PERE BOTU Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has described the high level of insecurity in the Niger Delta region as worrisome given the fact that so much efforts have been made by government and stakeholders to achieve peace in the region. Deacon Kingsley Otuaro stated this when he received members of the Niger Delta Dialogue led by Chief Judith Burdon Asuni who paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba. The Deputy Governor said, “the phenomenon of insecurity is known all over the world, and in the Niger Delta region it was more worrisome because the…
Nigeria will within the limits of resources do her best to support the consolidation of democracy in West African countries, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged. The President spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while playing host to President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, who was on a one-day official visit to Nigeria. “We are keeping tabs on situations in countries that have elections ahead. We know the countries that are calm and the ones where there have been unfortunate casualties. We will always support those who have elections ahead, so that things can go smoothly,” President Buhari said.…