Former Edo State Commissioner for Information, Prince Kassim Afegbua on Monday dismissed insinuations from some quarters that he had anything personal against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a memo titled “Is Atiku the Mugabe of Nigerian Politics” he wrote: “Following my interrogation of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidential aspiration and the urgent need to cede the nomination of the PDP ticket to the Southern part of Nigeria, the alarm bells have been let loose. Expectedly, I have been called all manner of names and accused wrongly, just to extract a pound of flesh from me for daring to question the rationale for…
Author: Hector Spiff
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the provision of modern accommodation to the police is an important feature of the comprehensive reform of the service which his administration is embarking on. President Buhari stated this at the commissioning ceremony of the ultra modern Nigeria Police (Special Protection Unit Base 6) barracks of the Nigeria Police, built and donated by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC in Omagwa, Rivers State. President Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, noted that the barracks from the NDDC will not only improve the welfare of the SPU, but enhance the peace and…
The heartbreaking delayed payment of contractors at the Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP office has once again come to the fore as this has continued to have a debilitating toll on their health report says. An online statement made available to journalists observed that, “The decay in the Amnesty office is becoming worse every day. As vendors we will keep our identities discreet to avoid victimization. We need your help in revealing these anomalies in the amnesty office, as it is really affecting us as businessmen and momen. We have records of some of us who have died or currently hospitalized…
…Says you are wrecking our collective image The National Youth Summit Group has called on Nigerians; especially those from the Niger Delta region to resist and fight against propaganda attacks on its high-profile citizens. “It has become a standard practice for political leaders, appointees and even company executives from the South-South of the country to be faced with petitions, wild allegations and bogus claims, once they assume office. Over the years it has been revealed that most of these claims are calculated efforts by enemies to bring down the individual occupying the seat” NYSG noted in a statement made available…
The National Youth Response Group has frowned at what it calls a blatant disregard for the lives of Nigerians. This was shared in a statement released by its South-South Coordinator, Comrade Preye Thomson. The group alleged that the Nigerian Oil AGIP Company Limited, a multinational oil and gas producing company, evaded the mandatory isolation for her personnel on essential duty. The full statement reads: – “Nigeria Oil AGIP Company, a multinational oil and gas producing company, and a subsidiary of ENI group; are currently embarking on their regular crew change. This is normal procedure, but their current activities are being done…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday responded to a National Assembly inquiry over a report of the Auditor General of the Federation which alleged infractions by the Fund in the submission of its 2014- 2016 accounts. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, said the delay was due to lack of a Board of Trustees over the period which slowed signing and submission of the Fund’s accounts. Bogoro, who spoke during his appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, however, noted that all the accounts were submitted in 2016 and 2018. He said TETFund had…
The leading stakeholders captured in the Presidential Amnesty Programme have commended Mr President for sustaining the programme thus far, adding that the FG’s continued support towards the mandate of the programme has given the ex-agitators confidence that their decision to drop their arms/agitation, embrace dialogue and build a better Niger Delta region, was not a mistake. The ex-agitators who noted that the Presidential Amnesty Programme has since its inception brought peace and calm to the Niger Delta Region explained that some of them have been meaningfully empowered while some are still hopeful to one day live a self-sufficient life. Together…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost research and development in the country; so as to promote national development. Speaking at the ceremony on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Prof. Elias Sulaiman Bogoro said, that the Federal Government released N5 billion last year to his agency to fund research and expressed hope that the grant will be increased to further enable it to intensify on funding research. He also said that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is the nerve…
